Most library books are bought by the library, so borrowing books does directly support the author since they see profit from that. Buying secondhand books supports small businesses and help grow an author's audience who might later buy their next book firsthand or convince others to buy the book.

Turn my back on my rice for a moment while waiting for it to come up to a boil and all of a sudden my stovetop is a mess...

Because there was an ongoing investigation with Maxwell's criminal case at that time.

Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.

One way I thread the needle is this: women are not responsible for internalizing the misogyny that they are raised in. But they are responsible, as adults, for deconditioning those values, and for developing the quality that only becomes possible in their absence: self-respect.

Its actually generally advised not to do that so long as you're handling old books with clean hands. Gloves hinder dexterity, so it makes it easier to accidentally tear or damage pages.

Fantastic thread!

It's also extra silly because weren't the Craig films an official reboot anyway? They're the only ones that don't pretend to have a continuity with the rest of the franchise and instead have their own continuity (well, except for their weird treatment of the car in Skyfall, but still...)