El Junto

A book club app

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

It’s not a forum. It’s a book club in real-time. App store links on our website.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

@WatchesWinWars 'Merica

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

It's not too late to crush this challenge and get some book $$$.

Pick a short story to book club.

Or just use it as an excuse to catch up with some friends you haven't shared time with in a while.

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[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

It’s not a forum. It’s a book club in real-time. App store links on our website.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Unpopular opinion: "Keeping in touch" is ruining our friendships.

​We’ve confused sending texts and liking posts with actually sharing time together.

Friendship is more than asynchronous "information exchange."

You need to SPEND TIME TOGETHER.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

“We have to put that time in. You can’t snap your fingers and make a friend....these relationships are not going to develop just by wanting them. You have to prioritize time with people.”

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[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Want to make a genuine friend online?

​Read ~25 books together.

​Or, we suppose, you could lob 20,000 tweets back and forth and slowly realize you've spent five years bonding with a rogue chatbot.

https://t.co/1UlWt5GwnK

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Want to make a genuine friend online?

​Read ~25 books together.

​Or, we suppose, you could lob 20,000 tweets back and forth and slowly realize you've spent five years bonding with a rogue chatbot.

https://t.co/1UlWt5GwnK

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

We're only impressed with people who have long conversations about all the books they read.

https://t.co/qjanYjhAnH

[Lincoln @flabbytofit99]

I'm not impressed by much.

Your income? Could be inherited. Your title? Could be politics. Your car? Could be debt.

But a jacked 40+ year old dad?

That's years of 5am workouts when you wanted to sleep. That's saying no to easy meals when everyone else said yes. That's discipline you can SEE.

You can only earn that body.

And it tells me everything I need to know about you.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

You know the age-old debate: "Did you like the book or the movie better?"

Our goal is to get people asking: "Did you like the book, or the El Junto Book Club better?"

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[lyn+lee @endangered_lee]

i hate when adaptations don’t look like what i pictured in my head 🙄

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

A global book club doesn't just introduce you to new stories, it shatters your bubbles and connects you to new friends who can gift you new perspectives.

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[SSIAH @god_ssiah]

If you're having a bad day just understand that drinking plastic bottled WATER in my country is a LUXURY.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Are you conversation maxxing, anon?

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Texting: For nerds who insist on communicating with their thumbs like it’s a forum in 2008.

El Junto: For readers who prefer using their whole face, voice, and presence.

(And yes, Italians may deploy the hands.)

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Heavy El Junto use appears to cause a surge in babies who read early, ask big questions, and have unsettling levels of openness.

Consider yourself warned.

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[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

But can they talk about books?

https://t.co/ojnI9KFm9Y

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨JUST IN: Forbes report reveals tech workers are paying escorts $23K/day, not just for sex, but for someone who can actually talk AI, biohacking & crypto with them.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Tag someone you'd like to go book clubbin' with.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Me: "A 2-hour book club once a month? Who has the time?"

​My Screen Time Report: 12 hours vaporized in quiet desperation on X this week.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Ragebait to cause discontent with your lifestyle of choice is going viral, so here’s the easily attainable, non-overly-prescriptive El Junto Lifestyle:

​- Wake up & breakfast
- Go to work & lunch
- Head home
- Work out & read
- Evening book club with beers and bros/babes
- Bed

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

El Junto is non-addictive by design.

​No compulsive checking.

​No mental clutter between book clubs.

​No brain worms commanding you to work for the algorithm. You can actually live your life without constantly shaping reality into engagement-bait.

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[Nathan Covey @nathan_covey]

Officially 1 month since I switched to a flip phone.

- Everyone is more severely addicted to their smartphones than I thought. Once you have a dumbphone, you'll frequently find yourself as the only person in the room not on their phone. It's not just teenagers, it's parents and adults of all ages. It's like everyone is stuck in a trance. 75+ year olds might be the only exception.

- All the objections I previously had for getting a dumbphone have turned out to be overblown and/or solvable. My iPhone addiction had fed my brain excuses to not do this earlier. If you really want to make the switch, you can.

- I've felt embarrassed to pull out my flip phone in public at times, for fear of being different or drawing too much attention to myself. But I have learned to just own up to it. Most people end up saying something like "Oh, I probably should do that too."

- I am using my brain more. Even though my flip phone has Waze, I find myself memorizing maps and roads. I'm more bored and get lost in my thoughts. I'm using paper and pen more. Increased desire for tangible things > digital things.

Overall, it has been a great experience and I plan on never going back.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

@srwalter7 @EmmaRSotomayor We've got "The Every Country Club," which is currently reading a book from every country.

It's been a hoot!

https://t.co/hxlnC5zZeS

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Not rich enough to join the country club, let alone travel the world.

Yet you possess a Greatness of Soul unsatiated by random posting.

The Every Country Club is what you've been looking for!

Become a founding member and talk Anne of Green Gables this February!

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Millions of thread views

The algorithm doesn't want you doing a bookclub on @SS_strength

A perfectly efficient algorithm would keep you fearful, weak in body and mind, unable to focus on anything other than the endless random distractions it feeds you

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[Alexander @alexanderrX_]

my biggest regret in life is deadlifting.

i herniated a disc pulling 200kg. i had done it before, but that day felt off and i still went for it like an idiot. by 21, i was basically crippled. 8 years of rehab later and i��m maybe back to 40% of the back strength i had before.

if you deadlift, leave your ego at the door. low weight, more volume, clean reps. once you mess your back up, there is no glory. just regret.

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

Painting:

Mrs. Reverdy Johnson (1840)
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)

[El Junto @ElJuntoApp]

If that story isn't worth expounding and chopping down trees to record...

If that eye candy isn't worth hundreds of painstaking hours to paint...

It's not worth your attention.

Stop filling you life with disposable "content" and have a real conversation about good books.