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 (DIR) Post #B5ZxIPNa500F9s6usy by EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
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       Books hold power!They inform us, make us think... and question.Reading has been shown to be good for health and wellbeing. It also improves academic performance, creativity, employability, and democratic participation.Even so, literacy amongst adults is stagnating or declining in many European countries. Recent studies also show reading for pleasure is in decline.So, what better day than World Book and Copyright Day to highlight some amazing European literature ➡️https://euprizeliterature.eu/
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ZxSwVdl3S0nxu4bg by agowa338@chaos.social
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       @EUCommission Well I see still a lot of people here in the Fedi timeline as well as people reading and writing fanfictions. I think mainly "just books" see this trend but not reading in general.I'd even assume that a lot of people are reading more than ever before in human history.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Zyaq71WewlEfibwm by PascalDrabik@mastodon.social
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       @EUCommission On Earth, one day is about 24 hours. And time is going at the speed of 60mn per hour wherever we are.So these days, people have to choose between facebook (for instance) and books.Internet is a wonderful piece of technology. Unfortunately, most people do not know how to use it wisely, for the benefit of all.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5a1hjcOMuroz5N1fM by IOI@mathstodon.xyz
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       @EUCommission Yes, of course, we all have stopped reading. Even for news, we wait a brief glance at it to read it! But the irony is that even literature will not be Human, it brings a balance to stopping reading!https://www.linkedin.com/posts/panagiotis-gioannis-3b8605186_soon-publishers-wont-stand-a-chance-literary-share-7446954093719293952-z7bb[‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books]
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aAFZKpuHieZRnr1c by slotos@toot.community
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       @EUCommissionMy father in law got his entire military unit to read back in USSR. Turns out, sitting in a library took you out of the view of the officers. A few minutes in, and soldiers would read just to do something, which turned into a habit.Moral of the story - when libraries are seen as a safe space, people end up reading there.Fund libraries and librarians.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aDHkybtWrV7N8rJ2 by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       @EUCommission Right, so maybe invest in more books instead of those abominable slop machines!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aEGcDH5jRVbS1LUG by mooncorebunny@social.linux.pizza
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       @EUCommissionFuck copyright.Long live books, and those who read and write them! May they be enriched in wallet and spirit!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aH4moAAovsqmKH7g by strangequark@dice.camp
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       @EUCommission World Book *and Copyright* Day?What was wrong with calling it World Book Day? Not corporate-sounding enough?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aI7Ymwr2CKBye0n2 by fnrd@toots.nu
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       @EUCommission Literature is great! Another upcoming book I can't wait to read is the new book in the Murderbot series:  https://bookshop.org/p/books/platform-decay-martha-wells/8cf1662cf8bf8d15?ean=97812508270055th of May is not so far off :) Anyone else have a book to recommend?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aWnpPErM6tFebTkm by NicelyManifest@mastodon.social
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       @EUCommission Online/phone culture atrophies not just the attention span to read but many other faculties. Mostly JUST to feed monies to ad-pumping corporations like Google.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5aaqd6nRAtbnTZJtA by Kdude@mastodon.social
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       @EUCommission Isn’t EUPL on Mastodon?