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Wait the US is literally fighting directly in Gaza?

Lmao that's awesome when did we get the red triangle emote

I guess I was a little concerned from the trailer than there would be a sort of a sneering at poor black people, that there's an implied hierarchy that books written by rich educated people are obviously better and that it's some sort of obvious injustice being done to educated writers that people are reading books written by poor people. Are the politics of the movie good?

Is it good? I like Wright but I thought it looked kind of lame I was really shocked to see it was nominated for best picture

Good guy Uganda like yeah she ain't with us

The way you let these ancient ghouls run your country is fucked up.

Good mega, I didn't know about this

That's cool, it's a very good book and remains one of my faves. Honestly there is a bit in the beginning (like maybe chapter 3 or 4?) that was very tough to get through - if I remember correctly it was about Hindu(?) mystic conceptions of life as debt - and then it opens up. Honestly reading that book is a real experience because when you're like 2/3 of the way through and are like "geez I don't know if I can keep this up" the book actually completely changes pace, and becomes an overview of known history with reference to the established theory.

It can be a tough text to get through, I know several people in one of my book clubs who do read regularly who didn't finish it. I hope you stick with it, but if you don't you should know you'd be in good company.

OH one other technique for retention that I use is that for denser texts like Debt I usually also have the audiobook, so I end up going through the text twice without feeling like I do. Sometimes I'll listen first, and get a sense of which sections I'll want to go through slower with the text, and sometimes I'll read first and then listen to the audiobook when I'm riding my bike or something to get a second pass. I find it helps a lot.

That's normal. Reading is a practice. The more out of practice you are, the harder it is to focus. Focus will come. Keep your phone in another room, set yourself some achievable reading goals (on my to do list sometimes I'll set three goals: read 10 pages, read 20 pages, read 30 pages so I still feel accomplished if I only read 10) and be fair to yourself that you're out of reading shape, for now give yourself credit for small achievements.

As for reading comprehension, I find taking notes helps a lot. Also discussing what you're reading can help a ton, if it's an option reading groups or book clubs are great ways to formally and critically reflect on what you've read.

Good for you for trying! There are a lot of people who have basically stopped reading nowadays. What are you reading right now?

It's singular. Mitochondria is plural.

The evidence doesn't come out until the day after the ICJ ruling