An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html
#BookBans #Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries
EDIT. I fixed a broken link. Thanks to @staringatclouds .
Never in recorded history has a four-year-old found his father’s loaded book and accidentally killed his younger sister with it.
BUT WE BAN BOOKS NOT GUNS
Nothing makes books more interesting than banning them.
Thanks to the book banning efforts of the Republicans, and many of their illiterate supporters, dozens of nearly forgotten books are enjoying new life and growing interest.
#republicans #books #Bookbans #literacy #MAGA #firstamendment #reading #news #censorship
Steve Rose: ‘In 20 years most of the world could be #racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering. How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness.
#farright #bookbans #censorship #dictatorship #CRT #IbramXKendi
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/ibram-x-kendi-fear-fuels-racism-great-replacement-antiracist-chain-ideas
How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness
Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment
“If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything,” says Mariame Kaba.https://murica.website/2026/03/why-libraries-matter-in-a-fascist-moment/
Sign this petition against the U. S. federal banning of books.
If you can afford to buy banned books to stock up local Little Libraries, please do so. I suspect some banned books are on the Project Gutenberg website.
https://action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661?
#bookbans #bookbanning #fascism #neoNazis #Americanfascism #LGBTQIA #Christofascists #Nazis #censorship #fascistbigots #BanGunsNotBooks #fascists #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #whitesupremacy #whitesupremacistpatriarchy
Congressional Republicans advance federal ‘don’t say trans’ school bill
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trans-identity-education-ban
Why it matters:
When governments weaponize book bans and federal rules chill grants, communities lose access to history, science, and queer and BIPOC voices. This is an attack on civic literacy and public institutions — and it’s designed to be intimidating.
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Peter Suber
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦
Ham on Wry
Bongolian
trc 🇨🇦 🏴 🏴 🇦🇲
The USA Potato
S. E. Wigget
Advocate.com
NOLIGARCHY.US