Are Many College Students Losing the Ability to Read?
Futurism reports:
in a new essay for The Chronicle Higher Education, university-level literature and writing instructor Tyler Jagt recalls how not a single one of his students could get through an assigned 20-page article, something that he had read “without complaint” as an undergraduate a decade ago.
One student confessed that the reason they didn’t finish was that … ⌘ Read more
Loner Life in Another World v09 [Audiobook]
#2121297 | Loner Life in Another World v09 [Audiobook] | 661.8 MiB | Literature - English-translated | CE450F9FF24DB7FC193382C4927872C8ACFA5981 ⌘ Read more
Let’s Take a Walk in Another World 001-140 as v01-13 + 141-150 (Digital-Compilation) (The K-Team) [Oak]
#2121251 | Let’s Take a Walk in Another World 001-140 as v01-13 + 141-150 (Digital-Compilation) (The K-Team) [Oak] | 1.3 GiB | Literature - English-translated | B77F4EF6487E1AAB3E5C0508212257CF3AEC8CA2 ⌘ Read more
はらぺこ母娘と元カレ家主 第01-02巻 [Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yadonushi vol 01-02]
#2121151 | はらぺこ母娘と元カレ家主 第01-02巻 [Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yadonushi vol 01-02] | 116.9 MiB | Literature - Raw | 10D862FD3DFB81037A65EBC95FDCC624C82FB280 ⌘ Read more
ハーベストマーチ 第01巻 [Harvest March vol 01]
#2121150 | ハーベストマーチ 第01巻 [Harvest March vol 01] | 48.9 MiB | Literature - Raw | 6FE6DF25CC31EB4B712B7967B7C24ACE32897B34 ⌘ Read more
はにーすぃーとティータイム 第01-04巻 [Honey Sweet Tea Time vol 01-04]
#2121149 | はにーすぃーとティータイム 第01-04巻 [Honey Sweet Tea Time vol 01-04] | 363.1 MiB | Literature - Raw | 55E38E1A967BA08152DDA1647D8FBD8604631C0E ⌘ Read more
異世界AV撮影隊 リマスター 第01-03巻 [Isekai AV Satsuei Tai Lima Star vol 01-03]
#2121129 | 異世界AV撮影隊 リマスター 第01-03巻 [Isekai AV Satsuei Tai Lima Star vol 01-03] | 845.8 MiB | Literature - Raw | 6A07BDC5842B3D26A61EA12D0705A0B48144D3C6 ⌘ Read more
かつては最強無敵の勇者様 ～姫には内緒のレベルダウン生活～ 第01-02巻 [Katsute Ha Saikyo Muteki No Yusha Sama vol 01-02]
#2121085 | かつては最強無敵の勇者様 ～姫には内緒のレベルダウン生活～ 第01-02巻 [Katsute Ha Saikyo Muteki No Yusha Sama vol 01-02] | 155.1 MiB | Literature - Raw | E817539B826FFE50B86B1C8203E5DE299E7260A9 ⌘ Read more
おもかげ幻舞 第01-04巻
#2121084 | おもかげ幻舞 第01-04巻 | 120.3 MiB | Literature - Raw | 4FB854D44E0ED181DE486C1EFBDE6F132B4EA8D2 ⌘ Read more
異世界カード無双 魔神殺しのＦランク冒険者 第01-05巻 [Isekai Card Muso Majin Goroshi No F Rank Boken Sha vol 01-05]
#2121083 | 異世界カード無双 魔神殺しのＦランク冒険者 第01-05巻 [Isekai Card Muso Majin Goroshi No F Rank Boken Sha vol 01-05] | 340.0 MiB | Literature - Raw | 0889083EC421D79CE8003F75F2EEC705A3EF1C93 ⌘ Read more
BLACK BRAIN 第01-10巻
#2121076 | BLACK BRAIN 第01-10巻 | 373.4 MiB | Literature - Raw | F5AFA2A9CD21CA224DBA96862D321E5BD47A2F66 ⌘ Read more
危険な寵愛 ～マフィアは私に甘く口づける～ 第01-02巻 [Kikenna Choai Mafuia Ha Watashi Ni Amaku Kuchi Zukeru vol 01-02]
#2121075 | 危険な寵愛 ～マフィアは私に甘く口づける～ 第01-02巻 [Kikenna Choai Mafuia Ha Watashi Ni Amaku Kuchi Zukeru vol 01-02] | 207.7 MiB | Literature - Raw | DC372142EE523026DD0A2873325353C928285533 ⌘ Read more
サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと 第01‐06巻 [コミック][EPUB][DL版] - MangaEpub
#2121069 | サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと 第01‐06巻 [コミック][EPUB][DL版] - MangaEpub | 459.4 MiB | Literature - Raw | 22FDA1B87F495271F5011F187ADE34A0CAFF8C66 ⌘ Read more
Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu / The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World v01-13 (2021-2026) (Digital) (DigitalMangaFan)
#2121068 | Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu / The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World v01-13 (2021-2026) (Digital) (DigitalMangaFan) | 3.5 GiB | Literature - English-translated | D869C16FD8244E8A97C0CC195F45D3038B4C8AED ⌘ Read more
The Babe at My Back Has Her Eye on Me. I’m Done For. 024 (2026) (Digital) (oan)
#2121053 | The Babe at My Back Has Her Eye on Me. I’m Done For. 024 (2026) (Digital) (oan) | 26.8 MiB | Literature - English-translated | 7A6B917221434F236FB4DB14FE25846A08537B79 ⌘ Read more
食戦記 第01巻 [Shoku Senki vol 01]
#2121051 | 食戦記 第01巻 [Shoku Senki vol 01] | 24.5 MiB | Literature - Raw | EB70188AAFF24D4C3454C7D77F449FD403ACD66F ⌘ Read more
先生はお兄ちゃん。第01-03巻 [Sensei Ha Onichan vol 01-03]
#2121050 | 先生はお兄ちゃん。第01-03巻 [Sensei Ha Onichan vol 01-03] | 99.0 MiB | Literature - Raw | B692E0E61ADE0F185B4CCF2949A90179BC8A60A5 ⌘ Read more
Zendaya’s Latest Bookstore Haul Includes Books Behind Her Upcoming Movies
