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Kindness never goes unpunished San Francisco issues a $1402 fine for a Little Library Jason Weisberger
censorship Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds Constitutional Right to be a dick at town meetings Thom Dunn
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marvel Dakota Johnson might be the template for Sue Storm in the MCU's Fantastic Four movie Devin Nealy
welcome to the big tent circus Trump-loving NJ state Senator leaves GOP to become a Democrat (or a redcap in blue clothing) Carla Sinclair
books In LA this weekend? Come to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair Mark Frauenfelder
graphic novels Under the Banner of King Death is a new graphic novel about piracy rebellion and democracy Elías Villoro
prison The Drapetomania Collective in Arizona is researching conditions of imprisoned women Elías Villoro
fascist florida workarounds Publisher offers free Black history books to Florida students after DeSantis tries to censor education Carla Sinclair
book bans Unable to burn digital books, Orange Unified School District bans the whole virtual library Jason Weisberger
john darnielle John Darnielle's Devil House nominated for 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for "Best Novel" Jennifer Sandlin
music Watch Native American rock band Redbone perform "Come out and get your love" (1974) Elías Villoro
animation Weird Al's 1999 'Your Horoscope for Today' gets its first music video and it's a beautiful animation Rusty Blazenhoff
Tom The Dancing Bug Some Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. McSmelty's World, Percival Dunwoody, Actually-Man, and more!! Ruben Bolling
robots Apple introduces new AI-narrated audiobooks which are somehow different from just using Siri Thom Dunn