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was organizing my art supplies and i found my old library card <3
I renewed it and as it turns out, you can actually do a LOT with a library card so y'know just a reminder, if you can ofc, maybe plan an outing to your local library? food for thought
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Tuesdays are for the library! 📚 this week, I decided to get graphic novels. I've only read a few, so I haven't felt like I've given them a fair chance yet. I'm currently reading "They Called US Enemy" by @georgetakei , and I love it!
#k's thoughts#bigheartedbibliophile#books & libraries#books and libraries#public libraries#support libraries#libraries are essential#graphic novels#they call us enemy#the giver#to kill a mockingbird#am i there yet
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I went to the biggest library in Denver and went to their booksale. Its the happiest I've been since that dreadful day in November. Support your libraries. They need us all. We don't have a functioning society without them.
#books & libraries#libraries are the best#libraries are essential#public libraries#fuck trump#fuck the defunding#fuck maga#We all need libraries and their services#get a library card
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NYPL Funding
Darling! The NYPL is seeking funding. If you have a couple of bucks to kick in (any amount will do), please go here:
NYPL is a vital, important institution. You can get stickers for donating. And listen, who doesn't love to do good and get stickers?
Do the thing, darlings!
#NYPL#new york public library#funding#books#libraries matter#libraries#libraries are essential#books books books
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To me, it’s always library week ❤️📚

Happy National Library Week!! A great time to ask everyone you know if they have a library card.
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Residents can collect N95 masks at Los Angeles Public Libraries, Recreation Centers, Senior Centers, and through local nonprofit organizations. For library locations, visit lapl.org/branches, and for recreation or senior centers, visit laparks.org/reccenter.
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I accidentally got really into X-Men lately, and I'm not immune to... them. 🥺❤️
#x-men#xmen#rogue#gambit#remy lebeau#anna marie lebeau#romy#listen#all I was gonna do was watch x-men 97#but a couple of episodes in I realized I should probably rewatch the original animated series#because I hadn't seen it since I was a kid and I didn't remember much#(also let's face it - kid me was way too stupid to understand the plot anyway)#(I just watched it because I thought the x-men were cool)#and then after rewatching the original series + 97#I didn't know what else to watch so I just watched x-men evolution#and then I found a bunch of 500+ pages 'essential x-men' collections at the thrift store#and was like WELP MIGHT AS WELL GET THESE#and also why don't I check out what comics the local library has?#(turns out a decent amount)#ANYWAY#here I am#in x-men hell
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The people banning books have never, throughout history, been the good guys.








#libraries are the best#libraries are essential#banning books#is never the answer#sex ed books don't groom#they educate#always reblog
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"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -George Orwell, 1984
#quote#quotes#george orwell#1984#book#author#currently re-reading#azquotes.com#books#the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears it was their final most essential command#keep reading#keep thinking#read#read banned books#06/08#anyways#libby#library#however you do that thing you do#diy#eschew ai/chat gpt
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QLL in the media again! Love what we’re doing?! Help us keep doing it 🌈 📚
#queer liberation library#qll#media#all $$ raised in our fundraiser goes towards essential operating costs! buying new books! buying more copies to lower hold times!#we’re a 100% volunteer team#& we have that sweet sweet 501(c)3 so your donations are tax-deductible (& can be matched by your employer!)
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2025 reads / storygraph
Kiss Me, Maybe
contemporary romance
an ace lesbian has an accidental thirst trap go viral and uses the attention to talk about her experiences - which ends up developing into a silly idea to do a scavenger hunt where the winner gets to be her first kiss
she starts to plan it, with the bartender she’s had a crush on for years, and realises she’s starting to fall for said bartender - and as their relationship develops so does her understanding of her identity & connection towards her community
grey-ace lesbian MC
arc, out may 6!
#kiss me maybe#aroaessidhe 2025 reads#asexual books#sapphic books#I generally enjoyed this; I liked the characters and relationship and exploration of identity and desire for community.#was definitely bracing myself about the silly tiktok scavenger hunt plot - it definitely is silly but I think it could have been#a lot more annoying and drawn out than it was. I’m glad it stayed in the background for the most part.#I think it did a good job at exploring asexuality in a way that felt personal and also about her own identity#not just revolving around her feelings about the love interest (re: figuring out she’s greysexual)#I think the way it portrayed her not being exactly sure where she is on the ace spectrum felt authentic and relatable#also when there's a sex scene (essentially) at 40% I was like WOAH HUH but you know what. it works#There’s a bit where she says ‘i want everyone to know that my asexual identity means as much to me as my lesbian identity’ -#honestly her lesbian identity barely felt like it was part of the book. Like she’s a lesbian obviously.. but I didn’t feel like it#explored lesbian identity or community at all? I did like the small amount of exploration of her gender expression though#When the love interest was like ‘love isn’t for me’ ‘I can’t love’ etc and she’s like ‘noo :/ that’s so sad don’t say that’ I was like.#oh boy here we go again with the amatonormativity. But that is unpacked a little and there’s even a conversation#about the fact that the LI isn’t aro (it’s for other reasons). Still feel a little iffy about it but idk.#There’s definitely still a lot of ‘I’m 27 and never been kissed i’m so lonely and tired of being single’ et#c but I think she grows away from that a bit as the book goes on.#there’s frustrating moments but I found most of them were resolved/discussed pretty quickly.#I found it kind of vague about other aspects of her life - like her job at the library? did it mention she was studying something#but I don’t remember any details about what? I may have missed something in the audiobook.#I like the exploration of her other relationships (friends/relatives) though I could have used a bit more of those!#anyway - pretty good overall? could have been a lot worse lol
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Mandarin
I peel it back:
Paring skin, tearing chalky tendons,
Baring orange flesh under my cat o’nine tails.
