Charli XCX covering “I Want It That Way.”

Last one get the lights on your way out, okay?

michaelzimmer:

laughingsquid:

Yahoo Is In Talks to Possibly Acquire Tumblr

What could possibly go wrong.

davebloom:

We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire in a Swing, Wearing a Frog Hat with Googly Eyes

Or

Lot 49, Hold the Crying

Or

Dad Had a ‘Funny’ Idea at the Baby Shower Onesie-Decorating Station About 14 Months Ago

I’ve been sitting here for about five minutes, trying to come up with a follow-up joke, but you know what? My toddler is wearing a Crying of Lot 49 shirt. I’ve got nothing.

anthonyhoffmann:

Professors in the philosophy department at San Jose State University wrote the following letter to make a direct appeal to Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor whose MOOC on “Justice” they were being encouraged to use as part of the San Jose State curriculum.

As the kids say: “nailed it.”

:: holds up a lighter ::

Dear Applicant,

The committee thanks you for your submission. After careful consideration and review, we regret to inform you that we will be unable to display your poster at this year’s conference. We received many excellent submissions and our choice was difficult, though made less so by your adamant refusal to allow us to lick your poster.

We thank you for your time and effort and do hope you will consider applying in the years to come.

Warm Regards,
Dr. M.G. Bloom

thelifeguardlibrarian:

silencewhippersnapper:

My favorite database is at it again.

This made my early-ass morning.

OH MY GOD WAIT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY DOING THIS?!

I seriously went and ran a search in Academic Search immediately to see if this limiter had shown up. The only thing that would improve this would be if they got rid of the “full text” option altogether. Bane of my existence.

Gateway drug.

davebloom:

Not staged, I swear. Since becoming mobile recently, she’s been drawn to the shelves of music books in the dining room and invariably grabs Alex Ross’s The Rest is Noise or Dolan’s Springsteen book. Whoever designed the spines knows something about the 11 month old market.

Do we file this under “sign” or “warning”?

convincingindie:

4eva

&eva

(Source: macaeli)

The ALA was named one of Morality in Media’s top facilitators of porn in the United States.

1. Lol @ all of the mangled quotes from Judith Krug, a respected librarian and activist, who died in 2009. YES, WE ARE ALL STILL UNDER THE THUMB OF THE KRUG. KRUG IS DEAD LONG LIVE KRUG.

2. While I’m at it, the ALA isn’t the ABA or the AMA - they have no power to enforce policy or in any way control what happens in libraries. The ALA issues statements, advises, accredits schools, and holds a big ol’ conference twice a year. Conservatives pick on the ALA because they either don’t know that they should actually be attacking librarians directly or because they know that and are afraid that doing so would make them look like meanies. To that, I say come at us, bro. They won’t be able to find all of the pieces. Trust.

3. The 24-point font on this page is a huge hint that they are, of course, wildly oversimplifying the ALA’s stance on internet filtering software. You can read the actual, nuanced statement, written by people who understand libraries, the internet, and how computers work, here - http://bit.ly/ZxZ0ix

4. All three academic libraries at which I’ve worked (including, lol, one at a Jesuit university), have at least some Playboy magazines in their collections. Western civilization teeters on the brink, my friends.