#to the library

[sharlmbracta]

imma stop procrasting and go to the fucking desert already on my fucking horse

[sergeantsporks]

Saw that you asked for book recs! Idk what type of books you like, so here’s a couple recs based on the fact that you liked TOH and hollow knight:

-archivist wasp by Nicole kornher-stace! YA, it’s got a postapoc fantasy storyline involving an MC that’s kind of like a priestess who can see ghosts? Also a book where everyone is aroace so that’s cool

-cemetery boys by Aiden Thomas! Also ya, it’s got brujos and another storyline involving ghosts, this one is an urban fantasy where they’re solving the ghost’s murder. It’s rlly good

-untethered sky by fonda lee isn’t really a paranormal book or a postapoc, it’s more of an epic fantasy fable, but it’s really good! It’s abt an mc training rocs, it’s got this whole monsters fighting monsters thing going on

-not even fantasy, but if you haven’t read Murderbot diaries, maybe those? It’s got a similar grim-setting-with-some-hope thing to HK. Also Murderbot is just. An amazing protag.

anyway! These r all very solid books imo :) I hope u enjoy whatever you end up reading!

Hell Yeah, thanks

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[homosexualfairy]

[hauntedhotel]

Me, on the welcome desk in the library: Good morning, how are you today?

Customer: I have welcomed Jesus into my heart and so I am well today and every day.

Me, a little unnerved: Okay then! Is there something I can help you with?

Customer, digging around in his bag and pulling out an iPhone in a box: Unfortunately, Jesus can't help me with this fucking phone, so I came to the library.

[myjetpack]

My latest cartoon for @GuardianBooks.

[cadaverkeys]

You guys rlly don't realise how much knowledge is still not committed to the internet. I find books all the time with stuff that is impossible to find through a search engine- most people do not put their magnum opus research online for free and the more niche a skill is the less likely you are to have people who will leak those books online. (Nevermind all the books written prior to the internet that have knowledge that is not considered "relevant" enough to digitise).

Whenever people say that we r growing up with all the world's knowledge at our fingertips...it's not necessarily true. Is the amount of knowledge online potentially infinite? Yes. Is it all knowledge? No. You will be surprised at the niche things you can discover at a local archive or library.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[daily-spooky]

[heedra]

unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

[glorious-spoon]

every genius who thinks mandatory two-factor authentication is a good idea should be forced to do tech support for a public library that serves a lot of elderly poor people

[starlightshadowsworld]

To this day people will cry over the knowledge and works destroyed when the library of Alexandria was burned down.

And yet no tears are shed as Palestinian archives and libraries are bombed.

Saint Porphyrius Church, a structure built in the 5th century and the 3rd oldest church in the world has been bombed.

It's not an accident.

Israel aren't simply killing Palestinians, they are trying to erase that there ever were Palestinians in the first place.

Destroying their livelihoods, trying to to destroy their culture and history and pretend this land was never there's.

It's easy to deny someone's existence when there's no record of them.

Which is why it's so important to look at the atrocities and bear witness to what's happening.

But to also recognise that Palestine is more than it's suffering.

There is a living breathing culture, of art, history, literacy which all come from the Palestinians.

Traditions they've carried for centuries.

So while we mourn the dead, we shall fight for the living. Fight for the preservation of their crafts, amplify their voices as they speak on their culture.

Palestinian history and culture is alive. And no matter how much the world wants to erase that, they cannot and will not.

[sleepy-bebby]

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

{Words by Anaïs Nin, from The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4 (1944-1947) / Cynthia Cruz from diagnosis,The glimmering room}

[free-piza]

enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to

[catchymemes]