@Toastie I was lucky enough to be taken here by an elder who told the story. It made a powerful impression and I'll never forget being there and visualizing the monster's parts being flung into the landscape. It was a colorful, dynamic rendition of where the people come from.
Barbara Landis
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Carlisle Indian School research specialist, grandma, card-carrying ACLU, shameless procrastinator.
Sean KleefeldGaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
“I will always be on the side of the libraries”: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a fierce supporter of libraries. The author of American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Sandman, Coraline, and so many more has had a lifelong love affair with reading. And he credits librarians for fostering his curiosity about books and learning at a young age. Gaiman spoke with I Love Libraries recently about libraries, comic books, book banning in the U.S., movies, and more.
My woods in May. My favorite place. Where I retreated to Jan 6, 2021, 1:30pm, when I couldn't take any more TV horror. I can't believe it's still not over.
Mark RuffaloDoes this guy get any more smarmy and spiteful? Every time you think someone who cares for him may have gotten to him, you realize maybe he has already pushed them all away.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-twitter-npr-threat_n_645210cee4b0bc1dad7a19ed
It's the guns, stupid.
@knapjack @neilhimself I take pleasure in remembering the excitement of finding well-written racey novels on my parents' bookshelves and devouring them - especially the juiciest bits - over and over and over again. Names of authors escape me, but seriously, isn't this an important part of our critical rites of passage toward healthy human development? Those authors were probably Updike and Conrad and Heller. I don't even remember, but the content was a formative part of my development.
knapjack@neilhimself We just packed up my wife's classroom library yesterday, maybe 400 novels (edit: kid says 40+ per box x 20 boxes, they counted), based on official guidance from more than one direction. State law here is specific to sexual content but nebulous in nature, and parents are challenging books based on things outside the law, enough that the risks are just too great for our family.
The books could be kept on the shelves if:
- a list is provided to parents, opening teachers to attack and lawsuits from previous exposure
- the books are reviewed for content, but the language in the law allows for differences in opinion to turn into lawsuits against both the district and the teacher
- a permission slip is signed for a student to read a specific book
Under cover of night, Romeo (age 16) and Juliet (age 13) consummate their marriage. Hard not to admit it includes "content involving human reproduction or sexual matters" when the price of failure is a felony. If adopted curriculum (Gatsby, Mockingbird, 1984, Giver, Outsiders), stuff read by most students in US public schools over the last 40 years isn't considered safe anymore, modern young adult fiction doesn't stand a chance. 📚💔
Erik Uden => Tell your kids about Ruby Bridges, the first black child at an all-white public elementary school in Louisiana.
She turned 68 last year.
She’s only 68.
68.
Robert MaguireRT @eisingerj
And just to reassure the @WSJ edit page writers: Yes, please please send us your tips about liberal judges and justices secretly taking luxury gifts from liberal billionaires and not disclosing them!
And just to reassure the @WSJ edit page writers: Yes, please please send us your tips about liberal judges and justices secretly taking luxury gifts from liberal billionaires and not disclosing them!
Big Beautiful Blue WallExcellent county level population change map.
Again, no political affiliation but one can easily deduce that the most popular counties are also in Red States that have remained Red.
This should disprove "Austin Confirmation Bias"
Also, the most popular are in areas most vulnerable to climate change.
Why are liberals staying there?
