Aaron Helton
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Library systems dev @ UN Library
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TTRPGs, ♾️ DM
Reader. Writer. Digital Humanist in training @ CUNY GC. William Blake stan.
Queens, NY
www.aaronhelton.com and blog.hilltown.studio
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Library systems dev @ UN Library
en/es
TTRPGs, ♾️ DM
Reader. Writer. Digital Humanist in training @ CUNY GC. William Blake stan.
Queens, NY
www.aaronhelton.com and blog.hilltown.studio
Likes/Reposts ≠ endorsements.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
I mean, I don't read every literal word assigned, but I like to prepare enough to have a decent grasp of the author's arguments. Having read the wrong piece, I had nothing. Fun times.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I mean, I don't read every literal word assigned, but I like to prepare enough to have a decent grasp of the author's arguments. Having read the wrong piece, I had nothing. Fun times.
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Reading this, written by a comrade, and it's ace books.google.com.au/books/about/...
Motivations for Refusal
In Motivations for Refusal: Work, Value, and the Limits of Postworkerism, Mark Gawne develops a critical account of how the affective politics of capital and class are formed and contested in contempo...
books.google.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Reading this, written by a comrade, and it's ace books.google.com.au/books/about/...
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Imagine you read the Iliad and your takeaway is "fighting for princesses."
I'd question your reading comprehension and translation, in that order...
I'd question your reading comprehension and translation, in that order...
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Imagine you read the Iliad and your takeaway is "fighting for princesses."
I'd question your reading comprehension and translation, in that order...
I'd question your reading comprehension and translation, in that order...