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The main story of last nights episode of John Oliver was about public libraries and the book ban movement.
It is within the publics right to contest books in a public libraries collection. And up until recently, contesting of books was rare, only done by individuals and were often about one single book a particular parent made that their child read.
We have seen the number of requests to contest books skyrocket, are mostly done by religions and non profit organizations and the number of books listed being contested by a single request now exceeds 100 books in the majority of cases.
We have seen several libraries move children's picture books about farting to the adult section of the library as well as anatomy and puberty related books for teens due to local and/or state laws banning any books with any sexual obscenities in them from being accessible to minors.
We have seen bomb threats against libraries and death threats against librarians. Librarians are being called pedophiles and accused of indoctrinating children. Laws have been proposed in several states that would make it a felony for librarians to have books in the library that are sexually obscene / not appropriate for children.
Political ads and organizations are electing pro book ban people to library boards across the country, and these boards all to often vote to fire the library director or librarians over contested books. Which in many cases, the library does not even have, or are already in the adult only section.
Having a book in the adult only section, or relocating a book to the adult only section isn't enough for many of these organizations. They are looking for the complete removal of the books to protect children. As a child could still get their hands on it in the adult section and be exposed to these obscenities according to them.
One city voted to defund their library over books they were concerned about being present, most of which didn't even exist in the library, and then were surprised when the library said it would have to close and angry.
It is within the publics right to contest books in a public libraries collection. And up until recently, contesting of books was rare, only done by individuals and were often about one single book a particular parent made that their child read.
We have seen the number of requests to contest books skyrocket, are mostly done by religions and non profit organizations and the number of books listed being contested by a single request now exceeds 100 books in the majority of cases.
We have seen several libraries move children's picture books about farting to the adult section of the library as well as anatomy and puberty related books for teens due to local and/or state laws banning any books with any sexual obscenities in them from being accessible to minors.
We have seen bomb threats against libraries and death threats against librarians. Librarians are being called pedophiles and accused of indoctrinating children. Laws have been proposed in several states that would make it a felony for librarians to have books in the library that are sexually obscene / not appropriate for children.
Political ads and organizations are electing pro book ban people to library boards across the country, and these boards all to often vote to fire the library director or librarians over contested books. Which in many cases, the library does not even have, or are already in the adult only section.
Having a book in the adult only section, or relocating a book to the adult only section isn't enough for many of these organizations. They are looking for the complete removal of the books to protect children. As a child could still get their hands on it in the adult section and be exposed to these obscenities according to them.
One city voted to defund their library over books they were concerned about being present, most of which didn't even exist in the library, and then were surprised when the library said it would have to close and angry.
Live updates: Pro-Palestinian university protests at UCLA, USC, Michigan campuses
Colleges and universities held graduation ceremonies this weekend as pro-Palestinian protests continued on campuses across the US. Follow for live updates.
Columbia cancels university-wide commencement, will focus on smaller, school-level ceremonies
Colleges and universities held graduation ceremonies this weekend as pro-Palestinian protests continued on campuses across the US. Follow for live updates.
The first link just went to a timeline instead of story. But MIT and Harvard are threatening involuntarily eviction of students conducting sit in protests. Students will face suspension or explosion if they have to be removed by police. Police clear out student protesters at UC-San Diego this morning, dozens arrested.
Today, the White House press secretary said it's a real shame that college graduations are having to be canceled or scaled back due to a few protesters who have gone too far.
I still want to know how a sit is is going too far, and what actually is considered a legal protest and not illegal.
I still want to know how a sit is is going too far, and what actually is considered a legal protest and not illegal.
Hemotep
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They make up their own rules as it pleases them.
Sebastian
It’s Wool…
Making it real difficult for me in November.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Still pretty easy for me. Both option are bad but only one is looking to end democracy. If I want a chance to vote for someone less appalling in 2028. I gotta vote for Biden’s dumb ass in 2024.
Sebastian
It’s Wool…
I know, but this dude has really turned into a poopy head
TenderLovingKiller®
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Yeah, It blows.
Hemotep
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This just seems like exactly the kind of person/politician he's always been. And Trump is still worse by a mile. I'd rather volunteer to eat a shit sandwich than have to vote for either of them. But if Trump wins there's a good chance a lot of us will be forced to eat shit sandwiches.
