I tried the ‘Hey Siri, what month is it?’ question, since people have being saying it can’t answer that.
It gave me to today’s date. Which seems fine. It’s more than I asked for, and includes the information I wanted, so…
When did the 20th of March become the first day of spring? I saw lots of mentions of it yesterday, and they’re even saying it on Radio 3 this morning.
Currently reading: Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose 📚
And on page 40, this quote:
Finally—and there is no way to convey this unless you read the sentence aloud or at least, as your first grade teacher cautioned you not to do, say it silently, word by word, in your mind
What are they teaching kids in American first grade? What does she mean, you were taught not to say it word by word in your mind? How do you read without doing that? Or at least learn to read?
Fresh Off the Press
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- 📗 Books 2025, 5: Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
- 📗Books 2025, 4: Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
- Sweet Smell of Success, 1957 - ★★
- 📗 Books 2025, 3: The Great When, by Alan Moore
- Blogging and reading in 2024
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