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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 1d

♥️ We love that metal detector.

What's your favorite thing from the MADL Library of Things? https://muskegonadl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=madl%20library%20of%20things&searchType=smart

Colman Domingo cradles Pedro Pascal's face as they look into the camera. Domingo is labeled "Us" and Pascal is labelled "The metal detector from the Library of Things."

Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 5d

What's a series you loved so much that it broke your heart when it was over?

Two pictures of Taylor Swift. In the first one, she is hesitantly reaching for a drink being offered to her on a tray. It is captioned "Starting a series." In the second image, Taylor Swift is standing and cheering loudly with her arms outstretched. It is captioned "Finishing the Series."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 8d

It's simultaneously disappointing and infuriating. Search the catalog at MADL.org before you buy that!!!!

Image of Britt Lower (actress from Severance) giving an award speech. She has been covered with the MADL Library card, and when you zoom in, her note paper says "Let me out." The caption of the image says "How your Library Card feels watching you pay for things that are free at the Library."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 10d

All MADL Branches will be closed on Monday, October 13 for staff training.

Celebrate Indigenous People's Day on October 13 with Transparent Language Online - they offer lessons in 19 Native American Languages and a total of 42 Indigenous and endangered languages. Get started at MADL.org/Learn

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 12d

😖Nooooo! Borrow, don't buy!!

Troy from Community standing in the doorway, holding a stack of pizzas and looking horrified. He is captioned "Libraries offering free resources." The camera pulls back to show the whole room is on fire, Pierce has been shot, Annie trying to stop his bleeding, Jeff is swinging a towel wildly to try to put the fire out, and Britta is standing awkwardly in the kitchen. The disasters in the room are captioned "buying audiobooks," "Spending $$$ for streaming," and "paying full price for books."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 14d

👃 That new book smell.
🧨 Cracking the spine.
😍 Perfection.

a chart titled "What gives people the feelings of power."
The first bar on the chart is the smallest and says "Money." The second bar on the chart is slightly bigger and says "Status." The last bar is the longest by quite a bit and says "Being first in line to get a library hold."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 18d

There is something about a teen space that makes everyone else want to use it.

Let me in meme of Eric Andre. In the first panel man holding a mic (labeled "everyone who isn't a teen") is reaching for the bars of a gate (labelled "teen room"). There is a caption at the bottom of the image that says, "Let me in." The second panel is a close up of the man in motion throwing his head back and screaming "LET ME IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 22d

We don't have a problem; you have a problem.

Screen shot from the Simpsons of changing the number on the accident board. It says "0 days without placing a new hold."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 26d

ew gross.

two panels of selena gomex. The first is titled "Meeting someone new" and she is looking happily at someone. In the second panel, her lip is curled in disgust and it is titled "They don't have a library card."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · 29d

Did you know that Brainfuse has resume tutors as well as tutors for school help?

Beyonce - captioned "Brainfuse" - surrounded by people bowing down to her and they are captioned "us," "students," and "job seekers."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 20

Get a load of these library apps at MADL.org/AtHome

Sabrina Carpenter (labelled "us") smiling at the camera with her arms full of awards. Each award is covered in library app icons - libby, CreativeBug, Kanopy, Transparent Language Online, Freegal, and Brainfuse.

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 17

We have apps for movies, TV shows, music, magazines, audiobooks, books, and more!

Ice Spice and Taylor Swift at the 2025 VMAs. They are laughing at something on Ice Spice's phone. Ice Spice is captioned "You replacing all your paid subscriptions apps with free ones from the library" and Taylor Swift is captioned "Us cheering you one."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 13

We all have a couple of tips and tricks that we swear by.

(Ask us about how easy it is to put the same title on hold at 14 different libraries on Libby. )

crazy conspiracy meme. charlie from "it's always sunny in philadelphia" stands in front of a wall covered in papers and notes connected by red string. He gestures wildly while staring crazily at someone off screen. The caption reads "Librarians showing you how to game the digital checkout system."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 10

It just doesn't make sense.

Confused woman meme. Four images of a woman with a confused face overlay with complicated math. The caption reads " listening to someone tell us why they don't use the library."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 6

Stop buying stuff and get it for free at the library!

Shut up and Take my money meme. Fry from "Futurama" is holding a fistful of money and waving it angrily. In the show, he is. saying "Shut up and take my money" but this image is now captioned, "Librarians making you take your money back because the library is free."

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Sep 3

We love it too, Wolverine.

Wolverine meme. 1980 cartoon wolverine laying on a bed gazing at a picture frame he is holding. The image cuts to the picture frame he is holding - and stroking - lovingly. It is a picture of the MADL library card.

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Muskegon Area District Library @madl.org · Aug 30

We know that YOU know that you have access to 14 different library cooperatives on Libby with your MADL card. That's hundreds of libraries you can borrow from! Get started at MADL.org/AtHome