One of my (very few) regrets in life was not buying The Green Mile serials by @stephenking.bsky.social in the 90's. Today I found all 6 at Marissa's Books in Millcreek, UT.
I'm right chuffed about it!
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Need a soundtrack while reading? Waves and Woods is perfect!
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So called #AI is the logical outcome of a society placidly force-fed its entertainment.
Reward yourself with a book and use your Authentic Imagination to create characters, tone, settings, worlds!
#FreeYourMind
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Intelligence is humanity's only hope.
There is nothing intelligent on #SocialMedia.
Turn off the eye-grinder and read as many books as you can.
Before they are all burned.
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#SocialMedia is the reason flat-Earthers exist.
Take a minute to think about the implications of that.
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Scrolling through #SocialMedia getting angry at #oligarchs?
Well, #oligarchs are getting rich off you scrolling through #SocialMedia getting angry at them.
Stop the cycle! Disconnect! Read! Physically talk to friends and family! Enjoy a hobby!
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Can't stop scrolling? You're likely addicted and it comes with a laundry list of health problems, just like any other addiction.
Scroll through this article from WebMD about screen detox.
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Know what's better than watching #GoodOmens on an #oligarchs #Prime service?
Putting your device on silent and READING #GoodOmens.
Leave it to Terry Pratchett and @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com to make me litetally laugh out loud about the end of the world.
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#SocialMedia curses us with an overabundance of information. If the Chernobyl meltdown happened now, news of it would be buffeted with videos of trump golfing and women in big hats hocking makeup.
The noise muddies knowledge and desensitizes us to atrocities.
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Being active on #SocialMedia doesn't change the world. It only changes you.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Disconnect from the machine. Go to locally owned bookstores and coffee shops. Talk to people, not to avatars.
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In the war over #SocialMedia arguments, there are no winners. Only (time) losers.
Use those words for something constructive. Write a book.
Use that time for something worthwhile. Read a book.
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Abandon thought all ye who enter #SocialMedia
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I want to look back on a life truly enjoyed. Not a life spent arguing for hours on #Facebook over an order of operations math meme.
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Every minute spent staring at #SocialMedia is a minute of life stolen from you. Corporations deform that minute into an intangible value used to regurgitate more useless drivel to rob you of another minute.
Break the cycle.
Live your life!
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Little analogy for you:
Knowledge is to #SocialMedia
As
Chocolate is to Dementors
Read
Learn
Act
Not once, not twice, but 10 times more!
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In light of the House deciding to make it harder for people to vote, here is my recommended reading for the week:
WHY THEY MARCHED, by Susan Ware
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My only regret will be not reading every book ever written.
But I'm going to die trying!
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#SocialMedia is a constant barage of stuff that our minds can't possibly take in.
If we aren't retaining or learning from it, then it is functionally useless.
I can't recall the last 5 posts I looked at, but I sure as hell can remember the last 5 books I read.
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Watching a story on a phone, theater, or TV screen merely engages passive imagination. You're being shown a world, which is nice.
Reading a story from a book engages active imagination. You are creating a world, which is the best.
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Advertisers hate this one sneaky trick to breaking #SocialMediaAddiction: replace your goto app with a shortcut to an e-book.
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"Brett...was as obsessed with volcanos as other rich billionaire types were with space travel. Rockets were rich-guy phallic symbols."
-Eruption, Michael Crichton/James Patterson
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This week's #BannedBook is Beloved by Toni Morrison.
It is banned in schools in Tennessee, Virginia, and Missouri.
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History happened.
From the moment our ancestors picked up a piece of charcoal to the age of the keyboard, our history has been recorded.
Go to a book store or library and collect these precious memories.
We can't move forward without reflecting backward.
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"If only we could all stand up. All of us who have died unjustly for the Gods of the insane. There would be so many of us."
-Luke
The Ritual, Adam Nevill
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This week's #BannedBook is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
It is banned in schools in California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.
#IREADBANNEDBOOKS
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Friendly reminder that it's time for a palate cleanser!
Set your phone down and pick up a book for at least 30 minutes.
You'll be glad you did.
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They were uneducated mobs easily swayed by a fiery speaker, good at creating scapegoats and not skilled at understanding. He had been convinced that knowledge was stronger than superstition... It had been a naïve assumption.
-Ptolemy, Sisterhood of Dune
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This week's #BannedBook is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
It is banned in school districts in Texas, Washington, Minnesota, and Florida.
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Knowlede is your ultimate weapon against hate.
Read history. Educate yourself and spread that knowledge by talking with neighbors and coworkers. Even if they disagree, you've still planted a seed.
"I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together." -Uncle Red
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