“This happened to us in DC,” wrote ApotrAde. “Wife and I got stuck under a tree on the sidewalk with a stroller with 2 kids. A guy pulled over and threw an umbrella out the window, wont ever forget that.”
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Two good stories involving food (a company called Shef) and drink (German winemakers recovering after a disastrous flood):
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“One is simply that despite the reflexive assumption I described above, not everyone falls for alarmist right-wing demagoguery,” he writes. "A lot of people are decent human beings who think LGBTQ kids should be treated with a little compassion and understanding. Likewise, some number of people and parents clearly think students should learn something about systemic racism in the United States.
“The second lesson involves how progressives talk about these matters. Yes, sometimes, people can sound lecture-y or like they’re reading from some white paper prepared by an educational foundation, using jargon that no normal human being uses or even understands. Attaching these issues to actual human beings is a lot better.”
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Marriage equality now reaches all continents.
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I’m questioning the wisdom of a traditional kilt (worn the traditional way??) in that cold of an environment, but mazel tov to them both!
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The Brooklyn Public Library is fighting back against book censorship by allowing teens and young adults across the United States to access its extensive digital offerings.
The library, the sixth largest in the country, first announced the “Books UnBanned” campaign in a press release on April 13, responding to a rash of book bans in public schools and libraries that have primarily impacted LGBTQ+ titles and books by authors of color. While people around the country have always been able to apply to access BPL’s digital resources, the organization is now waiving the $50 annual fee that is typically associated with out-of-state cards.
Young people ages 13 to 21 can send a note to BooksUnbanned@bklynlibrary.org or to the library’s “teen-run” Instagram to receive their free eCard. The cards will provide people with access to 350,000 ebooks, 200,000 audiobooks, and over 100 databases, according to BPL.
“Access to information is the great promise upon which public libraries were founded,” said Linda E. Johnson, president and CEO of BPL. “We cannot sit idly by while books rejected by a few are removed from the library shelves for all.
Books UnBanned, Johnson continued, “will act as an antidote to censorship,” offering unlimited access to works that many youth may no longer be able to access in their home libraries.
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As a kid, I practically lived at the BPL. I’m so proud of them!
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Would-be grantors? (scotusblog excerpt) Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch indicated that they would have granted the challengers’ request to reinstate the district court’s ruling blocking the policy. Neither the court nor the dissenters explained their reasoning.
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One of my daughters had just started college when the 2020 election happened, and she told me point-blank that she wanted an IUD put in before Inauguration Day just in case all birth control and abortions were outlawed with Trump in office.
It’s a lot of commitment, and a lot of money, to go to college. Why sabotage your chances?
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You have no idea how weird this is. DC motorists will run you over for looking sideways. A free umbrella give away because it was raining?
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Good Florida Man! Good!
And almost as good:
coach seats at $149 one way.
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Sounds like Florida Man has seen the light and decided to use his powers for the common good!
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