Originally to my mother who is a bibliophile who loves libraries as much as a person can.
This question was posed to patrons of the library today. Can you imagine Seattle without its libraries? I can. It’s actually made very easy by SPL itself. My local library shut down on Jan 25, 2025 until “Late 2026”. My closest library is Green Lake, a 1.5 mile walk each way. If you only go to the library twice every 6 months like I do, that isn’t that big a deal. If you need the exercise or have a bus pass, you can just spend the time. But even when my library was open, I found it to be a pretty minor landmark. Because I have Suzzallo, Allen, Engineering library, Math library, Music library, East Asian library, and libraries I don’t even know about I go there. I’m kinda spoiled for libraries. I do use the online features of SPL quite a lot – the audiobook, an ebook here and there, Kanopy, the newspaper access, and the search feature.
This dystopian vision allows us to consider what kind of world we want to live in.
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Aug 22, 2020
Melody 1: C E♭ G F G
Melody 2: C E♭ G F G C G F C
Chords: C7 C7 C7 C7 C7 F7 F7 C7 C7 G7 F7 C7 C7
Bass: CCC_C_CCC_
Bass synchronizes with measure after 3 repetitions (4 measures) by resting 2 8th notes.
Bass variation: CCF_C_CCC_ used once on measure 10
Hi hat: 8 open 2 open 1 closed 5 open
So…
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April 13, 2015
Hi Jim, this is Joel. I'd like to ask you to tell your fellow congresscritters to vote against reauthorizing section 215 of the Patriot Act. You understand that the mass surveillance that is currently occurring under your watch is unconstitutional and makes our country not a functioning democracy but a dictatorship, a tyranny. Tell your fellow congressmen and congresswomen to vote against reauthorizing section 215 of the Patriot Act and that will be a step toward making our nation a functioning democracy with a working system of checks and balances. Nothing can undo the harm that has already occurred under the Patriot Act and we can no doubt expect that the NSA will repeatedly attempt to continue mass surveillance of the entire world, including innocent American citizens here in the US. Constant vigilance is required to ensure that the tyranny that the NSA has created collapses and is never again rebuilt.
I will keep the rest of my thoughts to myself so that you can go on doing your job.
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