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Neil Gaiman@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com |
Bloody hell.
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...
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Bizarro Jimmy Olsen
@bizarrojimmyolsen.bsky.social
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Absolutely unconstitutional a violation of freedom of association.
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Markus Wollersheim
@mwollersheim.bsky.social
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WTF more and more politicians of my Country copy the damn republicans. What a fckng desperate time to live in. It seems to be the Medivials are back again.
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Doug Rutherford
@dougrutherford.bsky.social
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WTF?
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Andrew the Psycho-Statistician
@greatchumpion.bsky.social
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And it's *Louisiana* of all states Long story short, Louisiana law works very differently than any other US state, or even the federal government, as it's a fusion between common law and civil law systems, instead of just common law; it's much harder for most of us to predict what might happen here
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Amyreg
@amyreg.bsky.social
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Thanks for boosting, Neil. Librarians are getting everything from bomb threats to subtle stuff like don’t display *that* book face out… needs attention and political action. Right wing loons have taken over many a library board. 😭
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His Royal Huwness
@litterygeniarse.bsky.social
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Fascism Neil. It's EVERYWHERE.
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Skip
@kingskip01.bsky.social
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Ridiculous but not surprising. This is a right-to-work state around union participation. Denying any reasonable counter to venal, retrograde politicians’ messages must be stamped out. All sarcasm intended, and I hope the librarians shush them to shame.
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Alek
@alek18.bsky.social
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The country of freedoms, I guess.
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Monica of the Endless
@monicaoftheendless.bsky.social
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At this point I shouldn't be surprised. The US is just marching straight into fascism and the little sheep just keep bleating.
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Louise Penn (LouReviews)
@loureviewsblog.bsky.social
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I really wonder what is going on over the pond.
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Onno Benschop
@owh.bsky.social
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It seems to me that Margaret Atwood's book "The Handmaid's Tale" is being used as a roadmap, rather than a cautionary tale.
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BeccaM
@beccam.bsky.social
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This is what fighting fascism looks like.
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S. Laurel Weldon
@slweldon.bsky.social
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They really are the taliban.
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Aaron Tung
@aarontungv.bsky.social
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Savages.
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Serienya
@serienya.bsky.social
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Hopefully someone sues due to the 1st amendment’s freedom of association.
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Victoria De Capua
@victoriadecapua.bsky.social
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This is some J Edgar Hoover shit
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@clggmf.bsky.social
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We don't want any of your fancy, First Amendment freedom of association nonsense down here.
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Through the looking glass
@lookingglass.bsky.social
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It was never going to be limited to reproductive rights/ gay rights. 'The west' has been under attack for a good while now
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marythetrainer🦋🐢🤷🏻♀️😏🌎
@marythetrainer.bsky.social
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Maybe we should start pointing out to these people that throughout history those who ban/burn books and limit libraries are ALWAYS the bad guys.
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Peggy Brava
@peggybrava.bsky.social
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#MAGAFascists must never be elected to any office
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a
@harpweaving.bsky.social
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Ironically, ALA is scheduled to hold their 2027 Annual Conference in New Orleans. That should be interesting.
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Christian Klass
@christianklass.bsky.social
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This is like a story from an alternate universe where the Nazis won WW2. What the hell is going on…
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Daniel Feldman
@dfeldman.bsky.social
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And by the same logic, blue states can criminalize spending money in Louisiana?
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Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
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Dark fucking times, indeed.
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Shiro the Arctic Fox
@shiroarctic.bsky.social
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This has to be the single most dystopian thing I have ever read.
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HumoringHolly
@humoringholly.bsky.social
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Horrific... the enemies of education and free access to information are enemies of humanity.
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The Fabulist Words & Art
@fabulistmag.bsky.social
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Bloody indeed.
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Scott Evans
@scottevans.bsky.social
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For some reason this popped in my head...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS56...
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GoodCitizen
@goodcitizen.bsky.social
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Jfc
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Ch0c0L4t3m1Lk
@ch0c0l4t3m1lk.bsky.social
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Come on writers simple fix, steal ideas from marketing dept. “Oh you’re hunting librarians? I’m a Real intelligence prompt engineer, move along” organizational technician? Analog database administrator? literary warehouse manager?
