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Natasha 
🇪🇺Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase.
The mural was created by artist Gary M. Herd of Kraken Studios as part of Banned Books Week celebrations.
scheichsbeutel@Natasha_Jay All these books are banned?? Where?
@scheichsbeutel
I cannot say, but I suspect from school libraries and school reading lists in certain states of the US
I cannot say, but I suspect from school libraries and school reading lists in certain states of the US
Ozzelot 
@Natasha_Jay @scheichsbeutel If someone bans 1984, they should really take a little pause and ponder the morality of the choices that lead them to such a decision. (And read the book. Or reread the book if they'd read it previously and forgot its message.)
@ozzelot @Natasha_Jay Or Fahrenheit 451 or Animal Farm or ... It's simply outrageous doing so.
Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.@scheichsbeutel @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay
I can't believe it was 19 YEARS AGO this month that I posted this video on YouTube: #BannedBooks #Fahrenheit451 #Irony #ReligiousNuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUq2d2OFRkk
I can't believe it was 19 YEARS AGO this month that I posted this video on YouTube: #BannedBooks #Fahrenheit451 #Irony #ReligiousNuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUq2d2OFRkk
Religious nuts in Texas seek to ban book about book banning!
@MugsysRapSheet @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay Unbelievable. And as always in such cases - religious people are spearheading.
Danny Boling ☮️Lemme guess: they banned the book, right? I mean, it's Texas. Of course they banned a book about book banning. 😒
@IAmDannyBoling @scheichsbeutel @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay
Amazingly, the ban was short-lived (about two weeks.)
When the cameras went away, so did interest in the ban (and I suspect the family tired of being called idiots.) #BookBan
Ditol@ozzelot
For US-Americans "It can't happen here" might be even more enlightening.
Nick
I Write Like@scheichsbeutel @Natasha_Jay Yes, these are banned or were banned at some point in history. I don’t see Slaughterhouse-Five there, which was banned as recently as 2024 in Texas.
@scheichsbeutel @Natasha_Jay
You can tell an awful lot about a country by the books they ban.
(Remember, in Orwell's "1984", it was Winston Smith's job to destroy words from the dictionary or any reference... photos, articles, etc... of people Big Brother wanted to wipe from history. Every scrap was tossed into the incinerator down what he called "The Memory Hole".)
Eric"Florida led the nation for the third year in a row by banning 2,304 books during the 2024-2025 school year, followed by Texas with 1,781 bans and Tennessee with 1,622, according to the PEN report...The report found Stephen King was the most banned author in the past school year. King’s books were banned 206 times, with 87 of his titles affected, according to PEN."
-Newsweek, Published Oct 09, 2025
Heliograph@Natasha_Jay this is pretty awesome 😎👏
WernerCool staircase.
(I had to read twice until I understood that not the staircase was banned)
@wvs
Me too.
Dibs@Natasha_Jay someone banned Harry Potter?
Chantaru@dtwx @Natasha_Jay I think some place accused them of being books about witchcraft but even then I am perplexed it was included. Tons of Stephen King books get banned and he's not a hateful dick spending money to make minorities miserable. I didn't recognize all the banned Atwood books so this could have been a good alternative.
Khleedril@Natasha_Jay Is the Jack Nicolson film also banned?
Francis Cook@Natasha_Jay why was the Kite Runner banned ?!
asr@Natasha_Jay https://www.oregoncoastbreakingnews.com/event-details/stair-mural-ribbon-cutting-at-newport-public-library-october-8 "featuring banned and challenged book covers"
Stair Mural Ribbon Cutting at Newport Public Library – October 8 | Oregon Coast Breaking News
This special event, held during Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), will unveil a striking stair mural created by local artist and muralist Gary Herd, featuring banned and challenged book covers.
paprikapink@kerisanja Thank you! I was wondering if this was Oregon's Newport. So glad to see that it is @Natasha_Jay
Madness832@Natasha_Jay Harry Potter got banned?🤔
Justbeep@Natasha_Jay
I know quite a number of those.
There is just one thing I don't know: A reason to ban them.
Because in my country we have seen what comes right after ...
#fahrenheit451 is today?
Pete
Newport Public Library Banned Book Mural Tour
OhSnap!Dragon
EngelMichelman🐸 Antifaschist
Qob@Natasha_Jay absurd to ban books. especially absurd some of these titles. Some people really need to take care of their own lives and stop messing with other lives. Poor sad miserable people.
Pearl22 - never give up!@Natasha_Jay I can't believe they banned 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'The Great Gatsby' & '1984' from school libraries. Those were and are classics in English literature classrooms even in Germany. What literature do they read in school, then? The bible?
Growlph Ibex@Natasha_Jay Banning Orwell is some deeply dystopian shit...
Harmony@Natasha_Jay decided not to boost because I noticed Harry Potter is included. I see it was banned by the extreme religious right for all the wrong reasons but those books are not in any way, shape or form valuable to society
Zoidtes@Natasha_Jay It makes me even more PROUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD being European 🇪🇺♥️🇪🇺♥️🇪🇺♥️🇪🇺♥️🇪🇺♥️
The lands where Democracy and freedom originates from 🇪🇺❤️.
Peter Riley
Mike@Natasha_Jay The Newport in Oregon 😀