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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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Tiredtiredtiredtiredtiredtired

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Family business

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Dark Picard at the replicator: “Gatorade, fruit-punch, hot”

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not unrequited love or love doomed by the narrative but a third, secret thing (love but they don’t figure their shit out until it’s too late)

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text from the song the oh hellos - in memoriam

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reblog if you’re a lesbian who supports bi girls, a bi girl who supports lesbians, or if you want all wlw to have a nice day

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Yeehaw-verse

: let's get this already western themed media more western

Showdown at Gunsmoke

Ruby Ryder

(I know this rifle isn't going to work but I had to incorporate a cross somehow... I lack imagination )

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Lmao why can’t being good at internet interactions translate to being good at emailing my supervisor

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creeturs

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sea, swallow me

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Oh man living in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife and owning a large automobile fucking slaps

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I think that being alive is being a little bit in love with all your friends. But maybe that’s just me

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I think that being alive is being a little bit in love with all your friends. But maybe that’s just me

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The factoid "The average person in Ghamor makes 3 life-alteringly bad decisions a day" is actually just a statistical error. The average person makes 0 life-alteringly bad decisions daily. Sunai, who is a salvage-rat on the run from everything and cannot be killed, makes 10,000 life-alteringly bad decisions a day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994) - “Qpid” (4.20) STAR TREK: PICARD (2020-) - “Farewell” (2.10)