onearth:

This is the world’s most authoritative atlas. It’s published every four years. This edition is full of changes that the editors were forced to make because of climate change — shrinking lakes, changing coastlines, and whole new islands exposed by melting glaciers. Find out more.

YES, BUT GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX!  It’s clearly a made up scare tactic to force a carbon tax on the world and to make us all buy new maps!  IT’S SO OBVIOUS!

Come on, tell me you see the conspiracy!

>_<

I’m torn between being gleeful in my typical anti-corporate, anti-culture homogenization, anti-box store way, and feeling bad that we’re losing hundreds of spaces where readers of all ages could find out about books.

I’m torn between being gleeful in my typical anti-corporate, anti-culture homogenization, anti-box store way, and feeling bad that we’re losing hundreds of spaces where readers of all ages could find out about books.

Borders Nostalgia | Conversational Reading (via housingworksbookstore)

I’m not torn at all. When big business says there’s no money in books, I think our society is in big trouble.  Libraries can barely stay funded and book stores are closing left and right.

This is very scary.

How Housing Works Bookstore Cafe sometimes finds rare books (it's awesome!)

From housingworksbookstore:

No really, this is how we find rare books sometimes.

Volunteer: Does it matter if one of these dollar books is signed?

Staffer: Probably not. The truth is, most author’s autographs aren’t worth anything.

Volunteer: Oh, okay. Does it matter that it’s signed by Robert Frost?

Awesome!!

I have a 2 dollar bill signed by Isaac Asimov. Guess that’s not worth anything, huh. :(