{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/users\/WeirdWriter","displayName":"Robert Kingett","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/289888-original-tmp20260502203229.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/289888-96-20260503042709.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/289888-48-20260502222642.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/289888-24-20260503042709.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"289888"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/289888-96-20260503042709.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I\u2019m a blind and gay romance writer that loves fiction podcasts, audiobooks, cookies, and cats! I follow more hashtags than people. Because I take frequent social media breaks, the best way to reach me quickly is via my website or email rather than here.","url":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/@WeirdWriter","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"WeirdWriter","displayName":"Robert Kingett","note":"I\u2019m a blind and gay romance writer that loves fiction podcasts, audiobooks, cookies, and cats! I follow more hashtags than people. Because I take frequent social media breaks, the best way to reach me quickly is via my website or email rather than here."}},"content":"<p>If there\u2019s any indication that audiobooks count as reading, take a hard look at the current reading is dying or is a lost art discourse, and yet, audiobook listeners continue to have better reading comprehension than those that simply do not read at all. I came across a YouTube video a few years ago where this non-disabled guy is going through self help book after book struggling to read and all the discourse surrounding him was rooted in, of course, ableism, but actively angry at him for trying to improve himself. I am not a fan of any self help books at all but Maybe the cure to save this reading decline is not to shame others when they want to read anything or listen to something. <a href=\"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/tags\/Reading\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Reading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/tags\/Education\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Education<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-08:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/users\/WeirdWriter\/statuses\/117376925926063571","object":{"id":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/users\/WeirdWriter\/statuses\/117376925926063571","objectType":"note","content":"<p>If there\u2019s any indication that audiobooks count as reading, take a hard look at the current reading is dying or is a lost art discourse, and yet, audiobook listeners continue to have better reading comprehension than those that simply do not read at all. I came across a YouTube video a few years ago where this non-disabled guy is going through self help book after book struggling to read and all the discourse surrounding him was rooted in, of course, ableism, but actively angry at him for trying to improve himself. I am not a fan of any self help books at all but Maybe the cure to save this reading decline is not to shame others when they want to read anything or listen to something. <a href=\"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/tags\/Reading\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Reading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/tags\/Education\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Education<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/@WeirdWriter\/117376925926063571","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"education"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"reading"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-03:objectType=thread:nonce=35adb0b15b5dc80a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13233299","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-10-03T12:21:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/caneandable.social\/@WeirdWriter\/117376925926063571"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6728717","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}