Nicole

bad bunny just won album of the year and his entire acceptance speech was in spanish so if you didn't understand it that's ok you weren't the intended audience

I'll straight up compare thee to a summer's day, idgaf

Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan. The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.

Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99?

The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...

"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"

"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"

"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"

A win!

a blockbuster store with a man walking in front of it Alt: a blockbuster store with a man walking in front of it

Life tip: If you miss going to video libraries and borrowing videos or dvds, I'm delighted to tell you that *actual* libraries have dvds, *and* you can reserve films to borrow (whether they're new or old).

*Additionally* they have loads of films that aren't on streaming.

Oh, it’s just me weeping over the Carol Burnett spotlight in the season (series?) finale of the sublimely silly Palm Royale. She really did Something Good.

Books don't turn kids into someone else. Books show them they don't have to deny who they really are.

the whole point of being an american is eating food from every country on earth with people from that country and partying with them. that's the thing we're best at and it's fun as hell and i can't believe these dickheads are trying to fuck things up for us

They did it. Those bastards. They finally did it.

You cannot value the librarian code of ethics while also being pro-genAI. GenAI is a direct violation of our code of ethics.

Two conehead ice cream sundaes from Friendly’s, in to go cups with whipped cream and upside down ice cream cone visible

After a non-Christmas (everyone sick but me!) we really made up for it yesterday - Conehead sundaes with my cousin and the annual kid-free friends group bash with hometown beloveds, some of whom I’ve been close with for 30+ years. Certain things are just ageless…

Billy Joel listed 59 people in his single "we didnt start the fire." after Brigitte Bardot's Death, Only 3 Remain Alive.

Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!

Sheeeeeeeit. Rest easy, legend.

A photo from a word scramble game show with the words reading "DRANCIS FORF COPPOLA"

This is from a word scramble gameshow where the host of this show gave plenty of clues and the contestant still got the answer wrong.

Sign reading WAS THE GRINK THERE? with a little plastic Santa Claus on top

in this house we cherish the holiday classics 🎄

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.

“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”

FYI, If your child falls into an enclosure we get to keep it.

a snippet of rob reiners filmography that includes stand by me, the princess bride, when harry met sally, misery, and a few good men

the category is RANGE

A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"

He said, "I don't know, like $500?"

Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.

Intertapes — Main Obscure tape finds and their stories

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

photo of a monitor playing Pluribus S1E7. Manousos the storage facility guy from Venezuela who hasn't been taken by the aliens is at the river responding to their offers for help. the subtitle shows "Nothing on this planet is yours. Nothing. You cannot give me anything, because all that you have is stolen."

me when an ai tool offers to "help"

My point is that the problem with good practical governance is the same problem with vaccines. When it works too well, people stop believing they need it.

DOGE dissolving a massive amount of the federal workforce is going to open up chasms in service and competence ppl would have never anticipated.

I think it’s important to remember that as into social media as we are, huge numbers of Brits & Americans don’t spend time online & get their info from newspapers, tv & what colleague say at the pub/work.

As William Gibson wisely said, “The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed”

I don’t care much about my hair, but my bright side has gone all salt and pepper.

When you buy into the USPS as a business losing money, you are buying into losing these other public services:

-libraries
-public schools
-fire/EMT/911
-public transportation
-senior services
-public utilities
-roads & infrastructure

And MORE...

Public good costs very little for the benefits.

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Wrecking young people's reading, writing & analytical skills during their formative years is an economic imperative for AI companies. For many of us who learned these things without AI, slop can't pass for news or entertainment. Destroying standards is essential to the industry's growth & survival.

We are here to help each other get through this thing...whatever it is. - Kurt Vonnegut