#access to books

[kp777]

#arkansas #access to books #library #right wing politics #republicans

[b0bthebuilder35]

#capitalism #safe from capitalism #income #money #life #reality #real shit #true shit #public libraries #socialism #access #access to resources #access to books #access to education #principles #important #flourish #flourishing #necessary #accessible #americans #America #USA #United States #united states of america #conditional #resources #accessible resources #in america #accessible to all

[prawnlegs]

today I learned about "thumb book holders" in my search for ways to read giant fantasy paperbacks without injuring myself, and then I realized I could make one out of the 20-year-old polymer clay that I had lying around... so I did. and god DAMN it's more effective than I ever expected, so I thought everyone should know about them. You can get really cheap mass-produced ones but this was fun to make and I'll probably make more ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

#crafts #thumb book holder #i made it to look like marbled redware #accessibility #disability #assistive technology

[filosofablogger]

Good People Doing Good Things -- Colin Bloom

Today I would like to introduce you to a young man named Colin Bloom.  Colin lives in New York, but has dual U.S.-South African citizenship and spends time each year in South Africa.  Back in 2018, during a visit to SA when he was 12 years old, he was awakened to the harsh reality that many children in South Africa do not have access to books at all and many people in South Africa are…

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#access to books #illiteracy #Libraries for Literacy #Nelson Mandela #South Africa

[macmanx]

#barbie #godzilla #abortion access #reproductive rights #little golden book

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

#apollo don't fucking touch this one #serious post #not a shitpost #hope i forget about this post and have no reason to ever look back on it one day #fyi i'm aware that access to potable water is already a major issue in parts of the U.S. yes i know flint michigan exists #i'm saying that this issue is going to GROW unless local & federal governments work together to fix it. #so it's a matter of if we trust them to fix it. And well--do you? #what are the chances the government just denies there's a problem until the water actually turns brown #at which point it's already been common knowledge for years and people have just become resigned and that's our new normal #i'm mean come on. how many of us already believe that we're being exposed to dangerous pollutants we don't know about and can't avoid #like that's pretty much just part of being a modern consumer. accepting that companies will happily endanger your life for a few pennies #and the most you'll get is like a $50 gift card as part of a class action rebate 20 years down the line #probably the history books will look back on Flint as a warning and a harbinger that went ignored #luxury condos will advertise their built-in top-of-the-line filtration systems--live here and you can drink water straight from your tap! #watch the elite professional class putting $700 dyson water filtration systems on their wedding registry #while the rest of us figure out how to fit water delivery into our grocery budget while putting 90% of our paycheck towards rent #also eggs are $15

[burningvelvet]

if the significance of the internet archive being threatened has been lost on anyone, maybe these quick comparisons will put it into perspective…

Banning the Internet Archive would be the equivalent of burning the Library of Alexandria hundreds of times…

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#internet archive #hachette v. internet archive #save the internet archive #save internet archive #literature #dark academia #english literature #history #writing #reading #books #bookblr #book #library #libraries #save libraries #digital library #digital libraries #accessibility #library of alexandria #lit major #literature major #light academia #chaotic academia #academia #image described

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

#original #the last unicorn #tlu #peter s beagle #molly gru #schmendrick #schmendrick the magician #two of my favorite characters in anything right there in the center of the story! and I'm glad I saw the film first! #my reading ability has diminished due to trauma disability etc. but it seems like having a visual reference actually really helped! #no wonder i only ever want to read fan fic! turns out reading is not actually Superior to other types of Storytelling. it's just different. #to say otherwise is snobbishness I have been eminently guilty of in my life! #but like it is easier for me to consume tv and movies and that is fine actually. also that's why I'm doing a graphic novel lol #because i wanted to make something i would actually be able to read if i found it at a library. altho the audio book IS gonna be bomb #the audiobook is for visually impaired readers and anyone who wants or needs it! accessible stories for everyone! yeah!! #my gender was already transed but now I've gained an ADDITIONAL gender! which one? I'll never tell 😘 #i am so powerful i have so much fuckin gender. my wife has no gender. and she is equally as powerful. #and also she has STUDIED THE BLADE #mostly zoro's blades from One Piece #normally YouTube recommends me shit movies like idiocracy or smth this is like if every day ur cat brought you a piece of rotten food and #then one day it brings you a BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED TALE FEATURING MY BELOVED TWINK FUCK-UP WIZARD FRIEND AND MY ALL-TIME HOMEGIRL MOLLY GRU #and also it's soft and beautiful and funny and fucking weird!! i wrote melodies to the songs in the books on my ukulele

