North Carolina school district goes to a new extreme in book banning
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/21/2194603/-Now-we-re-banning-books-about-crayons
Good! I cannot say this strongly enough: Fuck these people. My mom was a librarian. You do not come after books, around me. (This has been all the news, over here.)
You might be forgiven for thinking of abortion as a particularly modern phenomenon. But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that abortion has been a constant feature of social life for thousands of years.
A brief history of abortion – from ancient Egyptian herbs to fighting stigma today
By Alisha Palmer
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Elizabeth I and her mother Anne Boleyn
https://open.substack.com/pub/lawrenceg/p/all-that-is-left-unsaid
@homebird I went to secondary in Wales, but in Welsh I was never taught the basics, and so very little stuck. I moved back here a few years back and have been just doing Duolingo a bit since then... first thing they teach you is "I am a dragon" which is not entirely useful in everyday conversation, unless you go see the dragons 🤣
The death toll from devastating flooding in Libya has risen to at least 11,300 as search efforts continue, according to a UN report. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/world/libya-flood-death-toll-rise-derna-intl-hnk/index.html
The union representing Canadian autoworkers at Ford has put its strike plans on hold, keeping its more than 5,000 members on the job at three plants. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/cars/automakers-canada-strike/index.html
@Ellomumsy 🤣🤣🤣 I still haven't picked my one apple. I'm waiting for peak appleness to take it from the tree 🤣
@TudorGram1500 Bore da! Nice to see pics of my homeland. I do miss it. Lovely sunrise!
@homebird bore da to you too, bach! (I'm afraid I speak very little Welsh, but ia am learning!) Don't worry, it's still a beautiful country and the dragons are all doing fine in the mountains 😊
Is this the final nail?
BBC News - Elon Musk: Social media platform X could go behind paywall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66850821
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Shelf Confidence: The Sad Snobbery of Reading Culture
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