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stanky wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:22 pm Yikes! That sucks.
Not overly surprised, though. The internet has made libraries somewhat obsolete.

They're involving into sort of non-athletic community centers.

I go to libraries for board game days sometimes. "Games at the library" has become a common thing.

Yeah, there's that sort of thing here, too. We recently saw a herpetologist at the library, lecturing and showing his pets.

grayman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:39 am This country does have some things going for it that I do admire, such as our library system.

However, not content with trying to ban books, Republicans take it to another level:

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/04/miss ... um=twitter

How many kids a year do books kill?

Thankfully, NZ libraries are very well funded and patronised.

Another "only in America" story:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 664297002/

grayman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:01 pm Another "only in America" story:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 664297002/

Pfft. Shooting shoplifters is so 2020.

This is America: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... d-guns-nra

Sick fucking bitch.

Farmington, New Mexico's finest. FL and I rented an airbnb down the street from this block last year...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=60230 ... ef=sharing

Meanwhile, in Alabama...

https://www.wrbl.com/news/more-than-20- ... -on-scene/

And over in Georgia...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-eaten-al ... 05919.html

Holy fuck, it's hard to know which of those stories is worse.

On balance, probably the jail death - if you're in America you can reasonably expect to get shot, but that cell is worse than Stephen King could dream dream up.