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They're the same picture.

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some of my favorite replies to this tweet. happy lesbian visibility week!

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Star Trek: The Original Series main cast by Frank Kelly Freas.

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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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Hi, Neil! I don't have a question. I just wanted to say that i just finished watching Dead Boys Detectives and I love it every second of it. I really hope it gets renewed otherwise I don't know how I'll keep living 😨

Tell everyone you know in real life to watch it. Tell everyone you know online. Remember that the first month is the most important and that completion rates are the statistic that Netflix cares about at least as much as viewing figures. Post things anywhere you can post things.

It's up to all of you whether it gets a second season (or a third).

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i think seeing clark be a hypercompetent investigative journalist would drive bruce absolutely wild

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Yeah so Our Flag Means Death is one of the best things I've watched in years. I finished it earlier in the week and I'm still fucking obsessed. It's just. I'm not sure how they manage to make it so vulnerable and meaningful and diverse without labouring it, without it being an afterthought or a "quota" (as the boomers say!) but everyone should be taking lessons in how to do it. It's so refreshing to see and so fucking good. Everything should be like this. The whole cast were brilliant (as I'm sure were the crew but obvs don't get to see all the great work they do!) and it was funny and touching and I'm obsessed with Ed and Stede and will be forever. Thank you goodnight.

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i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

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The legacy of boop day

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i hope samba schutte has the greatest day every day

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i love that specific ao3 phenomenon where you get a sudden influx of kudos on a work and it’s clear someone shared your fic but you have no idea who they are or where they shared it. it’s like being a dickensian orphan receiving money from a mysterious benefactor.

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When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere. 

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay. 

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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Vampire Erik❤️

（If anyone feels it is inappropriate to have vampires in the church, then I sincerely apologize.）

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trust/consume