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Dennis is Currently Reading

Dennis is currently reading

Energy and Civilization: A History (MIT Press Essential Knowledge)

by Vaclav Smil

bookshelves: currently-reading, history, science, non-fiction, society, energy, economics

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Dennis said: " ISBN 9798200556199
Irving Public Library loan via HOOPLA. "

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— Jan 17, 2026 04:36PM

Jan 15, 2026 06:37PM · see review

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Sand County Almanac

by Aldo Leopold

bookshelves: currently-reading, audio-book

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Dennis said: " Loaned from Hoopla via an account a the Irving Public Library.
The edition is the downloadable audiobook (ASIN B086R52CM3). (No ISBN with direct correlation exists that I could find.)
Amazon Audible Audiobook link: https://a.co/d/8Wwr2tA.
The introducti ...more "

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— Dec 12, 2025 04:18PM

Dec 09, 2025 07:07PM · see review

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Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke)

by Keith Olbermann

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Dennis’s Quotes

“People would rather believe than know.”
― Edward O. Wilson

tags: activism, animals, environment, inspirational

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“Give me silence, water, hope
Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.”
― Pablo Neruda

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“Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: humor

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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

tags: darwinism, evolution, ideology, obtuseness, understanding

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“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson

tags: crisis, emotions, flaws, human-beings, humanity, humans, institutions, people, problems, technology

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