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Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux is an outsider’s first-hand look into the crypto boom and bust cycle that took place from 2020 to 2022. The central question posed by the book is: is Tether the engine pumping asset prices up? Unfortunately, the book fails to answer this question and, while the reading was pleasant, it feels like the making of version of a book that does not exist, retelling the author’s journey in his investigation....

Finished: 2026/09/12 ...

Machado de Assis is, without a doubt, one of the greatest writers of Brazilian literature. While often grouped with the Realist school, Machado is truly sui generis, being a writer ahead of his time. Papéis Avulsos is a great illustration of this with its stories approaching a surrealist aesthetic with a realist approach. Two stories clearly highlight this unique style: “A Sereníssima República” and “Uma Visita de Alcibíades”. The premises of both are absurd: the former about a society of spiders, the latter about the resurrection of an ancient Greek in modern times....

Project Hail Mary was an enjoyable watch. The premise is interesting: aliens do exist and they are an immediate threat to human life, not in an intentional way but due to their life cycle. This feels refreshing as it is still a great narrative conflict without the direct violence often introduced with extraterrestrial life. The strongest part of the movie is Rocky. Their ingenuity, quirky behavior and child-like curiosity make them adorable....

Witch Hat Atelier is an amazing anime constrained by the short duration of its first season. The 13-episode run is not enough to properly develop most characters beyond their basic motivations and leaves the series in a criminal cliffhanger. The season ends at a moment of peak tension, which feels unnatural and is likely a symptom of the rigid episode schedules anime productions face today. It is refreshing to watch an anime in which power is derived from skill rather than innate abilities....