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Peter Coene
@petercoene.bsky.social
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I need to get out of this state.
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Cyn ✨
@obicynkenobi.bsky.social
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What the fuck Why is everything bad it’s all so bad these days 😭🫠
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Bryan Smart
@smartone.bsky.social
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It’s hard to manipulate an educated electorate. The obvious answer is to deeducate people and the public institutions that serve them, while providing alternatives with the propaganda you want your electorate to swallow.
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@calicobarbarian.bsky.social
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Let's not keep pretending this isn't just straight Nazi shit
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Groinhammer
@groinhammer.bsky.social
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Why are my daughter’s favourite dystopian teen fiction plot lines looking more like inevitable reality? Perhaps I should book her some archery lessons…
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Josh Dobbin
@joshdobbin.bsky.social
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motherfuckers.
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Joe Kalicki
@joekalicki.bsky.social
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That's literally unconstitutional
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Eightman
@eightman.bsky.social
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Something something Fahrenheit 451 something.
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🏳️⚧️ Minority Report from my Right Boob 🏳️⚧️
@rowenagold.bsky.social
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WTAF! Books, librarians and libraries are criminalized while guns and mass shootings are allowed in schools? Xtofascists and the GOP are an existential threat to our nation and democracy. Vote Blue.
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Val
@jambalayaval.bsky.social
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I would apologize for our legislature being so full of complete morons, but I didn't vote for them.
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@waterloo45.bsky.social
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Southern states should just make reading illegal
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@waterloo45.bsky.social
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Bring the most uneducated state is hard work
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Cynthia Levinson
@cylev.bsky.social
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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THESE PEOPLE????
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Kuriosity's Kat
@kurisosityskat.bsky.social
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Dear Thoth...
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John O’Donnell
@jodami.bsky.social
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Land of The Free.
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Tim Rust
@timrust.bsky.social
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So Freedom
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Winged Hussar
@wingedhussar.bsky.social
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Freedom of association?
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Life Is Amazing publisher
@lifeisamazing.bsky.social
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For me, it's the fact that it's not even a secondary effect of the legislation. It's just straight out there: "Be a librarian and receive hard labour" that is utterly terrifiying. It's as if they think the ALA is a terrorist group.
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Meg 🌺
@megnc.bsky.social
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Fuck these fascists
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Lemmy from Radiöhead
@melissanyc.bsky.social
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I saw you speak in 2013 at TLA. It was my first one! I was a baby librarian then, and was entirely dazzled. Thank you for your continued support of what is an increasingly embattled profession.
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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀
@acekatana.bsky.social
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This is approximately as illegal as it’s possible to be, the reactionaries are not all that bright
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Jimmy Hollis i Dickson 🐸🇵🇸 BDS NOW!🍉💜🌍🌎🌏🖋️📖📚📘
@jimmyhid1.bsky.social
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Thar's tham Good Ol' Moms4Liberty a'doin' The Good Lard's work, God bless'um!
"For an organized Librarian is an abomination unto the Lord, and an educated child brings fire to His eye." ~ 2 Bigots, chapter 6, verse 3
Also, have fun at our book bernings! bsky.app/profile/jimm... Bring the fambly!
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Stephen R. Smith
@stephensmith.bsky.social
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The biggest threat to Conservative America is an educated voter with freedom of thought and imagination.
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@sweetniss.bsky.social
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I guess they don't quite understand freedom of association.
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Antilles
@wedgeantilles.bsky.social
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What the absolute fuck
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Cmdr. Hange
@unsoundmethods.bsky.social
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Republicans are enemies of our civilization.
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Gregg Levine
@greggjlevine.bsky.social
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If they make librarians criminal, only criminals will have librarians.
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Tail Kinker
@tailkinker.bsky.social
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Pretty sure that this law is in violation of the First Amendment.
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@zebesian.bsky.social
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I hate this planet.
