Virginia: Spotsylvania Will Remove 14 Books from Its School Libraries

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Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin sends his own children to an elite private school that never bans books and teaches critical race theory, But the governor ran on a platform of “parental rights,” which has unleashed censorship and book banning in the state’s public schools.

The schools of Spotsylvania have posted a list of 14 books that will be withdrawn to protect children from ideas their parents don’t like. Among the 14 are two by Nobel-prize winning author Toni Morrison.

The books were challenged for having “sexually explicit material” in them, according to a message to families from superintendent Mark Taylor.

The superintendent of Spotsylvania public schools has no prior experience in education. His appointment was made after hard-right conservatives won control of the school board. Aside from his lack of experience, Mark Taylor was controversial because of incendiary comments he made on social media. “They allegedly include…

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I am radicalizing against guns — The Weekly Sift

Anger is replacing sadness and hope. Gun worship is American society’s greatest sickness. Guns don’t preserve freedom, they threaten it. And if the Second Amendment won’t allow action, it has to go. Last Monday, three students and three staff members of the Covenant School in Nashville were killed by a shooter. As you all know, […]

I am radicalizing against guns — The Weekly Sift

Contentamento-Contentment — Coisas da SIL

No trabalho Eu vejoEu escrevoEu percebo. Vejo doçuraInocência Alegria e medo. Leio enquanto escrevoPenso enquanto vejoSorrio e aprendo. Vejo amorVejo a sua corInspiro sabor. Sorrio e aprendoComo é beloO contentamento. Com carinho: Coisas da SiL O contentamento At job at work i seeI writeI see. I see sweetnessInnocence Joy and fear. I read while I […]

Contentamento-Contentment — Coisas da SIL

Easy Cold Pasta Salad Recipe — simplyvegetarian777

There is no better dish to enjoy on warmer days other than COLD PASTA SALAD. This easy pasta salad needs handful ingredients like red onions, cherry tomatoes, black olives, chickpeas, bell peppers, spinach, feta cheese & home made Lemon Mustard Salad Dressing. Although the above mentioned ingredients are what I used, this PASTA SALAD is……

Easy Cold Pasta Salad Recipe — simplyvegetarian777

Ethics? Be Warned. All of Us Will Be Tested. — Filosofa’s Word

Originally posted on Writing Despite Computers and Programmes: Folk who write will at some stage cite ‘The Muse’. According to Ancient Greek literature there were nine of them, each with an allotted art, science or as we would recognise it, genre. In this case, for my defence I will cite that Melpomene the Muse of…

Ethics? Be Warned. All of Us Will Be Tested. — Filosofa’s Word

♫ True ♫ (Redux)

Filosofa's Word

I know I just played this one back in August, and I know Clive didn’t much care for it (although he did have a kind word or two for it), but … last night, I was sad.  I didn’t feel well and was saddened by a number of things happening over which I have no control, both around the world and in my own life, so it was in that mode that I went searching for just the right song.  When this one popped up in my notes, I decided I’d like to hear it, and as soon as the first notes were heard, I knew I would play this one again tonight.  I offer no apologies, for it brought me at least a few inches up out of the doldrums, and for that I was grateful.  Beautiful music …


True was composed by group leader Gary Kemp, who wrote…

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Streetart – George Rose @ Darwin, Australia — Barbara Picci

George Rose @ Darwin, Australia Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Artist: George Rose For: Darwin Street Art Festival With: Activate Darwin, Northern Territory Australia Year: 2023 “The Top End is among the richest places in the world for Bladderwort’s, a small aquatic carnivorous plant. Their diversity is highest on the sand plain habitat’s which is […]

Streetart – George Rose @ Darwin, Australia — Barbara Picci