Latest version of Anubis has a JavaScript-free verification system. It isn’t as accurate, so I allow js-free visits only if the site isn’t being hammered. Which, tbf, prior to Anubis no one was getting in, JS or no JS.

Yay! I won’t edit my comment (so your comment will make sense) but I checked and they also list they/them on their github profile

I’ll say the developer is also very responsive. They’re (ambiguous ‘they’, not sure of pronouns) active in a libraries-fighting-bots slack channel I’m on. Libraries have been hit hard by the bots: we have hoards of tasty archives and we don’t have money to throw resources at the problem.

I’ll cry all the way to the bank and doctor, what with my retroactive pay raise, my pretty awesome health insurance, and my liberal time off. We even got hazard pay during the early pandemic (if we were in a position where we had to see people in person).

My union (AFSCME) bargains alongside the state cops. You might say it’s a union of unions. ACAB, but they get good benefits and never have a pay reduction. You can’t say that about most librarians.

Edit: oops, just noticed which community I’m in. I’m in the USA and I’m not happy about our politics. Sorry to be an ugly American and assume that if your coworkers were anti-union you must be USAian.

That’s a shame. I love my union and see real benefit in being a member.

I just turned 40. My dad died of COVID 5 years ago.

Fuck my mom.