Here is a must-read post from children's author Maggie Tokuda-Hall on how Scholastic offered to publish her book — all she had to do was remove all mention of racism.
Sure, they're banning books in Tennessee and Texas. But it's not just the books that get published and then banned from the library. It's all the books that don't get published in the first place.
Those banning books know publishers like Scholastic pull this cowardly bullshit. It's their game plan.
https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain
This mayoral forum is at Imhotep Charter, one of few Philly schools that does not have asbestos in it!
"System administrators have even less time to patch disclosed security vulnerabilities than previously thought, as a new report shows threat actors scanning for vulnerable endpoints within 15 minutes of a new CVE being publicly disclosed."
ATTN: @brittlestar
""Intelligence reporting has indicated that Russian cyber threat actors are exploring options for potential counter attacks against Canada, the United States and other NATO and Five Eyes allies, including against critical infrastructure targets," he said."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cse-critical-infrastructure-1.6809645
"Shaquille O'Neal calls Angel Reese "the greatest athlete ever to come out of LSU sports""
Can't believe Shaq forgot about Pistol Pete! He did all of this IN THREE YEARS with NO THREE POINT LINE!!!!
Shaq just mad Pistol Pete made free throws.
SOURCE: www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-03-07/pistol-pete-maravich-college-basketball-stats-best-moments-quotes
@freemo There are limits, it's THE REST OF THE AMENDMENT.
Why was there an assault weapons ban then? It's okay for Congress to limit it and the President to agree to limit it.
Not hard to understand.
If what you're saying was true, you wouldn't need an amendment at all. It would be considered okay to do, like slavery was.
"Essential service trench" sounds like a PR term. But they should have covered that giant hole in the ground in any event.
If it really is 'essential', it's essential to properly cover it up AND label it so people KNOW it's utility work. No excuse for that.
https://news.yahoo.com/schwarzenegger-accidentally-fills-la-trench-014248675.html
@gbhnews Mastodon's user base has DOUBLED since November! I would verify that stat, but yeah, it's growing!
UPDATE WINDOWS NOW!!!
https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/urgent-microsoft-issues-patches-for-97.html
Gives a whole new meaning to iron lung!
I've never told this story, but the reason I wrote a book about the NRA was because I originally pitched a book about Maria Butina, the Russian government agent who I uncovered in 2017
Every New York book publisher rejected it because Russia was 'so over'
@gbhnews And also a space to fight misinformation, since SOME social media sites boost certain messages and devalues others.
@gbhnews It would be a great idea to diversify your social media base to protect your message and values.
I don't think people should get on a guy for giving $7 million to his campaign INSTEAD of another guy for giving $25 to his own campaign. $25? That's too low to even be tax-deductible!
Philadelphia Mayoral Debate tonight!
"I’m so excited to have the opportunity to detail why I have the best experience and know-how to be Philadelphia’s next mayor. We’ll answer questions on the most pressing issues facing our city -- from quality of life, to education, crime, and the economy. Here are the event details:
WHEN: Tuesday, April 11th (that's today!) 6:30 p.m. ET - 8:00 p.m. ET
BROADCAST: FOX 29
STREAMING: Livestream will be available on FOX29.com, FOX 29's YouTube channel, Tubi, and Amazon News"
"Philadelphia is in crisis – we have a community safety crisis, a poverty crisis, an education crisis, and a crisis of affordable housing. But most importantly, we have a crisis of leadership.
All of these crises can be resolved with strong leadership, by bringing people together and by getting results – and that's why I’m running for mayor." --Allan Domb
"This is also a dangerous "death of expertise" moment. "I, a judge, would like to get rid of this thing I don't like. So I will ignore any science that would obstruct my personal wishes, and find some website somewhere that will tell me what I need to make my ruling.""
--Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom)
@augieray "wE CaN'T LiVe IN fEaR"...WE JUST DID WHEN COVID STARTED!!!! What was the fear? What COVID could do and what we could do about it.
So, we know what to do, and we know more about COVID, so you do it. That's not fear that's responsibility. Ignoring responsibility is recklessness.
Thinker. Coffee drinker. @jaysonmassey on Twitter. #cybersecurity #student in #Philadelphia