How many people alive today have read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair? Less than 1%, probably.

How many people have seen "Our Daily Bread" from 1934, or similarly subversive movies? Less than 1%, probably.

How many people have read "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn? Less than 1%, probably.

Almost everyone is traveling blind.

The education we receive and the cultural literacy we are allowed has been carefully crafted and controlled to serve the interests of our capitalist masters.

#Books #Reading #Education #Capitalism

A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.

source: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrarian

#books #library #PublicWorks #WPA #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon

fun fact:

There is a book store in New York that lets you trade in used books in exchange for pickles. They are called Sweet Pickle Books and going there to get pickles is on my bucket list.

here's there website where you can get their pickles or merch:
https://www.sweetpicklebooks.com/

@bookstodon #books #reading #bookstodon

Well, this is my #review of #Dune, and it is complete, because it ended here.

Random thoughts, my journey of reading and more filler because it's my #blog after all. Mild #spoilers ahead, behind a clear warning and you can skip them!

This is day 27 of #100DaysToOffload

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/dune/

#ScienceFiction #Reading #Books2024

Dune

My thoughts on Dune, by Frank Herbert. You can read a lot, there will be a warning after spoilers happen.

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I have finished #reading #Dune

#SciFi #Books2024 #Bookstodon

One last chapter and I'll finish #reading #Dune

#Books #Bookstodon #SciFi

Tech bros should not be in charge of anything.

#books #reading #AmReading #yikes

Queen’s Reading Room neuroscience study finds reading helps mental wellbeing

As little as five minutes of reading can reduce stress by nearly 20%.

#reading #stress #neuroscience #MentalHealth
#bookstodon
https://howtobe247.com/queens-reading-room-study-finds-reading-helps-wellbeing/

Queen’s Reading Room study finds reading helps wellbeing

Discover the mental health benefits of reading with new neuroscience insights from The Queen's Reading Room study.

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