Zendaya recently visited the Rakestraw Books store in Danville, California. There, she talked about literature, found a few good reads, and posed with copies of books that are adapted into her upcoming projects. She is set to star in two prominent projects this year, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three, set to release […]
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Robert Pattinson Reveals Surprising ‘90s Inspiration for The Odyssey Character
Robert Pattinson found an unlikely muse for his role in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. To play one of ancient literature’s most despised villains, the actor looked into a flashy con man from a 1995 crime drama. Robert Pattinson says Antinous in The Odyssey is a ‘little like’ James Woods’ Lester in Casino Robert Pattinson plays […]
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Natsuki taking it in the pussy Doki Doki Literature Club! ⌘ Read more
Can the ‘Attention Liberation Movement’ Foment a Rebellion Against Screens?
The Associated Press looks at the small-but-growing “rebellion” against attention-hogging devices, citing “a growing body of literature calling for people to move away from screens and pay attention to life.”
D. Graham Burnett is a historian of science at Princeton University and one of the authors of “ Attensity! A Manifest … ⌘ Read more
Is ‘Brain Rot’ Real? How Too Much Time Online Can Affect Your Mind.
Can being “very online” really affect our brains, asks the Washington Post:
Research suggests that scrolling through short videos on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube Shorts is affecting our attention, memory and mental health. A recent meta-analysis of the scientific literature found that increased use of short-form video was linked with poorer co … ⌘ Read more
Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Franz Kafka…
Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature:
(download in epub here, and) Read 20 of the “best books” entering the public domain in 2026!
10 Common Misconceptions About the Renaissance
The Renaissance roughly spanned the 15th and 16th centuries and saw the revival of classical antiquity, with European scholars dedicating themselves to studying art and literature from Ancient Greece and Rome. It’s when William Shakespeare wrote his plays, Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, and later thinkers like Isaac Newton continued the spirit of inquiry into […]
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No, Em Dash is Not Indicative of AI Generated Text
The Em Dash ( — ) has been in use for centuries by some of the most renowned writers — from journalists to classic literature to modern Sci-Fi authors. ⌘ Read more
Dva dni so slovenskou literatúrou v Báčskom Petrovci
Prvé októbrové dni v Báčskom Petrovci patrili slovenskej literatúre. Knižnica Štefana Homolu sa 1. a 2. októbra 2025 stala miestom stretnutí s tromi renomovanými spisovateľmi zo Slovenska – Katarínou Gillerovou, Janou Pronskou a Miroslavom Kapustom. Privítala ich riaditeľka knižnice Vesna Valihorová-Filipovićová, ktorá vo svojom príhovore zdôraznila, že literárne besedy s autormi patria k obľúbeným formám popula … ⌘ Read more
From Shell Scripts to Science Agents: How AI Agents Are Transforming Research Workflows
It’s 2 AM in a lab somewhere. A researcher has three terminals open, a half-written Jupyter notebook on one screen, an Excel sheet filled with sample IDs on another, and a half-eaten snack next to shell commands. They’re juggling scripts to run a protein folding model, parsing CSVs from the last experiment, searching for literature,… ⌘ Read more
10 Great Literary Works That Almost Had Terrible Titles
When it comes to a great piece of literature, what’s in a title? Actually, quite a lot: whether as straightforward as Dracula, as cryptic as Lord of the Flies, or as devastating as The Waste Land, the title of a literary work functions as our entry point into it. But so many great literary works […]
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Rucknium completes first milestone for statistical research CCS proposal
Rucknium1 has completed2 the first milestone for their latest CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy 3:
I have completed Milestone 1. [..] I evaluated the possible privacy impact of allowing permissionless querying of nodes’ fluff-phase transaction pools. Using techniques from the “topology inference from cascades” research literature, th … ⌘ Read more
September
