Something Dark and Ink-Stained Draws Near...

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[thedreamparadox]

I can't believe I have to say this but PLEASE do not send me asks asking for donations. I'm not going to know if you're a human or a bot and I am going to assume bot and block you and delete the ask. If I am going to donate to anyone, be it individual or organization, I am going to do so only when I can verify where that money would actually be going. There are way too many scammers out there for me to trust random links thrown at me by people I don't know.

(Also if you are a human reading this and actually need financial help, PLEASE do not try to do so by soliciting random tumblr users. There are blogs and people that aggregate that information for individuals who want to donate to help others. If you're stateside and in need of financial assistance, housing assistance, or other related resources, contact your local chapter of Call 2-1-1. Some counties and states have similar resources through other organizations too, check with your local library if you need a hand.)

Edit: This also goes for tagging me in posts asking for donations. Do not tag me in posts asking for donations. I will assume you are a bot and block you accordingly. If I donate it will be to fundraisers or individuals I vet in my own time. Solicitation makes me assume you're a scam blog.

[icy41777]

Reala and Shadow

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

we owe literally no one more on this planet than the woman behind fantasy name generator

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

her name is emily and and she runs it all by herself

[butchrozanovs]

everyone say thanks emily!!!

[octodaddi]

[brother-genitivi]

THANK YOU EMILY!

[midnight-and-his-melodiverse]

Thank you to Emily at Fantasy Names Generator, for providing all the fantastical names I could ever need for anything!! :D

[russianblush]

no ai usage over here. you’re gonna get my shitty authentic writing whether you like it or not

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[mind-vomit3]

[yossyislandd]

when the characters you like get beat the fuck up

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[bonediggercharleston]

Everything I learnt about Dolly Parton was against my will and it was an absolute delight every single time

[bumblebeerror]

You WILL learn about Dolly Parton and what a fucking amazing woman she is and you will LIKE IT.

[bevismusson]

I assume everyone already knows how much I idolise Dolly, and it's because of stuff like this. She saw an issue, saw a way she could help (and importantly how she could help a community help itself) and just... did it. None of it feels like she's doing it for any other reason than because she has the facilities to do it and it's the right thing to do. She is proof that it is possible to be a millionaire and still be a genuinely good person.

[ms-cellanies]

Great article about the wide reach that Dolly's Imagination Library has made not only in her home town but across the world: https://cardinalnews.org/2023/01/31/dolly-is-part-of-the-answer-advocates-spread-dolly-partons-imagination-library-free-book-program-throughout-virginia/

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[dimir-charmer]

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[forthegothicheroine]

The thing about anti-libby posts, because ebooks have to be paid for yearly while physical books only have to be paid for once, is that yes, physical books are cheaper for the library to acquire- but the library has a budget they chose to allocate, whether it's on software, subscriptions to digital encyclopedias, or ebook rentals. If they chose to rent ebooks, it was because they want you to read them, and using any of their services looks good for them. Check out physical books by all means, but don't feel guilty about checking out ebooks.

[larathia]

Think of it as an accessibility measure.

"But wait," you say. "They're books. Physical objects. In a building. You don't have to pay to get into the building, or get the books. What do you need accessibility for? They're already accessible?"

Not if you've been hospitalized.

Not if you have poor vision. (Ebooks: Adjustible font sizes for EVERYTHING. Not just the large print editions the library can get.)

Not if the roads are covered in ice, or the library itself is for whatever reason closed/hard to get to.

And the audiobooks! Do you have any idea how many people have cars that don't have CD players, or don't know if they have MP3-CD-compatible CD players, or really don't want to try wrangling an 8-CD-book while driving? THERE ARE A LOT, LEMME TELL YOU. But with Libby, all you need is a bluetooth connection between your phone and your car!

And you can even listen to a whole audiobook on your phone while unable to see because eye surgery! (don't even try to ask if that's common. It's way common. I've had multiple calls re: walking people through setting this up for this reason just this year. Actually, even just this summer. Bad year for eyeballs, good year for Libby.)

Extra bonus points: You don't have to worry about returning materials on time, because Libby handles that for you. Which is great if you're traveling. It's also great because you can even check out more stuff while you're physically in completely different states from your library!

Oh and one other thing. Do you have any idea how much shelf space, say, "every single James Patterson book" or "every single Danielle Steel book" would actually take up? How many entire physical book cases those authors would take up, if a library chose to have every. single. book. they've ever written? Yeah. It's not happening. (Okay. The Library of Congress probably has it. Good luck finding any other library doing it.) But we can get them all in ebook format. Yep. Every last one. And the audiobook version. These two and every other insanely prolific writer out there. Virtual space is infinitely expandable. Aren't you glad?

Your library pays some hefty fees to make these ebooks available to you. These are just some of the reasons. So please. Use the feature. We want you to use the feature.

[kdm13]

ebooks aren't heavy and you don't have to hold them open. i love the feel and smell of physical books, but it can be painful for me to hold them. my ereader (which i specifically bought one that can connect to my library card) makes it so i can read more often again

[sapphic-machine]

This is like lingerie for electronics

[mari-monsta]

why is it that when im reading fanfic i feel like i have a fairly good metric for if something is characterized accurately but when im trying to write suddenly its like ive never seen this character in my life. would he say that. would he fucking say that. suddenly i have no idea

[emr-dgmn]

August 1st, 2026

[kenichijouji]

🫧 digimon adventure (1999)

[thegreatyin]

with every consecutive expansion the graph for how to access new ffxiv crossover content gets funnier.

[thegreatyin]

this is like if lord of the rings had a guidebook for how to get rid of the ring and it was like. step one pick up the ring. step two throw it into the fires of mount doom