Your public library is being gouged by Big Publishing, which has captured control of the e-book "marketplace".

Absurdly high prices and limitations are the result, with libraries forced to "buy" (license) ebooks over and over again at extortionate prices, leaving them with fewer resources for other important services.

To better understand what the publishers are doing, check out the excellent explainers from Library Futures.

https://www.ebooksforus.com/

😏Via Elie Mystal:

Alabama: Embryos are babies.

Me: Oh, so we can't deport mothers carrying American citizens.

Alabama: Wait.

Me: Also dudes are on the hook for child support nine months earlier.

Alabama: No. Not like that!

Omg, hahahaha!! 🤦🏻‍♀️From yesterday, but just saw it:

Via The Intellectualist (who shared the vid clip):

Elon #Musk: “The only reason I am here, Jonathan, is because you are a friend.”

Andrew Ross Sorkin (NYT): “I am Andrew.”

Polling shows:
•66% of Americans & 80% of Democrats demand ceasefire—yet they aren’t being listened to.
•73% of Palestinians in Gaza demand peaceful resolution contrary to Hamas—yet they aren’t being listened to.
•76% of Israelis demand Netanyahu resign—yet they aren’t being listened to

John Oliver perhaps said it best in his last episode—we need new leadership if we expect peace and Justice to prevail over war and death.

This week Biden forgave federal student debt for 804,000 borrowers. A judge upheld the decision—proving yet again that Biden has authority to cancel student debt.

Furthermore—if we can bail out Wall Street with $10T & cancel $2.1T in billionaire taxes & cancel $800B in PPP loans—then we can cancel $1.7T in predatory student loans.

We've bailed out corporations and billionaires long enough. Let's elevate working people.

In 1943, U.S. forces in Britain expected to export racial segregation. When white American Military Police (MPs) insisted a local pub segregate, the owner said he would. When MPs returned next day, they were met with “Blacks Only” signs & British barmaids telling white soldiers to wait their turn when they thiught they would be served before black soldiers. This set the stage for the epic Battle of Bamber Bridge.

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