readingbythestream
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Sie wollen nicht wahrhaben, dass jeder Angriff auf die intellektuelle Freiheit und auf das Konzept einer objektiven Wahrheit auf lange Sicht eine Bedrohung fĂźr jeden Wissensbereich ist.
They don't want to accept, that every attack on intellectual freedom and the concept of an objective truth is in the long term a threat for every area of knowledge.
I learned a lot about George Orwell. His political views and about his background. I read up a little on his biography in addition to reading these essays. A lot of the thoughts he presents in these essays are still relevant today, others were pretty accurate predictions by him for the future that is our present. The only thing that I just could never really figure out is whether he includes himself in his own critique of the behaviour of people following different political ideologies. My brain is still buzzing and probably will continue to do so for a while. George Orwell has an interesting mind, and I plan to (re)read his fictional works soon.
0readingbythestream commented on Loyaute's review of Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
đąEbook I was introduced to the Heartstopper comics in high school. The first season of the show was released when I was 17. There was no better age to be at the time, honestly. I remember watching the show for the first time with a friend I really liked. We were on one of those little two-seater couches; I was lying with my head in their lap and my legs stretched up against the wall. I remember us jokingly complaining about not having boyfriends like Nick and Charlie. I remember sitting in the expectant silence afterward.
I spent a lot of time after that sitting on the floor by my friendâs desk during history class, reading these comics on his phone, the toe of his converse resting on top of my vans. The first time this kid asked me out, he asked if Iâd be âthe vans to his converse.â Isnât that ridiculous? I thought it was everything, at the time. We were 17 and gay and we didnât know what we were doingâall we had were these comics.
Iâll never understand the people who treat these comics like theyâre marshmallow fluff on an ice cream sundae. When youâre a gay teenager in a world where some people donât think you should be breathing, Heartstopper lets you existâmore than that, it connects you with people like you. Reading this comic again felt like reading a diary from a past life. Sure, some of it feels âcringeyâ now. Tell me you werenât cringey when you were a teenager. Thatâs kind of the whole point, isnât it? We do silly things, we say silly things, we read to each other when we canât speak the words ourselves. We point at a comic strip and say, âLook at themâŚtheyâre like usâŚwe could love like that. We could be loved like that."
6readingbythestream commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Check the book youâre reading right now. If you were transported there for 24 hours, are you having a lovely spring vacation or are you absolutely doomed?
I'm reading Papyrus, so Iâve been dropped right into Alexander the Greatâs path through Thebes. If being 'absolutely doomed' counts as a vacation, then Iâm having a blast. đ My current survival strategy is to find a reed pen, and pray my handwriting is good enough to earn me 'Scribe' status instead of 'Casualty' status. But, honestly, I give myself maybe only a 10% survival chance. And thatâs being generous.
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1readingbythestream commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Saw this on my facebook and intended to sent it privately to my best friend but I messed up and share it on my profile for all my FB friends to see. It became a happy accident because my book friends (whom haven't talked to in a while) engaged on the post and we had fun on roasting my chaotic evil friends.
I'm lawful evil. You?
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Hello fellow Boundlings, How are you today?
I've woken up (like every Monday) with an impending sense of dread about the work week ahead. But it's not fair: I already give Capitalism a lot of my time and energy, I refuse to give it also my emotional wellbeing.
Therefore, I've decided to treat this day as an adventure. The main quest will be to be present and kind.
What will your main quest for today be? Can you give me ideas for side quests to add a little joy and whimsy to this day?
95readingbythestream commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey Bookaholics!
What did everyone get up to this weekend? I spent mine working so hoping everyone had better plans than me đ
Here is your question of the day:
If your friend group were book tropes, what would they be? â¤ď¸
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I was talking to my partner about what we used to read when we were younger and what books or series are super nostalgic to us and I was just wondering, what are some books like that for you? âşď¸ Are there any books or series that are really nostalgic for you or maybe really shaped you in your younger years?
For me I think itâs probably The Hunger Games (like probably 90% of my generationđ ), I just reread them as an adult for the first time and it was soooo great. Really nostalgic, but also such a different experience to read them with a fully developed frontal lobe (Iâm looking at you Gale đ¤¨) And also (!) the infamous Warriors series (or Warrior Cats as they are called in German), I was the biggest fan (borderline obsessed tbh), Iâm pretty sure Iâll never read them again, but they are very dear to my heart â¤ď¸
But anyways, what are some of your nostalgic reads? Iâm curious! đ
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