Bob

“The memory of what came before, and the willingness to acknowledge the pain of it, might be the first thing we ask for, that we need, from a mentor.”
― Joseph Osmundsen

“Doxing has come to be classified as a form of violence, in and of itself. What's mildly
amusing is that, prior to the internet, most Americans doxed themselves. Home addresses and telephone numbers were listed in the phone book,
annually distributed to every local home for free. Phone customers were charged a monthly fee if they didn't want their home number included in the directory. And possession of the physical directory wasn't even necessary. It was possible to dial the telephone operator and request an immediate con-
nection to almost anyone's home phone, without consent. All that was needed was the spelling of the person's last name and an educated guess as to the area code in which they lived. How did something once considered a normal extension of establishing
residence become a disturbing act of aggression, during a decade when crime statistically decreased? The explanation is twofold. The first is that the
early internet was built around anonymity. It was populated by people known only by their fabricated screen names, interacting with anonymous strangers they knew nothing about. This established a new expectation of confidentiality, where it was assumed everyone had the inherent right to say or do whatever they wanted online, without those words or actions impinging on
life in the real world.”
― Chuck Klosterman

“After a while I began to see that the horror was more elusive, that it included more than just betrayals and denials and being yanked around in Shier's bed like a rag doll. The enduring horror was that I had learned to accommodate brutalization.”
― Barry Lopez, EMBRACE FEARLESSLY THE BURNING WORLD: Essays

“We don't need more definitions of reading. We need to use the definitions we already have with greater generosity.”
― Matthew Rubery, Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences