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Tombe la pluie - Theespookje<p>The surge of ai and its ignorance of taste, making things better by adding more, and so on, is correlating with the average lack of consideration for <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/creation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creation</span></a>, <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> and <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> and global <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/antiintellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiintellectualism</span></a> ; highlighting global reluctance to partake into any activity requiring to think by oneself. <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/CriticalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/literacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/medialiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medialiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facism</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> <br>I recently read about how over half of the American population is at Level 1 Literacy (Grade 6 or lower). Together with how low the population is in some States, Trump and American political outcomes makes lots of sense in a dark <a href="https://c.im/tags/Absurdist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Absurdist</span></a> way.😖 As a retired Canadian teacher (English, Developmental Literacy, Media Literacy, &amp; Special Ed), I am struck with pity, despair, and anger. <a href="https://c.im/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> is being barely held together with spit and baling wire. Just how is it still standing? :bd25: </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literacy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteracyLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyLevels</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteracyRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyRates</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ReadingLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingLevels</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanPopulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPopulation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-l</span><span class="invisible">iteracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaL9yM6xak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=PuaL9yM6xa</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
NV Access<p>2/2<br />But today, we really wanted to put the focus on YOU, our dedicated Braille users, for all YOU do spreading awareness, and promoting use of Braille, not just with NVDA on the PC, but in all aspects of life.</p><p>Learn more about World Braille Day from the UN: <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">un.org/en/observances/braille-</span><span class="invisible">day</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Braille" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Braille</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WorldBrailleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldBrailleDay</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WorldBrailleDay2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldBrailleDay2024</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVDAsr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NVDAsr</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Literacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LiteracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteracyMatters</span></a></p>
Blake Hamilton<p>📚✨ Celebrating International Literacy Day! Let's empower minds and unlock potential through the magic of reading and writing. Every word learned is a step towards a brighter future. 🌍❤️ </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LiteracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ReadToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadToLead</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InternationalLiteracyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLiteracyDay</span></a></p>
Kelvin n0mql EN35ld<p>NPR is at it again with horrid SM story blurbs. </p><p>Flight attendants’ pay clock doesn’t start until the doors close because they argue.</p><p>Really? REALLY, NPR?!</p><p>Dipshit AI editors.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/PayAttention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayAttention</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/ReadItAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadItAgain</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HireHumanEditors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HireHumanEditors</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/LiteracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyMatters</span></a></p>
MJ Lee<p>OMG all these years, I’ve seen the word “scatological” and have never looked it up until today. My dictionary says scatological = the study of feces (scat). That didn’t make sense to me in the context of the article I was reading, i.e. “her humor is scatological”. Her humor is about 💩💩?? But thesaurus.com had more modern definitions. Still, I’m chagrined I didn’t know this. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/literacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacyMatters</span></a> </p><p>Scatological = primarily bawdy, coarse, lewd, obscene, or secondarily dirty filthy excremental</p>
ERAT<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://glammr.us/@yo_bj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yo_bj</span></a></span> holy sh*t </p><p>it won't be the woo-scary technology search engines, police state, or Illuminati that does us in, but our own dogged-ignorant provinciality. <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SmashThePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmashThePatriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SupportLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupportLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiteracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyMatters</span></a></p>
Julie Hodgson :verified: ☕️🛀<p>"You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you"<br>Stephen King<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacyMatters</span></a></p>