Because I Require Stimulation

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We finally got them somewhere to keep and play with them all!

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We finally got them somewhere to keep and play with them all!

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Sunrise In Az

It’s Not The Technique, It’s The Result.

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Wow! Um... Amelia Bedelia is a lot racier than I remember!

Children’s Book Fail

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I could work on something like this for hours and never come close to something this cool.

Shuriken Coat Hooks

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Dr. David Reuben is one of my personal favourites in the field of sexual study. The man was writing books about sex before Dr. Ruth got big. Why was he controversial? Well, most of it had to do with the fact that he had the gall to suggest that sex should be fun.

Any Woman Can!
Reuben
1976

Okay Baby Boomers! I am sure everyone remembers Reuben’s book Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask.  Anyone remember this follow up?  I am not really sure it qualifies as a truly “awful” library book, but this particular edition was torn and looked like it had seen better days.  However for a mass market paperback, it actually held up pretty well!  Not sure of the “weeder” status of this one, but I sure chuckled remembering Rueben’s controversial books.  I think he was the first one to take sexual health mainstream.

Mary

EVERY LIBRARIAN IN THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS.

And then, my dear colleagues, YOU SHOW IT TO YOUR PATRONS.

aleahmarie:

“Glenn, the library isn’t free! It’s paid for with tax money. Free public libraries are the result of the Progressive movement to communally share books. The first public library was the Boston public library in 1854. It’s statement of purpose: every citizen has the right to access community owned resources. Community owned? That sounds just like communist. You’re a communist!” — Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

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I have geolocation tags, credit card statements, and witnesses which prove that I wasn't in Russia at the time this happened. Also, this man is my hero. :)

Breaking news from Russia: "Police in the southern city of Novorossiisk have arrested a man accused of hacking into a video billboard in Moscow last month and showing a pornographic movie that spawned a traffic jam as curious drivers slowed to watch the film." (thanks, Duffong)

I don’t care what you say about any president. Only one of them forded a river on mooseback.

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I loved this show!

Nuns Need Knowledge Now

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‘Nun using card catalogue in the New York Public Library’ from the Life photo archive on Google

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While I'm skeptical about the validity of this, I have to admit one thing. Not only is it possible, but after giving it a few minutes of thought, I'm 95% certain that I could do this myself. Hell, all I'd need is software.

According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue came to light when the Robbins's child was disciplined for "improper behavior in his home" and the Vice Principal used a photo taken by the webcam as evidence. The suit is a class action, brought on behalf of all students issued with these machines.

If true, these allegations are about as creepy as they come. I don't know about you, but I often have the laptop in the room while I'm getting dressed, having private discussions with my family, and so on. The idea that a school district would not only spy on its students' clickstreams and emails (bad enough), but also use these machines as AV bugs is purely horrifying.

Schools are in an absolute panic about kids divulging too much online, worried about pedos and marketers and embarrassing photos that will haunt you when you run for office or apply for a job in 10 years. They tell kids to treat their personal details as though they were precious.

But when schools take that personal information, indiscriminately invading privacy (and, of course, punishing students who use proxies and other privacy tools to avoid official surveillance), they send a much more powerful message: your privacy is worthless and you shouldn't try to protect it.

Robbins v. Lower Merion School District (PDF) (Thanks, Roland!)

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