Sarah Scully 👩🏼💻⚖️📚☸️ 🏳️🌈I have successfully hacked my #Kindle to be Amazon-independent using these updated instructions for newer firmware models.
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DoomsdaysCW#Alabama board defunds local #library after complaints over ‘#inappropriate’ books
By KIM CHANDLER
Updated 11:44 PM EDT, March 21, 2025
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"'I think that the GOP chair on the State Library Board is forcing the removal of books just because of anti-library extremists. I think that’s ignoring the voices of Fairhope taxpayers and library users,' said Amber Frey of #ReadFreely Alabama, an organization that has opposed the restrictions.
"The action against the Fairhope Library is the first taken under a new Alabama law and 2024 administrative code changes that say to receive state funding, local libraries must have policies to safeguard youth from 'sexually explicit or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth.'"
https://apnews.com/article/library-content-battles-alabama-funding-571d58e060fbe0b25b2317a0bf99c467
#Censorship #BannedBooks #Libraries #LibraryNews
Alabama board defunds local library after complaints over 'inappropriate' books
The public library in Fairhope, Alabama has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Trustees voted Thursday to withhold state funding from the library. The action came after complaints from conservative parents about books in the teen section. The board also voted to immediately dismiss the executive director of the state library agency. The actions come amid a broader culture war over library content and programs and a surging number of challenges to books on library shelves.
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Fediverse newbie here! Would love to connect with some cool people.
I’m queer, enby, and in my 20s. IRL I work a social service type job that I love.
📣 Social justice is really important to me.
🤝 It’s not feminism if it’s not intersectional.
⚖️ Equitable access to resources and opportunities for all.
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Mitch 🌵“Brooklyn Public Library is adding our voice to those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement, BPL's Books Unbanned initiative is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books tackling a wide range of topics from library shelves.“
#booksunbanned #bookbans #brooklynpubliclibrary #readfreely
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library
In April 2022, Brooklyn Public Library joined those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement, Books Unbanned is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books from library shelves.
Jessica Jonikas@infodocket Reprehensible fascists.
This is a good time to remind people of the NY PL Books for All Collection. People can access banned or challenged books electronically for free with or without a library card. No waits, no fines.
https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/books-for-all
#books
#FightFascism
#ReadFreely
This is a good time to remind people of the NY PL Books for All Collection. People can access banned or challenged books electronically for free with or without a library card. No waits, no fines.
https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/books-for-all
#books
#FightFascism
#ReadFreely
Books for All: Protect the Freedom to Read
Stand with The New York Public Library all year long to protect the freedom to read! Discover all the Library has to offer, including our Teen Banned Book Club, unlimited access to book club titles on NYPL’s SimplyE app, our National Teen Writing Contest about the importance of reading freely, plus free programs and events, ways to get involved, and more for all ages.