If Harris wasn't his VP then I'd say our best bet would be Biden winning and dying of old age immediately after. But she's worse than he is when it comes to policy and her only advantage is that she's not too old to think most days.
Hearing testimony of a porn stars encounter with the ex Republican President during a hush money trial is something I never thought would ever hear. Never mind the dude will probably be re-elected. You seriously couldn't make this shit up if you tried.
Not to mention that if Trump violates the gag order to make a political point, and gets arrested, it only helps his reelection chances.
That's just if not more crazy when you think about it.
ayayrawn
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Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why | Seth Stern
What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics
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ayayrawn
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Pure scum
TenderLovingKiller®
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Why is it impossible for leadership to have a honest conversation about what the Israel government is doing to the people of Gaza. Anti-Semitism is a problem but to paint Gaza protestors as ant-semites does a great disservice to the discourse. Hamas committed horrific acts on October 7th. None of that justifies the horrific acts the Israeli government is having their military commit against the people of Gaza using US supplied weapons.
And that’s really the issue isn’t it? It’s easier just to call protestors anti-Semitic and conflate the Israeli government with with Jewish people by in large than to actually acknowledge that the US government is enabling the Israeli government to indiscriminately kill tens of thousands of Palestinians. The sad part is, with the help of the mainstream media framing; this tactic will probably work at influencing the majority of the uninformed masses.
ayayrawn
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They're invested in it monetarily. On top of Israel being the capital on western imperialist interest in the middle east, AIPAC, weapons manufacturers, and media conglomerates are making politicians money. Biden has made more money from AIPAC than any other politicians.
Not to mention decades of propaganda to seal in public support for the former. It used to be you just had to believe everything the Times said cus that's all there was. Now anybody with a phone, a conscious and half a brain cell can figure out they and everybody surrounding them are completely full of shit in minutes.
Here in MA they are done with protest on college campuses. Most universities now have a zero tolerance towards protesters. They set deadlines for all protesters to leave. And any protesters who didn't leave by the deadline would be forcefully removed, arrested and face suspension or expulsion. The protesters did not leave, and they were all removed.
However, they keep resetting up there encampments and sit ins. For a second day in a row, more than 100 students were arrested at UMass Amherst for resettings encampments for continued protests.
UMass Amherst is the largest campus, but similar events are happening at the other campuses, as well as MIT and Harvard.
However, they keep resetting up there encampments and sit ins. For a second day in a row, more than 100 students were arrested at UMass Amherst for resettings encampments for continued protests.
UMass Amherst is the largest campus, but similar events are happening at the other campuses, as well as MIT and Harvard.
City Trees Save Lives — WIRED
Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.
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This isn't new news to me. I have known it for awhile.
I thought I would bring it up here as it can be a political situation in a way. For example, we know Boston is becoming a urban heat island.
The trees we do have around the city have been disappearing for years. There are so many cutouts in the side walks where trees once were.
Within the last 5 years, the mayor made a big campaign initiative to replace all the missing trees. But the reality of it ended up being, they could not even keep up with replacing the trees that died and the tree loss continued to grow. The main reason, the DPW didn't have enough people to plant the trees. Years of budget cuts have stretched them too thin.
City Trees Save Lives — WIRED
Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.
This isn't new news to me. I have known it for awhile.
I thought I would bring it up here as it can be a political situation in a way. For example, we know Boston is becoming a urban heat island.
The trees we do have around the city have been disappearing for years. There are so many cutouts in the side walks where trees once were.
Within the last 5 years, the mayor made a big campaign initiative to replace all the missing trees. But the reality of it ended up being, they could not even keep up with replacing the trees that died and the tree loss continued to grow. The main reason, the DPW didn't have enough people to plant the trees. Years of budget cuts have stretched them too thin.
It’s also tree management and care. Most local authorities can’t afford to look after them and the trees end up costing them a fortune in damages claims in our litigious cultures.
Dtknuckles
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Wait till they find out that kids can easily get much worse on all those devices they are carrying around. Wait doesn’t the right always talk about virtue signaling.
