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⭐️ Various Library Pins ⭐️

Once again, as a library employee I implore you to utilize your public library. Other then books they have a ton of free resources; including websites to watch movies, listen to music, and listen to audio books for free! Plus they usually have fun classes and activities. Libraries are the best.

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Arthur pin

“Drop in at your Library” pin

“Get your facts straight” pin

“Libraries let it be “ pin.

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local man can't remember his library card information and is too socially anxious to call the library to get it cleared up. 7 dead 38 injured

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Introducing: Digital Displays!

We're ready to shake things up with this blog!

In addition to the community recs bookshelf (you can still participate in that, by the way!), we will be doing monthly themed "displays." It will be just like a display in a public library except it's posted on a blog and this blog doesn't have the books. Just .pngs of the covers.

The goal is to connect people looking for books with a diverse range of titles. Some may be well-known, others may have been lost in the publishing world.

It's all for fun and for quick recommendations for people looking for their next LGBT book!

Disclaimer: these won't be personal recommendations. There may be some personal recommendations (those will be noted!), but most of them won't be. They will be carefully selected through reviews, award lists, etc. Mod is a librarian and has made actual book displays for years, so you can trust!

Displays have been planned for the rest of the year, and if the engagement is good enough, this will continue into 2025! Here's a peak at what August's books will be:

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Spontaneous season idea based off of @lilhub post on the Clear Eden PNG

Season of Darkness.

Now, once I saw that picture in the post, of the clear PNG of Eden, I had so many ideas running through my head over it.

The city around the Crystal must have been gorgeous in it's prime. A bustling city filled with aristocrats, merchants from all over the kingdom, the finest colleges, museums, hospitals, all contained within it's walls. The center, holding the grand place of Resh. Ancestors living in harmony, a place of grandeur and tranquility.

And then it explodes.

Imagine the fallout. Darkness falling from the skies, buildings falling apart due to the explosion. The deaths, the destruction.

This season would focus on the spirits and how they are coping with this new environment, the shell of their home.

The Spirits:

The spirits are kind of linear, the Season Guide being the first you meet. The further in you go, the more damaged the spirits are, and located in more and more dangerous areas as the closer you get to the Crystal itself (You won't have to enter PNR so don't worry about that)

The Season Guide would be a writer who lived on the outer premises of the city, with minor crystal growth and tears in their clothes, but somewhat stable, understanding that they have passed, and wants to help the other spirits.

First spirit; Strong Museum Guide. The spirit is located relatively close to the season guide, inside a large building, close to some rubble. The memory shows the aftermath of the explosion approximately two weeks or so out of the explosion. The spirit runs around helping any trapped spirits who might be under rubble, fighting off Dark Crabs (like the ones from Shattering), and generally surviving until the memory ends, and we see the final cutscene of them get trapped under rubble so heavy that they cannot push it away. Other spirits try to help but they can't, and the spirit is overcome by the crabs. Their emote could be pushing something heavy off them. They could have some tears on them, and a few dark crystals starting to bud.

Second Spirit; Caring Older Brother. This memory is further into the city, sheltered in a wide corner, in what was originally a park. The memory starts off with two spirits, siblings, as they battle their way around the city a week after the initial explosion. They scrounge for food, trying to find some adults, and then get separated. The memory ends, and we get a cutscene of the brother eventually finds their sibling, unconscious. They run up to them, and carefully hug them. Their fate is unknown. The emote could be a gentle hug on the friendship tree. The older brother has some stronger dark crystals on him, while the sibling has some minor damage, however, they are limping in the memories.

Third Spirit; Kind Librarian. This memory is inside a middle sized library nook, partially underwater now, only accessible from the chimney. The memory starts off probably hours after the explosion, when people are running away from the center. Cold winds and dark rains are kicking up and the librarian, along with their partner, usher people inside. They both take care of the patrons, and then the librarian sees someone outside, attempting to run towards the library as winds start to become stronger, dark rain falling heavily now. The cutscene shows the librarian reaching out, only for a heavy gust of wind to take the other spirit and send them on an unknown fate. The emote is someone reaching out to grab someone's hand. The librarian can have a tired look to them, as they have been helping spirits nonstop for approx. 12 hours or more now.

