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For public libraries, one of the ways we secure funding year to year is lending. Governments don’t want to fund more books if they’re not being used and the way we measure use is by issues. Regardless of whether you read it or not, whether you have it for a day or a month, if you issue it to your library card, we get the stats! It makes the library look good!

And it pissed me off so badly that I spent the ENTIRE WORK DAY today compiling evidence from every project my team has ever done for her, pulling past emails she’d sent us, putting together an entire case proving that she had been the problem all along. That she got projects mixed up, that she’d made requests that were nonsensical, literally everything you could possibly imagine. Screenshots of emails, reports we’d submitted, EVERYTHING.

This woman in particular has been terrorizing my team for years, her name is almost a slur in my office, I had simply had ENOUGH of her.

I put all of this evidence together and sent it to all of my bosses at 4:30pm. Then I took a long break to eat a sweet treat and drink some tea.

After my break, my bosses all called in an emergency meeting with me and they said they read my report and fucking loved it. And I sat on a teams call with my boss’ boss as she wrote my nemesis the scathing email I had always fantasized about sending, using the evidence I’d compiled, and hit send.

Attack of the Timeout Revenge Beast!!!

earlier this week Twitter user ppuccin0 tweeted about a fashion article that advised against tops with large floral patterns, saying the wearer was in danger of looking like a "ロマンティックおばさん," or a "romantic auntie." the tweet went viral with many agreeing that a "romantic auntie" sounded like a very nice thing to aspire to be, and some even posted illustrations or photos tagged with the trend

illustration by Toyota Yuu (author of Cherry Magic)

illustration by 141shkw/Sora Midori (author of Beautiful Curse)

photos by Takinami Yukari (author of Motokare Mania and Watashi-tachi wa Mutsuu Ren'ai ga Shitai or "We Want A Painless Romance")

illustration by m:m (mangaka of Matataki no End Roll)

illustration by ooinuai (mangaka of Onikui Kitan)

illustration by ma2 (mangaka of The Reason We Fall In Love)

BONUS:

i have access to powers and locations that he cannot access independently; he needs my help to navigate the world i've brought him to

i simply found him outside and abducted him one day

there are many cats in the world, but this one is the best and my most favorite. why? because he was available to abduct that morning and for very little other reason.

i have a much greater understanding of this world than him, but he has unshakable confidence in his ability to figure it out and i find that really cute

the power dynamic is fundamentally unbalanced, but i let him have a little audacity. a little combativeness and sass. as a treat.

some humans are needlessly cruel to cats or take them in for a short time before neglecting or abandoning them. but i have chosen to love and guard this one with my life. because i think he's neat.

little horsie is ready to explore with you 𓃗 .°˖⋆

it's possibly one of my favorite fics/concepts ever, the Alphys angst makes me sob and the shenanigans with the others give me brain worms

i hope you're having a lovely day 💙💙💙💙💙✨✨✨✨

Raaahhh!! Thank you sm!!! Have a lovely day too!

My goal is to have yall never looking at Alphys the same way ever again lmao

I actually have so many playhouse au brainworms and I keep accidentally making more ahdhsjka

Like, I have a What-if AU that MC didn't dedicate their life in studying and fixing the Machine. Instead, they dedicate it to giving their Sans his own body so that they can exist side by side; hence, deviating from their mechanical engineering expertise in canon to something more medicinal/biological.

I was thinking that this endeavor would have them and Alphys spend years on working in fixing the Amalgamates. After Alphys dies, MC gets to do more unhinged experiments such as self experimentation and mutilation, with their Save Points being their safety net. Do they succeed in separating the Amalgamates and curing them altogether? Ehh, tbh it's a toss up.

Regardless, the entire experience essentially makes MC the best monster healer there is lol

And when the Machine starts Acting Up(TM), MC gets transported into a War AU involving different AU counterparts haha!