Annie

just a quick thank you for helping me keep track of what’s actual policy change and what’s rhetoric

An image from the 2019 computer game Disco Elysium. The image depicts a wall covered in red block-letter graffiti that reads 'SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN'.

genuinely very moved to read this

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN

A black-on-sepia illustration of a woman in medieval dress absolutely rocking out on a lute.

I love her 🥺

Divert it to local libraries pls thx.

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if it helps (from some random bitch) I once met a guy who works at Phillip Morris and he was conservative, rich, and a complete tool. my vendetta against that guy has helped me with quitting more than any single other thing

absolutely fuck that guy. I briefly worked for his vanity project and (even setting aside the moral injury of it all) it was a complete nightmare. very pleased to see calls for boycotts

North London Collegiate School (Singapore) 🙂

yes please, mayors please

they’ve precised the focus groups jfc

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a cartoon character says good news in front of a futurama sign Alt: Futurama character Professor Farnsworth strides into a room declaring that there is "Good news"

been waiting for this tbh

but wait is there more?

thank you

vice versa 🐋🤝🐄

also, as a fellow UK library worker not at the British Library:

even within a low-paid sector (’vocational awe’ is supposed to sustain us, I guess) the BL is infamous for its VERY low pay. I hate that management has brought it to this point, and I hope the staff get everything they’re asking for ✊

also, as a fellow UK library worker not at the British Library:

even within a low-paid sector (’vocational awe’ is supposed to sustain us, I guess) the BL is infamous for its VERY low pay. I hate that management has brought it to this point, and I hope the staff get everything they’re asking for ✊

Last week, a ‘health and wellbeing newsletter’ was sent to staff. Titled ‘In the Pink’, it offers ‘a few money-saving present ideas’: ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’ but instead ‘propose an alternative like spending quality time together.’ Or try charity shops, even if ‘it might seem odd to give somebody a second-hand gift.’ Or ‘use your creative skills to the fullest’ to produce ‘homemade or home-baked presents’. One of the strikers called the missive ‘jaw-droppingly insensitive’; another said she never got it: she has to share a computer with several colleagues, and there have been problems with the printers. ‘I’ve never felt so insulted,’ she said.

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a cartoon orca stands outside a window and says ‘YES… HA HA HA… YES!’ this image is based on the ‘Sickos’ meme

been saving this

a cartoon orca stands outside a window and says ‘YES… HA HA HA… YES!’ this image is based on the ‘Sickos’ meme

been saving this

a big CHOO CHOO to this

YouTube video by British Pathé Prohibition Over - Beer Presented To Governor Smith (0)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=x83F...

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duh 🤦🏻‍♀️ ty

at the risk of being an absolute baby, is there a storage app you recommend? I don't use Search but I do use Drive verrrry occasionally and would be happy to pay for a better alternative

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"As exemplars of what the state can provide to the public when it chooses [...]”

a really handy turn of phrase for the era of withering public services ✊

really pleased to see this! every time I see a job posting at the British Library I'm *astonished* by how low the pay is, even by library standards

rewatching it now, thank you!