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I’m starting to sound like a nutcase at work because upper management keeps trying to implement AI programs and AI assistants and Chat GPT and my middle-of-the-road, don’t-infodump, don’t-engage response has been “I don’t like AI”, “I prefer to remain in control of my own tasks”, “I’d rather make my own mistakes”, and “I don’t trust any machine smarter than a toaster”

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As a former librarian I'm actually required to remind you that many libraries that subscribe to Libby are opted into a program that lets you subscribe and access magazines for free with no wait

And that this is actually a really fun, low cost way to not only access news and larger cultural magazines, but also to get free patterns for many different crafts that you can screenshot if need be and that lower the financial barriers to entry for trying new things

From my experience working in both academic and public libraries, many libraries are use it or lose it funding-- I have to say this because a lot of patrons feel guilty for how much they use the library and how often they're using it funny enough, but the worst thing you can do for libraries is not try out new features and not use what's already given to you as much as possible.

The numbers that come as a result of your patronage are how most libraries justify their continued existence in times of financial hardship, which sucks but, go check out some magazines on Libby!

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color study of just some cool ass fish. Original image sourced from @ meenmeen_0 on tik tok!

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crisp glass of water moodboard

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I’m sat drunk in the beer garden of a rock bar and some chick is happily explaining that “So Jonathan Harker goes to this castle in Transylvania and he doesn’t know he’s in Dracula, right” to a guy who seems totally enthralled and I wish them nothing but the best

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special personality test/psychic weapon for a very small cross-section of tumblr users: which one of fanon les amis were you most like in 2013, which one did you want to be like, and which one do you relate the most in 2025?

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& you know what it actually IS lifechanging to smile at strangers & say please & thank you & goodmorning & compliment someones outfit & help someone in need & be more accepting of loving other people just because they are other people!!!

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I don't have a funny caption for this

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now, longtime listeners might say "syd, didn't you spend hours upon hours RPing as grantaire for like three years straight during the most formative years of your adolescence? shouldn't that have some influence here?" to which I say shhhhhh, of course not, surely that couldn't have possibly impacted my personality development in any way

special personality test/psychic weapon for a very small cross-section of tumblr users: which one of fanon les amis were you most like in 2013, which one did you want to be like, and which one do you relate the most in 2025?

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for example, my answers are courfeyrac, enjolras, then combeferre. triumvirate sweep! love wins

special personality test/psychic weapon for a very small cross-section of tumblr users: which one of fanon les amis were you most like in 2013, which one did you want to be like, and which one do you relate the most in 2025?

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special personality test/psychic weapon for a very small cross-section of tumblr users: which one of fanon les amis were you most like in 2013, which one did you want to be like, and which one do you relate the most in 2025?

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Not that there's anything wrong with having something wrong with you

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I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

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im one of the angels assigned to guard god's throne and i keep shaving a piece of wood off one of the legs so it gets progressively thinner and weaker until one day it will snap like a matchstick and the big man will topple from his seat of power to grace the ground with his holy ass. of course he's omniscient so he already knows this and will have to banish me from heaven when it happens, but because of free will he has to give me the option to repent right until the very end. we both know i'm not going to do it but the rules that define our very being won't let us take any other course of action and besides he made me this way, so really the joke's on him no matter what.