David Harper
@spacecoastweb.bsky.social
Flawed follower of Christ. UCF alum. 3rd gen Floridian. (he/him)
Seeing the discourse about reading and I wasn't taught how to read, but rather I discovered reading.
I was lucky. The adults got out of my way. By 10, I was reading at 1k wpm with 90% comprehension and 80% retention. For pleasure, I read at about 300 wpm, roughly a page per minute.
I was lucky. The adults got out of my way. By 10, I was reading at 1k wpm with 90% comprehension and 80% retention. For pleasure, I read at about 300 wpm, roughly a page per minute.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Seeing the discourse about reading and I wasn't taught how to read, but rather I discovered reading.
I was lucky. The adults got out of my way. By 10, I was reading at 1k wpm with 90% comprehension and 80% retention. For pleasure, I read at about 300 wpm, roughly a page per minute.
I was lucky. The adults got out of my way. By 10, I was reading at 1k wpm with 90% comprehension and 80% retention. For pleasure, I read at about 300 wpm, roughly a page per minute.
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Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.
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Dylan Thomas: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dylan Thomas: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Watching _Pluribus_ and Walter Miller's "Dark Benediction" comes to mind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watching _Pluribus_ and Walter Miller's "Dark Benediction" comes to mind.
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With the cold weather around the bend the traditional idiocy has started and so tradition dictates...
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
With the cold weather around the bend the traditional idiocy has started and so tradition dictates...
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I can't believe DeSantis banning books and bailing out developers and painting over rainbows hasn't addressed affordability
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I can't believe DeSantis banning books and bailing out developers and painting over rainbows hasn't addressed affordability
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Positioning of Mobile Graphic Elements https://www.wikiart.org/en/frantisek-kupka/positioning-of-mobile-graphic-elements
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Positioning of Mobile Graphic Elements https://www.wikiart.org/en/frantisek-kupka/positioning-of-mobile-graphic-elements
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![A Mamda style sign. Text reads:
"Will and Doom, or the Miseries of Connecticut by and under an Usurped and Arbitrary Power"
[The title of a 1692 book by Gershom Bulkeley.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xgfdov35xd3wv5u2vw3rtznl/bafkreibje62yscf6isur42bwsy5izcjempo73cfhyd4nphfeaond3ch6da@jpeg)
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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I don’t know what I’m doing here
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I don’t know what I’m doing here
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The Alan Parsons Project - Time (Official Audio)
YouTube video by AlanParsonsVEVO
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November 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Working at Woolworth part-time when 14.
Buying 45s from Woolworth.
That's the context.
Buying 45s from Woolworth.
That's the context.
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REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run
YouTube video by RSpwagonVEVO
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November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Working at Woolworth part-time when 14.
Buying 45s from Woolworth.
That's the context.
Buying 45s from Woolworth.
That's the context.
Presented without context.
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REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run
YouTube video by RSpwagonVEVO
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November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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An acquaintance died last night. He was 80. I'd seen him Friday morning, and he was hale and hearty. He'll be missed by those who knew him.
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
An acquaintance died last night. He was 80. I'd seen him Friday morning, and he was hale and hearty. He'll be missed by those who knew him.
If I flashed ECMs more than every few months, I'd be capable of doing it in half the time. But I wouldn't, because if I were to mess up, then my company just bought a very expensive paperweight.
Earned some overtime on a Friday evening. Plus I'll be getting a bonus for keeping a big customer happy.
Maybe next time, they will remove the ECMs completely before welding on the tugboat, as we have advised them to do on more than one occasion.
Or, we can just keep programming new ECMs.
Maybe next time, they will remove the ECMs completely before welding on the tugboat, as we have advised them to do on more than one occasion.
Or, we can just keep programming new ECMs.
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If I flashed ECMs more than every few months, I'd be capable of doing it in half the time. But I wouldn't, because if I were to mess up, then my company just bought a very expensive paperweight.
Done all of these. My mom bought the encyclopedia one volume each week when I was eight until we had the complete Funk & Wagnalls, because I was a prodigy and was already reading every book and magazine in the house.
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Done all of these. My mom bought the encyclopedia one volume each week when I was eight until we had the complete Funk & Wagnalls, because I was a prodigy and was already reading every book and magazine in the house.
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Four people were killed and 11 more were injured after a police pursuit of a speeding driver ended early Saturday with a crash into a popular #Florida LGBTQ+ nightclub. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
4 dead, 11 injured in Ybor City after law enforcement pursuit ends in crash
Tampa police said the speeding driver crashed into Bradley’s on 7th, a popular LGBTQ nightclub.
www.tampabay.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Four people were killed and 11 more were injured after a police pursuit of a speeding driver ended early Saturday with a crash into a popular #Florida LGBTQ+ nightclub. www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social