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Category Archives: United States

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 § Censorship § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

Secular Sunday – Least Religious Countries Are…

…the most peaceful for some reason.

¶ Posted 01 October 2023 § Canada § Infographic § News § Politics § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, science

Music Monday – “Well, I’ve been selling my soul/Working all day/Overtime hours/For bullshit pay”

This song went mega-viral recently, becoming the first song to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts by an artist with no other previous charting songs. There was controversy about the writers’ intentions and politics, up to and including it even being played during a GOP debate! “Rich Men North of Richmond” – Oliver […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2023 § Internet § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bellagio Fountains (March 2009)

May have told this story before but my parents won a trip for two to Las Vegas and it happened to coincide with a week that Shea and I had booked off. So after a bit of chaos to get Pace (two going on three) a rush passport, we booked and ended up going along. […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2023 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, holiday, travel

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)