Locus Communis
@locuscommunis.com
A digital commonplace book. Private by default, free forever. A quiet shelf for the words worth keeping.
"Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, beasts of every land and clime, hearken to my joyful tidings of the golden future time." George Orwell, Animal Farm #books #classics #dystopian #booksky
"I would be a lot more excited about joining you in serious study if I were once to see you bright-eyed and enthusiastic." Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings #books #stoicism #philosophy #booksky
@bookjanitor.bsky.social thanks for adding to the public book! I've also read a bunch of Naomi Novak!
"You can borrow for a time against reality but reality is always waiting, patiently, silently, to exact a price and level the scales." Paul Lynch, Prophet Song #books #literaryfiction #dystopian #booksky
for example i just went thru the quotes i highlighted in John Hodgman’s book Vacationland and here’s a screencap of everything i saved: stuff that i either related to, thought was very well said, thought was funny, or all 3
"In a world still medieval in practice, defined by fear and persecution, being a free or unconventional thinker was a risky proposition." Ryan Holiday, Wisdom Takes Work #books #Philosophy #Stoicism #booksky
I'm building a commonplace book app, solo, in public. A book made of the passages you keep. There's a small Discord where the build happens and early testers get to break things first. Come watch: discord.gg/75BpdEwuc #buildinpublic #booksky
"Each individual brings about his own good and his own evil, his good fortune, his ill fortune, his happiness, and his wretchedness." James B. Stockdale, Courage Under Fire #books #stoicism #Stockdale #booksky
Shipped today: a Discord relay for the public book. When a passage is accepted into the commons it lands in the community Discord that moment, a share card with the real cover and a link back. The commons has a town crier now. Locus Communis, a new commonplace book. #buildinpublic #booksky
Take the whole thing with you, literally. Export your journal to Markdown or JSON anytime, or press it into a printable book. Even a club's anthology presses into a real object. It is yours to keep. https://locuscommunis.com/signup #booksky
Hey #book #creators I'm working on something to hold a book club's shared reading experience. It's free, and it hopefully is a useful bolt in for discord, and youtube and socials too. Would really appreciate chatting with folks about it! #buildinpublic
"Life itself is nothing until it is lived, it is we who give it meaning, and value is nothing more than the meaning that we give it." Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism #books #philosophy #existentialism #booksky
Your margin notes and the passages you keep gather into a journal, a page for each day. Old passages resurface as a daily leaf, so you reread what you once loved. A journal that is genuinely yours. https://locuscommunis.com/signup #booksky
"You have to standardize before you optimize." James Clear, Atomic Habits #books #Habits #SelfImprovement #booksky
The words you keep here become a journal that is genuinely yours. Every passage, every note in the margin, ready to walk out the door with you whenever you want. If you ever leave, it leaves with you. https://locuscommunis.com/signup #booksky
Today published my first #darkfantasy / #horror #story, ever. It’s not gruesome or gory, but it is different. Let me know what you think. #stories #writing #novella (super short novella) ryanerickson.com/the-little-j...
The Little Judge
A guilt-eating rabbit has always known good from evil, until a strange boy named Eli traps it in a house of hollowed-out adults. Inside his closet lies a collection of judged souls, and the rabbit mus...
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"We have no right to be 'disconnected'; we must neither err 'disconnectedly' nor strike the truth 'disconnectedly.'" Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals #books #philosophy #Nietzsche #booksky
Every passage you keep gets a margin that stays open. Come back in a year and answer your younger self in the same place. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
Behind your book sits a whole library: shelves, ratings, covers by the hundred. Come put your reading life in order. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
Thanks to everyone who signed up the last few days. I've been working on streamlining the site quite a bit and hopefully the streaks and notebook focus are making sense. #buildinpublic Also export now 1:1's your Notebook.
My Book is a commonplace book of your own: every line you keep, bound into one book. Private by default, shown only when you choose. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
"There are four ways men pass through life: as gentlemen, farmers, artisans and merchants." Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings #books #Philosophy #Strategy #booksky
Our public book is open to anyone: every page holds a passage a stranger couldn't let go of. If a line of yours belongs there, come add it. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
Locus Communis opens like a real book. Pages turn, and the lines you kept wait where you left them. Come read your own margins. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
"What will become of me, if stonework that is my own age is that decrepit?" Seneca, Letters on Ethics #books #Philosophy #Stoicism #booksky
Some readers underline. Some fold corners. We keep: exact words, a margin for later, a card worth sending. Come keep with us. Start yours at https://locuscommunis.com/signup #commonplace #reading #bookclub #booksky
