Fri. 12/17 - The Mystery of the Secret Library Hidden Inside a Library Book

How a librarian discovered a secret library within her library. Plus, some tips for unplugging more deeply when you’re on vacation. And the group of actual birds knocking Adele and Ed Sheeran off the top of the Australian music charts.

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Links:

• Inside a hollow library book, a secret library (Capital Daily)
• @inusedbooks (Instagram)
• Decentralized Zine Library Project 
• 'Punk' DC public library shirt raises $100K (Washington Post)
• How to Use Your Phone Less: 6 Tips for Going Device-Free on Vacation (Condé Nast Traveler)
• Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart (BBC) 
• Songs of Disappearance album featuring birdsongs of endangered species reaches the Top Five ARIA album charts (ABC Australia)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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