Disturbing case study in censorship and self-censorship: climate scientists trying to do their work without using the word "climate".
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/to-keep-climate-science-alive-researchers-are-speaking-in-code
#BannedWords #Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Love this: "The Forbidden Words Quilt, led by Lorraine Woodruff-Long and Patricia Hickey, is a community quilt project launched in August 2025 and completed in 2026 with contributions from 195 quilters from all 50 U.S. states and D.C. and 5 countries. The quilt features 384 words and phrases identified by #PENAmerica.org [@penamerica] that are among the growing list of words being scrubbed from government websites and documents and flagged for review by federal agencies."
https://mailchi.mp/quiltinginthefog/july2024-6423127#mctoc1
h/t @lschiff
#BannedWords #Censorship #DefendResearch #Quilts #Quilting #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
For the 50th year in a row, a group of linguists chose 10 English words that need to be banned
That's a long time.
Lake State Superior University has been releasing the Banished Words list for 50 years.
The #NaziDon Administration gave #Headstart a 6 page list of #BannedWords they are PROHIBITED from using when filing for Federal Funding. π€¦ββοΈ
Look at this list. They aren't "swear words" or overtly sexual. They're banning words like "activism", "black", "Native American", "climate crisis", "systemic" & "trauma".
(I'll post the 6 page list below.)
https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/12/Doc-135-1-Dec.-of-Mary-Roe.pdf
Ok, so, while I'm back on that list of banned words, it seems appropriate to get some laughs about banned words, so please enjoy George Carlin. #BannedWords #comedy #CulturalTreasures
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