Hey, check your local libraries for free access to news sources that you might otherwise have to pay for. Many libraries offer online access and you can even copy article links and share them. 👍 - ThreadSky

tinanyb.bsky.social • 115 days ago

Hey, check your local libraries for free access to news sources that you might otherwise have to pay for.

Many libraries offer online access and you can even copy article links and share them. 👍

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bcoryb.bsky.social•113 days ago

Libby has hundreds of magazines. You can get magazines , from celebrity type , home improvement, crafts and National Geographic, all free on your iPad at home. You can even schedule new issues to automatically be sent to you when they become available .

mainebogboy.bsky.social•114 days ago

Great advice! From a retired librarian.

tinanyb.bsky.social•114 days ago

Thanks, from a soon-to-graduate MLIS student. 😆💕

mainebogboy.bsky.social•114 days ago

Congratulations!

tinanyb.bsky.social•114 days ago

Thanks!! 😊☺️☺️

maureenmaine.bsky.social•114 days ago

libby app

iggyrules.bsky.social•113 days ago

Thanks!!!!!

tinanyb.bsky.social•113 days ago

You're welcome!!

postographer.bsky.social•113 days ago

That's a pro tip! Thank you!

tinanyb.bsky.social•113 days ago

You're welcome!!

brownejax2024.bsky.social•114 days ago

ground news is really good and you don't have to pay for it, it also lets you decide if you believe the story depending on where the source is. I stopped all media outlets shortly after the election and I will never go back.

https://ground.news/

blackbirdhaus.bsky.social•113 days ago

Great tip! Thanks!

greenlilacs.bsky.social•114 days ago

Thanks for the tip! Libraries are the best

tinanyb.bsky.social•114 days ago

Agreed!!!

melissaelizabeth59.bsky.social•114 days ago

And you can get periodicals free!

carrieanntaylor.bsky.social•114 days ago

And audiobooks!! 😍
Dreamy .

carrieanntaylor.bsky.social•114 days ago

Absolutely! And online/digital access to many magazines, academic articles, & international newspapers! A wonderful way to access different perspectives and fun things to read.

Not sure how to use digital services?
Ask/call a librarian!

We (nerds) would love
to help and 📚 💻 get you connected!🫶🏻

dolly41.bsky.social•114 days ago

Support your local library by making sure your children and grandchildren have library cards.

niki929.bsky.social•114 days ago

Great tip- thank you!

tinanyb.bsky.social•113 days ago

You're welcome!!

sean-mclean.bsky.social•114 days ago

That's genius. Thanks for the reminder. I love the libraries in Santa Cruz County.

tinanyb.bsky.social•114 days ago

You're welcome!!

syncyourdogma.bsky.social•114 days ago

You wonder why they have not been banned.

sneadly.bsky.social•114 days ago

I get the New Yorker on Libby. Looks just like the paper edition. That’s an expensive subscription!

sewsimply.bsky.social•114 days ago

One of my favorite things. Free short term subscriptions WP,WDJ,NYT, my local paper plus access to
many magazines etc.

thelastfreakshow.bsky.social•113 days ago

Can't. Mom of Liberty already closed ours. Prattville, AL.

crazilydzz.bsky.social•114 days ago

Good call on this!!!

aggiejenn2002.bsky.social•114 days ago

Also, certain academic institutions provide them free to their staff!

knightly1.bsky.social•114 days ago

Libby app!

chatmeups.bsky.social•114 days ago

Sadly tho, I hear they may be starting to hack and replace info thru the library apps. I haven’t confirmed this myself, just something I heard. So just be aware

be-three.bsky.social•113 days ago

This site also helps bypass many firewalls. 12ft.io

krismaon.bsky.social•114 days ago

Love this!!

mallardbay93.bsky.social•114 days ago

I don't want the news right now

tinanyb.bsky.social•114 days ago

Fair enough... 🥹

ellenm1206.bsky.social•114 days ago

Any Massachusetts resident can get a library card for the Boston Public Library and access quite a bit of digital content including Boston Globe access. https://www.bpl.org/ecard/

citizenbernard.bsky.social•113 days ago

I recently learned about how some libraries have all kinds of interesting and unexpected stuff, like stuffed and mounted animals that are useful for anatomy & physiology studies
🦚🦤🦦🦭
How cool is that?
(not for the animal)
hopefully your local library is run by people who are awesomely eccentric AF

tinanyb.bsky.social•113 days ago

Many libraries are embracing the idea of a sharing economy more and more, and expanding past just books, magazines, etc., into lending tools, musical instruments, museum passes, scientific equipment, bakeware, recreation and sports equipment, cameras, and more.

I love libraries!!

libnurse71.bsky.social•113 days ago

I'm loving my library ecard.

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