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Mikey Minus One (on Netflix) plus Medicare 📽️
@mikeymcfilms.bsky.social
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what the fuck
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Dawa Zangpo
@dawazangpo.bsky.social
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How it all begins, or, Has the USA already forgotten its victims of the Second World War, which is also why they went to war?
www.queer.de
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OWL
@claratomina.bsky.social
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Another milestone on the road to the www.barbarasbookhouse.com/Uncanny-Valley
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Isobel
@isobelandcat.bsky.social
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Dangerous
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Grae Hall
@graehall.bsky.social
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Trump on record planning a criminal conspiracy is not a crime as it's first amendment protected speech! But books which aren't sufficiently christofascist & people who work with books not being christofascist enough, that's a first amendment issue These people are as shameless as they are dangerous
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Volkan Topalli
@volkantopalli.bsky.social
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Sickening.
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Antifa Customer Support (NA)
@kropotkinpetyr.bsky.social
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Hello Neil, We see that you are unhappy at the steady but seemingly sure creep of fascism, as it further entrenches its position and power. Boldly showing its contempt for intellectual pursuits that do not confirm to its worldview. We would be upset too if that happened to us, Customer Support
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Mark J. Armstrong
@markjarmstrong.bsky.social
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We are living in the beginning of a dystopian society. Orwell was only off by a few decades.
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Guy H
@realhistoryguy.bsky.social
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Terrifying
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David Laus
@dlausactor6373.bsky.social
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Required listening. We have entered the age of the #MinistryOfTruth. www.audible.com/pd/B0CRRP4WW...
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j mills
@jdmills.bsky.social
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I'm willing to bet a vast majority of anti-library activists in the country, book banners, etc. have rarely if ever spent any time in a library, used a library, or even slowed their car in front of a book sale day.
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Ceiling Cat
@ceilingcat.bsky.social
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It wasn’t enough to burn the books. They had to go after the witnesses.
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@reine4tw.bsky.social
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What kind of dystopian 3rd world country is the US starting to become 🤔 You'd almost could write a novel about it and 100 years later no-one would believe it being a non fiction novel 🫣😅
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Oracle at BlueSky
@skeetbrarian.bsky.social
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Sometimes I don’t regret leaving public libraries. TBF, I live in FL where it hasn’t been criminalized - YET.
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SWL
@weltempfaenger.bsky.social
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- Medieval ages blending with totalitarianism. Ain't science something.
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Macy
@macymaceface.bsky.social
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It's fun to pay out of your own pocket for ALA membership while securing your future spot in hard prison labor.
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@Tarbosaur
@tarbosaur.bsky.social
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If libraries are outlawed then only outlaws will have libraries.
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Sy Nakamura
@theredprince.bsky.social
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This person seems totally reasonable and not at all a crackpot
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Leo Prints
@leoprints.bsky.social
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What the actual what what?
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Ryan Tamares
@ryanzhelp.bsky.social
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Incensed. I’m a librarian who has personal friends who also are librarians in Louisiana. I’m a proud member of ALA as well as AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)
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Nate V.
@maxlords.bsky.social
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That's just madness.
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Kara Chrome
@karachrome.bsky.social
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Hell's bells and (regrettably probably) buckets of blood.
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Fat Kid Heavy Industries.
@hailthefatkid.bsky.social
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And yet, Louisianans are shocked when their state is dragged.
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Randi Mason
@randimason.bsky.social
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Being replaced by AI and the costs of a Masters degree weren’t driving people away from the profession fast enough?
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Two Sets of Testicles, So Divine
@plankysmith.bsky.social
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Ugh. Despicable
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don't ever change
@donteverchange.bsky.social
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This won't get anywhere. Freedom of association is a thing here
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Scarlet Highlord RetPallyJil, the Ashbringer🔥©
@retpallyjil.bsky.social
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Seems like the perfect reason to do it anyway.
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NVH_Scot
@connellyt.bsky.social
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From her website. Stand up for what is right! Off to the Louisiana Lubyanka and then a bayou gulag for 2 years hard labor.
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Skanedog
@skanedog.bsky.social
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America is a pretend country.
