2026-11-05T15:55:20Z https://njump.me Paul Cowdell https://njump.me/npub1v6kejqeqamr32xnfp86l0s3e7al3j900yww8f2negwwut77d5u8qclsael https://spaces.hcommons.social/accounts/avatars/109/319/743/142/384/230/original/b3293a2c478732e9.jpg https://spaces.hcommons.social/accounts/avatars/109/319/743/142/384/230/original/b3293a2c478732e9.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2ejjyeejjmjgnj45ag6zcy57kfl5emtl8pafsevncx4aul6dpxtczypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuuuqjre I&#39;ve just seen the stat that average US #reading level is 7th-8th grade (ie age 12-14). I started looking for coverage, and came across this in one summary: &#39;Americans are reading at a fewer rate every year.&#39; I begin to see the scale of the problem. 2026-02-13T16:41:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ezfdgmhkrdxj49lrwz5psjedhuw66z7pyuqszk5494r5da7l6rgzypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsusc6al6 #Graffiti as modern #folklore <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tagging-graffiti-folklore-sophia-kingsmill/">https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tagging-graffiti-folklore-sophia-kingsmill/</a> 2025-03-25T16:01:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrfa90rd5cudcva4g3exqc3w08n2gdzwxwhlz97ez7tvz5xgaplngzypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuee33t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfahkujv98t6yj8296sll6fp4t8q7r47lgeryrstuvzaeruxcuuqqneqghg'>nevent1q…qghg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Excellent call! 2024-07-10T12:56:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9hpz2gm39g69d2h0z390eac7swjs9f8sj5vlgs8jf5enmydryfqczypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuj7npnz Got back from a draining 10 day trip involving a conference, a symposium and catching bloody COVID again. <br/><br/>Cheered up slightly by receiving my contributor&#39;s copy of this little beauty: <a href="https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6566-moebius-media">https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6566-moebius-media</a><br/><br/>#bookstodon #Folklore #folkloresque <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13ss7sst2m0yrudc7tagul9q4x28f0d7676zv0sd4h7v7652nnypq64cjth" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>folklore group</span> (<span class="italic">npub13ss…cjth</span>)</a></span> 2024-07-08T11:22:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstpl2edruk4urju6qkgnfw3c5myupqnywtj6r7gtdhdvtglt0supszypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuetkmxr Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. Alt text!<br/><br/>Day 8/20<br/><br/>#20books #20books20days <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwr0dm568x2atysejes4gzdqypp5ekuslw73una5lqx5y8z8kvwsc843c3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>lesekreis group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwr…43c3</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ahjq9rscxelgef98dnzu74tpjuers2ksrec6qq8p8dunrfngz92semkakq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>boeken group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ahj…kakq</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/112/715/903/045/509/213/original/b722d617f2aacd07.jpg"> <br/> 2024-07-02T08:16:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz8n227meh8q2tnfs57eh0tu4tv48snydh0akjlxqnhwuqqdzwlwszypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuhltunl I am and will always be a Londoner, and sound a bit like one, even though I no longer live there.<br/><br/>Right now I am back on East Ham High Street for the first time in 8 years and what is making me nostalgically tearful is not the place so much as the sudden uber-East London-ness of my accent. 2024-07-01T15:49:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsym36e3c2z3z3dl6yd8jtu2qfv4cxkglt4nx2ew8fvkf2qdj5n65czypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsukl209n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk47gctupdczvfsxnt3yyj2r9dzqh5cwa9pwjhnryem52a6a2rwg5x5hhq'>nevent1q…5hhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Including <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mmsm4jg2j28srga4zasmrky6s852cvmmjnsdx9adw5qgg7a6s09qcu5mxh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DJ Adams</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mms…5mxh</span>)</a></span> here because it&#39;s a reply to him, too. I was really taken with Ryszard Kapuściński&#39;s comment on Herodotus, which really gets at everything I get/have got from reading and re-reading him: &#39;The man who ceases to be astonished is hollow, possessed of an extinguished heart&#39; 2024-07-01T15:43:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqe4m6nlfp4ncasq75aya769hyjtj8psqdmsrvmwjeucp6xkw2vngzypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsutdkhyn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst590yj8p84wr63hnlpqm85mkqjs7cvw52kxnmf7y72aful7543hcvupxfr'>nevent1q…pxfr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I loved him as an undergraduate, and now constantly feel that if I&#39;d only thought more about why I loved him I&#39;d have ended up a folklorist a lot sooner. 2024-07-01T09:37:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqm7getqntfdmf7wf2466z7lm6lmcz274a26xfm9phm2dmhp2u54qzypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsuuml0xy Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. Alt text!<br/><br/>Day 6/20<br/><br/>#20books #20books20days <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwr0dm568x2atysejes4gzdqypp5ekuslw73una5lqx5y8z8kvwsc843c3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>lesekreis group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwr…43c3</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ahjq9rscxelgef98dnzu74tpjuers2ksrec6qq8p8dunrfngz92semkakq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>boeken group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ahj…kakq</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/112/706/881/440/393/361/original/bc17cd5bbca59d01.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-06-30T18:02:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrwzv4d6z8fh996qve2t3ywcqd0rlxsmvrspq2m730su5mfnenvkczypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsun93hgq Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. Alt text!<br/><br/>Day 5/20<br/><br/>#20books #20books20days <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwr0dm568x2atysejes4gzdqypp5ekuslw73una5lqx5y8z8kvwsc843c3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>lesekreis group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwr…43c3</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ahjq9rscxelgef98dnzu74tpjuers2ksrec6qq8p8dunrfngz92semkakq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>boeken group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ahj…kakq</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/112/698/389/391/126/096/original/f0d99db7c130cbcc.jpg"> <br/> 2024-06-29T06:03:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs87adhny7c663j2ts6vpmlcy9d8ju28nv39v7kv5v2u96q3nt7dxszypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsum32cnj Probably not a great time to start this, as I&#39;ll be on the move for a large part of the next fortnight, but...<br/><br/>Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. Alt text!<br/><br/>#20books #20books20days <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwr0dm568x2atysejes4gzdqypp5ekuslw73una5lqx5y8z8kvwsc843c3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>lesekreis group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwr…43c3</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ahjq9rscxelgef98dnzu74tpjuers2ksrec6qq8p8dunrfngz92semkakq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>boeken group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ahj…kakq</span>)</a></span><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://spaces.hcommons.social/media_attachments/files/112/672/942/348/195/478/original/5162ed8c05fd4073.jpg"> <br/> 2024-06-24T18:11:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv7qaf8geyqcw3d9kf0q4fguwaq9dz967htq7p9fa2e0zjxvwmr5gzypn2mxgryrhvw9g6dyylta7z88mh7xg4au3eca9209pem30meknsudahlu9 Cheering myself up that this is now showing as live on the publisher&#39;s website:<br/><a href="https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6566-moebius-media">https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6566-moebius-media</a><br/>#Folklore #folkloresque <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13ss7sst2m0yrudc7tagul9q4x28f0d7676zv0sd4h7v7652nnypq64cjth" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>folklore group</span> (<span class="italic">npub13ss…cjth</span>)</a></span> 2024-06-24T15:35:09Z