SamDec 23
Prof. Sam Lawler

After bouncing between several coffee shops, which were tasty but far too loud and crowded for my liking, I FOUND THE LIBRARY! And it's quiet and there are very few people here and there are lovely comfortable spaces to work!!

Libraries are the best!!!

Dec 23 at 8:38pmWeb
Show threadvxoDec 23
@sundogplanets
The third space
Show threadAstridDec 23
@sundogplanets libraries!
Show threadlemgandiDec 23
@sundogplanets And librarians are Heros. Never had a,bad experience with one.
Show threaderuweroDec 24
@lemgandi @sundogplanets
Show threadlemgandiDec 24
@eruwero Should I get this reference?
Show threaderuweroDec 25
@lemgandi it's from "Parks and Recreation" (Tammy is a crazy librarian). It's a really funny episode imo
Show threadlemgandiDec 25
@eruwero Ah, the.
Show threadSnake Oil SalesmanDec 23
@sundogplanets i gotta check out my local library. its been awhile
Show threadHolzbank der ÄltereDec 23
@sundogplanets Libraries are such a win-win-win experience. You always find:
1. people interested in knowledge!
2. knowledge!
3. silence!
😁🤫
Show threaddeziDec 23
@sundogplanets i thought you meant the library pub-restaurant in london and i got very excited! but the real library is ALSO great.
Show threadHam on WryDec 23

@sundogplanets

And unlike cafes or restaurants no librarian interrupts after 5 minutes to ask: ‘And, how is the book so far?’

Show threadBrian JohnsonDec 23
@sundogplanets I’ve often thought there’s no reason why a library can’t also have a good coffee bar.
Show threadLarryDec 23
@BrianJohnson @sundogplanets
Or, for that matter, a laundromat?
Show threadBrian JohnsonDec 23
@quoidian @sundogplanets I was actually going to add that!
Show threadThe CyberwitchDec 24
@quoidian I am so lucky to have a coffee shop, a laundromat, and a library all next to eachother, with an antique shop to top it off
Show threadAlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦Dec 23

@BrianJohnson
Some central/main public library branches and reference libraries in major Canadian cities do have coffee kiosks.

https://balzacs.com/pages/reference-library

@sundogplanets

Reference Library

Balzac’s is honoured to be the coffee company selected for the recently revitalized Toronto Reference Library, an iconic Toronto institution whose vision is to become “Toronto’s foremost public centre for lifelong learning, the exchange of ideas and community involvement.” This café opens into the Library’s main public

Balzac's Coffee Roasters
Show threadNicole ParsonsDec 23

@sundogplanets

It's why billionaires hate public libraries.

They educate. They provide quiet spaces to think.

https://www.everylibrary.org/the_koch_brothers_and_libraries

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/24/us-conservatives-campaign-books-ban-schools

https://current.org/2025/05/free-for-all-documentary-tells-story-of-public-libraries-critical-roles-throughout-history-and-today/

https://books.substack.com/p/notebook-libraries-and-the-election

https://urbanlibrariansunite.org/koch-brothers-gunning-for-small-town-library/

https://www.everylibrary.org/election2024

It's hard to indoctrinate when information is freely available.

https://truthout.org/articles/koch-funding-for-campuses-comes-with-dangerous-strings-attached/

The Koch Brothers and Libraries

The Koch Brothers funded PAC, Americans for Prosperity, has a history of fighting against library funding.

EveryLibrary
Show threadDebbie BelairDec 24
@Npars01 @sundogplanets 🤬
Show threadGalle43Dec 23
@sundogplanets THANK LIBRARIES!!. I spend my university years studying in libraries; and now (almost 50) I use to go once a while to work with the computer when I want the work done.
Show threadgrmonDec 23
@sundogplanets and some have coffee nowadays.
Show threadTim RichardsDec 23
@sundogplanets @HamonWry True that, I do loads of work in libraries
Show threadPeachMcDDec 23
@sundogplanets free wifi!
Show threadZen FaceDec 23

@sundogplanets

libraries are totally fantastic I'm taking Spanish English chat and French English chat and my libraries in Texas

Show threadTomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23

@sundogplanets

The next time you find yourself in Albuquerque, go to The Library:

https://library-abq.com/

Show threadJessamynDec 23
@sundogplanets This librarian is glad you found the library. Around here (Vermont) it's a good climate-controlled space with nice internet, gender neutral restrooms, snacks, and comfy chairs.
Show threadAl & Val's Modern HomesteadingDec 23
@sundogplanets Spent lots of my time at Duke in the library stacks in a nice little cubicle researching all sorts of interesting things. My biggest worry: relaxed so much I might fall asleep and my bones would be found decades later.... Oh, and also, my mother was the librarian at Methodist University (then just a college). Davis Memorial Library. I grew up in that one.
Show threadefscherDec 24
@sundogplanets And some even host coffee shops...

(E.g., Emma's Torch)
Show threadSqueeDec 24
@sundogplanets im so glad the library was quiet! It rarely is anymore in my city! We need to get rid of cafes in libraries. In my opinion they are ruining the quiet space libraries once we're and driving those of us who NEED quiet spaces out of what was once our sanctuary: libraries.
Show threadDr. CassoneDec 24
@sundogplanets libraries have always been my favorite place to study, write, and collect my thoughts. Sometimes, I even sneak in my coffee.
Show threadunderfloDec 24
@sundogplanets unfortunately i find talking on phones and group discussion the norm at the university library i frequent. but on winter or summer vacations the silence is deafening. which is nirvana.
Show threadunderfloDec 24
@sundogplanets unfortunately i find talking on phones and group discussion the norm at the university library i frequent. but on winter or summer vacations the silence is deafening. which is nirvana.
Show threadAmateur HumanDec 24
@sundogplanets well they used to rock, but I'm sad every time I hear another has become a smelly coffee salon, alienating anyone who dares to dislike the stench of that drug's paraphernalia.
The book shop took the same final nail a few years back, just after "we don't stock that book, have you tried the internet?"
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Dec 24
@sundogplanets @LibraryFinch I discovered libraries as a great refuge while boating around the #GreatLoop. If I docked at a town with a library within walking distance, it was a great place to go to escape the heat or rain or cold and get some work done on my laptop. This was especially true when I was crew on an overcrowded boat for five weeks back in 2022, but I recently enjoyed one in Florida to escape the heat in August. (What was I thinking?)