Larry (he/him)

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In my youth, I used to think "oh if it's burning a little that means it's working!" about skin care.

Now, at 30, I think "if it's burning a little that means there's probably lavender in it I forgot to check for."

Stay tuned to see if I ever learn to check for lavender, a thing I'm allergic to.

This would be an incredible TTRPG character backstory

My usual Monday night yoga class is off, so I'm realizing that I have tonight free and I could go up to the Sie for a Members Only Sneak Peak of Americana. The question is: how many movies can one man see in a week? I'm already going up tomorrow and Friday and then all this weekend for CinemaQ...

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Left to right (a letterboxd screenshot): Sleepaway Camp (4⭐), Cloud (3⭐), Together (4.5⭐), The Parent Trap (4⭐).

An overall stellar movie day. Although if anyone has any recs on readings about Kiyoshi Kurosawa I'm def interested. I've seen Pulse and Cloud now, and I feel like I'm missing something because I'm deeply ambivalent about them and people seem to think he's great.
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I really like this rebuttal! I've had good and bad experiences with rules light systems, but the thing that makes it good or not is the difference between a GM going "there's no rule for that, so sure" or "there's no rule for that, so no." Kinda want to text this to the latter peeps haha...

Look this whole thing is monumentally stupid, but like.... Doesn't that violate flag code? Surely that violates flag code...

Oh I'm delicious, but it's like specifically the Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown gazpacho that's like half sleeping pills I think because I can *barely* have a coherent thought rn.

(The meeting was for 1:00 but someone had a conflict and it did have to happen today for grant reasons)

Had to schedule a meeting for 4:00 on a Friday, and tell me why I was all prepped and ready with notes, and then my brain immediately turned to soup as soon as I logged on to the Teams meeting. Not even a chunky stew. My skull is straight up filled with gazpacho.

OMG incredible. Amy, I need you and your dad to know I'm telling my DM about this. Technically this all started because of a new character and I might just make this part of his whole deal somehow.

Woah! Yeah librarianship was foretold for you. This is cool than you for sharing!

Oh damn, I had a WWII/coin collector Dad, which I think is a pretty standard issue set of Dad interests.

Now i really want to know more about the municipal tokens of SD though, so we're just gonna casually open up a new tab haha.

It's too late, the dadly energy that suffuses the universe descended upon me. I felt a chill. The Arctic wind blew through my home. I was levitated in the light of the eternal polar day. The dark of polar night has settled on me like a mantle.

I've been chosen to join the Polar Expedition dads.

Y'all... I can get Ross's (as in Ross of ice shelf fame) reports to the Royal Navy on the Internet Archive. This is an unprecedented era in which to develop a weird dad special interest. I can stay up too late reading primary sources from the comfort of my own bed...

There's an underrated dad archetype that I think I'm on the precipice of committing to. We've all heard of the WWII dad or the Civil War dad. I think, in the process of researching a thing for D&D, I am about to become a Polar Exploration Dad™️.
(It's 11:00pm and I'm placing ILL requests.)

Do you think they'd ship Pierogi from The Vineyard to Colorado Springs? Asking for a me who periodically gets an overwhelming craving for good pierogi that I can't satisfy out here (UChicago Pierogi Truck, I love you and I miss you).

Star Trek The Voyage Home scene. Kirk, Bones, Uhura, Chekhov, Scotty, Sulu, and Spock are pictured loitering about in 1980's downtown San Francisco, standing over a newspaper box. Spock's wearing a bathrobe. Closed caption reads, "It's a miracle these people ever got out of the 20th century."

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I'm a big fan of the Shinola Detroit notebooks, but I admit I don't know if they rise to the level of high quality. They work really well for me and my pen choices, the linen covers don't scratch, and the free monogramming makes me feel fancy.

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This is actually an exceptionally good idea. Whoever you are, on any single form you fill out from now on in the UK, under 'gender' put in 'prefer not to say'. Gum up the data collection - they want to gather intel? Give them none.

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In like a genuine way it feels like my pinky finger is out of place somehow and I have no idea what I did. The joint just feels very wrong.

Developing the collective power of library workers

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An eloquent image:

Setting aside the content under the tarp for a moment, teens were asked to make art expressing what it is like to be a teen, and the end result was a mural wrapped in a tarp by adults.

I bet a lot of teens would find this expressive of their experience.

She added that "every movie or tv show has to be queer these days" and I.... What do you mean, Sarah? What are we even talking about here?

Still thinking about telling my mother that I'm going to the CinemaQ festival in a couple weeks and her responding by asking "are there any good queer movies other than Brokeback Mountain?" I offered a few titles, and her response was "no you're overthinking it. Are any good ones?"

Been thinking about this for days. So many recent re-examinations of our history have been made possible through archives held in Black cultural institutions. Cuts aren't only about erasing the past but undermining the potential to grapple with who we are as a nation in the present and future

That Red Hand Files was so sad. Like... dude... Nick.... No....

Guy who fired the first Black police chief in South Bend history for recording the racist insubordination of his officers is *also* a shitty coward who won’t protect children who would like to play sports without being bullied to death

If only there were signs…