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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

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Happy Pride!

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pride month soon!! if you treat bisexuality or asexuality as “lesser” queer identities, “basically “straight”, or a “consolation prize”, die by my blade.

#pride month

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My favorite thing about fanfic is watching a writer go through all 5 stages of grief as their fluffy one-shot inexplicably becomes a 100k-word novel.

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Fwiw the comic in question is in fact, made by a gay man

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i'll never not hold disdain for the idea of "content starvation" and the more i see people parade it around the more i hate it

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i found the tenth circle of hell: it's where your fave blows up on tiktok

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Something something biblically accurate cat

True facts, though, this is exactly what happens every single day after the Lamb indoctrinates Narinder. It's canon, I promise, and my source is 'Trust me, bro'.

Additional true facts, the Lamb attempted to curb this behavior by installing a fountain with running water, as one does with cats, only to find out that Narinder just does it on fucking purpose cuz he's a monster.

Hell yeah I'm tagging this as shipping, nothing says love like sipping from your partner's backwash-contaminated water.

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it actually makes me so sad that people consume media where every character is kind of an asshole and they just entirely overly sanitize every character and every problem thats caused by the being kind of an asshole thing. i loooove conflict i love people who suck. i love people who are good people but also still kind of suck in some ways because they are a person. most importantly you all do not understand the comedic potential of characters being kind of shitty to eachother.

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important to note than there are also gofundmes for Palestinians who need funds to rebuild their homes and businesses that need as much attention as gofundmes for those fleeing genocide. I feel like helping Palestinians shouldn't be synonymous with displacement.

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Sometimes Twitter is good

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EMERGENCY FOOD HELP

I could use some help getting food? My food stamps got shut off for some reason and I have no money for food right now :(

My boyfriend just lost his job at the grocery store and I’m disabled and cannot work due to chronic pain.

Even a share helps!!! Or a few dollars for stuff from the store!! Thank you 💜

Cashapp | Venmo | PayPal

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The venison purrito~🦌 He taste like strawberry but he bites back 🍓

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Staticmoth week - Day 07

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I can't stop!

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i hope the transsexuals i see in public know i am looking at them with love & awe. im sorry the world is scary. im just like you

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Today at work we were unpacking a big box, and I looked at the box and thought, huh. That box looks much smaller than me sitting on the ground, but I bet if I really scrunched down I could fit most of my body inside the box. And I had one leg fully in the box before I realized:

I am not a cat

I am work

I am wearing a nice suit and might need to appear in court later