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horrorinthegraveyard:

ouijubell:

halftruthsandhyperbole:

Today I learned

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Free Audiobooks and Ebooks on OVERDRIVE.

Free Graphic Novels (DC, Marvel, Image, etc), Music, TV shows, and music on HOOPLA.

Free music that you can KEEP on FREEGAL

You are PAYING for all this with your tax money - USE THEM. Most likely systems will have all 3 or 2 out of 3, so if you aren’t sure call your local library’s reference/information desk and how you can get set-up or started.

Hey, highkey from a library worker: 

Overdrive has a new mobile app called LIBBY I find it easier to use.  It’s the same content as Overdrive just better for mobile.  Overdrive and Libby both let you send items to your kindle as well.  

Can confirm Overdrive is amazing. 

I work in the largest library system in my state (17 branches in total).

I use it not only for ebooks, but movies as well.

Other FREE resources to check with your library for are:

  • Freegal Music (download and keep music, including current music)
  • Hoopla Digital (borrow ebooks, e-audiobooks, e-graphic novels, stream movies)
  • Kanopy (stream movies; also available on Roku!)
  • Axis360 (usually hot or just released ebooks)

If you don’t have a library card…

GET ONE!

If someone says libraries are a thing of the past…

BOOP THEM IN THE NOSE WITH YOUR KINDLE!

Don’t discount libraries as “quiet” places. 

THEY ARE ALIVE!!!

THEY ARE LOUD!!!

THEY ARE YOUR DOORWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE!!

Things almost every author needs to research

candy-m-s:

clevergirlhelps:

the-right-writing:

  • How bodies decompose
  • Wilderness survival skills
  • Mob mentality
  • Other cultures
  • What it takes for a human to die in a given situation
  • Common tropes in your genre
  • Average weather for your setting

yoooo

Where has this been when I needed it???

arcanememory:

radioactive-dingo:

madamehearthwitch:

auntiewanda:

unified-multiversal-theory:

socialistexan:

ginger-ale-official:

Oh they’re going to need salvation.

Not just making it illegal, but making being gay punishable with death.

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This is one of the many reasons why I walk by every single red bucket in the run-up to Christmas. They’re not getting my money, I don’t care how nice the people ringing bells are.

Ever since the time they threatened to close all their soup kitchens in NYC if a law that did something as simple as allow companies to extend spousal benefits to their employee’s same-sex domestic partners I have refused to buy from them or donate to them. 

It’s that time of year again! In case people don’t know… the Salvation Army is shitty peoples.

Also, the married women are not paid (and therefore can’t qualify for assistance if they should ever divorce, etc). And worth “of course” less than a man.

“ In the Army’s case, the agreement for compensation is that the officer allowance be paid jointly to the husband—the check is written in his name. Officially, the wife is a “worker without expectation of remuneration,” and her husband receives 40 percent more of an allowance as a married man than he would as a single man. “

source

hey since that season is coming up again!

Reminder that these people are incredibly shitty. They dont get a penny from me ever.

(Source: sharkboxes)

PSA: If your blog is stuck in explicit mode

psy-faerie:

orcthot:

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crunchwrapofnotredame:

fluttershythekind:

archonix:

You can edit the settings page to change it.

This is my naughty blog right now. Notice how the icon is that snazzy default thing?

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That’s because it’s set to explicit, a setting that was locked after the great purge:

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BUT

If you right-click on that toggle and click “inspect element”, you can change that.

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Notice how the input tag has a disabled attribute? Just remove that whole thing:

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The toggle is now active

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And toggleable

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And now, after a quick refresh, my old (crap, but real) icon and header image are back, and the blog is no longer treated as hidden or explicit.

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The goggle also disappears after the refresh, but it’s worth noting that you can also edit the toggle back into the settings panel and change your blog back to explicit if you so desire.

This is a perfect example of the laziness of tumblr’s devs. They haven’t removed the functionality, they’ve just kinda-sorta hidden it a bit; the end-point that the explicit toggle hits is still there.

Share this please.

these absolute fucking idiots

HOLY SHIT LMFAO

this site was absolutely coded by devry university’s finest solid C student graduates and you can NOT convince me otherwise at this point

This ONLY works on side blogs

black-belly-bella:

gahdamnpunk:

and they talmbout “why can’t I come over?” 🙄

Please please please establish some kind of safety system with your loved ones for these dates/hook ups. It’s ok to do a lil social media creeping/stalking in these situations too you’re meeting a stranger, who for the most part is or could be lying to you.

I’ve found everything from married men to past abuser, to A FUCKING NAZI in my inbox who I’ve almost agreed to meet in person. Also black ppl especially black girls that date white men there’s a common practice of young members of supremacy groups where they trick black Women into going on a date with or meeting up with them, get the alone, and do horrible things to them with their members and ultimately end up murdering them as a way too move up in ranks. My father told me this as he was working for the sheriffs department.

When I used to do this I always met them first in a well lit crowded area, sent my location to my friends, roommate and father, as well as a photo of the person I’m meeting and the plans for that evening. If it’s just a hook up i NEVER have them over when I’m completely alone there was always at least one of my roommates home if not all of them. I established a call system and a text code that meant “hey this mother fucker is weird help me get out of here” i have them text me ever hour or 2 hours, and I send 👌🏾 (ok emoji) if I’m ok, or ❗️(alert emoji) if im not. If they don’t get any text then they call if I don’t answer 2 phone calls then they go into Rambo mode. I also let my date know what’s going on so they are aware that people know I’m out and they are checking on me so I don’t come off as rude (for date purposes) if they are not ok with this that is a major red flag, leave.

Also set an end time and stick too it if your friends don’t hear from you at the time your date was supposed to end or your not home by that time they can pin point your last whereabouts in some kind of time frame. It sucks to have to do these things but there’s psychos out there

Be safe y’all

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