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Unleashing the Power of Audiobooks: A Gateway to Learning and Entertainment Shaina Tranquilino November 7, 2023
In an era where multitasking has become the norm, finding time to read a good book can be quite challenging. However, with the rise of audiobooks, literature enthusiasts are discovering a new way to indulge in their favourite stories. The convenience and accessibility of audiobooks have revolutionized the reading landscape, offering a plethora of benefits that extend beyond mere entertainment. In this blog post, we will explore how audiobooks have proven to be an invaluable resource by enhancing learning experiences, fostering literacy, and enabling individuals to maximize their time.
1. Accessibility for All: One of the most significant advantages of audiobooks is their ability to cater to diverse audiences. People with visual impairments or learning disabilities can now access literature effortlessly through audio formats. Additionally, those who struggle with reading due to dyslexia or language barriers find relief in the spoken word format. Audiobooks provide equal opportunities for everyone to engage with books and experience the joy of storytelling.
2. Enhanced Learning Experiences: Audiobooks are not limited to fiction; they also encompass educational content across various disciplines. From self-help guides and biographies to classic literature and scientific research, these audio companions offer an immersive experience that enhances learning outcomes. By combining auditory stimulation with written text, listeners can absorb information more effectively and retain knowledge for longer periods.
3. Multitasking Made Easy: The fast-paced nature of modern life often leaves little room for dedicated reading sessions. However, audiobooks allow us to transform mundane activities into engaging experiences by combining them with literary adventures. Whether you're commuting, exercising, cooking, or simply relaxing at home, immersing yourself in an audiobook enables you to make use of every spare moment without compromising on intellectual or recreational pursuits.
4. Improving Pronunciation and Language Skills: Listening skills play a crucial role in language acquisition, and audiobooks provide an exceptional platform for improving pronunciation and fluency. By following along with the narration, listeners can absorb correct intonation, rhythm, and accentuation. This practice not only benefits language learners but also helps native speakers refine their linguistic skills.
5. Sparking Imagination and Creativity: Audiobooks have a unique ability to bring stories to life through voice acting, sound effects, and music. These elements enhance the narrative experience by creating vivid mental images that captivate the mind's eye. Whether it's an epic fantasy or a gripping crime thriller, these auditory stimuli transport listeners into imaginative worlds where they become active participants in the storytelling process.
Audiobooks offer a modern solution to the perennial problem of finding time to read. They transcend barriers imposed by busy schedules, disabilities, or language constraints. With their accessibility, educational potential, multitasking-friendly nature, and ability to stimulate imagination, audiobooks have proven themselves as invaluable companions on our literary journeys. So if you haven't already embraced this innovative format of reading, why not give it a try? Let audiobooks revolutionize your reading experience while you savour captivating tales that ignite your imagination and expand your horizons like never before!
#audio books#book lover#reading#reading community#audible#bookworms#listening is learning#audio book love#audio addict#literary escape#story telling magic#audiobook
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i don't even know what to say. Apparently my brother has been sending doja cat (singer) recipe links as instagram dms for literal YEARS now because he doesn't know an easy way to bookmark them in the app. Which led to an attempt to save recipes by just linking them to celebrities who he assumes aren't checking their dms anyways. this lifehack got him blocked by mac demarco and lorde however. Doja never blocked or responded so he just continued to use her inbox to save insta recipes. FOR YEARS.
#he didn't even get why it was funny he was 'just being practical' 😭#do you think doja's social media manager has been trying the recipes#my brother is a good cook who generally picks good recipes#REBLOGS OFF. dont tell doja.🚫🚫🚫 apparently isnt even uncommon people seem to love using celeb accounts this way. listening & learning.
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DEVASTATING the lyric you've been mishearing is better than the real one
#i've been listening to icarus by bastille#and for some reason my brain fills in 'this is how it feels to take a fall' as 'this is how it feels to take off all your skin'#and like fuck man#and I KNOW that’s technically not a misheard lyric but my post my rules cope#anyway my line now#also probably phrased this poorly but its ok#im allowed to be incomprehensible#as a treat#and then fuckin#from we sink by of monsters and men#the original line was 'please look away dont look at me'#and i kept hearing it as 'please learn a way to look at me'#anyway#shoving this post in the queue but please be aware that i am writing it very late at night#q
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“are you sure about this?” “no. but i love you.” “i love you too.” 💚 the kiss
based on the painting “the kiss” by gustav klimt
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#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#the magnus archives#tma#tma fanart#tma spoilers#jonmartin#would you believe me if i said i learned the plot of this podcast through an 100+ slide power point my friend gave me?#because i did and i am obsessed#i did listen to mag190-200 while drawing this and#big mistake#cried a lot#jonmartin nobody has quite nailed doomed yaoi like you have#and you deserve happiness#after everything#:(#pixdraws
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a lot of older norms for internet and site etiquette are shit but you know what was good that we need to bring back? lurking. you need to lurk moar
#if you’re going to post or ask someone something consider lurking instead#to just watch and listen to other users until you learn how what’s going on in the space#im seeing ppl reply to joke posts like ‘what’s kayfabe?’ ‘what’s this mean? did you mean [OPPOSITE]?’#nah dude just chill out and sit and watch and search and it’ll make sense to you later#maybe I just miss forums#sasha speaks
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"So, handling your archnemesis," Danny starts. The room falls quiet, heads slowly turning to look at the man as he writes the words on the chalkboard. When finished, the characters somehow both messy and neat at once, Danny places the chalk back down and claps his hands.
