Four of the elected candidates support banning the books in question, including one incumbent, while the fifth person elected is against book bans. A current policy allows for challenges and committee will be formed to decide if those books will be banned. The new board will be behind se...
1. Anything relating to SF/F, books, libraries or reading is Heinlein related. I could even argue that Heinlein is the father of modern SF. He certainly legitimized it after WWII. When Heinlein started writing, SF was limited to the pulp magazines and was generally looked down upon. It ...
She urged the audience to shun the dark vision of America as “a nation of us against them” and one that raises unrealistic fears where people “believe that books are dangerous and assault rifles are safe.” Share This is a modal window. An unanticipated problem was encountered, ch...
“Ruby Franke is a devoted mother and is also a woman committed to constant improvement,” Winward Law said in a statement. Franke initially believed that her co-defendant Jodi Hildebrandt “had the insight to offer a path to continual improvement,” but said that Hildebrand...
“Ruby Franke is a devoted mother and is also a woman committed to constant improvement,” Winward Law said in a statement. Franke initially believed that her co-defendant Jodi Hildebrandt “had the insight to offer a path to continual improvement,” but said ...
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools which draw on large language models (LLMs) are a hot topic. Released in November 2022 by OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot—it generates text output refined through user prompts.
This is demonstrated by the rule banning home deliveries. When asked why women delivered from home, or what people said about those who delivered from home, many respondents who had delivered in a health facility made strong moral judgements about those who stayed at home, although some also ...
Cat’s letter 2023 Posted on December 26, 2023 [As always please see below the Ladley’s annual circular from the cat …) It’s been a busy year up here. We’ve been filling sandbags, creating fire breaks, banning single use plastics, putting up solar panel pagolas, erecting wind tu...
Baseball, where superstar Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is facing federal criminal charges stemming from his apparent gambling addiction. But gambling remains a real concern in the NFL, even as the NFL continues to enjoy the profits generated by the league’s...
The map veto starts with each team banning a map from the 7-map pool, and then proceeding to choose one. Two further maps are then banned, and the only one left becomes the decider. Where Can I Bet on CS2? There is a wide variety of betting sites that allow CS2 betting. Search for...