suzirya

bugdotpng asked:

i've got a library question for youuuu so i connected my library card to my libby account and that's the primary way that i interact with my local library, i mostly just use my card to download ebooks and audiobooks. is that just as "effective" as checking out books in person? like, does it support the library as much as interacting in person? if not, i may make an effort to go browse in person more often :3c

suzirya answered:

Absolutely swag that you connected your library card to Libby!

So my nuance-button take/answer is, yes it supports the library and boosts their usage stats! Libraries want patrons to read how they want to and use their services in person and digitally, and Libby/overdrive contributes meaningfully to usage stats. Libby may also allow you to borrow books from libraries well outside your municipality, and that’s a cool feature!

In addition to making use of library resources and programming, advocating for maintained and additional funding really helps; it is true that digital lending platforms for ebooks / digital resources are expensive to procure and often have different lending licenses than, say, how libraries get to treat purchased physical books.

You’re helping the library by using digital loans, especially if getting to the library physically is difficult. Advocating for libraries politically is another way to help, including by learning more about why ebook and audiobook loans function how they do. For instance, looking into the ALA ebook advocacy page!

reference THANKS BOSS i knew this would be a tricky question but you answered it very eloquently and i'll look into the advocacy page!!

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nellasbookplanet

The three tiers of queer sff:

Broke: what is worldbuilding? Made in a lab to be as blandly inoffensive as possible. Time to randomly namedrope terms like 'nonbinary' and 'ace' while doing zero work actually incorporating them into the world or characters and have someone give a speech about how valid they are. Lines like 'I'm too ace for this' while never exploring the concept of asexuality or aromanticism and still having very central romance plotlines is common. I hate it here learn how to write realistic dialogue and fully realized characters I'm begging.

Woke: more ore less typical sci-fi and fantasy but It’s Queer Now. Might include in-universe queerphobia to be struggled against or may have queer identities be fully normalized. Can be done bad or well depending on the skill of the writer. A good way to explore our contemporary ideas of gender and sexuality or to have a bit of a power fantasy with lesbian princesses and trans knights. There will probably be a bisexual love triangle.

Bespoke: what is a gender. What is monogamy. What is polyamory. What is romance. What is platonic. Time to show you the most fucked up uncategorizable relationship you’ve ever seen. There may be weird ass metaphorical sex

nellasbookplanet

fuck it

Book recs: tier three queer sff

AKA books that tackle gender, sexuality and relationships in ways that come off as deeply alien and non normative to our present day culture, frequently featuring actual aliens.

For details on the books, check under the readmore! My personal favorites are marked with an *

A note: as I'm generally more into sci-fi than fantasy, this list skews heavily toward the former. Feel free to make your own recommendations in the notes if you know of more titles!

If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!

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angleofmusings

[images: photo collages of the covers of all the named books, first all of the books in one image and then in groups of three before the descriptions.]

ouuuugh good list. good recs *points* walking practice spotted reference

suzirya

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bananahomo

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

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jkottke

Clipart Studio lets you cut up magazines sourced from the Internet Archive, images from Wikimedia Commons, & files you’ve uploaded, and create art collages from them. This is great — be sure to check out the gallery.

reference OOOOH....

mildmayfoxe

MY SLOP ‼️ used @bugdotpng’s idea to make this kind of salmon taco salad: quarter head of cabbage shredded, couple big spoons of pico, couple big spoons of street corn dip, couple big spoons of canned corn, couple big spoons of canned salmon, couple big spoons crema, quarter diced avocado, handful chopped cilantro, lemon juice, smoked paprika, chipotle, chili powder, garlic, salt & pepper. toasted a few corn tortillas on a dry pan & scooped the salad in like tacos. really good. a little wet for me though so next time maybe i’ll skip the crema since the corn dip already has mayo & sour cream

reference imma steal your ~*~enhancements~*~ lol

starfoozle

Heatwave Recipe Recommendations

The heat’s been brutal this summer but we still gotta eat! If you’re like me, heat might suppress your appetite, and the last thing any of us want is to sweat over a hot stove and oven when it’s already boiling outside. Here are some of my favorite hot-weather recipes to keep hydrated and fed with when the weather is unbearable! (All recipes should be un-paywalled).

