#reading-room — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #reading-room, aggregated by home.social.
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A #Library Dedicated Solely to the #EpsteinFiles Is Opening in #NewYork
The Institute for #PrimaryFacts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the #Epstein files for public display at the newly opened Donald J. #Trump and #JeffreyEpstein Memorial #ReadingRoom.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-library-dedicated-solely-to-the-epstein-files-is-opening-in-new-york/
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Ruled by Numbers, Rescued by Words
In a recent article, “Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives”, Noah Giansiracusa captures something we all sense but rarely articulate: our importance is being compressed into metrics. Writers are judged by TikTok followers, artisans by Instagram reach, even teachers and politicians by their YouTube subscribers. The message is clear: if you want to matter, you must be measurable.
And yet, some of the richest dimensions of human life resist such measurement. Friendship, imagination, wonder, and belonging—these cannot be captured by algorithms or ranked on leaderboards.
Giansiracusa offers the idea of “Robin Hood math,” reclaiming numbers from the institutions that wield them as tools of comparison, and instead using them as a means of empowerment. Numbers, after all, are not the enemy. But numbers alone are not enough. Words are needed too—words to remind us of what is immeasurable, words to carry the resonance of what cannot be counted.
It is here that I return to the idea of a Reading Room, a space shaped by the spirit of the Victorian and Edwardian salons. These were rooms where people gathered not for clicks, likes, or algorithms, but for dialogue, reflection, and the companionship of words. In such rooms, life was measured not by numbers, but by shared imagination.
Perhaps the most radical act we can make today is not to reject numbers altogether, but to resist letting them define our worth. To read a book without posting about it. To write a letter with no guarantee of reply. To listen—truly listen—to another person. To live in the immeasurable.
My Takeaways
Reading this article reminded me why I began this Reading Room. Blogging, podcasting, and sharing online can easily fall into the trap of quantification—views, likes, followers. But here, I choose another way. Here, I measure life not in numbers, but in presence, imagination, and the joy of connection.
With gratitude for your presence in this Reading Room. Until next time, may your days be measured in wonder, not numbers.
Rebecca
#IMReadingAnArticle #Instagram #MorningReflections #ReadingRoom #SocialMedia #TikTok #YouTube
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With #ABC's #capitulation and agreement to fund the future Trump Presidential Library, we're truly going to see something #different.
I haven't checked all the others, but I think it'll be the first #Presidential #Library that has a beaded curtain between the lobby and the "reading room".
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5th Avenue, Seattle Public Library. Seattle,WA. Ricoh GR III.
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@seattlepubliclibrary. Seattle,WA. Ricoh GR III.
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Why yes, I would love a new reading for class, thanks, RBM!
The Special Collections Reading Room: A Study of Culture and Its Impact on the Researcher Experience
Gina C. Modero. RBM, Vol 24, No 2 (2023).
#SpecialCollections #archives #readingRoom
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I miss @CaribenxMarciaX 's #ReadingRoom, I learned so much.
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…According to #Prism, You requested the #Festival #Director #LawrenceMinhBùiDavis, to submit a #report his request specifically mentioned the #Trans and #Nonbinary #ReadingRoom, described as possibly one of the festival’s most “#sensitive” #occurrences because of the growing number of #bookbans directed at #transgender and #nonbinary #writers, according to the #WashingtonPost.
Within hours of Davis’s #report responding to the request being submitted, You #emailed out #news of the #cancellation
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#SmithsonianInstitution #Cancels #AsianAmerican #Literature #Festival Leaving #Trans #AAPI #Community #Disheartened.
APAC's #ActingDirector #YaoFenYou #canceled the #festival after a #report flagging “potentially #sensitive” #issues in the #festival’s programming relating to #Trans and #Nonbinary #ReadingRoom, was submitted by #staffers…
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.advocate.com/news/aapi-transgender-smithsonian-festival-cancellation
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Today is the last day of finals which means our library is nearly deserted. Here is the Day Missions Room in the Yale Divinity Library.
#yds #YaleDivinitySchool #LibrariesOfMastodon #Library #yale #ReadingRoom #LibraryCore
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#ЧитальныйЗал, #библиотека РАН. Выглядит примерно так, если кто не видел. #фото
A #ReadingRoom #photo in the #library of the #RussianAcademyofSciences. #spb