"I typically call them fruitloops. Often they're in a better position than you are- older, richer, more powerful. They may have some sort of status that protects them when facing the public."
Tim wondered where Dick was right now, and if he was laughing. His brain was lagging like a computer as he tried to process what Danny was saying, and how seriously a few of his fellow teen vigilantes were taking this.
"Some of their more common tactics are-" the chalk was picked back up, and Danny writes as he speaks.
"Manipulation, isolation, conditioning, and empathy."
MICE.
Tim stares at the board, and quietly slips put his phone.
-What have I done to deserve this.
Enjoy your lessons Tim-
His head thumps against the desk. Conner leans over, gives him a pat on the shoulder but returns to taking notes as Danny goes on to explain the conditioning tactic.
#small bit#i genuinely have been imagining bits where danny comes in as a classroom setting and just has a bunch of teen vigilantes and heroes#he records his lessons and offers them out so that if any other teen heroes not jl affiliated want some advice they can access it#danny phantom#dc comics#tim drake#dick grayson#fic idea#gonna call this vigilante tutor danny au#vigilante tutor danny au#danny fenton#dpxdc#in this au danny works more with JLD as a human and as an adviser to JL in general#but he actually likes focusing on his college degrees and learning magic on the side#he doesnt crack out his ghost form unless for emergencies or handling things in the Realms#none of the batfamily believed Dick when he said Danny was gonna have valuable advice for teen heroes#tim listens and realizes how much of this applies to him specifically#this sort of ties into the post i made about dc timelines with dp#roommates danny fenton and dick grayson
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retired 🩶
#call of duty#cod#simon ghost riley#john soap mactavish#soapghost#my art#listen this took me like two weeks so y'all better appreciate 🤌#johnny is the super active DIY father of the family#simon has made his way through all of the miss marple mysteries and has now set his sights on naval fiction#also growing his fringe out to hide the early onset baldness#johnny has gorgeous hair but we knew that#the dogs are called roger and wee albert--guess which is which#yes they all sleep in the same bed~#I guess I just need to see these two old and cranky and alive for whatever reason...#let them both burn in hell after a few good decades learning how to live beyond just surviving#god they probably make a banger pot roast....
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pals drinking together (hand practice that got out of control)
#team fortress 2#tf2 fanart#tf2#tf2 medic#tf2 heavy#heavymedic#im british ok drawing people drinking is part of my hierarchy of needs#i had to draw so many casual outfits so it didn't look like a singular pubcrawl#these are all unrelated doodles i collected together but#i wanted it to sort of look like heavy is warming up to medic over time and medic is learning to shut up and listen#trying to expand my mental library of hands and holding glasses by drawing them a lot sigh#some of these hands are terrible so back to the drawing board (har har) until i get them right#one day i'll draw these characters consistantly
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"But if college was free, then people would abuse that and get useless degrees" hell yeah I would! If I could go to college without debt I would make it my job to get a degree in every little thing that interested me. I'd get a doctorate in film studies. I'd have a bachelor's degree for every science I like. I'd try to learn at least 5 languages with varying results. I would learn something "useful" like coding and then follow it up with a ""useless"" degree like art history. I'd be the world record speed run holder for getting every degree possible.
But I can't afford college without going into massive debt, so instead I spent the last 5 years trying to figure out what I am passionate enough about to consider going into debt over, because unfortunately being passionate about everything is extremely expensive to pursue.