Final Spirit; Whistling Laundry Maid. This is the hardest spirit to acquire, as she is in part of the castle that's slightly elevated but still close to the ground. The memory starts before the explosion happens at all. She is gathering laundry from the armory of the guards looker room, and is walking down a long corridor. Somehow, she gets lost, and wanders closer to the interior of the castle. She is whistling to herself the whole way. The memory ends suddenly midstep, and the cutscene starts. The spirit is walking, and we hear her whistle. Suddenly, the castle starts rumbling, fast and hard. And then she looks to the wall next to her as it starts cracking. The explosion happens. All goes to black. We see the spirit, struggling to get up as she is badly damaged now, with lost limbs and immediate crystal growth that gets bigger and bigger. She slowly realizes she's not going to get up, and lays back down. She starts to whistle again, maybe to comfort herself, as the sound gets weaker and weaker. The memory ends. The emote is a new call. A small whistling tune.

Quests:

The first quest actually starts with you enter the season area, marked by a door slightly to the left of the Eden Door. Once you enter, a prompt asks you if you want to continue. Should you say yes, Quest 1 begins. You need to get to the city, through the sewer lines that are now flooded with dark water, dark crabs, crystals. Once you reach a free porthole, you will encounter the Season Guide who resides in a hidden corner, protected from rocks and rain.

Quest 2 is simple; find the spirits and bring them to the area with the SG. The locations are different that their normal ones, and easier to reach. It's similar to the cheering up quest from Performance and Remembrance, where you hold the spirits and guide them around. But you gotta remember! You're in Eden! It's gonna be hard. Crabs everywhere, most of them the red shard type, dangerous water, and a single Krill all stand in your way. You can recharge your light with the spirits and sconces scattered about, but getting knocked down makes you lose your grip on the spirits, scattering them away from you (not too far away though you don't have to restart the quest! I'm not a monster)

Quest 3; comfort the spirits. This is done by burning away dark plants, getting rid of normal crabs, lighting some fires for them, and an occasional music bit. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

Quest 4; this one is attempting to take the spirits out of the city now. You need to find a new tunnel, as the one you came through in Q1 is blocked by boulders (sorry lol). Same mechanic as Q3, just a bit longer. Quest is finished once you get everyone inside the tunnel.

Quest 5; I uh honestly haven't had any ideas for this. Been mulling it over and I have thought of the Season Guide sacrificing themselves.... idk, it's late and I need some rest.

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Foreboding Steamboat (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander No. 28, Illus. Josu Solano)

Murders at Karlov Manor is fully spoiled, and the big-format JPGs and PNGs are rolling in! I think I'm going to make a Top 10 post and a post on my general feelings about the set, but for now let's look at some individual pieces.

Is full of references to classic murder mysteries, and Foreboding Steamboat is obviously representing Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Mississippi." I'm feeling very ambivalent on the high number of references in this set, but this is one that I like. Not because of the reference, but because of the artwork and how it fits in the setting. By which I mean - it doesn't. A steamboat doesn't really fit on Ravnica. But in this case, the illustration exudes the kind of enjoyable weirdness that was also present in some older Magic sets.

From a marketing standpoint, the Dimir are a bit of a pain in the neck. For a brief period after the original Ravnica block, they got a bit less secretive, becoming librarians, information industry workers, etc. But in MKM, after the Phyrexian invasion, they're back to being "the guild that doesn't exist." The problem is, in visual terms, WotC wants strong "branding" so that the players can identify more easily with their guilds. That usually means guild symbols and motifs being plastered everywhere. But that's not exactly what a secretive guild like the Dimir would do...

There are no obvious Dimir guild logos to be found on Foreboding Steamboat, but small hints like the flecks of blue light over the water or blue streaks in the smoke hint at it being at least affiliated with the guild. I imagine that in-universe, no one really knows why such a boat exists and who runs it. There are no registration papers, no official owners. It just appears every now and then, and suddenly, certain people feel strangely compelled to go on a boat cruise on Ravnica's canals. Before the Azorius or the Boros can do anything, the boat disappears again, just like the people that went aboard. For me, it almost feels more like a supernatural horror thing than a murder mystery thing.

Because MKM is a backdrop set (and is more about the "murder mystery" gimmick than the guilds), it remains to be seen where WotC will go with the Dimir. I hope they don't go back to "actually they have an overt arm that's managing libraries," because that would basically invalidate what they did with them in this set. But until then, we can only wait.

