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Paria sans portefeuille<p>"Jones is impatient with the outsize expectations laid at the feet of librarians. She stresses that the extent of what librarians owe their patrons, including the care they provide to those who wander in through their library doors, is elastic but not infinite."</p><p>Melina Moe considers <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/AmandaJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmandaJones</span></a>’s <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ThatLibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatLibrarian</span></a>: The Fight Against <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> in America”</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-librarians-found-themselves-on-the-front-line-of-the-culture-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-librarians-found-themselves-on-the-front-line-of-the-culture-war/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/bookbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbans</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/wokebashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wokebashing</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/moralPanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moralPanics</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/cyberharassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberharassment</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/memoirs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoirs</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
thkampen<p>The Fight Against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banning</span></a> in America<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> Found Themselves on the Front Line of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> War</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-librarians-found-themselves-on-the-front-line-of-the-culture-war" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-librarians-found-themselves-on-the-front-line-of-the-culture-war</span></a></p>
Warner Crocker<p>The only reason to ban/remove a book or quash an idea is because you know your own ideas are flawed and you're afraid of that reality.</p><p>Either that or there's money involved. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/bookbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbans</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
S. E. Wigget<p>The latest on book bans:</p><p><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/most-book-ban-requests-are-coming-from-organizations-officials-theyre-targeting-lgbtq-authors/?utm_edition=202504110100" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/most-b</span><span class="invisible">ook-ban-requests-are-coming-from-organizations-officials-theyre-targeting-lgbtq-authors/?utm_edition=202504110100</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/needledickbugfuckers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>needledickbugfuckers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascistbigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascistbigots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booksky</span></a></p>
BobDevney<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@rayckeith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rayckeith</span></a></span> </p><p>Two thoughts re this fascist atrocity. 1) Becky Chambers is fire. 2) Here's what Robert Heinlein (1907-1988), science fiction writer &amp; proud U.S. Naval Academy grad, said about this kind of crap:</p><p>"Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression ..."</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a></p>
Cheshire<p>The Shared Logic of Censorship<br><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/04/censorship-book-banning-free-speech/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%202%2C%202025&amp;utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2025/04/censorship</span><span class="invisible">-book-banning-free-speech/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%202%2C%202025&amp;utm_term=lithub_master_list</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@starluna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>starluna</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@doormouse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doormouse</span></a></span> They appear to be anti-trans MAGA activists from Falmouth, who gave a presentation on this bill at a community center last night. Here's a FB post (with photos) on local reaction to the event:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.e.murphy.18/posts/pfbid0aodVcw8wNwq2EERHN2Eqhz8x2BUnw6F3ZBBaN2SEZGVkcJgJSbvmQkv8LKENQXhBl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/sarah.e.murphy.18</span><span class="invisible">/posts/pfbid0aodVcw8wNwq2EERHN2Eqhz8x2BUnw6F3ZBBaN2SEZGVkcJgJSbvmQkv8LKENQXhBl</span></a></p><p>Text of the post if you don't want to go to FB:</p><blockquote><p>Residents from Falmouth and beyond packed Gus Canty Community Center inside and out last night for a presentation on "Protecting Children from Sexually Explicit Materials in Schools and Libraries," in regard to proposed Bill 2535 (H.2042) by Dee Dee Dorrington, Sue Daniels, and Pam Vidal, who provided no introductory information about themselves other than being residents of Falmouth; I'm not sure if Pam Vidal was even present.<br>While a peaceful protest was underway in front of the building, the room was soon over-capacity with overflow all the way down the long hallway. So many people took time from their busy lives to be there. I had to rush home from a quick birthday mental wellness escape to Maine, and I attended with the intention of listening quietly, but as a journalist/advocate who works with children and adults who have been sexually abused, I was angered by much of the disingenuous attempts to distract from the core issue: hatred and prejudice. A quick perusal of Ms. Dorrington's public Facebook page illustrates her feelings about the Transgender community, which will be the next target in this crusade, after this very obvious attempt to criminally target our library teachers, public librarians, and anyone with the education and expertise to work with minors, including museum educators. I don’t appreciate being lied to and patronized. While the term "gaslighting" has become overused, in my experience, it's accurate to describe the true intentions of this bill and last night's unsubstantiated "presentation."<br><br>The first thing I saw when I got home was Congressman Keating's defense of Senator McBride, which made me feel better for justifiably losing my temper while voicing what many of us knew going into the event. This is about hatred and fear-based ignorance. Someone in the hallway then displayed her page to the crowd, which validated my statement.