NYT’s best gazpacho (lives up to its name!!)
Persian cold cucumber soup (if you like tzatziki you will like this!)
Eric Kim’s cold noodles with tomato (infinitely riffable Korean flavor profile — for a creamier and less brothy take, try these cold sesame noodles too)
Vietnamese chicken and herb salad (this is an excellent time to get a rotisserie chicken so you don’t have to turn the oven on)
Radish sandwiches with butter and salt (and in a similar vein, if you dig this flavor combo you should try this Polish cottage cheese dip on some good rye bread or even crackers)
It’s still a little early in the season, but you can never go wrong with a BLT (or, if you don’t eat bacon, try this tomato furikake sandwich in its place)
Infinite iterations of pasta salad! You can use anything you got but here is a template I like.
Assorted dense bean salads. This back pocket canned salad is a weird combo of jarred ingredients but it slaps, this hoagie-inspired one is super satisfying, and cowboy caviar is a classic for a reason.
Poke bowls! Canned tuna mixed with some kewpie mayo and sriracha is a budget-friendly riff on the usual ahi and makes everything taste like a spicy tuna roll, but use whatever proteins you like, this is more of a loose template.

Please feel free to add some of your own favorite summer recipes in the replies and comments! We’ll get through this together. 🤝🤝🤝

my eyes zoomed in on 'tomato furikake sandwich' so fucking fast AAAUUUGGHHH tomaydo sammich reference

starfoozle

bugdotpng asked:

could you tell me a little more about your spike mat? i’m intrigued by them but im not sure if i’d benefit from one 🤔 what do you use it for, if you don’t mind saying?

starfoozle answered:

Yes! It’s an acupressure mat I got several years ago to help with some chronic back pain and stiffness that flares up from time to time and it’s one of my favorite at-home PT tools. Much like a TENS unit, Icy-Hot, and other forms of counterstimulation, lying on the spike mat only hurts a bit at first but confuses and distracts the nerves that are sending the incessant pain signals from, in my case, spasming back muscles and allows the muscles to chill out and slowly unclench. It’s also been pretty useful as I work on treating a round of plantar fasciitis — standing (or lying) on the spikes brings blood to the area, which is apparently key to getting PF to heal. It’s definitely a bit uncomfortable at first, but as blood rushes to the area you get a nice warmth that feels like a not-unpleasant sunburn and an endorphin rush with its own pain-relieving properties too. The gate control theory of pain is really interesting and underlies a lot of these mechanical interventions like TENS units or chemical counterirritants, and a number of my friends have used these spike mats to help manage chronic pain issues with good success! I think I got mine for like $30 at TJ Maxx as an experiment, you don’t need anything fancy, but I do recommend trying it for anyone who wants to try manually rewiring neuromuscular pain a little bit for less than a PT copay!

YIPPEE thank you!! i think i might try it for my neck issues en lieu of getting massages i know they’re different things but that might be a good way to manage some pain at home reference

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dykecadence

periodic reminder that the queer liberation library is an awesome non-regional library you can add on libby to access hundreds of queer titles. NO LIBRARY CARD NEEDED. i just found an audiobook for a pretty new release on there with no waitlist. also everyone use libby for your local library too NOW

Libby Access — Queer Liberation Library

Queer Liberation Library

queerliblib

free!!! queer!! books!! for anyone, anywhere in the USA!

you can browse the collection here

& if you love what we’re doing you can toss us a few bucks here so we can keep doing it <3

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consolecadet

bugdotpng asked:

i have a snart question for you....what materials did you use to make the pink goop on the mirror for your pink corner? it compels me....

consolecadet answered:

Ooh, thanks for asking! The pink goop is Sculptamold, acrylic paint, and either some kind of acrylic varnish or Mod Podge (don’t remember)! Sculptamold is mostly made of paper pulp chunks and plaster – you activate it with water and can use it the way you might paper pulp papier-mache, but it cures a bit faster and is harder/sturdier. The lumpiness is inherent to it, but there’s also Claycrete, which is the same stuff but smoother.

(Pink goop mirror for context)