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New Fiction Podcasts - 2nd November 2024 - Part 2

Dark Depths of Isarine Audio Book A deep dive into the dark depths of Isarine, a fictional fantasy world filled with untold horrors. Join Pahli of Oren as each mystery is explored in an episodic format, uncovering terrifying encounters and chilling tales. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241010-05 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fb28dc7c/podcast/rss

Aniline City Stories Audio Drama Aniline City is a fictional city in Michigan, USA. Found near Devils Lake & Lake Eire, it’s surrounded by mountains and has three main highways out, leading to Detroit, Chicago and New York. Set in a natural crater, clouds roll in from the mountains meaning there is frequent rain and a claustrophobic atmosphere. The city is gritty, corrupt, dark, and dangerous. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241027-04 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/551212/rss

Arkaniversum - Din nya rollspelspodd Audio RPG Arkaniversum är din vänliga rollspels-show på youtube och Spotify! Följ med när fem musikalartister spelar rollspel tillsammans – lett av spelledare Elias Erixon Schärström. Luta dig tillbaka och var med om varje vinst, förlust och svindlade öde när gänget i Arkaniversum ger sig ut i världar långt bortom vår egen – www.arkaniversum.se https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241020-03 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/arkaniversum

Supernatural Mom Club Audio Book Welcome to the Supernatural Mom Club, where host Kat Morris takes you on her journey as a mom experiencing the unexplained. Grab your snacks and make sure your diaper bag is ready to go - because you never know when you'll be joining the club. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241021-05 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fb2f244c/podcast/rss

Monsters & The Mortician Audio Drama Monsters & The Mortician is a ten episode audio series that follows Billie as she searches for The Monster of Death. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241025-04 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2416762.rss

100 Questions to Ask a Dragon Audio Book Thriller style young adult fiction following the style of "A Hero's Journey". https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241016-06 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2414969.rss

Flula Makes Five Audio Drama Boom! Welcome to the new home of Flula Makes Five, a sitcom starring Flula Borg! The Roberts family move into their new dream house unaware that a German techno DJ holds an ironclad 100-year lease to their basement— and to the bottom shelf of their refrigerator. Filmed before a live studio audience, but sadly, with the lens cap on. So now it's a podcast! https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240928-04 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fb82f428/podcast/rss

Beacon Light podcast Audio Book Engage with the seedling genre of Solarpunk with me as I read short stories by independent authors (with permission). Solarpunk is a new form of speculative fiction that imagines a world where humans come together and use our technology to heal the climate and promote the flourishing of all life. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240909-05 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/beacon-light-podcast

Call of Cthulhu - Alone Against the Flames Audio Book Join Mark Meer and Belinda Cornish, as they take you through the Call of Cthulhu solo adventure, Alone Against the Flames! https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240910-06 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fae00dd0/podcast/rss

Trailing Off Audio RPG Find out what happens when a group of unlikely strangers take on a job that thrusts them into a world of tomes with unimaginable power and the lost cult of librarians who reclaim them. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240918-05 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/trailing-off

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Tales from a World Asunder Audio RPG Tales from a World Asunder is a D&D actual play podcast that focuses on cooperative storytelling and world-building. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241004-08 RSS: https://media.rss.com/asunderpod/feed.xml

CHAOS INTERRUPTUS Audio Book Fourteen stories looking at the loneliness and humor of obsession. Seven from the point of view of women; seven from men. Through moving through the chaos of their eccentricities they discover freedom in the most bizarre and often startling ways. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240913-09 RSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/chaos-interruptus

CONTAINERKODEN Audio Drama Lyttes bedst i høretelefonerEn jounalist får ved et tilfælde adgang til spængfarlig viden. Sammen med en kollega dykker hun ned i historien og det viser sig hurtigt de er på dybt vand. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240914-05 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/containerkoden

Poppy: The Girl Who Slept-In 100 Years Audio Drama A teen from the 1920s sleeps in and wakes up in the 2020s. She happily adjusts to the new world, bringing the joyful and carefree attitude of the old 20’s into the tired and nihilistic world of the new 20’s. Adapted from the Webtoon of the same name, join Poppy and friends in this a brand-new auditory adventure. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240920-05 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fadd4f78/podcast/rss

