April's reading calendar from Storygraph. Best book finished last month, still The Fall of Hyperion. Something spectacular will have to come along to prevent the Hyperion duology being number 1 and 2 on my favourites of 2025. #books @bookstodon group

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The 80th anniversary of VE Day is coming up. We should definitely make a big deal about it. A BIG DEAL. Like really go on at obnoxious length about how satisfying it must have felt to crush the Nazi regime, to see so many of their leaders dead, and to put the surviving fascist leaders on trial to make them answer for their crimes. Really revel in how a power that looked unstoppable was ground into dust and ashes, their name a byword for evil forever. Just, you know, for reasons.

The ambassador from Heard Island sets out to Washington DC to discuss the tariffs. #tarrifs

"Rawr! I'm big and fierce." "Dude, you couldn't menace a grape." #RedPandas #RedPanda :redpanda:

R.I.P. James Harrison, Australian hero, whose blood contained a rare antibody used to create medication to protect babies from a rare blood disorder. Having the antibody was just luck. What made him a hero was donating plasma every two weeks without missing one appointment for 60+ years. There's power in just reliably showing up for other people who need what only you can give them.

James Harrison: Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies

Known as the 'man with the golden arm', James Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody that saved millions of lives.

Finished reading Matter by Iain M. Banks yesterday. The first half was a bit of a slog, compared to the other Culture books I're read so far. But it picked up a lot in the second half. Now starting on The Quantum Thief - yes, the one I just picked up in Oxfam charity shop yesterday. Already read the first chapter, which is as weird as expected, but fun.