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As we have some new readers I think its time to recap how the Pulp Library works. There's a lot to cover... #LibraryLife 
In the #Library we DO NOT:
- nap
- fart
- flick bogeys
- play Warhammer 40,000
- hang around section 613.96*
(*you know what that is!)
- nap
- fart
- flick bogeys
- play Warhammer 40,000
- hang around section 613.96*
(*you know what that is!)
In the #Library we hunt for knowledge the old fashioned way: primitive, savage and glorious. We track our prey like wolves. We NEVER ask Siri!
Arguments that #libraries are beneficial really don't have anything to do with the #consent argument against #taxation, so they are really quite uninteresting, and not at all even an argumentative response to the good professor. That being said, it's important to understand…
#Libraries are terribly underfunded, when they should be a top priority for civic spending. It is not inconsistent to be pro library funding and con taxation, if you argue for a #noncoercive yet still #compulsory financing source, i.e. Just Rent #LVT. Most libraries cannot…
accept donated books, because they simply cannot afford the staff and infrastructure required to preserve and maintain an ever-growing stock of physical texts. #Libraries must therefore concentrate on what items #librarians deem important or popular in their community. …
The closures that @Rachael_Swindon highlights should also been seen in the context of government policy. She is completely right that this is how the Tories are reducing #socialmobility but it is also how they are reducing access to other vital services for the most vulnerable.
It has long been government policy (in common with other countries) that people should access government services online. Other countries recognise that there is a need to keep other options open to protect the most vulnerable. The UK government took a different approach.
The UK government decided to tell people who had difficulty accessing #digital services that they should go to the #library where staff would help them. They then gave no funding for the training of library staff or for their time or for the equipment needed.
#Librariesmatter
#Librariesmatter
