as a great update to this i am genuinely debating buying a version of an upcoming book from a different country because I hate the cover of the version being sold in north america
If the Internet Archive is taken down it will be akin to the burning of the library of Alexandria. There is content on that website that will never be accessible to humanity ever again if the site is taken down.
This is specifically about my copy of the great gatsby but also the fact that there are so many gorgeous editions of niel gaiman's works that I have serious choice paralysis about which one I like the most
thinking all day today about bill watterson and how he made an absolutely beloved comic, refused to monetize any of it as merch, disappeared for a nice long while, and is now back with a horror comic that he doesn't have to draw. this is the absolute dream. what a legend.
Biggest pet peeve is when someone sends an entirely unrelated message in a group chat less than like, ten minutes after you've said something, like they don't acknowledge whatever it is you were saying they just go "lol new topic here! 🥴" it drives me NUTS
Dear Drivers: cyclists know that when you stop to wave us thru, when we don’t have the right of way, you’re trying to be kind. What you don’t know is you’re putting us at huge risk.
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It was a transgender woman, not a drag queen, that stopped the shooting in Colorado.
I have so many emotions over this.
A trans woman kicked the disgusting shooter within an inch of his life.
Her ally was detained and she was then labeled a drag queen.
We keep us safe.
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