Unfortunately 24 hour libraries, or even late night, are pretty much non-existent now because 1) parents use them as babysitters and 2) nothing against homeless people but librarians aren’t equipped or staffed to take care of them appropriately.

And now with the book bans librarians are in short supply too, which means shorter hours and even fully closing on some weekdays.

Support your local library, everyone! See if there’s a “friends of” group. It’s a great way to connect with your community.

Just providing context. Not “blaming it on the town.”

I’m unfortunately very familiar with this town. It’s an industrial wasteland with no real job market and drugs are rampant.

This story is unfortunately not at all surprising.

The judge who signed off on the search warrant also has 2 DUIs

God bless Firefox reader mode.

Good VPNs have adblockers.

Everyone on the Internet should have one now. Also a password generator.

Thanks for your response! If you light events with broadcast cameras, I am the annoying video engineer behind the camera controls asking about flicker and color balance. I hope they keep making y’all’s specialty bulbs. Looks like there’s a big list of exceptions!

I wonder if this will have any effect on the film industry…

Sorry to be grandpa reddit but the last one felt forced too

It stays on my phone for the sole reason that I have notifications turned on from a local weather account

Can you elaborate on this?

I can’t WFH so I haven’t really kept up with the trend

The comments are suggesting everyone do charge backs.

You ok there bud?

Agreed. Hopefully it’s just a temporary reaction because of all the skepticism floating about.

I can say what’s helped me tremendously is finding a niche instance that aligns with your interests instead of the huge generic ones