glenn poppe

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recalculating… 🌼 pop.pe 🌳 oakland, ca

The public library does not make anyone any money and it does not have to “make a profit.” Hard to say this about anything at all in the 21st century here in the U.S. Public libraries resist the dominant paradigm of modern life, which insists that what’s bought and sold in the market economy is the only way to provide fundamental meaning and sustenance in our lives. Given these realities, Leftists should and must fight to expand public libraries.
defunct restaurant matchbook covers
Federated platforms will give us the freedom to curate our online experience, and to create communities where we feel comfortable. They represent more than a technological shift — they’re an opportunity for democratic renewal in the digital public sphere. By returning governance to users and communities, they have the potential to rebuild trust and legitimacy in ways that centralized platforms no longer can. However, they also run the risk of further splintering our society, as users abandon those shared spaces where broader social cohesion may be forged.
what bothers me most about the idea of having to die (sooner or later) is that the collection of junk I have made in my head will presumably be dissipated not that there isn't more and better junk in other heads & always will be but I have become so fond of my own head's collection.
a tweet from ronjaunee chatterjee: The students in my Middlemarch seminar think that Leonardo Dicaprio should play Casaubon in a movie, in case you were wondering what gen z thinks of that man (leo)
portrait of john locke
a list of books recommended by the makers of the sims video game