<br>I'll be writing much more about this event, and I was glad to see The Enterprise in attendance. It's a shame the Cape Cod Times wasn't there, unless I missed them.<br>It was inspiring to see so many people from different walks of life coming together, once again, including dedicated educators in Falmouth Public Schools and Cape Cod public libraries, who already work tirelessly to keep our children safe, physically and emotionally. I will continue to use my platform to support them and the LGBTQ+ community...❤️📚🏳️‍⚧️🔥🇺🇸🖊🏳️‍🌈 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/powerofthepen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerofthepen</span></a></p></blockquote><p>The author is a photojournalist (<a href="https://falmouthstyle.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">falmouthstyle.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p>The censorious activists are organizing under "Protectkids25" at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573784312780" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/profile.php?id=61</span><span class="invisible">573784312780</span></a> (comes across as a pretty obvious Project2025 callback to me).</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/book-banning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thewalrus.ca/book-banning/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I subscribe to the Walrus, you should too.</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookbanning</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/TheWalrus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWalrus</span></a></p>
Sternentau 🪷 🏳️‍⚧️ :antifa:<p>Gibt's schon ein Torrent mit den Banned Books, das mensch auf die Seed List setzen kann?</p><p><a href="https://don.linxx.net/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>The DOE “book banning hoax” press release claimed that challenged books are “age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene”. Only 13% of banned books in 2023–24 included “on the page” sexual scenes—but&nbsp;36% featured PoC characters and 25% featured LGBTQ characters.</p><p>via <a href="https://pen.org/report/cover-to-cover/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pen.org/report/cover-to-cover/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a></p>
Caitlin<p>This is horrifying. I have my issues with the <a href="https://library.love/tags/americanlibraryassociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americanlibraryassociation</span></a> - namely that it doesn't do enough/go far enough - but it is an essential resource, and is absolutely not out to get anyone. </p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/iowa-hf-284/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bookriot.com/iowa-hf-284/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://library.love/tags/protectlibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protectlibraries</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarylife</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/publiclibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publiclibraries</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/intellectualfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectualfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a> <a href="https://library.love/tags/bookbanningisfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanningisfascism</span></a></p>
Eatsbluecrayon<p>Unbelievable.<br><a href="https://pen.org/art-spiegelman-on-banning-maus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pen.org/art-spiegelman-on-bann</span><span class="invisible">ing-maus/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/MAUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAUS</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/ArtSpiegelman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtSpiegelman</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Opinion | Reading is political <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/776405/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/776405/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>So, by law in Hungary books with any <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> content have to be sold with the warning "Non-traditional content!"</p><p>On top of being sinister, his system is also:</p><p>1. Ironically useful, because Hungarian bookshops didn't have queer sections before, so the label actually makes queer content a lot easier to find</p><p>2. Low key surreal when the label is put on folktales, Greek mythology, or biographies like Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls...</p><p>3. Useless and dumb</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>The banning of books has been a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> fascist theme for some time now. </p><p>There are many books being banned right now that won’t get as much publicity as Julianne Moore’s Freckleface Strawberry.</p><p>But that doesn’t make taking a book about a child being bullied due to their appearance off school and library shelves any less wrong. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/17/a-great-shock-julianne-moores-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/17/a-great-shock-julianne-moores-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration</span></a></p>
Fictionable is moving<p>… and so it begins…</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/17/a-great-shock-julianne-moores-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/17/a-great-shock-julianne-moores-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> </p><p>Reminds me of this ⤵️</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> Good news! Especially if the generous donor lives in a red state being mismanaged by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BananaRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicans</span></a>. No documents are safe in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> where <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> is spreading like <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2025/02/16/book-bans-rise-tennesse-students-weigh-in/77782521007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tennessean.com/story/news/educ</span><span class="invisible">ation/2025/02/16/book-bans-rise-tennesse-students-weigh-in/77782521007/</span></a></p>
officerripley<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookbanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/momsforliberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>momsforliberty</span></a> </p><p>I told you it wouldn't stop with the fucking book banning. (If the Revolution's successful, Moms for Liberty oughta be among the first to go on trial.)</p>