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Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini

#Books #CurrentlyReading Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman. I’ve been meaning to read this book for years and am finally getting around to it. I’m astounded that this book was published 40 years ago, long before smartphones or even the Internet. Postman postulates that television is the main culprit for dumbing down society. And it’s just getting worse, of course. My contention, based on my own observation, is that critical thinking is nearly extinct. I’m eternally grateful for the education I received in #Jesuit institutions in high school and college. It gave me a good foundation of critical thinking that has served me very well. I would highly recommend reading this book.

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Ami Angelwings

#QuestionOfTheDay follow up question, make up a fake group chat you absolutely would not want to be accidentally added into because of what you'd probably read/see/get tmi about.

(examples of what I mean by making up a fake group chat: "isekai busty elf group chat", "tsundere anime girl group chat", "Star Trek captains group chat", "fantasy villains group chat", "Roman emperors group chat", "famous scientists with the first name that start with D" group chat, etc, whatever you want, go nuts.

#ScienceFiction #Fantasy #history #science #anime #videogames #books #fiction #manga #comics #Superheroes #TV #television #film #movies #musicals #music #sports`

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Ratchman

Chapter 5 - "Icebreaker"

The senior crew meet for the first time. They are aware of each other from the profiles they have been given upon assignment, but now they face each other in awkward silence ahead of the briefing. Schafer decides to initiate an icebreaker, a tradition he has always loathed but nonetheless appreciates. Humanity might have conquered the stars, but it still flounders with social introductions.

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@bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

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Penny Richards
I'm making a book blanket this year; that means a lot of different things, but for me it means crocheting a square inspired by the cover of each book I finish in 2025. I'm assembling them quarterly, so this is the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter. The first photo shows the assembled squares, and the second photo is the books laid out in the same positions. #bookblanket #books #reading #crochet The authors and titles: Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood; Ezra Claytan Daniels, Upgrade Soul; Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds; John Wood Sweet, The Sewing Girl’s Tale; Maja Lunde, The End of the Ocean; Fiona Mozley, Elmet; NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names; Paterson Joseph, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho; H. G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep; Lily Brooks Dawson, Good Morning Midnight; Lauren Beukes, Afterland.
A colorful crocheted panel of twelve squares arranged in a 3x4 grid; the squares resemble or are otherwise inspired by book covers as seen in the second photo.
Twelve books, laid out in a 3x4 grid. Authors and titles: Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood; Ezra Claytan Daniels, Upgrade Soul; Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds; John Wood Sweet, The Sewing Girl’s Tale; Maja Lunde, The End of the Ocean; Fiona Mozley, Elmet; NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names; Paterson Joseph, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho; H. G. Parry, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep; Lily Brooks Dawson, Good Morning Midnight; Lauren Beukes, Afterland.
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