September je mesiac prechodov, kedy sa leto pomaly stráca, slnečné lúče ustupujú chladným ránam a pochmúrnym popoludniam. V tomto roku však ten prechod bol netypicky náhly. Ešte vo štvrtok 12. septembra sme sa tešili slnečnému letu a včera, v piatok 13. septembra nás prekvapila sychravá jeseň – teplota klesla o 20 stupňov. Taká náhla zmena na nás najčastejšie depresívne vplýva. Depresívne počasie takmer spravidla býva spojené s melanchóliou, a tá má v literatúre špeciálne miesto. Melanchólia má s … ⌘ Read more
“It’s hard for a hungry man to swager”
This line from The Tale of Thorleif Earl’s Poet has gotta be one of the greatest lines from all of Icelandic saga literature. ⌘ Read more
A chat with author Morgan Richard Olivier
A best-selling author with an eye for wellness and an ear for motivational speaking recently published a new book called “The Strength That Stays.” For Morgan Olivier, the newest literature has served as therapy for both herself and her audiences. ⌘ Read more
K 170. výročiu narodenia Jozefa Maliaka
“Pán Jozef Maliak známy je širšiemu obecenstvu, ako vytrvalý a svedomitý pracovník a vo všetkých jeho prácach zračí sa táto jeho svedomitosť. Je on iste jediný z pomedzi tunajších Slovákov, ktorý neúnavne prezerá, číta, značí a prekladá, staré dokumenty o našom tunajšom živote. Je jeden z tých málo ľudí, ktorým staroba neprekáža v práci a ktorý aj napriek svojim mnohým rokom a svojmu zamestnaniu pracuje stále v literatúre. Knihy Jozefa Ma … ⌘ Read more
There is a Polish saying that great Polish literature requires three people to suffer: the main character, the writer and the reader. If all three are suffering book becomes part of the school curriculum. A genius at suffering | Hacker News
pareto improvement: instead of letting students write bachelors/masters theses that are basically just literature reviews, let them rewrite the respective wikipedia articles instead (and then check the article)
What If 2 Gift Guide
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Discovering a Passion for Literature
One of the Department of English’s most recent hires, Dr Jerrine TAN talks about how she switched away from her early interest in medicine to pursue her studies in the arts ⌘ Read more
Into the World of Eileen Chang
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As one of the most perceptive authors of Chinese contemporary literature, Eileen Chang’s fictional writings are best known for her acute observation of all walks of life and the rich tapestry of human relationships in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the 1940s and 50s. Although it has already been 27 years since Chang’s death, her works are still loved by readers of different generations, … ⌘ Read more
Cowen’s second law: there is a literature on everything
Understanding Color Management
I worked on a project where I dived deep into understanding how modern
color management works, including things like color spaces, ICC profiles
and more. As I learnt here and there, I decided to write this post, both
for my future self, and others who may struggle with some of the
concepts as well.
This post only aims to help you understand the basic concepts without
having to delve into dense literature and hard to grok technical
documents.
Color … ⌘ Read more
Peter Saint-Andre: Aristotle Research Report #17: Let the Re-Reading Begin
Just under two years ago, I thought I was done with phase one of my research into Aristotle’s views o human flourishing, having at that point read around 120 distinct works by or related to Aristotle (including all of Plato’s dialogues). Well, I was wrong: since then I’ve read an additional 150 works, almost exclusively in the scholarly literature on Aristotle. Now I have three whole shelves of books about Aristotle in my office…. ⌘ Read more
Comp Lit: computational literature
@mdosch@mdosch.de I’m American. All I know about 90°C is that it‘s a reasonable sauna temperature; the literature tends to focus on saunas at 80°C and 100°C. I haven’t been in a sauna in months, and my body misses it.
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Victor Séjour’s Le Mulâtre https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2020/02/23/mulaitre.html #books #literature #blackhistorymonth #translation #french #announcement
Give the Nobel Prize in Literature to Dril | The Outline https://theoutline.com/post/7245/give-the-nobel-prize-to-dril
holy shit did the domekano anime cut like most of the literature club shit? i don’t remember them going camping & hina getting stung by a wasp
A short history of 20th century African-American horror literature | jessnevins.com http://jessnevins.com/blog/?p=842