Yerbamala Audio Drama En un mundo posapocalíptico, Pedro evita ser controlado por La Misión, un grupo que asegura que solo “los elegidos por el reino de los cielos” han sobrevivido. Junto a Jessica, resiste hasta que su desaparición lo empuja a cuestionar sus decisiones y enfrentar una nueva ola de destrucción.Yerbamala es un pódcast original de RTVCPlay producido por Mezuena producciones. Una serie de Al Oído.  https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240917-09 RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/6301242/episodes/feed

Greal: El secret de les vuit claus Audio Drama Una ficció sonora de l’Agència Catalana de Turisme – ACT. En Pep, un periodista que somia a ser escriptor, xoca amb una dona i ella desapareix, deixant un cofre misteriós. Amb ajuda de la Laia, una experta en història de l’art, investiga el cofre. Viatjant per Catalunya i seguint pistes relacionades amb el Sant Grial, juntament amb en Javier Sierra, tots dos superen els reptes i busquen les claus en forma de pètal. Mentrestant, en Pep es prepara per escriure sobre la seva aventura. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240925-04 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fb3667ac/podcast/rss

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Into a Cairn Alone Audio RPG Solo RPG actual play / recap. Using Cairn 2e with multiple oracles to produce an engaging emergent science fantasy story in old school style. Cover art by Perplexing Ruins. Intro / Outro Brazil the Band. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240919-09 RSS: https://media.rss.com/into-a-cairn-alone/feed.xml

Drabbletober Audio Book The podcast of tiny speculative fiction. Brand new drabbles (stories of exactly 100 words) every day during October. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241001-10 RSS: https://caribou-mango-x7yw.squarespace.com/drabbletober?format=rss

Within The Simulation: The Search For The Creator Audio Book Timmy, an ordinary mechanic with a hidden past, joins forces with Fatima, Trey, and Aaravi to delve into the mysteries of a reality that defies all known laws. As they probe deeper into the layers of their existence, they face bizarre phenomena, from rogue code with a mind of its own to an enigmatic gamekeeper who seems to control their world from the shadows. With their reality hanging by a thread, they must navigate a labyrinth of paradoxes and anomalies that challenge everything they understand about time, consciousness, and free will. Are they mere characters in a scripted game, or do they hold the power to rewrite their destiny? In a battle between creator and creation, they must decide how far they are willing to go to uncover the truth. As they unravel the secrets of their existence, they confront questions of free will, predestination, and the nature of consciousness. Are they mere pawns in a cosmic game, or do they have the power to forge their own destinies? With the fabric of their world threatening to unravel, they must decide whether to trust each other and themselves, or risk losing everything to forces beyond their control. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240921-02 RSS: https://feeds.castos.com/pxm31

Brittle Tourniquet - Audio Drama Audio Drama An exiled trans supervillainess has summoned a forbidden goddess to get back in the game. Things will not go well. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241007-05 RSS: https://www.brittletq.com/feed/podcast/brittle-tourniquet-audio-drama/

La Virgen Encadenada Audio Drama Después de años de ser transmitida por Grupo Radio Centro vuelve en versión podcast la radionovela La Virgen Encadenada. La vida de la noble e inocente Soledad, una humilde jovencita que se gana la vida cantando en las calles, da un vuelco repentino cuando se encuentra con René Esquivel, un aristocrático muchacho que se hace pasar por representante de artistas para cumplir con los últimos deseos de su abuela muerta y evitar así que su avariciosa familia pierda la herencia de la matriarca. La ternura y la compasión deberán luchar contra la diferencia de clases y los prejuicios en La Virgen Encadenada, una radionovela clásica que nos recuerda la fuerza del amor. Protagonizada por Gina Cabrera y Jorge Félix. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240917-10 RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/RHgxb_4Y

Roving Shorts Audio Book Light, creative fiction to go. Strolling through the junction of figment and circumstance. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241012-02 RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/roving-shorts/

