Picked up the perfect bookmark for my real fucking theory (hexbear.net)

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Got it for free at my local library.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

The more I think about public libraries the more I’m surprised they still even exist as free services. Apart from literal outdoor spaces like parks and shit they’re one of the only free public recreation/education facilities left I can think of, at least where I live. Hell, even half the main roads are toll roads. “Public” pools cost money, public transport is expensive as fuck where I live and not getting cheaper. And yet the library persists. Long live the library.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

I mean they try defunding them regularly. I wouldn't be surprised if they cease to exist in the near future

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Very true; the one in my town has been regularly starved for funding and until recently hadn't been renovated since like the 90s, with even older facilities & equipment

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeh. I guess we’re lucky where I live that doesn’t seem to be on the agenda. Then again we also have a pretty entrenched and quite functional public healthcare system.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Damn that's where I'm trying to be. I hate living in the deep south

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Mine have security guards to keep the "undesirables" out. agony-deep

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

agni-pain

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Public libraries are dope.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

since 2023ish i regularly go to my neighborhood library to get work done / read. it honestly rules and i wish i thought of it a lot, lot sooner.

can't justify coffee shops with prices as is and i'll just pack my own for the library

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Fact check the article by looking at US government run and approved sources to see if it is legitimate, or an evil commie lie

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer to go straight to the source and get all my info from cia.gov

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

remember to check on the same stuff 50 to 80 years in the future to see what their internal documentation actually said

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

when i was in school we were taught to use the CIA World Factbook as a single primary source for our social science papers.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, are they gonna lie about population figures and land area?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

yeah it was fine for stuff like miles of telegraph wire or whatever.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

That's a nice hard cover version of capital! What edition is it?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's the new one from Princeton University Press

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Really need volume 2 and 3 in the same format

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Any idea if they're working on it?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think they said they were, but I assume its years off.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yep! That's the one.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hell yeah. Also that new edition is great!

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