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I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Banned Book List: 1,648 Books in 2021-2022 - PEN America

PEN America's fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented book ban in the first half of the 2022-23 school year.

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It was Timothy’s second week undercover, and frankly, he was getting absolutely nowhere.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men
have mediocrity thrust upon them.
-- Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
RT @pinata1138

Pro tip: If you are being pursued by taxidermists do not attempt to escape by playing dead.

You're welcome.

"Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison in Belarus"

"More than 35,000 people were arrested, and thousands were beaten by police.
The charges against Bialiatski and his colleagues were connected to Viasna's provision of money to political prisoners and helping pay their legal fees."

#belarus
#russia
#fascist
#fascism
#eu

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/belarus-bialiatski-nobel-sentenced-1.6735667

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison in Belarus | CBC News

Ales Bialiatski, Belarus's top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Minsk on Friday.

CBC
Tom Gauld on what to do with banned books – cartoon

It pays to be cautious …

the Guardian