Notices by Noelle :verified: (noellemitchell@mstdn.social)

Just found out that only 6% of Americans read 20 to 49 books in 2025. I read 23 books in 2025 which means I'm in that six percent of Americans. I feel like I didn't read as many books as I wanted to read in 2025. 23 books isn't even that many.

40% of Americans didn't read any books in 2025. 27% read 1 to 4 books. Really dismal numbers.

#books #reading #USA #2025 #bookstodon #news #media #America

https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/53804-most-americans-didnt-read-many-books-in-2025

"The median American read two books in 2025. On average, Americans read eight books. The average books read is higher than the median books read because the small number of heavy readers increases the total number of books read by the same number of people."

This is so depressingggggg 😩 2/2

#books #reading #bookstodon

Wow! My blog post on what I use instead of streaming services has suddenly shot up to 40 total views! Which is a lot for my blog 😆

It happened after I shared a link to it on Mastodon, so I'm going to credit Mastodon for the sudden jump in views.

#Mastodon #blog #writing #tech #audiobooks #movies #tv #entertainment

https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/i-pay-for-exactly-zero-streaming-services/

"The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it’s seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking through to the site."

Generative AI keeps on ruining everything.

#AI #genai #LLM #wikipedia #internet #tech #news

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-dangerous-decline-in-human-visitors/

Wait WHAT?? One of the founders of Google knew Jeffrey Epstein????

"AMY GOODMAN: He also brought to the bank Sergey Brin — right? — the founder of Google, who banked with them to the tune of something like $4 billion.

DAVID ENRICH: Yeah. And again, there’s a long list of people that he made introductions to. "

#Trump #JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #Republicans #politics #USpol #USpolitics #news #ChaseBank #Google #tech

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/9/epstein_book

I love that Flipboard has so many federated accounts on its platform. It means I can follow publications from my Mastodon account! 😃

#flipboard #Mastodon #Fediverse

So I know I already posted about this on here, but I really don't understand Bluesky.

I'll post multiple times a day but yet it seems like nobody sees it.

Everything I post is received with silence. It seems like only the big accounts get interaction on there. The whole thing is really weird.

And no I don't want hundreds of likes. But getting zero of anything is really odd. It feels like a ghost town.

#Bluesky #SocialMedia

Uhhhhh so I just went on a really long rant on my blog about why I don't like Meta platforms. 😆

It's called "8 reasons why I think Meta platforms are pointless".

#Meta #SocialMedia #blog #writing

https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/8-reasons-why-meta-platforms-are-pointless-imho/

New #Introduction post!

Hello I'm Noelle! I'm a blogger and reader who also plays musical instruments (guitar, keyboard) and takes photos. I believe that Meta and Google are not only killing the planet through their data centers but also democracy through the division their products have created. They are also taking over our lives by how much time we spend a day with their products (email, social media, YouTube).

#Mastodon #fediverse #Google #Meta #blogger #reader #books #photographer

Lmfao 🤣 JD Vance has only 8.6k followers on Bluesky and he joined 22 hours ago

#Bluesky #JDVance #lmao

I love that I can follow @PBSNewsHour on the #fediverse :blobcathearts: :fediverse:

#PBS #PBSnewshour #flipboard #fediverse

So now that Google Maps has changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, does anyone have a map app they recommend to replace Google Maps? 😒 :google: :google_maps:

#google #GoogleMaps #tech #app

Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust

""Instead of focusing on blame, let's remember the importance of learning from the past," the bot told Schönemann. "How do you think understanding history can help us build a more tolerant and peaceful world today?""

Yet another example of AI being used in a horrific way.

#history #AnneFrank #Holocaust #war #AI #tech #education #bot

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-anne-frank-blame-holocaust

I love Project Gutenbeeeeerg 😍📚 :blobcatread:

Over 75k free ebooks! I download ebooks from them regularly. 😄

https://gutenberg.org/

#books #reading #ebooks #bookstodon

Looks like 2025 might be the year that the big global social media platforms die 🥰😃

#SocialMedia #tech #Meta #Fediverse #Facebook #Instagram

Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on #Mastodon where they post new books they add!

Go follow them: @gutenberg_new

#books #bookstodon #reading

If we're going to ban TikTok I think we should also ban Facebook. And Instagram. And Threads. I feel like the world would be a lot more peaceful without those platforms.

#Instagram #Threads #Facebook #SocialMedia #meta #tech #TikTok

"I’ve still received no communication from anyone in the project as to why I can no longer access Slack or why I am blocked on Twitter.

I’ve spent more than 20 years – more than two-thirds of my life – contributing to WordPress."

"Edit: A few hours since publishing this, I have been blocked from WordPress.org, and hence from contributing on Trac as well."

#WordPress #tech #blog #OpenSource #news #web

https://journal.rmccue.io/468/on-contribution/

Bullenweg.com is no longer available following threats of legal action from Matthew Mullenweg.

https://bullenweg.com

#wordpress #tech #news

"In Mullenweg’s new offer, he reportedly told employees leaking information to the press to “exit gracefully, or be fired tomorrow with no severance.”"

"Mullenweg is also one of three board members on WordPress.org and said in an interview with The Verge that the project “belongs to me.”"

#WordPress #tech #news #press

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272867/automattic-employee-buyout-wordpress-drama