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*Laughs in They Might Be Giants*

Girl you cannot “reclaim phrenology”

#they might be giants #tmbg #the else #Youtube

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the spirit is not willing and the flesh it is not so into the idea either

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the world is a better place with trans women in it

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when I see something dated 2019 I think “oh that’s not too long ago” and then I remember that 2019 was not only five years ago but those five years have somehow contained several lifetimes

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Oh look, the bane of my existence when I take card disputes.

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I love Libby. I use it to read at work.

But more importantly, I use Libby to access the Free Library of Philadelphia. I don't live in Philly, but since I work in the city, I'm allowed to have a library card with them.

Think about that. They get information and books out to millions of people by using an App. People not only in Philadelphia, but people like me who live in Jersey and commute.

There's something beautiful about that.

(Hoopla is nice too, but the formatting is always messed up on my phone).

"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.

#libby #library #books & libraries #libraries

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Me, watching the bank I worked at for almost 2 years and my managers were assholes who wouldn't work with me and wouldn't let me go on my honeymoon, crash and burn:

#bank #banking #schadenfreude #i left them for a credit union and the cu is great

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how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That …. and no one has ever just fuckin decked him?? gave him the ole one two? knocked his lights out??? incredible

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Me, dealing with branch reps right now:

And yes, my cats know to ask follow up questions about wire transfers.

#cat #cats #the simpsons #simpsons reaction #work #work stuff #work shit #credit union #bank #wire

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