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Οι Bookmarkers ήρθαν για να μείνουν. 📚 Ένα βιβλίο δεν σου δίνει απλώς περισσότερη πληροφορία. Σου δίνει χρόνο να σκεφτείς, χώρο να φανταστείς, λέξεις για όσα νιώθεις και ιστορίες μέσα από τις οποίες μπορείς να δεις τον κόσμο — και τους άλλους — διαφορετικά. Σε μαθαίνει να συγκεντρώνεσαι. Να ακούς. Να αμφισβητείς. Να συνδέεις. Να βλέπεις πέρα από το προφανές. Να συνομιλείς με τους συγγραφείς. Και κάπως έτσι, η ανάγνωση γίνεται κάτι περισσότερο από μια συνήθεια. Γίνεται τρόπος να μεγαλώνουμε, να εξελισσόμαστε και να κατανοούμε καλύτερα τον κόσμο γύρω μας. Με αυτή την ιδέα, οι Bookmarkers ήρθαν για να συμβάλουν στην ενίσχυση της φιλαναγνωσίας και να κάνουν την αγάπη για τα βιβλία κομμάτι της καθημερινότητάς μας. “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson #Βιβλία #Φιλαναγνωσία #Ανάγνωση

Knowledge Day is a reminder that every child and adult has the right to learn in safety. But for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, that right is under attack. Russia’s brutal war of aggression is in its fifth year. Ukrainian schools have been destroyed, millions of books https://t.co/0gGcaY7ZlH #KnowledgeDay #StandWithUkraine #EducationForAll #UA #RU

Knowledge Day is a reminder that every child and adult has the right to learn in safety. But for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, that right is under attack. Russia’s brutal war of aggression is in its fifth year. Ukrainian schools have been destroyed, millions of books https://t.co/QZ7kAYLj53 #KnowledgeDay #StandWithUkraine #RightToLearn #UA #RU

WITNESS TO HISTORY Mike Walsh: “I have read a lot about WWII and Germany. This includes David Irving’s books. However, you wrapped it all in a really tidy and factual package. I highly recommend it to all my history truth-seeking friends. Thank you for such a great book.” ~ B. Wiggles. https://barnesreview.org/product/witness-to-history-the-reich-legend-uncensored/

The Pinnacle of Tyranny The pinnacle of tyranny would allow politicians, elites, and bureaucrats to control a population without force or coercion—because the people love their servitude. Aldous Huxley’s *Brave New World* explores this idea through an eerily relatable dystopian society. Unlike Orwell’s *1984*, Huxley’s world contains no obvious oppression. The state does not need to “stamp on a human face—forever.” Instead, citizens willingly chain themselves to pleasure and distraction. Authorities do not rule through terror, but by giving people everything they think they want. Soma, a government-approved drug, becomes the opiate of the masses. Mustafa Mond, the World Controller, compares it to Christianity without the suffering. By swallowing a few tablets, citizens can escape reality—a temporary holiday from the facts. Lenina cannot understand why Bernard refuses Soma, preferring discomfort to something that can remove it. When Bernard says, “I’d rather be myself, myself and nasty, not somebody else, however jolly,” Lenina views his desire for authenticity as a kind of illness. Bernard wants to experience passion and recognizes that life involves more than contentment. He craves genuine experience, including suffering and intensity, rather than emotional regulation by the World State. Lenina’s confusion results from her conditioning, which teaches her to view unhappiness as a technical problem. This belief is captured by the saying, “A gram is better than a dam.” The citizens of *Brave New World* are not captives but satisfied customers. Children are produced by the state, relieving people of the responsibilities of parenthood. Their free time is filled with promiscuity, cheap entertainment, and endless sporting events—what might be called “slop” today. As Neil Postman observed, Orwell saw totalitarianism through fear, while Huxley imagined a society where oppression would be unnecessary because people would willingly surrender themselves to pleasure. There would be no need to ban books, because no one would want to read them. An abundance of low-quality information would make censorship unnecessary; the truth would be drowned out by noise. Huxley warned that people’s “almost infinite appetite for distractions” could make tyranny not only possible, but welcome.