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Toast Jerviss
@toastjerviss.bsky.social
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Total bullshit
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everybody is a cat on the internet
@nepenthe.bsky.social
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And they can be sentenced to _hard labour_, like it's the 1890s or something.
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Mary50shadesofWTF
@kapdoll.bsky.social
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Bloody hell is right.
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DrGeophysics
@drgeophysics.bsky.social
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Welcome to conservative utopia. Fanatics always double down btw.
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Sarcastic Small
@sarcasticsmall.bsky.social
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It's all about "freedom" if you ask those who propose such things, isn't it.
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Socyclist 🚴
@socyclist.bsky.social
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Serious question: Where's the executive branch in all this? It's like Biden concedes to state>federal.
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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Author/Illustrator
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
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According to statistics, 33% of high school graduates (US) never read another book the rest of their lives. I think we know who those people are now. And frighteningly, they’re in charge of a lot of shit.
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Eddie Dolan
@eddiedolan.bsky.social
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Could America be The Bad Place?
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JesseJBrown
@jessejbrown.bsky.social
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Oh so we really are living in a fictional dystopia huh
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Ron Reid
@ronreid.bsky.social
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The anti-enlightenment era.
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Jeremy O'Kelley
@jeremyokelley.bsky.social
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The latest update is that appears as if it will pass.
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DaemonAAc / Bunny
@daemonaac.bsky.social
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I'm never ashamed of being from New Orleans, but I'm frequently ashamed of the ignorance and fear the oil fueled and religion owned legislature impose on the rest of the state
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Lauren Fox
@laurenfoxwrites.bsky.social
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action.everylibrary.org/louisianahb777
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Andrew Stout
@thomasacstout.bsky.social
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Fuckin ay
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@blacksheepinc.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Republican party in America... Pro child labor Anti union/workers rights Anti education Anti book/library And the party that thinks school shootings/mass shootings are an 'acceptable risk' when weighed against 'gun rights'.
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iammannyj.bsky.social
@iammannyj.bsky.social
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Maybe Ray Bradbury and his dystopian future, in Fahrenheit 451, wasn't that far off after all?
#Fahrenheit451 📚
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The Boatman
@romanyboatman.bsky.social
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Such a strange country, the USA. Mass shootings in schools and (yet to be passed) criminality for joining a library association.
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The Long Memory
@thelongmemory.bsky.social
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Love to pretend to idolize the Constitution, except when it comes to all the rights it actually, unambiguously grants in black and white to people who make me feel icky.
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Eileen Popp.
@epopp.bsky.social
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lNeil,I just do not understand this world,lately.
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rita89.bsky.social
@rita89.bsky.social
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This is so so so wrong! Where are we going, humans? 😮
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Wendel
@wendelschwab.bsky.social
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The fascists are at it again.
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Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
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Extremely FUCKED up. I don’t even have the words.
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@kilisutsailor.bsky.social
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I can't help thinking this law is a violation of the First Amendment.
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ZacktheScumbag-ceasefire plz
@scumbagnobody.bsky.social
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Books gave me an escape from my fucked up childhood. Depriving any child of that is not pro life or holy or whatever it is they think they are doing. It truly is cruelty that is the point.
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BraveryTEWalker
@braverytewalker.bsky.social
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Hey, Mr. Gaiman, if you're in America right now and are LEAVING the states... Take me with you.
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Phil
@ghostrobot.bsky.social
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At the rate we’re going a prison record will be more valuable than an Ivy League degree.
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Douglas Laubacher
@inkwits.bsky.social
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Of course the state with the second highest poverty rate in the country would do this. This is the type of place that needs the resources libraries provide the most.
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Try the Fajitas
@archivesboy.bsky.social
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"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the American Library Association?"
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Ötzi
@abhoth.bsky.social
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Far more scared of ideas than of guns. Perhaps they're right.
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Christine Morales
@chrismo.bsky.social
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I'm wondering if this has anything to with my small town local library suddenly having job openings in all departments.
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Lizardguy64
@lizardguy64.bsky.social
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And people think we DON'T need an armed revolution against these assholes.
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