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Why Don't We Read Like We Used To?

Why Don't We Read Like We Used To?

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Oct 27, 2024
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I’ve had Covid for the last fortnight. “It’s only like flu or a really bad cold nowadays” I’ve been told but something I have noticed about flu or a really bad cold is that, while they can be known to root around and locate your physical and psychic weak spots, they don’t do it with quite such pitiless efficiency, nor go quite so medieval on them. I’ve …

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