Could an ant pass a maths exam? 🐜 It’s a funny question, but it hides anither yin: why should maths for bairns aye look like a school textbook? In bairns’ books, numbers can become characters, riddles, journeys and stories too. Whit if bairns met maths first through curiosity? #Maths #Bairns #BairnsBooks #Education #ChildPsychology #LearningMotivation #LearningThroughPlay #MathsStories #20260825 #0039 #MrNumberwise #Scots #UK #GB

WITNESS TO HISTORY Mike Walsh: “I have read a lot about WWII and Germany. This includes David Irving’s books. However, you wrapped it all in a really tidy and factual package. I highly recommend it to all my history truth-seeking friends. Thank you for such a great book.” ~ B. Wiggles. https://barnesreview.org/product/witness-to-history-the-reich-legend-uncensored/

Whit if readin Jane Austen wis also a kind o investigation? The reader notices the wee details, compares whit folk say wi how they behave, spots contradictions, an tries tae understand whit isnae said outright. Wha’s tellin the truth? Wha’s hidin somethin? Which wee details turn oot tae matter later? Readin a classic can feel a bit like detective work: watch closely, piece the clues thegither, an draw yer ain conclusions. #0026= #JaneAusten #Literature #Readin #Classics #Detective #Books #ReaderPsychology #Curiosity #CloseReadin #CriticalThinkin #ArthurWren #Scots

Coud an ant pass a maths test? 🐜 It’s a funny question, but there’s anither ane behind it: why should maths for bairns aye look like a schoolbook? In bairns’ books, numbers can become characters, puzzles, journeys and stories an aw. Whit if bairns discovered maths through curiosity first? #Maths #Bairns #BairnsBooks #Education #Learning #Curiosity #20260822 #0028 #MrNumberwise #Scots

What if reading a classic began with a question, not an obligation? Instead of saying, “This is an important novel. Read it carefully,” imagine starting with a mystery: Why did this character stay silent? What is hidden in that letter? Who misunderstood whom — and why? What does money change here? What is never said directly? Suddenly, Jane Austen or Charles Dickens is no longer a monument to admire from a distance. It becomes a world to investigate. Maybe classic literature works better when curiosity comes before reverence. #ClassicLiterature #JaneAusten #CharlesDickens #Reading #LiteraryMystery #Books #Curiosity #ReaderPsychology #ReadingMotivation #CriticalThinking #ExploratoryReading #English #0010= #ArthurWren

Could an ant pass a math test? 🐜 It’s a funny question, but there’s another one behind it: why should math for kids always look like a school textbook? In children’s books, numbers can become characters, puzzles, journeys and stories too. What if kids discovered math through curiosity first? #math #kids #childrensbooks #education #learning #curiosity #puzzles #ChildPsychology #LearningMotivation #MathStories #DiscoveryLearning #20260820 #0012 #MrNumberwise #English

WITNESS TO HISTORY Mike Walsh: “I have read a lot about WWII and Germany. This includes David Irving’s books. However, you wrapped it all in a really tidy and factual package. I highly recommend it to all my history truth-seeking friends. Thank you for such a great book.” ~ B. Wiggles. https://barnesreview.org/product/witness-to-history-the-reich-legend-uncensored/

What if Charles Dickens could also be read as an economist? In Hard Times, wages, employer power, education, debt, inequality and collective action are not abstract concepts — they shape the lives of the characters. Literature can reveal how economic systems feel from the inside, and how microeconomic forces influence everyday choices, opportunities and power. #CharlesDickens #HardTimes #Victorianliterature #Microeconomics #books #reading #ReaderPsychology #CriticalThinking #EconomicsAndLiterature #ReadingMotivation #English #0004= #ArthurWren

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In 2024 AI company Anthropic bought millions of books and destroyed them to scan the pages to train its AI models. AI companies need books free of AI-generated text, which is devastating to AI models—When trained on their own output, they degrade even more https://t.co/PdEOra8GZM #AI #MachineLearning #DataEthics #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.