Folks built a massive free access library in Roblox (I think? Maybe Minecraft?) to get around book bans.
Banning something just means people will find a different way to get it.
Banning something just means people will find a different way to get it.
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Folks built a massive free access library in Roblox (I think? Maybe Minecraft?) to get around book bans.
Banning something just means people will find a different way to get it.
Banning something just means people will find a different way to get it.
It's the same as book bans in public libraries over here. These idiots act like five year-olds are wandering into a library unaccompanied and somehow checking out smut books from the adult section, therefore it's the library's fault for HAVING the book instead of the completely absent parent.
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
It's the same as book bans in public libraries over here. These idiots act like five year-olds are wandering into a library unaccompanied and somehow checking out smut books from the adult section, therefore it's the library's fault for HAVING the book instead of the completely absent parent.
crissa without getting into the merits of biden's healthcare nondiscrimination regulation when do you think biden issued his healthcare nondiscrimination regulation? open book, you can look it up and place it on the timeline with the bans. keep in mind that time moves like this:
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February 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
crissa without getting into the merits of biden's healthcare nondiscrimination regulation when do you think biden issued his healthcare nondiscrimination regulation? open book, you can look it up and place it on the timeline with the bans. keep in mind that time moves like this:
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It’s hypocritical to denounce book bans while publishing their defenders
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It’s hypocritical to denounce book bans while publishing their defenders.
Over on Balls & Strikes, law writer Jay Willis published an excellent piece about the Hachette imprint Basic Liberty publishing conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s So Ordered, a b…
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February 16, 2026 at 4:05 AM
It’s hypocritical to denounce book bans while publishing their defenders
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More book bans are ushering in the 2026 winter semester, with three new titles added to Utah’s growing list of books prohibited in public schools.
Utah bans three more books from public schools — including the source for a blockbuster movie
The start of the 2026 school year is kicking off with three new titles added to Utah's growing list of books banned from public schools.
www.sltrib.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
More book bans are ushering in the 2026 winter semester, with three new titles added to Utah’s growing list of books prohibited in public schools.
i was reading this because as a tech reporter, i've been getting a lot of pitches suggesting all out surveillance of youth and / or bans on their free expression and freedom of association online. and welp. a lot of these cite haidt's book.
2024 book review in Nature: "Two things need to be said after reading The Anxious Generation. First, this book is going to sell a lot of copies, because Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story about children’s development that many parents are primed to believe... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
i was reading this because as a tech reporter, i've been getting a lot of pitches suggesting all out surveillance of youth and / or bans on their free expression and freedom of association online. and welp. a lot of these cite haidt's book.
Wikipedia on Moms for Liberty: Founded 2021 by 3 ex-FL school board members. Exploded to $5M+ nonprofit with 285 chapters across 45 states targeting COVID mandates, LGBTQ+ curricula, all types of diversity, and book bans. SPLC calls it far-right with heavy GOP links. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_fo...
Moms for Liberty - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Wikipedia on Moms for Liberty: Founded 2021 by 3 ex-FL school board members. Exploded to $5M+ nonprofit with 285 chapters across 45 states targeting COVID mandates, LGBTQ+ curricula, all types of diversity, and book bans. SPLC calls it far-right with heavy GOP links. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_fo...
Watching& weeping for atrocities of Nazi Germany,how we were on right side of history, Germany learned from history, unfortunately we never do, book bans,patriotic lies,religious bullshit has made us intolerant,ignorant,violent, evil hicks ranting USA#1!As world watches in horror
60 Minutes just did a long piece on three babies born in Nazi concentration camps in the final days of the war.
Incredible work.
Incredible work.
