@MrBirch @MostlyHarmless there's a story behind thatdonald grew up watching his dad harass his brother and drive his brother to drinkand his brother drank himself to deathdonald swore off the drink, and instead just became his dad, the abuser

@SoupGod228 @MostlyHarmless I’m also sick of reading about the (UK) 100k tax trap.

@MostlyHarmless The Carnegie libraries were a way to influence the public, just like modern oligarchs buying newspapers and social media. The question is how heavy handed is the curation."once Carnegie establishes the value of the public library within the context of the ‘labor question’, he proceeds to describe the types of collections and the kinds of reading workers should engage in"from page 244 of The Political Economy of Andrew Carnegie's Library Philanthropy.https://dn710005.ca.archive.org/0/items/stevenson-the-political-economy-of-andrew-carnegies-library-philanthropy-with-a-/Stevenson%20-%20The%20Political%20Economy%20of%20Andrew%20Carnegie%27s%20Library%20Philanthropy%2C%20with%20a%20Reflection%20on%20its%20Relevance%20to%20the%20Philanthropic%20Work%20of%20Bill%20Gates.pdf