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Old books edited and reformatted for next generation accessibility. Art, sketchbooks, and edistrated text books. Founded by chiarascuro.

#Art #Books #Accessibility #Neurodiversity #LGBTQ+ #BIPOC

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Added to the libraries:

The Poems of Sappho (translated by John Myers O'Hara)

Happy Pride!

#BookSky #Poetry #Lesbian #Literature #Pride #Books
Close up of the torsos of two female nudes. The one behind (in purple) is lying on her back with one hand draped over her ribcage and the contours of stomach muscles and navel. The one in front (in pink and peachy tones) is lying on her side with her arm bent and one breast visible.
July 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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The dark mode libraries on Telegram and Signal will be open to the public on July 4, 2025. All books will be free to download and share with your family and friends.

#Books #DigitalPublishing #Accessibility
Anthropomorphized pea pod sitting in a blue chair reading a book. An end table next to the chair has a lamp shining warm yellow light onto the pea, who is smiling.
June 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Added to the libraries:

Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)

If you've ever been curious about what Anarchism really is versus what most people think it is, this is the book for you.

#BookSky #Books #DigitalPublishing #Accessibility #Philosophy
Contents menu of Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman): Biographic Sketch, Preface, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For, Minorities Versus Majorities, The Psychology of Political Violence, Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure, Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, Fransisco Ferrer and the Modern School, The Hypocrisy of Puritanism, The Traffic in Women, Woman Suffrage, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, Marriage and Love, and The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. The page is in dark mode. Contents menu of Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman): Biographic Sketch, Preface, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For, Minorities Versus Majorities, The Psychology of Political Violence, Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure, Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty, Fransisco Ferrer and the Modern School, The Hypocrisy of Puritanism, The Traffic in Women, Woman Suffrage, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, Marriage and Love, and The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. The page is in light mode. The first two paragraphs of Biographic Sketch, with default paragraph text. The first paragraph of Biographic Sketch in dyslexia mode, which increases the font size, line height, letter and word spacing.
June 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#Psychology #CognitiveBias #CriticalThinking
Loss aversion: The psychological pain of losing is twice as powerful as the satisfaction we feel from gaining. We often make decisions to avoid a potential loss rather than to achieve an equivalent gain.
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#WIP, Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)

Goldman insists a woman's freedom comes from herself:

"First, by asserting herself as a personality, and not as a sex commodity. Second, by refusing the right to anyone over her body; by refusing to bear children, unless she wants them;
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Added to the libraries:

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

Dark mode by default with light mode toggle. The dyslexia mode toggle increases the font size, line height, letter and word spacing.

#DigitalPublishing #Accessibility
Screenshot: HTML copy of The Declaration of Independence in dark mode. Two purple buttons at the top with light mode and dyslexia mode. Screenshot: HTML copy of The Declaration of Independence in light mode. Two purple buttons at the top with light mode and dyslexia mode. Screenshot: HTML copy of The Declaration of Independence in dark mode. Two purple buttons at the top with light mode and dyslexia mode. The paragraph text shows how the dyslexia mode toggle changes its appearance.
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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#Psychology #CognitiveBias #Logic #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking
Ambiguity effect We don’t like unpredictability. When we have a choice between multiple options, we tend to reject the ones with uncertain outcomes.
June 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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empty cup
#Art #Drawing #Philosophy #Ink #Edistration
Open Western philosophy text book scribbled out with a ballpoint pen.
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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empty cup
#Art #BlueskyArt #Drawing #Philosophy #Edistration
Open text book of Western philosophy scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. Two small areas near the spine are especially dark.
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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empty cup
#Art #BlueskyArt #Ink #Drawing #Philosophy #Edistration
Open Western philosophy text book scribbled out with a ballpoint pen.
June 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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#Psychology #CognitiveBias #Logic #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking
Affect heuristic: We rely too much on our current emotions when making decisions about the future. Even when how we’re feeling has nothing to do with what we’re deciding.
June 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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empty cup, highlighter

(I studied this book long before scribbling it out.)

