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Of possible interest. Via @haymarketbooks

>Free Books for a Free Palestine

FTA: "If you’re setting up a liberation library at your Gaza solidarity encampment and you’d like some radical books, please write to us at orders[at]haymarketbooks.org and we’ll send some free books to get you started."

In addition, they are offering four e-books free to pretty much anyone interested.

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/508-free-books-for-a-free-palestine?utm_source=Haymarket+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f4cdb2d97b-EMAIL_Newsletter_2017_11_20_HOLIDAY1_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a36ffbc74a-f4cdb2d97b-333715369&mc_cid=f4cdb2d97b

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bloodravenlib, to random
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You know all those asshole wealthy people telling the rest of us to "cut back on the lattes and avocado toast?" Well, turns out "some consumers have given up their iced lattes to save cash."

>Many Americans have had enough of high food prices. Restaurants and food manufacturers report slow sales. https://irjci.blogspot.com/2024/05/many-americans-have-had-enough-of-high.html

bloodravenlib,
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Oh, the horror continues: ""Coffee drinkers are leaving Starbucks's loyalty program. Chips Ahoy cookies are lingering longer on grocery-store shelves. . . "

Not the Chip Ahoys. TBH, the Better Half can bake a mean choc chip cookie, so why buy the bagged one? And we make our own coffee.

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@bloodravenlib I bought a used bread maker at a thrift store for $5, cleaned it all up, and I make my own bread now. 😎

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"Divine Alchemy" by Greg Spalenka.

bloodravenlib, to academia
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New on my YouTube channel: "6 Books received at Hutchins for my TBR April 2024."

https://youtu.be/utRJlW8RHFE?si=gaDQCGI4p2mf9V2e

This is a short video highlighting 6 books we recently received here at Hutchins Library that I am considering for my TBR (to be read) list.

bloodravenlib, to tech
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By @pluralistic : "The specific process by which Google enshittified its search" (24 Apr 2024) https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/

This is worth a read.

bloodravenlib, to climate
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Because unlike a lot of gringo fuckbagels, insurance companies do believe in and understand the idea of .

>Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners After Natural Disasters https://jacobin.com/2024/04/insurance-natural-disasters-louisiana-regulation/

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I.E. Homeowners will need to self-insure

bloodravenlib, to Writers
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>Ten Types Of Authors Who Can Go Fuck Themselves by Gabino Iglesias.

https://mysterytribune.com/ten-types-of-authors-who-can-go-fuck-themselves#google_vignette

If you are one of these types of , stop it or really go fuck yourself.

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@bloodravenlib @bookstodon @bookstodon To that I would add authors who waste time complaining about other authors instead of working.-)

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on my : 'Secondhand."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-secondhand.html

Learn a bit about what happens to what you donate to places like Goodwill and other parts of the secondhand trade.

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bloodravenlib, to random
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I need to know which library is this and if they are hiring because mine does not have drugs and hookers. We just have books, media, online resources, and professional librarians to help folks.

That is just not right.


>'Uh...': Fox News ridiculed after claiming 'libraries turned into drug-infested sex dens'
https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-libraries-den/

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New on my , : "Secondhand."

https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-secondhand.html

If you ever wondered what happens to stuff you donate to a charity or thrift shop this may be the book for you.

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bloodravenlib, to academia
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And another office bites the dust, this time in Dallas. It will be a for the 20 or so employees getting laid off.

>UT Dallas to Close Former DEI Office https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/04/11/ut-dallas-close-former-dei-office

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New on my : "10 Books I Have Read From My TBR Posts, April 2024"

https://itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/10-books-i-have-read-from-my-tbr-posts-april-2024/

Yes, I do read from my list now and again. Links to included.

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