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

#art #ive literally just been treating this game as a library simuator #i walk from bookseller to bookseller opening up all of their books #vivecs sermons are either a highlight or the point at which i stop reading #ive been trying to convince the ordinators that imitation is the highest form of flattery but it hasnt been working #let me wear your helmets please theyre so funny.. #posting morrowind in 2024 isnt a cry for help but youre not wrong to be concerned. #morrowind #almalexia #vivec #im going to explain the chitin armor give me a moment #so the bonewalker nerevar on the shrines is adorable and it was only after drawing it however many times that i realized #it looked relatively close to a modified chitin armor #and so i modified chitin armor a few times and this was probably the cutest result #i also know i drew almalexia relatively pristine and untouched by years and vivec not so much but my thought process was #vivecs role as if not a favorite then the most accessible divine or the most “hands on” in a manner of speaking #acting in ways visible to the general population or actions explicitly brought to their attention #like not that almalexia isnt doing anything she is #but the dissemination of information regarding that is very different etc etc etc #anyways to a certain extent a god is the face on a shrine or in art or upon a statue or carving #but vivecs presence is interwoven with the geography of vvardenfell especially and his actions and writings with pubished materials #and the arts and culture and customs etc etc etc #so to me the face of a god you know and feel a commonality with or a god that walks alongside you is a face you would recognize #and vivec is already otherworldly looking enough #the simple mark of the years on his skin in some way grounding him in reality felt more right #that and i think the ways in which he and almalexia care about outward appearance are slightly different- they prioritize different things #and the ways they present outward power and their embodiment of their respective attributes share some similarities as they both have that #important preoccupation with physical power and physical strength to a certain degree #oh my god nobody read this i am yapping so bad. #tes

[jstor]

A post from @asksecularwitch inspired us to do a quick search on JSTOR about witches, and we discovered Fantasies of Gender and the Witch in Feminist Theory and Literature, an open access book by Justyna Sempruch.

Through a critical re-reading of feminist texts, Sempruch develops a new concept of the witch, one that challenges traditional gender-biased theories linking it either to a malevolent "hag" on the margins of culture or to unrestrained "feminine" sexual desire.

Image: "We Are The Daughters Of The Witches You Didn't Burn," from St Lawrence University's Street Art Graphics collection on JSTOR.

#witches #feminism #gender roles #research #academic research #open access books #open access #jstor

[good-advice-ganondorf]

#okay so here's all the pros of getting a library card #it's free access to tons of information and not just books #free audiobooks since most libraries use libby or even have physical audiobooks #access to computers and printers and even sometimes 3d printers #some libraries have video games #free access to movies #one of my local libraries has cake tins in funny shapes #and even if you don't ever plan to use it. libraries will get more funding #cons of getting a library card #um. idk have to return or renew in 2 weeks #loz #tloz #ganondorf #the legend of zelda #good advice ganondorf #good advice

[medievalistsnet]

#medieval #books #open access

[renthony]

We are several days from pay day and I need $50 in order to go pick up medication before then. I fucking hate how often I have to do this (like, jesus christ, my pride is shattered), but here are our household pay links if anyone can help at all:

(No pressure, thank you in advance, I am so sorry I have to keep doing this, aaaa)

PayPal: @ chaosqueer Venmo: @ chaosqueer CashApp: $ chaosqueer

We also have a household wishlist for things (including groceries) that would improve our existence but that we haven't been able to afford.

#original post #my book self-promo has earned me a grand total of thirty-five cents that I won't have access to for a month

[crazycatsiren]

Nobody should ever judge anybody for how they choose to read.

I love Amazon as little as the next person, but an e-reader like the Kindle has accessibility features that simply don't exist on physical books.

My Kindle also allows a disabled person like me to buy books without having to go out to places all the time. And it allows someone like me, whose primary language is English and living in a country where books in English are few and far in between, to be able to get the books I want easily and cheaply.

There are people who need audiobooks to be able to enjoy books at all. My almost completely blind grandmother is able to have books in her life again, after not being able to read for many years.

It's a good thing that books are available in different formats now. Books should be accessible for everybody.

#bookblr #bookworm #reader #bibliophile #book collector #book addict #the future is accessible #inclusion matters #cripple punk

[night-market-if]

Early Access

Welcome to Chapter four!

Early access for the chapter is available on Patreon. Enjoy reading the chapter two weeks early along with all the post chapter three stories that will be posted this month.

Public release for chapter four will be April 26th.

🪷✨🪷✨ If you want to support me 🪷 ✨🪷✨ 

🌿 Free Demo 🌿Book 1 Steam🌿Book 1 Itch.io🌿🌿 Patreon 🌿Discord🌿FAQS🌿

#the night market #early access #interactive fiction #book 2 #angst #twine if #twine game #twine wip #choose your own adventure #romance

[ride-a-dromedary]

Also, unrelated, but I love how Halsin refers to the druidic library (or at least parts of it) as "my books", though he doesn't seem otherwise personally attached to physical objects, and the library is obviously shared communally by all the druids. It's such an affectionate little thing; he probably spent a lot of time in that study and library, adding to the collection over the century, keeping the key with him at all times.

What I'm saying is give Halsin a little library in Reithwin.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin #Halsin Posting #the druidic regimen seems to be that supplies and things are communal property in that they should be free for anyone within their walls #to use and access (at least by fellow druids - they seem divided on outsiders) #i just love the idea that Halsin spent so much time in that library he started affectionately calling them *his* books #(and maybe some of them were actually acquired by him but halsin is very much the what's mine is yours type - i can't really imagine him #having solid division lines of these are *my* books and these are *not* my books)