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There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me. It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

¶ Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – A Deep Insight Into GenX Thinking

@jasonkpargin The new book is out in a month: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom ? Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

¶ Posted 02 October 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language

This Actually Happened on Live TV

¶ Posted 31 October 2023 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

Alabama public library system mistakenly flags children’s book as ‘sexually explicit’ because author’s last name is Gay

You can’t make this stuff up.

¶ Posted 17 October 2023 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

Secular Sunday – “The most unthinking among us…who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”

¶ Posted 11 June 2023 § Internet § Library § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – The Scientific Case For Two Spaces After A Period

This. Is. Vindication. For Myself. And everyone. Who took. Typing. On a manual typewriter. In grade 10. In 1989. (Even Google agrees!) Google Translate puts two spaces after the end of a sentence by inmildlyinfuriating There might even be a free speech argument for two spaces after a period?!?

¶ Posted 12 May 2023 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, science

Secular Sunday – “Indiana public librarians forced to remove half the books in the teen section as demanded by unelected library board including a pro-book banning pastor”

Just as we watched drug poisonings and Narcan training spread across American libraries before becoming more common in Canada, I suspect religiously-motivated book banning requests (and religious board members being even more activist in trying to direct library’s directions, not just individual books) is the next thing American libraries will export to Canada. (via r/atheism)

¶ Posted 07 May 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, freedomtoreadweek, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – No, Not Those Dirty Books (Book Banning Lawmaker “Very Sad” His Law Being Used To Ban “Sex Ridden” Bible)

Rules for thee but not for me. (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 26 March 2023 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, language, unitedstates

Comedians on Censorship and PC/Cancel Culture

¶ Posted 22 March 2023 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs

RIP Loretta Lynn. Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century. Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL […]