Facts.

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list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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What the Supreme Court hearing about age verification could mean for you The court's decision could set a new precedent for free speech online.

I've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025
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There are so many people I will simply never forgive.

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Meet the Americans who still take COVID-19 precautions seriously People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.

“I don’t consider myself COVID cautious. I consider myself COVID competent,” Zebrowski said. “Cautious would imply that I have an unreasonable fear of something. I do not have an unreasonable fear of this disease.”

Nailed it 🔥

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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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Inside you are 99 luftballoons.

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Episode 162: Every Town Deserves a Library (with Ken Liu) — our opinions are correct Science fiction and fantasy are full of wondrous libraries containing everything from powerful artifacts to some dang good reads. How does the idealized view of libraries in speculative fiction compar...

Ate lunch today while listening to @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social talk about libraries on an episode of @ouropinions.bsky.social, then chat with @kyliu99.bsky.social about translation. An aural feast as tasty as what was on my plate! www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...

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As everyone should know by now, the anti-trans rhetoric isn’t about “protecting women” in bathrooms or sports … but about removing trans people from public life. And it’s working. This is a big company, making a big change that isn’t about protecting anyone (except men from having to see tampons).

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I ran across this phrase right when I needed it. I like it.

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