Boum Boum Tourbillon ! Audio Drama On a pris la ligne 13. C’est le lien entre Liberté et l’Hôpital psychiatrique. On est pas mécano, on pose pas de diagnostic, on peut juste ouvrir des fenêtres, tenter de se transporter en commun.Comme toute bonne aventure, ça commence par un café : le percolateur coule à flots et sonne comme un vaisseau spatial. Personne n’a le plan du réseau mais on a des micros, et le karaoké ça décolle, alors on rencontre on raconte on invente, on délire.Une semaine de voyage, une trentaine de passager·es : on a bien tourbillonné ! Y'a eu des chants et des chats, des malentendus et des bien-compris, des confessions et des inventions, un minuscule fest-deiz et des coffres forts qui s’entrouvrent pour laisser voir des univers.On a pris quelques mois pour atterrir. On a fait des coupés des collés des mixes et des contrôle+Z, et BOUM BOUM ! ça donne un voyage en 10 destinations.BOUM BOUM TOURBILLON ! est un podcast de dix aventures musicales issues d’une résidence de huit jours de Mick Strauss et Victor Blanchard à l’Hôpital Psychiatrique de Bohars, organisée par l’association An Avel Vor et La Carène (salle des Musiques Actuelles de Brest) avec le soutien de l’ARS Bretagne, de la DRAC Bretagne et du CHRU de Brest. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240907-04 RSS: https://audioblog.arteradio.com/blog/215629/rss

Queen of Shards Audio Book Phara Regent of Nekhen, future queen of Upper Egypt must fight to save her people. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240908-07 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fa9f9a34/podcast/rss

Bayou’s Wrath Audio Drama Historical fiction told from a different perspective. Two sisters on a journey to discover family find they’ve inherited more than an ancestral home. They become heirs to a supernatural legacy when they relocate from Harlem, New York, to Natchez, Mississippi — just beyond The Devil’s Punchbowl. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241030-01 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/bayouswrath/feed.xml

From the Depths Audio Drama From the creator of The Lost Son comes a new audio drama series! From the Depths: Tales from the Archives of Miskatonic University follows assistant archivist Beryl Hastings (Cassandra Cavallaro) as she chronicles first-hand accounts of strange encounters with eldritch nightmares in early twentieth century America. In these inaugural episodes, she interviews New Orleans private detective Marcus Devane (Marcus Ellison, Jr.) in a series of accounts inspired by classic tales of cosmic horror! https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241030-02 RSS: https://feeds.redcircle.com/2d5508e4-8180-4e91-a5ac-1c11d8f0bec0

Inkwell Haven Audio Drama INKWELL HAVEN This isn't just an episode for you to enjoy on Halloween while you're watching scary movies, trick-or-treating, or running from an ax murder in a haunted house. This is TEN SHOWS all bringing their heavy hitters to bear. Starting October 1st and running every three days until the 31st, you will get a new episode from a different show. These are shows some of you are probably already familiar with, and if not, then you will. The Shows: The Grotto, Morbid Forest, Audistorium, Soul Operator, Mortis Maledictum, Syntax, It's All In The Cards, The Liminal Lands, Do You Copy, and Ethics Town. This special is an all-new story in an all-new setting around the town of Haven. Something isn't quite right in this town, and a bus full of tourists are about to find out all about it. Each episode will follow a group of influencers as they get off the bus and explore a different setting in the town. As you listen to each episode, more of the story behind the town of Haven will unfold. The episodes will be released on a rotating basis with each show releasing their own last, on Halloween. That means if you want to hear the whole thing on day 1, there will be a different episode on each participating show's feed. Otherwise, the episodes will be released every three days. Stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled as we'll release more information and possibly a few teasers as we get closer. I hope you enjoy this massive Halloween special we've put together. Don't get lost in the dark, valiants. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241030-03 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/inkwell-haven

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Gypsy Vampire Slayers from Kansas Audio Drama In 1990, four teenagers from Faith, Kansas, are forced to choose between devotion and doubt as they confront an ancient evil determined to destroy their town. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241028-04 RSS: https://media.rss.com/gypsy-vampire-slayers/feed.xml

Treachery Audio Drama Treachery is a supernatural audio-drama that follows Adrian and his partner, Adam, in their normal, everyday lives. But Adrian is keeping a dark secret from the world that has become increasingly harder to hide. Can Adam still love someone who has been lying about who they truly are? Get lost in this story of love, growth and betrayal. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241031-01 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2420019.rss

Ghost InSpectors Audio Drama Two private detectives must solve the mystery of how they died and catch a serial killer before it's too late. A supernatural audio drama about friendship, ghost shenanigans, and moving on. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20241031-02 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/fcda3b74/podcast/rss

[celestialsqyd]

this is seriously such a problem. like, when i was in school during the beginning of the tech introduction, we has an entire class (usually taught by the librarian or something) that was just understanding the basics of computers. Typing, word formatting, fuckin KIDPIX art software.

now we seem to have done away with a "computer class" based on kids already being familiar with technology. like, sure, great, im familiar with radio, that doesnt mean i have amy idea how it works!

like, we are at a point where my kid brothers spend most of thier day on the computer, looking at dnd stuff and watching youtube videos all day, but when they want to find something specific, they dont know how. i have to explain typing a query into the search bar for them. they want to make a dnd character and dont know how to search for wizard spells. "did you try googling "wizard spells"?" "no" "okay well maybe try that". and then i watch them type the most hyper descriptive yet somehow entirely nonspecific search query that fails to find what theyre asking for, both because its a bad search term, but also because GOOGLE IS NEXT TO USELESS THESE DAYS. like, they (the kids) dont even have the concept of how google works anymore. how typing specific words as search terms will impact your search results and you need to know what words to use to get what youre looking for.

back to the dnd example, while trying to build a wizard character, they search for "wizard fire spells" and are met with a list of results ranging from dnd editions 1-5, to ancient world wizard texts, to pngs of a fireball. i then tell them to type "5e wizard spells" and we get exactly where were trying to go. but the children dont understand why. they dont get why my search worked and theirs didnt. "i used a different search term" i say, "but its the same as what i looked up!" they whine. but it isnt! its not the same because words mean things and were not even bothering to teach our kids that anymore. "wizard fire spells" lacks any way to specify what kind of wizard youre looking for, what context youre seeking their spell list. meanwhile, "5e wizard spells" specifies "5e", which the internet recognizes as shorthand for DnD 5th Edition, which then contextualizes the rest of the query.

alright, that was a bit of a ramble, all to say wE ARE failing our kids, we ARE failing to educate them in any way that matters. we dont teach our kids to open their minds to the world around them, we are teaching them for the sake of numbers, for the sake of saying we have the highest literacy rate in the world, for the sake of some board of directors paychecks.

schools dont teach our kids to learn, but to comply. they teach them to do as many multiplication problems as possible within 5 minutes, but not any applied reality where rapid mental multiplication may be necessary. (and then they yell at you in high school for not showing your work, as if they didnt just spend the previous several years drilling rapid mental mathematics into your head)

seriously, though. i work in higher education, and part of my job is students sending me transcripts. you'd think the ones who have the least idea how to actually do that would be the older ones, and while sure, they definitely struggle with it, i see it most with the younger students. the teens to early 20s crowd.

very, astonishingly often, they don't know how to work with .pdf documents. i get garbage phone screenshots, sometimes inserted into an excel or word file for who knows what reason, but most often it's just a raw .jpg or other image file.

they definitely either don't know how to use a scanner, don't have access to one, or don't even know where they might go for that (staples and other office supply stores sometimes still have these services, but public libraries always have your back, kids.) so when they have a paper transcript and need to send me a copy electronically, it's just terrible photos at bad angles full of thumbs and text-obscuring shadows.

mind bogglingly frequently, i get cell phone photos of computer screens. they don't know how to take a screenshot on a computer. they don't know the function of the Print Screen button on the keyboard. they don't know how to right click a web page, hit "print", and choose "save as PDF" to produce a full and unbroken capture of the entirety of a webpage.

sometimes they'll just copy the text of a transcript and paste it right into the message of an email. that's if they figure out the difference between the body text portion of the email and the subject line, because quite frankly they often don't.

these are people who in most cases have done at least some college work already, but they have absolutely no clue how to utilize the attachment function in an email, and for some reason they don't consider they could google very quickly for instructions or even videos.

i am not taking a shit on gen z/gen alpha here, i'm really not.

what i am is aghast that they've been so massively failed on so many levels. the education system assumed they were "native" to technology and needed to be taught nothing. their parents assumed the same, or assumed the schools would teach them, or don't know how themselves and are too intimidated to figure it out and teach their kids these skills at home.

they spend hours a day on instagram and tiktok and youtube and etc, so they surely know (this is ridiculous to assume!!!) how to draft a formal email and format the text and what part goes where and what all those damn little symbols means, right? SURELY they're already familiar with every file type under the sun and know how to make use of whatever's salient in a pinch, right???

THEY MUST CERTAINLY know, innately, as one knows how to inhale, how to type in business formatting and formal communication style, how to present themselves in a way that gets them taken seriously by formal institutions, how to appear and be competent in basic/standard digital skills. SURELY. Of course. RIGHT!!!!

it's MADDENING, it's insane, and it's frustrating from the receiving end, but even more frustrating knowing they're stumbling blind out there in the digital spaces of grown-up matters, being dismissed, being considered less intelligent, being talked down to, because every adult and system responsible for them just

ASSUMED they should "just know" or "just figure out" these important things no one ever bothered to teach them, or half the time even introduce the concepts of before asking them to do it, on the spot, with high educational or professional stakes.

kids shouldn't have to supplement their own education like this and get sneered and scoffed at if they don't.

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Hello and welcome to Del's Outer Range S1 E5 thoughts and wonderings! We are officially going off the deep end, folks!

Wayne absolutely rocked Royal's world.

How I feel every time I come back to Tumblr with my bullshit. Particularly with this thoughts and wonderings series.

Enjoy your two-hour trip to the hospital, Wayne!

Interesting. In one shot, Royal has two bloody wounds on his upper chest; in the next, it's gone.

Lovely to see you here, Trev.

"Time's a motherfucker." Hwat.

That there is a grade-A concussion, Royal.

Hello again, ominous sign

Love that we never addressed what was setting the dogs off? Just boom, Rhett and Perry working on the fence. Can't wait for you two to find out about your west pasture fence!

Why are you so needlessly hot

It's just now hit me that when Perry apologizes, Rhett doesn't even look at him.

I spy Rhett's truck <3

Why is Autumn so hellbent on getting her necklace back?

I feel like Cecelia's suspicious that Royal's having an affair...just a hunch.

Y'all seen my rant about this once, you're gonna hear it again

Where the fuck did the lightning rod on the top of the building go

Hello, clearly not green-screened pictures. Featuring a second one that is definitely not the exact same png of the Abbott's layered onto a different background...

I WANNA TAKE CARNIVAL PHOTOS WITH RHETTTTTTT

Sorry

Lost myself for a second there

It will happen again

I could listen to Dr. Nia Bintu talk for the rest of my life.

Now what...look at this. Royal turns to look at something, and this black-framed picture is behind him. Three people standing for a picture. Look at the background.

But then he turns around to look at it, and—

Not only is the picture different, but this is the same company logo we saw in the E2 flashback, revealing what Royal saw when he went into the hole.

There's a common theory on the OR Subreddit that BY9 stands for "before year nine," referring to how Royal says he can't remember anything from before the age of nine.

Then he turns around, and it's normal again

I am being gaslit by a magic cowboy tv show.

Royal harassing some poor librarian into using the computer for him and then using the pay phone 😭 old man behavior.

"Two bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the boys," well damn. Bible study is wild.

Cecelia continues to have trouble connecting to her faith.

I, personally, would crawl out of my skin if a group of women put their hands on me and prayed, but I'm glad Cecelia feels like she's got her support system here.

Cecelia, girl, you could have guessed that Patricia wouldn't have wanted to see your face, all things considered 😭

I aspire to be this comfy, taking a nap in the Wyoming wilderness.

Now why are we so on the nose with the bear cub

The tires in the background imply the Abbott's own some sort of farm/ranch equipment. @OR Writers, can we pleaseeeee see Rhett driving it next season?

The way that the cub is so obviously a doll...better than the CGI bear, ig.

Why is Cecelia trying to bury the cub?

And why does she give up right after she's done digging the hole to put it in the shed instead?

I need to be muzzled. My first thought was, imagine sneaking around and hooking up with Rhett in this shed.

Found momma bear

Billy's flashback to when Wayne was sane, ouch.

"Just because you say something to a person doesn't necessarily mean you mean it."

Poor Matt was just asking what she wanted to eat; now he's subject to Joy's ramblings.

Now Joy is suspicious of Perry. So am I, girl! Keep investigating!

That thing talking inside of you, Joy? It's us, the entire fandom.

ARREST PERRY

"It's in me too, you know," was the wisest thing Perry ever said. Whatever weirdness Royal has going on in him, that rage, it's in Perry.

Cecelia quotes Autumn's "you don't truly know a person" spheal. Please don't let this be an implication of more to come.

Seeing Autumn and Perry go out and have fun at a concert, with the foresight of knowing she's his daughter, is so cute. If only life was normal for the Abbotts, and Perry got to take his daughter Amy to the same concerts he loves.

Aaand now begins the bullshit.

"Whatever you're wrapped up in with your family, I don't want any part of it." Said Maria, an episode before she decided to hook up with Rhett. With no further communication following that statement.

They're so all over each other.

Rhett, taking off his hat, was hot.

I'm sorry

I told you it would happen again.

One chance, your honor. Once chance, I beg.

Perry's, "we argued, I went to bed, and she was gone," feels too clean to me, but alas. I have no proof of a crime. Only a hunch the size of Texas.

"What if I told you it's possible to understand what happened to her, even without knowing exactly what happened to her?" Girl what. Did the hole swallow her up? Royal take her for a ride out back?

Autumn's gonna be really excited when she finds out her necklace was crushed...

How come the powder in the rock doesn't work immediately? Did Royal have to activate it in some fashion for it to work?

Nothing quite like a vision of yourself on your deathbed...

Autumn has a necklace with more of the magic stuff in it

And thus, Royal panics, and I feel sweet, sweet relief at the cut to black.

I am once again free 💃

Rewatching Outer Range for the umpteenth time. Will slowly reblog with random thoughts and theories.

[hee-blee-art]

you show up late to your first day of work and your boss gives you this look, wyd?

[penny-in-trolberg]

I’m feeling gay today, so in honour of that, here’s some LGBTQ+ headcanons

[bloody-merry]

“I can’t help you if you don’t let me!”

“What’re you gonna do? Un-kill my high school friends? Make my life normal? Why would I want that? Why would I want to be so... mediocre?”

The problem with her little façade now is that there’s physical evidence. Someone’s walked in on her poring over her newspaper clippings of what happened. Of that night when she had Scarecrow scare her friends to death. She’s got a little scrapbook of it -- just one of those cheap composition notebooks with the flexible covers, wide-ruled pages all taped with clippings. At the end is a strip of dark blue leather taken from a letterman jacket. Gotham High blue. There was no coverage of the night she killed her sweetheart.

Despite the fact her hood, hair, and glasses obscure much of her features, a slight sniffle can be heard.

“I’m better off now. I’m gonna be the next Scarecrow. I’m... gonna go to Hollywood and help make movies. You’ll see. I’ll make you see.”

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okay I'll run through these:

there are 3 main ways for devices to be connected. Bluetooth - with this two devices send signals directly to each other. LAN - two devices talk to a shared router, which is a device designed just to be really good at sending and receiving signals. it's like using a guy who's got really good hearing and has a megaphone to relay your message so you can talk to your friend from further away - also he can help manage more devices because his whole job is keeping all the messages in order (his name is WIFI and you and your friend gotta connect to the same one to communicate this way) - then there's the internet, which is like a bunch of guys with good hearing and megaphones which can also talk to each other to send a message as far as they want. lots of devices use their own special code computers need to know to communicate with them, especially printers, this is done by getting the right driver, which should automatically happen but is sometimes a pain but usually doable by searching (the name of the printer) driver for (your computer). Printers are evil and you should ask a librarian for help.

files are any kind of information on the computer, when a file has instructions for a thing to do, like run a video game or calculator, it's a program, otherwise it's just a data file, like an image or audio which stores unchanging information.

Since computers deep down store 1s and 0s you need some kind of method to store information like text or an image, but there's a lot of different ways of turning text into 0s and 1s, so you need a file type to tell the computer which method you used to write letters or images as 1s and 0s. luckily there are websites where you can easily convert between different file types, like an automatic translation thing. works on phones or computers, just search ".jiff to .png" or whatever you need and select an online converter.

the location is just for helping you keep track of your files, since if they were just all in one place and you have thousands it's harder to find it.

computers are yes connected in a network, but generally don't share your information so random people don't get your private information, so you have to specifically choose to send information to another computer, and email does all the connecting computers and making sure other computers don't steal the information for you, for free and easier than alternatives.

Why do 70% of people Understand Computer and refuse to tell the other 30% of us how to achieve enlightenment