#simon says#i love learning so much and I hate the USA's college debt system#once they make that shit free I will be unstoppable#this topic sprung up because I had the idea that im very academic and annoyingly analytical that I might as well get a degree in it#because without a degree you just seem like an autistic asshole#but with a degree? then you look like a CREDIBLE autistic asshole#don't worry I will still learn but I still want that funky piece of paper to tell everyone I learnt it#also there's some things that are VERY difficult to learn#like I would love to persue this topic further but unfortunately I would need help with that#also before you say 'try taking [blank] classes instead! it's less expensive than a degree!' im broke#my only learning resource is the library sorry about that#also this is not the post to give me unwarranted financial advice#finances are one of the topics I DO NOT care about and I WILL NOT listen to a word you say
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a child that learns from observation
#hes bejnf raised in a jungle with no proper adult supervision#while actively learning to fight and hunt#he’s gonna pick up some feral tactics#he also needs to learn how to listen#one piece#portgas d. ace#sabo#monkey d. luffy#asl brothers#babylu au#lunisoulart
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If you don't think that Zionist spaces--even and especially liberal uwu smol bean Zionist spaces--are absolutely rife with anti-Arabism and Islamophobia,
please consider that might be because anti-Arabism and Islamophobia have been normalized for you all your life to the point where you don't even notice them.
Please listen to Arabs and Muslims who point it out.
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The musical episode.
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#jin guangyao#nie mingjue#Remember jin guangyao: If you do any treachery you will face the wrath of five horses.#When are the horses going to come into play? You'll see.#s2.ep8 had beautiful music... I listened to it on loop while drawing!#Good music to chill out to before you fly into a rage.#This episode really cements how JGY's mind works - It is a matter of long-term outcomes at the sake of nearly everything else.#Morals do not matter to him if the outcome is more favourable.#and at the center of it all - he has learned that the only person he can truly trust is himself.#In turn - the only person his actions benefit are himself.#He will do anything and everything it takes to reach a position of power - not just for the power. But because it means safety.#Because it was something he was denied and the idea of not having control in his life again is unforgivable.#'Happiness' isn't a goal. We are looking at someone still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.#Everything and everyone is a piece in a game. Bonds and friendships are assets. People are dispensable.#He wants to climb for the sake of climbing. He wants praise and recognition because he feels it is deserved. It's all so hollow.#We could go deeper into his psyche on this.#But these are also tags under a comic in which 'evil penis music' is the punchline.
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half the time i pick up nature writing it turns out what i'm really picking up is someone trying really hard to deal with a divorce death or dementia through looking really intensely at a slug.
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but it ain’t called love without a little tragedy 🍁
#my art#a love letter to betty and simon#getting to explore simon’s journey post AT finale and the nuances of his relationship with Betty has been an experience#I don’t know what’s next but we can only hope closure for them#that betty maybe learns to put herself first after putting every ounce of herself in simon#or that simon learns to let go? or both of them do#assuming we do see Betty again#i am preparing to say farewell to the series once again after the finale#thank you adventure time crew#fionna and cake#fionna and cake spoilers#simon petrikov#betty grof#petrigrof#adventure time#I forgot to mention#this animation was inspired by ‘autumn leaves’ by yves montand#but a cover of it#I was listening to the song because I wanted to learn it on an instrument#it’s a melancholy song about autumn and lost love#and as I heard the lyrics of course I instantly thought of these guys#and then I started drawing#inspiration had a strong grip on me#thank you for reading#and your support#I hope you guys have had as much fun with this show as I have#I’m grateful for it
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Dick, training baby robin: If a guy in white looks like a wannabe Batman shows up, you start throwing things at him and spray water in Bruce's face and tell him " Doomed yaoi is not the way to go"
Robin!Jason: Why would I need to do that ??
Dick , w/ a thousand yard stare: You don't wanna know...
#dick : Bruce never learns his lessons#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#robin jason todd#nightwing#ghostbat#ghostmaker#minkhoa khan#batman#red hood: y did I not listen to dick when I had the chance#he's looking at the fuckery tht is ghost bat#dick: exactly! learn from your elders!
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they licensed his ass
my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.
#dimension 20#fantasy high#fhsy#riz gukgak#Fuck With My Sketch#I mean it I'm gonna use that. gotta stop me if u dont wanna#doing things like this is bittersweet bc this slaps and I look at this and Im like well. I will never be able to nail this look again#I guess that's the plight of self taught art. but also it means you have to learn to let go and go look for different delights#you can't get too attached to one way of doing things. you will find many new things on ur way to make more funny bictures n such#this slaps tho Im so happy with how this came out lol. its be a long while since I last drew something in this vein#appropriate that its for riz lol he deserves it. he deserves the photoshoot pieces#funny enough this also kind of was prompted by drawfee? in one of the episodes I was binging (I thiiiink the one bg a day ep)#jacob brought up one of the artists I follow on twitter (havent been there in a decent while lol) who uses a pretty distinct#blue-on-red palette that got me to think abt teal-on-red and then this happened#funny enough I did start the piece with teal-on-red but then I shifted to blue after and was like wait I love this suddenly#and then committed lol. I should work with teal-on-red properly more but for now! we have fun! we enjoy#thats my journey thank u for listening. thank u for drawing with me if u have and come hang next time if u havent
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