This drives me insane every time I see it.
It's not a monopoly, even though Overdrive is basically the only interface.
And it's not a monospony even though all libraries basically play by the same rules under the same conditions.
It's a secret third thing related to public-private partnerships.
2024 was about the general inflation backlash that sank almost every incumbent party in the world and bigots (including the folks running the newsroom at the Times) overindexed on a nonexistent trans rights backlash
if this is the playbook they run in the fall they will get obliterated
3 years in the making let’s goooooooooo!
just got a bill for something from my son's birth (he is 21 months old) we love the US healthcare system don't we folks?
have to hand this one to the Engineer in Public Works, this is in fact critical for ensuring the development conforms to neighborhood character
solidarity with all the children out there throwing tantrums. stay strong. you WILL get what you want
I have begrudgingly come around on a handful of zoomer fashion things but you will NEVER see me in stupid tiny sunglasses
Charles Ephebophile Cheese
4.5yo in the Waffle House parking lot: I’m not hungry I’m not going to eat anything
as soon as the server comes over: alright I want a waffle with nuts, chocolate milk, bacon, and toast
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
'what is grandad made of?' took me ages to answer, and then I said 'meat' which I wasn't totally happy with
my two kids have finally reached the “playing together” stage (they are throwing large jugs of vinegar at each other in the kitchen)
stupid dog doesn’t appreciate what a good life he has, I would kill to take 30mg of trazodone and go to the hair salon
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
unfortunately the only thing worse than a 2.5 hour weeknight class is fully online classes
tired: 4th cup of coffee
wired: 4th cup of coffee
now is the time for believing in things and courageously standing up for those things you believe in. do not care about how you think things should be worded or how not to overplay whatever hand. we're past that
I personally lean West Elm or other furniture store 😂
what kind of establishment would you guess this is based on this rendering?
Mid-Shitty Stripmall
stupid question but here we are: if we’re getting over a foot of snow, is it helpful to salt our sidewalk beforehand? or is that just going to create a layer of ice under all the snow and make it harder to clear?
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
over the past year and a half I have watched the price of 2 Wizzburgers rise from $7.88 to $8.88 and now $9.37
begging my family to buy me a rubber mallet for my birthday
If AI videos become so good you can’t tell what’s real or not I’ll just never watch a video again. Whatever
a little on the nose honestly
especially with a baby/toddler but really under any circumstances I do not want to “pre board” an airplane. I want to be on the plane the absolute shortest period of time possible. I want to “post board”
