@bookshelfie.bsky.social YES THEY ARE! As such, libraries have become one of the few places where I find true comfort over these past few years in this age of Trumpism and oligarchs.

@bookshelfie.bsky.social +9001%

@bookshelfie.bsky.social one of the many reasons capitalist hate them

@bookshelfie.bsky.social @GhostOnTheHalfShell unless you library has a cafe or even better, a bar.

@bookshelfie.bsky.social not to mention there are multiple multipliers ...
1-job hunt resources
2-skill builder resources
3-community connections, links to resources
4- housing alternative collections like seed libraries, tool libraries
. . . .

@bookshelfie.bsky.social *sweats in unpaid library fines from Ohio*