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Got variant of "I need to find a book" and all I remember is "the book is blue." In this case, client just did not recall the author, but knew the book, so I was able to narrow things a bit to get the right translation; they wanted a specific translation.

The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading -

carlhendrick.substack.com/p/th

Beautiful essay on the importance of reading in this attention age.

“Reading, in the end, is an act of faith. Faith that other minds matter, that complexity deserves our patience, that truth emerges not from confirmation but from confrontation with difference.”

The Learning Dispatch · The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep ReadingBy Carl Hendrick

Because of everything:

Via Diane Duane: "Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. BTW, want the revised/updated versions? They're here in ebook format:"

#Reading #YoungWizards @bookstodon

youngwizards.com/

ebooks.direct/products/young-w

Young WizardsYoung Wizards - A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.