"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.

some of my favourite skeletal arts

these are my best friends in the whole world. my anchor when im in a storm. My lighthouse on a stormy night. The definition of i would know him by touch alone. Shout out to the keyboard bumps.

“Happy in Gaza. The Palestinian desire for life.”

Photographed by Laura Junka-Aikio, 2004.

"Not beating the ___ allegations" is such a 'now' turn of phrase, implying as it does a world where everyone's behavior is always on literal trial by a guilt-presuming judge and jury that consists of anyone who happens to be paying attention.

every autistic person watching this episode of dungeon meshi:

someone please give the reverend her binder back she keeps posting puppy dog eye selfies on Instagram and I can’t handle it

ill keep writing about surviving because i don't know what else there is

Hello my fellow peeps deep in the throes of depression, a really fast and simple thing that does actually help you feel slightly less miserable is to open your windows on nice days, especially when it's windy enough to create a breeze. It doesn't cure your depression by any means, but the combination of fresh air (especially if you can't clean often) and the ambient noise of a world existing can do wonders for your mental health even when you can't get out of bed for anything else.

you’re very special to me *gives you this*

the dungeon meshi anime was like the greater cosmic will altering its course just to call people's bluff when they complained about promare fujoshi being uniquely annoying

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1968

Acrylic on paper

© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

AOC is at the Columbia encampment. The students need to wise up fast and kick her ass out.

my blog is a safe space for me. the rest of you are in danger i think

me going to bed tonight