#Library

so. ur hyperfixating on irredeemable media. what should u do? — a guide for fellow nd ppl :] (irredeemable media : media created by someone problematic (examples being harry potter,
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y'all ever notice how pitifully small the ps2 on ps4 library is, the shockingly small amount of ps3 on ps4, and the strangely high amount of older games that only
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In 1968, LBJ's Kerner Commission reported that police officers were not "merely a spark factor" in the 1967 riots, but that in the cities they had come to symbolize "white
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Welcome to @WorldBookNight's #ReadingHour For the next hour we're going to be sharing what #books our staff are reading and recommending, so stay tuned book lovers Our first recommended
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In my undergrad #HistoryofMexico class @RutgersU this semester, I gave students the option to create digital timelines using @knightlab's TimelineJS. The results were innovative and inspiring! #twitterstorians #digitalhistory (1/ Studen
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just logged into ye ol' @NameyNameName3 to see that, while still suspended, theres like a few thousand tweets still there to view. like discovering a stack of books from the
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Naari Shakti : Rani Rashmoni, the Queen of Jaanbajaar, Kolkata.Who doesn't know abt Dakshineshwar Kali temple and Sri RamKrishna Paramhamsa, the Great devotee of Ma Kali and Pujari at Dakshineswar
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I think abt how I wrote a queer Bangladeshi NYC novel & how it didn’t help me sell Book 2. Bc that publisher couldn’t conceive of appealing thousands of Bangladeshi
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i stare lovingly at my phone. you smirk and ask if i’m texting someone special. i wipe away a tear and give you a wobbly smile. when i show you
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My kids sometimes wear charity shop clothes. I grew up in them-no choice. When I’ve talked about this before judgers judged. But as we rethink our financial model what role
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Dating ideas A thread: Library date, read books together (Reading from one book together) Nursery date, buy plants and ask people working in nursery, where you can find place to
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There was this aussie soap opera called Chances. Basically about a family who win the lottery. A lightly saucy soap, basically.But, things went off the rails. Bad ratings meant a
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Secret Signs: Readers’ Marks in Library Genre Fiction. A long thread, Part 1. Over 20 years ago I stumbled on a strange phenomenon, a secret society of sorts of illicit
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From now until the end of April I’m going to post something from one of my collage project research trips every day to stave off some of the social-distancing boredom.
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Me and THE BRENT had an interesting conversation on ARG this morning on what was a better pick in the late 80's for gaming...a MS-DOS PC or an NES. I'd
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Really disturbing thread about how u of Toronto is planning to operate this fall. Delegating to dept chairs is a very bad way to proceed (I have had more
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