Stochastic terrorism strikes again. This is directly because of Moms for Liberty and Libs of TikTok.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    Libraries are amazing. I’m a bit biased because my wife is a library administrator, but so many people don’t know what libraries have available. Ours, and this isn’t a big city, has free 3D printers, online ebooks, audiobooks and streaming movies, fun kits you can take home with you like a ukulele with an instruction book, a PS5 and an HTC Vive in the teen room, even a pancake printer. It prints pancakes in any shape you design in some simple drawing software. How cool is that?

    They’re opening a new branch and they’re going to include, again for free, a room with a lockable door and a sign-up sheet that has a shower and a washer and dryer in it. One person at a time, but think about how many impoverished people could use a shower and some clean clothes. And the library is there to help them.

    But these people think all libraries do is give porn to children or whatever.

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      Libraries have long been a cornerstone of enlightened society. Only republican swine could oppose them.

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      Well, that’s super freaking cool. How is it that libraries get cooler every time I hear about them? 😅[Jokey funs] Maybe they turn on the air conditioning just a bit before someone posts about them 🤔But then how do they know?! 🙀

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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      Growing up I’ve pretty much always visited libraries… they’re the only place nowadays you can go to hang out without buying something, and free internet before smartphones got commoditized