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# Issue 68: Reading is a System
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/issue-68-reading-is-a-system/
- Published: 2026-07-04T04:38:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T04:38:18.000Z
- Description: Happy July 4th edition!
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: newsletter

Dear Reader,

Reading well is a system poorly stewarded by us, the supposedly blessed literate masses. Entire eras of written language wilt on the vines of time, but with a strategic mindset, we can make small steps to reclaim our practice.

[Reading is a SystemA static strategy library for reading, notes, videos, links, and research workflows.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/icon/favicon-32x32-fb4ef9f7-0848-45b4-83cc-e72c93cf2a45.png)](https://reading-is-a-system.vercel.app/?ref=bramadams.dev)

## In Other News

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I made a business card!

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i have no mouth -- and yet i must scream

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(@ met cloisters ... built in 1935)

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Happy July 4th!!

Best,

Bram