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Watching& weeping for atrocities of Nazi Germany,how we were on right side of history, Germany learned from history, unfortunately we never do, book bans,patriotic lies,religious bullshit has made us intolerant,ignorant,violent, evil hicks ranting USA#1!As world watches in horror
Found it interesting that the book she mentioned in the discussion, Metamorphosis, was banned by the Nazi's
The parallels need a @velshibbc.bsky.social discussion
Please @velshi.com talk about what the bans mean, why the do it, the control
The fear because "their" kids get ideas too
#Velshi
The parallels need a @velshibbc.bsky.social discussion
Please @velshi.com talk about what the bans mean, why the do it, the control
The fear because "their" kids get ideas too
#Velshi
February 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Found it interesting that the book she mentioned in the discussion, Metamorphosis, was banned by the Nazi's
The parallels need a @velshibbc.bsky.social discussion
Please @velshi.com talk about what the bans mean, why the do it, the control
The fear because "their" kids get ideas too
#Velshi
The parallels need a @velshibbc.bsky.social discussion
Please @velshi.com talk about what the bans mean, why the do it, the control
The fear because "their" kids get ideas too
#Velshi
Courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com
I understand Utah school boards are using algorithms to “flag” sensitive words to justify their book bans.
🤦🏽♀️🙄 #utpol
From Salt Lake - To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol rotunda to read
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I understand Utah school boards are using algorithms to “flag” sensitive words to justify their book bans.
🤦🏽♀️🙄 #utpol
From Salt Lake - To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol rotunda to read
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol rotunda to read
Author Abdi Nazemian, whose novel “Like a Love Story” was banned from all Utah schools last year, also addressed the crowd.
www.sltrib.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com
I understand Utah school boards are using algorithms to “flag” sensitive words to justify their book bans.
🤦🏽♀️🙄 #utpol
From Salt Lake - To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol rotunda to read
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
I understand Utah school boards are using algorithms to “flag” sensitive words to justify their book bans.
🤦🏽♀️🙄 #utpol
From Salt Lake - To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol rotunda to read
www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
After studying this history, students can consider how they will respond collectively to contemporary attacks on civil and human rights such as demands for censorship of Black history, ICE raids, racial profiling, book bans, denial of healthcare, defunding federal agencies & support, and much more.
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
After studying this history, students can consider how they will respond collectively to contemporary attacks on civil and human rights such as demands for censorship of Black history, ICE raids, racial profiling, book bans, denial of healthcare, defunding federal agencies & support, and much more.
Book Bans Still Happen Loudly in States with Anti-Book Ban Laws
If book banning is being crafted to circumvent Freedom to Read bills, it's beyond time to call this a public health crisis.
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If book banning is being crafted to circumvent Freedom to Read bills, it's beyond time to call this a public health crisis.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Book Bans Still Happen Loudly in States with Anti-Book Ban Laws
If book banning is being crafted to circumvent Freedom to Read bills, it's beyond time to call this a public health crisis.
buttondown.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Book Bans Still Happen Loudly in States with Anti-Book Ban Laws
If book banning is being crafted to circumvent Freedom to Read bills, it's beyond time to call this a public health crisis.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
If book banning is being crafted to circumvent Freedom to Read bills, it's beyond time to call this a public health crisis.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
After Bondi’s performance, the book bans make sense. Kruschev said they’d take the US without firing a shot. Epstein created blackmail to control leaders of gov’t & business. The books bans weakened education. The NRA armed the US for a civil war. Fear stoked division. Wake up! Fight!
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
After Bondi’s performance, the book bans make sense. Kruschev said they’d take the US without firing a shot. Epstein created blackmail to control leaders of gov’t & business. The books bans weakened education. The NRA armed the US for a civil war. Fear stoked division. Wake up! Fight!
February 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I save my hatred for book bans that don't backfire. Sometimes it calls attention to a work (The Satanic Diaries), but even then there's a better way to advertise a book. Usually, that's advertising, but to your point, the INTENT of a book ban has its roots in evil.
February 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I save my hatred for book bans that don't backfire. Sometimes it calls attention to a work (The Satanic Diaries), but even then there's a better way to advertise a book. Usually, that's advertising, but to your point, the INTENT of a book ban has its roots in evil.
FURTHER: “degenerate art” was targeted for destruction. Some of these pieces, we only have black and white photos memorializing. Sometimes less.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
*pinches nose*
Time for your quarterly reminder that degenerate is a Nazi term, indicating the literal degeneration of a gene pool. Things this referred to: interracial marriage! Queerness! Disability!
It pretty much indicates they don’t think you’re human!
