annual report of the us national committee on vital and health statistics fiscal year 1967

i mean, come on

thank you!! more to come, i'm sure. all the fiction is woefully in storage 😭

i bought a copy on ebay (i think?) many years ago, lol. happy to lend it to you if it would be helpful!

lolol

wait i am a bluesky elder?

i love living in the best city for conferences

come visit!

joseph weizenbaum's computer power and human reason, white all caps text on black portion of cover

here's another classic

more work for mother by ruth schwartz cowan

oh lol, i should probably read this again

fear itself by ira katznelson

nothing to fear but a bb who won't stop crying

i mean, have you met this kid's parents

beyond the laboratory by peter j. kuznick

datawars: the politics of modeling in federal policymaking

silencing the past by michel-rolph trouillot

race on the line by venus green

many with black, white and red, it seems

a history of the american association for vital records and public health statistics; cover shows quill pen and ink with computer

this cover i'm actually writing about in forthcoming publication

small medium large by colleen a. dunlavy

small medIUM LARGE

thank you! newborn life has been a lovely distraction from the horrors outside our little bubble

contraception: a concise history by donna j. drucker

another in the category of excellent visuals with thematically appropriate topic of conversation (lol) is this from @histofsex.bsky.social

cover of book of tech logos is a white grid with black lines

open book shows ten old black and white logos per page

open book shows ten old black and white logos per page

open book shows three old black and white logos per page

hello again! i found this book of tech logos from 1980-1990, what a score

thank you!

hacking diversity: the politics of inclusion in open technology cultures by christina dunbar-hester. colorful squares connected by black lines against a white background

a civic technologist's practice guide by cyd harrell. white background with red shapes and blue shapes, connected by black lines

window is ending, more soon! in the meantime, more patterns

democracy's data: the hidden stores in the us census and how to read them by dan bouk. text is red, black and blue against a white background

honestly bouk's second book works great too

how our days became numbered by dan bouk

dan bouk's first book comes with bonus discussion about social security and what it takes to become a member of the body politic

we are at seven weeks over here!!

america by design: science, technology, and the rise of corporate capitalism by david f. noble

forces of production: a social history of industrial automation by david f. noble

my two david nobles both work well tbh

book cover of mostly white text on black background with some color at the top of the word "glitch." book is more than a glitch: confronting race, gender, and ability bias in tech by meredith broussard

more than a glitch, by @merbroussard.bsky.social

the automation hysteria by george terborgh, cover shows overlapping circles made up of black and white lines

ok i have a few minutes, let's start with the automation hysteria by george terborgh

a thread i will post once crying baby settles down: book covers that work as high contrast art for newborn stimulation

a balm for the soul. books are meant to be used! tear them up, bind them back, don't be precious, and of course always travel with recs you can trust. thank you, rick

lol

wait what

Related: if someone is doing research about changing attitudes about gambling (which given all that's going on with sports gambling and such, I hope someone is), I've got some nice 1980s baselines for you, hit me up.