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After bouncing between several coffee shops, which were tasty but far too loud and crowded for my liking, I FOUND THE LIBRARY! And it's quiet and there are very few people here and there are lovely comfortable spaces to work!!
Libraries are the best!!!
@sundogplanets unfortunately i find talking on phones and group discussion the norm at the university library i frequent. but on winter or summer vacations the silence is deafening. which is nirvana.
@sundogplanets libraries have always been my favorite place to study, write, and collect my thoughts. Sometimes, I even sneak in my coffee.
@sundogplanets im so glad the library was quiet! It rarely is anymore in my city! We need to get rid of cafes in libraries. In my opinion they are ruining the quiet space libraries once we're and driving those of us who NEED quiet spaces out of what was once our sanctuary: libraries.
@sundogplanets Spent lots of my time at Duke in the library stacks in a nice little cubicle researching all sorts of interesting things. My biggest worry: relaxed so much I might fall asleep and my bones would be found decades later.... Oh, and also, my mother was the librarian at Methodist University (then just a college). Davis Memorial Library. I grew up in that one.
@sundogplanets This librarian is glad you found the library. Around here (Vermont) it's a good climate-controlled space with nice internet, gender neutral restrooms, snacks, and comfy chairs.
libraries are totally fantastic I'm taking Spanish English chat and French English chat and my libraries in Texas
@sundogplanets @HamonWry True that, I do loads of work in libraries
@sundogplanets and some have coffee nowadays.
@sundogplanets THANK LIBRARIES!!. I spend my university years studying in libraries; and now (almost 50) I use to go once a while to work with the computer when I want the work done.
It's why billionaires hate public libraries.
They educate. They provide quiet spaces to think.
https://www.everylibrary.org/the_koch_brothers_and_libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/24/us-conservatives-campaign-books-ban-schools
https://books.substack.com/p/notebook-libraries-and-the-election
https://urbanlibrariansunite.org/koch-brothers-gunning-for-small-town-library/
https://www.everylibrary.org/election2024
It's hard to indoctrinate when information is freely available.
https://truthout.org/articles/koch-funding-for-campuses-comes-with-dangerous-strings-attached/
@sundogplanets
My son started working from the library instead of home and was just telling me how great it is for concentration. Until yesterday that is, when our schools had their first day of winter break and all the work-from-home moms brought their kids in to keep them occupied!
And unlike cafes or restaurants no librarian interrupts after 5 minutes to ask: ‘And, how is the book so far?’
@sundogplanets i thought you meant the library pub-restaurant in london and i got very excited! but the real library is ALSO great.
@sundogplanets Libraries are such a win-win-win experience. You always find:
1. people interested in knowledge!
2. knowledge!
3. silence!
😁🤫
@sundogplanets i gotta check out my local library. its been awhile
@sundogplanets And librarians are Heros. Never had a,bad experience with one.
@sundogplanets
The third space
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