All I seek is wisdom:
Some small insight into the seasons’ turn,
How rot can bloom at the core of an orange.
All I find is silence:
My ripened stoic keeps its secrets
And the bureaucracy of nature breathes out.
#poem#poetry#poems on tumblr#books & libraries#literature#poems#words#spilled ink#spilt ink#libraries#writers#writers on tumblr#writeblr#writblr#this is essentially a big pun#the word mandarin has two meanings! yay!
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Good time to check out what shows your library has to offer.
seeing people be like ‘I know it’s going to be hard to support the sag strike because movies and shows will stop coming out but-’ is so fucking funny like can I introduce you to a beautiful concept called the million billion movies and shows that already exist that you couldn’t even get through in a lifetime if you wanted. welcome to heaven <3
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Silly ask time :')
Could you describe to me your PCs love language and why?
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perrine is an acts of service person. since they're not exactly human, they have a higher tolerance to bullshit especially by town's standards, so they often offer to do things *for* their loved ones' stead. this is very prominent for deacon, who's like their only closest friend. in the pc-verse, perrine offers not only to work in the farm for deacon's stead, but deal with remy's goons for him. deacon could do it himself, but why would perrine put him in harm's way, yknow?
deacon is quality time. time with his loved ones is precious, especially considering how often he disappears either for treasure hunting, and in the current case, working in the farm and being at the moor. if there's any way shape or form deacon and be with his loved one, he would do it no questions asked. this is pretty prominent with perrine and robin. deacon walks with robin to and from school, and spends time with him for an hour before having to leave begrudgingly.
archie, surprisingly (or unsurprisingly) is a physical touch type of guy. you get past his pettiness and other tendencies, and he's actually... pretty snarky still lmao. nevertheless, he's considerably indulgent with his loved ones. they could bite him and he'd just accept being a chew toy ("what are you, a dog?"). still tries to maintain his duties to discipline the student body, but his threats of getting his loved ones to detention are surprisingly just empty threats.
#creme answers!#oh post-confrontation with archie he actually won't mind being manhandled around by his loved ones#he's also a quality time guy too? study dates at the library to prepare for weekly exams omg#catches you outside the school and just starts walking along with you for a while#perrine is not human + the whole 'mantis' thing so you can Bet what other things they can do as an acts of service#..... kill someone. (only in dire situations).#deacon cooks for his loved ones too now that i remember! pretty great at it too#now im just yapping in the tags but their friendship is pretty funny because youve got a person who is definitely not human#a cryptid of a man with two pairs of wings;; essentially more than just a human being#and then there's archie#perrine the mantis#deacon the accursed#archie the prefect
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Aventurine and Sunday doomed soulmates in a yuri way... does no one else get the vision...
#aishi.txt#avenday#do u understand. theyre like rivals TO ME and im not just saying this bc#(checks my art gallery of the past year)#i have a thing for rivalmancy#they are rivals in the sense that its gotten to a point where theyre forced enemies.. diametrically opposed chess pieces#and and and#theyre like so similar in that 'in another universe we could've been great friends' like its literally WRITTEN for them#to be narrative foils to eachother....#essentially its their relationship thats been doomed from the start#which makes one not help but think... what if. what if silly au where they're just normal people#meeting at a college library or something#anyway yeah. (BITES THEM HARD)#it feels like the entirety of HSR and penacony is a timeloop with them as the main characters in my mind idk guys am I cooked#am I making up fucking ciphers for them#probably#doomed by canon? to YOU. in my head they are kissing furiously
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While I’m happy that misadventures smp ai’s were confirmed to have their own custom model and don’t steal other people’s works, the series still left a bad taste in my mouth.
Firstly, there was no clearness or openness about the ai, there’s npcs here and no one said they were ai’s until the players were ripped a new one by fans.
Secondly, the ai’s are still sending players onto missions and quests that don’t exist. That wasn’t fun with pirates smp, it’s not fun here.
And thirdly, are npcs really needed? If you can hire artists to build your world or draw you art, then why can’t you hire writers to do the same? Writers in this community need more respect, and hiring them to write a few lines for quest giving npcs is a lot better than ai fucking the players over.
Overall, I am pleased that it’s better then stealing people’s writing off of the internet, but if I as an artist could be commissioned for work then so should my writer friends.
Do what you want, watch what you want, but misadventures smp left a sour taste in my mouth and unless they overhaul the ai’s with actual writers, I can’t watch the series.
I need to stand in solidarity with writers.
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#fandom thingz#gonna tag this as fanart#thing: fanart#smp: misadventures smp#thing: ai#gonna say smth: yes!!! this!!! i am anti ai because being pro ai means that some life changing art and stories and music etc will never exi#t and that breaks my heart.#one of my personal fixations is the idea that in history there are events that we will never know about and stories that we will never be#told. the fact that art is lost actually devastates me and fascinates me on the daily. its my roman empire if you will#ai is essentially the burning of the library of alexandria in reverse#hold on i gotta post this on main im spitting facts here#anyways. take my thoughts with you. for safekeeping.#https://www.tumblr.com/did-sm1-say-catfish/779556427938349056/gonna-expand-on-this-this-might-stem-from?source=share#and thats the post i made#if you want to like. spread the anti ai gospel. yk.
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