Missives From Troy
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“Star Trek: Into Darkness” Is Fine, But It’s Still No “Galaxy Quest”
Recently Kumail Nanjiani tweeted that the best Star Trek...
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“Keep in mind that the Republicans’ most serious charge revolves around the creation of misleading talking points. Stop and think about that for a...”
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Don't Use Your Phone in a Theater, Ever
This is incredible. Read Kevin Williamson’s first hand account or Gothamist’s write up.
Beautiful Libraries | Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria
(via booklover)
And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
etsy:
Creative reuse:
For McAllen, Texas, one man’s abandoned Walmart is another’s public library. It is the largest single-story public library in the country, at a size about equal to 2.5 football fields.
Walmart Abandoned In Texas Renovated Into Chic New McAllen Public Library
