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neuroscience holla!
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yeah neuro nerds!
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<3
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 months ago“The Public Library Manifesto: why public libraries matter, and how we can save them.” http://bit.ly/ivEtfm
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Have you read This Book is Overdue?
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i have not. do tell.
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“the public library is a singularly american invention” – really now?
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maybe the author means circulating libraries available to the public at large (communities), as opposed to private or subscription models.
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I still find it hard to believe that *that* specific idea is originally American, given that we’ve had some form of publishing and knowledge exchange since the days of papyrus. o_O
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true, but were the materials available to the people? in certain ancient societies (thinking Egypt here) the scribes had access, and the upper class, if they could read. books were collected/stolen and added to the collection and not allowed to circulate.
that said, i think that the author is being hyperbolic, esp. since there’s no reference for…[Read more]
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Seems like the author is thinking of the current conception of public libraries as document repository, educational center and community hub–which is about a hundred years old, give or take. A lot of the pioneers of that movement were American, but not all–there are so many different library models that my job at (Clap Clap) NGO works with…[Read more]
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Considering the oldest library in North America wasn’t even USian…it was founded in Mexico by a bishop who kicked out the Jesuits out of town and made their confiscated books available to all readers.
Unfortunately the history of libraries in North America is going to be tied up with the history of colonialization pretty much uniformly, though…[Read more]
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it was an interesting day in my mlis class at kent state university (ohio) when we discussed the carnegies. i always thought of andrew carnegie as a philanthropist who donated money for the lovely library i got to grow up in as a child. my fellow students from pennsylvania enlighted us all to his robber baron reality. #conundrum
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Melville Dewey used to make women put their bust size on their job applications. Apparently everyone in the history of our field was kinda a dick. :D
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I don’t know much about Carnegie, but that makes him sound like Robin Hood.
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there is an argument to be made that he exploited his workers, though he was outspoken about worker’s rights.
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Alright nerd-straddlers, let’s break the awkward. What’s your nerd passion?
Mine is computers. I’m fluent in many languages.
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biology nerd here \o/
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Computing student here. Unfortunately thats like a 1-10 ratio of girls to guys, D’OH. But I really love programming and will be working in probably software or games someday hopefully
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Oceanography and marine biology! Delaying grad school by raising larval sea animals in an aquarium.
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I’m also in Civil Engineering! But I’m hoping to go into the construction management side.
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Biology nerd, I’m just now watching a documentary on Darwins life. I keep refering to him as Dazza to my flatmate, because we’re besties me and Dazza.
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My nerd passions are diverse! Currently I’m just beginning to get into programming. I only know one language but I’m in the process of learning more. I don’t know how useful that is without practicing and becoming more computer-fluent in general. Do any of you more experienced nerds have tips/resources/activities to recommend?
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I’m an IT support and Web Developer for work but my nerdiness extends to pop culture as well. I love good sciFi especially (BSG, Firefly, STTNG, Ursula LeGuin, Samuel Delany just to start)…
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Science Fictional 12 years, 6 months agoSo what are you all reading right now/what did you just finish/what are you planning to start?
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I’m reading Kim Harrison’s books about a witch named Rachel. Not so science fictiony, but kinda close.
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I’m reading Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, not as exotically science-fictiony as his other works but it’s about the future (from 1952) and how automation creates a world underclass. Resonates quite well with modern times, actually….
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I’m reading the Hunger Games series, which isn’t half-bad. It’s kind of science fictiony; it’s a dystopian society? So, yeah. There’s technology in it, too, but it does focus on the poverty stricken who don’t reap the benefits of all of this newfangled wonderfulness, and when the main character has to participate in the Games, she’s bewildered.…[Read more]
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I JUST finished Hunger Games! Like 3 days ago. It’s not usually my thing, since I’m not usually into the YA stuff, but I thought most of it was pretty cool. I haven’t seen or read Battle Royale, but I’m aware that a lot of the plot may be similar to that movie/book/manga, so I’m pretty curious about that right now.
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Science Fictional 12 years, 6 months agoAnyone else fans of CS Friedman or Gordon R. Dickson?
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Science Fictional 12 years, 6 months agoI’ve read Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, both of which I LOVED ..due in no small part to Heinlein’s positive portrayals of polyamory.
Unfortunately he did have some *cough* RIDICULOUS views of women.
The only Asimov I’ve read is his short story The Last Question, which leads me to believe I MUST READ MORE.-
If you can get your hands on it, I highly recommend the short story collection ‘The Edge of Tomorrow’. It’s collected fiction (and a few non-fiction essays) by Asimov about science and scientists. It has The Last Question in it, as well as couple of his other really popular short stories like Nightfall and The Ugly Little Boy, but it also has a…[Read more]
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Added to my Goodreads queue! Unfortunately I still have TONS of school reading to do first :(
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Yeah, the misogyny thing upsets me, but the polyamory thing makes me happy, and meh. So many feelings :/ The Last Question is one of the more recent Asimov pieces I’ve read, I mainly devoured his work when I was younger. TLQ gave me effing goosebumps, you guys I <3 it. And "The Edge of Tomorrow" sounds fantastamazing as well. Short stories FTW.…[Read more]
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Did you read the uncut edition of Stranger? I think it is a better book. And right on with the appreciation for polyamory. Heinlein, I think, tried to portray women as having great strength, but sometimes he was just made of fail in his writing. I actually find the positive portrayal of poly to be one of the main reason’s I like Jordan’s Wheel of…[Read more]
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The uncut version was SO MUCH BETTER. I understood it way more than I did when I read the ending of the first one, which made me go “What the HELLLLL” really emphatically while on a roadtrip with my cousins, and they just didn’t get it.
“HE’S AN ANGEL?! HE’S A MARTIAN! WTFFFFF”
“Shut up Kat”
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Ha ha ha! I haven’t read the cut version, but from what friends have said it sounds…lacking. Did you know there is an actual Church of All Worlds? I hear they’re not as active as they used to be though.
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Robbie is super sad! A lot of people talk about how is work isn’t very emotional, but I don’t think those people have read Robbie, or The Ugly Little Boy.
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*his, not is.
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