#Art #Drawing #Ink #Edistration
Open Western philosophy text book, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The lower left corner of the page on the left shows a patch of yellow from a highlighter where a short blurb in the text was marked.
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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empty cup
#Art #Drawing #Ink #Philosophy #Edistration
Open text book of Western philosophy, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The page on the left has numerous black blobs from the leaky pen, and the page on the right has a few blobs next to the spine.
June 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#Psychology #CognitiveBias #Work #Logic #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking
AKA In-group favoritism: We treat the members of our own group better than people from other groups, even when group membership is arbitrary and meaningless.
June 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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empty cup
#BlueskyArt #Art #Drawing #Edistration
Open text book of Western philosophy, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. There's a smattering of black blobs left by pen leaks.
June 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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empty cup
#Art #Drawing #Edistration
Open Western philosophy text book, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The page on the right has blotches of ink from a leaky nib
June 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#Psychology #CognitiveBias #CriticalThinking
Empathy gap: We tend to downplay the impact our mental, emotional, and physiological states have on our decision-making. And we underestimate how much others are affected by them, too.
June 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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empty cup
#Art #Drawing #Edistration #Ink
Open Western philosophy text book, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The scribbling hides all printed text, and is darker towards the spine.
June 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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empty cup
green page and blue page
#Art #Edistration #Drawing
Open Western philosophy text book, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The page on the left has a green marker fill under the scribbling. The page on the right is uncolored. Open Western philosophy text book, scribbled out with a ballpoint pen. The page on the left is uncolored. The page on the right has a blue marker fill in the background.
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Added to the libraries:
Amendments to the United States Constitution (all 27)
The Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments)

#Publishing #DigitalPublishing #Books
Screenshot: Contents menu and title of The Amendments to the United States Constitution. The page is in dark mode with purple links. Screenshot: Lower half of the contents menu, title, and body text starting with Amendment 1. The page is in light mode with purple links. Screenshot: The title and body text of Amendment 1 in dark mode, with dyslexia mode turned on. The font size, letter- and word-spacing, and line height are all increased.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Every time we go along with something just because other people are doing it, we should hear circus music in our heads.

If that sounds annoying, that’s the point. Make it happen, science!

#Psychology #CognitiveBias #Logic
Bandwagon effect We tend to adopt other peoples’ opinions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in exchange for social acceptance and a chance to be on the “winning” side.
June 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The dyslexia mode toggle increases the letter- and word-spacing to resolve visual crowding.

#DigitalPublishing #Accessibility #USConstitution
Screenshot: HTML copy of The Constitution of the United States of America formatted using the dark mode accessibility standard. The page is in dark mode and also dyslexia mode. There are two purple buttons at the top for light mode and dyslexia mode. The typeface is sans serif and the contents menu links are purple. The title is in a large font size. The beginning of the document starts below it. The body text has increased letter- and word-spacing.
June 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Added to the libraries: The Constitution of the United States of America.

This is an #HTML #book formatted using the dark mode accessibility standard. Dark mode by default for people with #SPD , with a light mode toggle.
Screenshot: HTML copy of The Constitution of the United States of America formatted using the dark mode accessibility standard. The page is in dark mode. There are two purple buttons at the top for light mode and dyslexia mode. The typeface is sans serif and the contents menu links are purple. The title is in a large font size. The beginning of the document starts below it. Screenshot: HTML copy of The Constitution of the United States of America formatted using the dark mode accessibility standard. The page is in light mode. There are two purple buttons at the top for light mode and dyslexia mode. The typeface is sans serif and the contents menu links are purple. The title is in a large font size. The beginning of the document starts below it.
June 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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empty cup
#Art #Drawing #Edistration #Philosophy
Open text book of Western philosophy, all scribbled out. There is a small dark spot on the page on the left from heavier scribbling
May 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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empty cup
Plato's allegory of the cave
#Art #Drawing #Edistration #Philosophy #Plato
Open Western philosophy text book mostly scribbled out. There is an illustration on the left page depicting Plato's allegory of the cave. Close up of the illustration depicting Plato's allegory of the cave. There is a half wall separating two people. One is holding up a horse puppet in front of a fire, making a shadow appear on the wall. The other person is sitting with his back to the wall, in manacles, looking up at the shadow.
May 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM