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Modern libraries lack the money to pay people to do the basic things to take a book as you might get from the bookstore and get it ready to go into a library's collection. These are things from picking a way to categorize the book so it can be found in the catalog, to adding the shelf numbers and sticker telling you what library owns it, to wrapping the outside of hardback books with that clear plastic, and several other important tasks. Big University libraries still have the staff to do this to books that don't come from the major distributors but their time is precious.

Instead, libraries purchase what are called "shelf ready" services from the companies that distribute books specifically for libraries.

There were like 4 companies that worked with most libraries. When I was a Director we had Baker & Taylor and Ingram and would order form whoever had the shortest wait time or better price. Many places worked with just 1 distributor and B&T was one of the biggest and oldest.

So B&T announced a few months ago they were in financial trouble. Then ReaderLink said they were going to buy B&T so customers shouldn't panic.

And then ReaderLink pulled out the deal suddenly and B&T is in shutdown and never going to reopen. Their staff were immediately laid off and flocked to the r/librarians and.r/libraries to tell us.

This leaves only Ingram and Brodart as the primary source for most libraries public and school alike. The fact that ReaderLink pulled out of their buyout deal is so worrying.

I thought finding my glasses without my glasses was hard enough. I recently bought trendy clear framed glasses and they are ghosts when I'm not wearing them.

I gave up and put a pair of black-framed spares next to my bed so I have a back up plan to find my glasses in the morning.

I had a cassette player in my Saturn that would turn the tape back about 2 seconds if you stopped and re-started it. It was the best feature ever.

Argentinian government debt is mostly owned by big American investment firms like Black Rock. If their economy crashes, American Oligarchs lose $$$$ so they convinced Trump this is in his best interests.

Yes! Shoot your Monk is standard GM advice! they took those powers to look badass, just give them one useless archer per combat and they will shine! And throw arrows!

Oh, that halcyon era between The Witcher seasons 1 and 2 when you could just enjoy it fully and have expect the writers knew what they were doing.

Fuck you for making me look this up. Only Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune would fit together. Venus, Mars, and Mercury are too much.

Damn! Mark Mercer strikes again!

(context: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5feqZBLXrMg)

The second line of the article really sums it up from my perspective. "President George W. Bush was obsessed with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and deliberately misled the American people about who was responsible for the 9/11 attack."

I was curious how the nebulous connection between Iraq and Afghanistan was perceived by those who weren't as aware of the older Bush's history in the area. In the hours following 9/11, a common question among my peers was "How will this be twisted into us going into Iraq?"

With respect:

Why is 9/11 associated with Saddam jokes?

I'm old enough to remember both Iraq wars and 9/11 and the associated politics in detail the two subjects are very intertwined in the collective American memory.

But I want to hear specifically why people in 2025 think this.

A lady standing on my neighbor's back porch smoking a cigarette cussed me out when I let the dog out. Except my neighbor had moved out last week (I had helped) and I knew it hadn't sold yet. A girlfriend of one of the guys up the block was having a episode of some kind and had decided to squat in my neighbor's home. I locked the door, waiting for the next morning.

I decided to call the Emergency Line to see if they would send mental health first but they sent the cops anyway. Our local cops are really delicate with mental patients so they got her back to her boyfriend and left the homeowner to cleanup.

I usually wait for December but I might rush it and watch in November instead. We split it into 40-60 minutes episodes and watch it over weeks.

Could it be that these guys are going to "Where are we going, Papa EA?" them in a few years?

(Can't find a link to the referenced comic on my phone but basically EA is known for buying up smaller studios and then closing them only a few years later after sucking them dry. This led to a comic of them taking little unsuspecting companies into the dark woods to end them.)

I had to go check this was real. Containment breached folks.

It's authored by the guy who coined the term originally; so however he's using it, that's the way it's used.

I asked my family what the last useful thing Congress accomplished that made life better for Americans.

The only 2 answers were the 2010 Affordable Care Act and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

Two actions in 40+ years.

French's just changed their mustard recipe and my whole house rioted because it tastes "wrong now." I don't eat mustard but my husband and kids made me go to the discount grocery to stock up on "old French's" before it goes away.

Oh yeah, the cast grows and grows every episode or so until there's much more likeable people. Senku is always there but his role gets smaller until he's tolerable.