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Libraries fighting the good fight

08/17/24
by taz

Look, Up In The Sky!

Cropped image by Josh Dury

The Perseid meteor shower is back and SPrintF posted about a particularly beautiful image of it!

What It Takes To Run A Social Media Platform

Image by Andreas Eldh, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/) Over on AskMetaFilter, nushustu posted an interesting question for our technological age: with much of its staff let go, how is X (nee Twitter) still running? The many answers are an illuminating look at running social media on a large scale.

A Story Or Three?

Photo by Daniel Wehner, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel-wehner/

You want a story? Maybe two? Brainwane has you covered! First up is two new short stories by Kelly Robson and Marissa Lingen. If that’s not enough, there’s a third story from a very interesting writing prompt. Enjoy!

feed the piggy

Best thing since what?

on a table against a dark background, 2 loaves of bread cut in half and one whole loafimage via pixabay.com

BadgerDoctor asks Are there advantages to buying unsliced bread?, and in case you were wondering, I'm happy to report that yes, it turns out Mefites can overthink a slice of bread!

08/13/24
by taz

"where academic careers go to die"

photo of medieval book open with right page that folds out, covered with various drawings of plants and long rows of handwritten script

"Everyone's favorite mystery text, the Voynich Manuscript, is finally getting careful attention from leading medievalists": Pleasant_confusion posted A new approach to the Voynich Manuscript.

08/12/24
by taz

the art of Penguin book covers

illustration of a white profile silhouette of a man's head filled with blackbirds on branchesCover detail from Anton Chekhov's The Kiss

Book love meets graphic design love meets collectible love in cupcakeninja's post on Greg Neville's Penguin Series Design. ❤️ 📔🐧

08/11/24
by taz

"Cardboard Empire"

photo of a teetotum, an ivory device similar to a top, with a 6-sided die on a spindle for spinning.via theconversation.com, Teetotums were used in an era when dice were associated with vice. Museum Rotterdam/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Wobbuffet has a lovely, expansive post on the early history of geographical board games, with a special look at America's first board game, 1822's "The Travellers' Tour Through the United States" in which "whoever gets to New Orleans first, wins." A timeless goal, indeed!

08/10/24
by taz

Let's Take This Offline

Let's circle back around to brainwane's post about alternatives to corporate jargon. Hopefully we can ping this low hanging fruit as we pivot to a churn 😀

Photo by Josh, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/listener42/)

We're All A Little Different On The Inside!

Hey, take a minute, close your eyes and imagine an apple. Well, it turns out that not everyone can visualize an apple in their internal mind. What does that mean? Ten Cold Hot Dogs made a post about that topic and what the link says about how individualistic we all are is fascinating!

Image by Pietro Zanarini, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zipckr/)

Music To Quiet The Brain

There’s so much going in the world at any particular time, so many things to keep track off and pay attention to. So let’s turn that big brain off for a bit with big songs that keep things calm. What do you suggest? Because member Garm is looking for music that can put one in this sort of mental state.

Photo by Dean Hochman via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/deanhochman/)

(Tiny) Body by Plymouth. Soul by Satan.

photo of a dark and colorful miniature focusing on a beautiful but menacing, glossy, vintage red Plymouth Fury with its lights on inside a dark scruffy garage space miniature diorama of Christine inside Darnell's garage by member Laura Palmer's Cold Dead Kiss

In HearHere's post on a miniature renaissance, Laura Palmer's Cold Dead Kiss shared their impressive creation, a diorama of Darnell's Garage from the movie Christine. Flagged as Fury 58 FANTASTIC!

08/06/24
by taz

Radio Waves 👋🏼

close-up of a vintage microphone against a blurry background of a radio stationimage via pixabay.com

TimHare wants to hear about your favorite independent and/or college streaming radio stations.

08/05/24
by taz

We stand on guard for thee

Lawyers Against Transphobia graphic, a white balance scale centered in an abstract blue and pink shield

In Canada, an initiative to help combat anti-trans rhetoric and attacks at school boards and other local institutions: Lawyers Against Transphobia

08/04/24
by taz

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