MaryAliciaZiff, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries
and art, and movies, and music and classes on various things, etc.

ellie, 1 year ago

@NickEast A screenshot of a post by "Icona"
@iconawrites "I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income."

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JohnLoader6, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries In England early libraries were chargeable and many run by Boots the Chemist

thamesynne, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries now if only it were broadly understood that the same applies to food and shelter

thamesynne, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries and healthcare. let's not forget that

punklawyer, 1 year ago

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Yeah, probably why book burning has been in fashion with authoritarians since the Romans burned the library at Alexandria.

Tattered, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries Shame the same principles weren’t applied to food and housing and healthcare.

Homebrewandhacking, 1 year ago

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@iconawrites used to be on here but clout is hard to give up.

Spiricom, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries You often see the term 'Library Pictures' during television news items.

Woodswalked, 1 year ago

@NickEast

And that is exactly why they have always been radically political.
The two main principles of public libraries are to increase reading, and to be available to the public. This is why there are attempts to close libraries and schools. Don’t confuse non-partisan with being apolitical.

cc: @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries

Woodswalked, 1 year ago

@NickEast

And that is exactly why they have always been radically political.
The two main principles of public libraries are to increase reading, and to be available to the public. This is why there are attempts to close libraries and schools. Don’t confuse non-partisan with being apolitical.

cc: @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries

julescelt01, 1 year ago

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Alt text;

Icona =@iconawrites

I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income.

cindyweinstein, 1 year ago

@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries. Yes! And thanks to #BenjaminFranklin who got the first one in #Philadelphia started!

rticks, 1 year ago

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People who sue libraries or the internet archive are enemies of civilization itself

rayhindle, 1 year ago

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I am firmly convinced that without public libraries, my reading level would still be that of an eight-year-old.