It’s not a cutesy way to say “leftist”
Time for your quarterly reminder that degenerate is a Nazi term, indicating the literal degeneration of a gene pool. Things this referred to: interracial marriage! Queerness! Disability!
It pretty much indicates they don’t think you’re human!
It’s not a cutesy way to say “leftist”
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
FURTHER: “degenerate art” was targeted for destruction. Some of these pieces, we only have black and white photos memorializing. Sometimes less.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
Meet some of the anti-book ban heroes from ‘The Librarians’ – Advocate.com
The documentary 'The Librarians' highlights the right's war on books. The Librarians Film /YouTube. Home> News> Culture ‘The Librarians’: Meet the heroes fighting against conservative book bans in the South They weren’t…
The documentary 'The Librarians' highlights the right's war on books. The Librarians Film /YouTube. Home> News> Culture ‘The Librarians’: Meet the heroes fighting against conservative book bans in the South They weren’t…
Meet some of the anti-book ban heroes from ‘The Librarians’ – Advocate.com
The documentary 'The Librarians' highlights the right's war on books. The Librarians Film /YouTube. Home> News> Culture ‘The Librarians’: Meet the heroes fighting against conservative book bans in the South They weren’t looking for a fight. Then the fight came to their libraries, families, and lives. By Christopher Wiggins February 09, 2026 When Courtney Gore sat down with her…
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February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Meet some of the anti-book ban heroes from ‘The Librarians’ – Advocate.com
The documentary 'The Librarians' highlights the right's war on books. The Librarians Film /YouTube. Home> News> Culture ‘The Librarians’: Meet the heroes fighting against conservative book bans in the South They weren’t…
The documentary 'The Librarians' highlights the right's war on books. The Librarians Film /YouTube. Home> News> Culture ‘The Librarians’: Meet the heroes fighting against conservative book bans in the South They weren’t…
Black stories are under attack. Major publishers are sidelining Black authors as part of a broader neo-segregationist agenda tied to book bans and Project 2025. lil.ms/owzn/acn2a9
Tell Corporate Publishers: Stop The Silencing Of Black Stories!
At a moment when government actors, right-wing extremists, and anti-intellectual movements are actively working to dismantle civil rights protections and rewrite history, the preservation and proclama...
lil.ms
February 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Black stories are under attack. Major publishers are sidelining Black authors as part of a broader neo-segregationist agenda tied to book bans and Project 2025. lil.ms/owzn/acn2a9
@claycane.bsky.social But of course! Black stories are under attack. Major publishers are sidelining Black authors as part of a broader neo-segregationist agenda tied to book bans and Project 2025. lil.ms/owzn/6jimol Stop2Quit
Tell Corporate Publishers: Stop The Silencing Of Black Stories!
At a moment when government actors, right-wing extremists, and anti-intellectual movements are actively working to dismantle civil rights protections and rewrite history, the preservation and proclama...
lil.ms
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
@claycane.bsky.social But of course! Black stories are under attack. Major publishers are sidelining Black authors as part of a broader neo-segregationist agenda tied to book bans and Project 2025. lil.ms/owzn/6jimol Stop2Quit
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📖💔 Book bans close doors to knowledge and understanding. Let's keep our libraries open and our stories alive. Stand for freedom #AABB #AuthorsAgainstBookBans www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
📖💔 Book bans close doors to knowledge and understanding. Let's keep our libraries open and our stories alive. Stand for freedom #AABB #AuthorsAgainstBookBans www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
If you're talking about targeted book bans but you keep discussing every group being targeted *except* transgender works, I want you to know that that is a) really noticeable and b) really shitty
February 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If you're talking about targeted book bans but you keep discussing every group being targeted *except* transgender works, I want you to know that that is a) really noticeable and b) really shitty
A new initiative is launching to combat widespread book bans and ensure diverse titles remain available to students.
via Literary Hub
https://f.mtr.cool/uatchgqhno
via Literary Hub
https://f.mtr.cool/uatchgqhno
February 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A new initiative is launching to combat widespread book bans and ensure diverse titles remain available to students.
via Literary Hub
https://f.mtr.cool/uatchgqhno
via Literary Hub
https://f.mtr.cool/uatchgqhno
February 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
