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Congressional Republicans have introduced a nationwide book banning bill.
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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Republicans can get fucked., this will make me make sure I have every single one of said books. Fuck the nazi fascist fuckers.

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AmbitiousProcess (they/them) piefed.social AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-06
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Republicans can get fucked., this will make me make sure I have every single one of said books. Fuck the nazi fascist fuckers.

You might, but the schools and libraries this ban would affect won't, unfortunately.

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Archangel1313 lemmy.ca Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-06-03
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Least fascist thing for lawmakers to do, really. /s

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floofloof lemmy.ca floofloof@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
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You might, but the schools and libraries this ban would affect won't, unfortunately.

People need to start some underground libraries, and also seed torrents of these books.

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AmbitiousProcess (they/them) piefed.social AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-06
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People need to start some underground libraries, and also seed torrents of these books.

Definitely do NOT go on Anna's Archive, as they're a self-described "shadow library", with pirated, torrent-able copies of books. Seriously, doing so would be very illegal, and you definitely should not do it!!!

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SpicyLizards reddthat.com SpicyLizards@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-09-27
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Sorry, read 'burning'. Pretty close all the same

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exaybachae startrek.website exaybachae@startrek.website
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People need to start some underground libraries, and also seed torrents of these books.

I seed banned books...

But also, see Anna's Archive & The Internet Archive.

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floofloof lemmy.ca floofloof@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
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I seed banned books... But also, see Anna's Archive & The Internet Archive.

Zlib too.

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whotookkarl lemmy.dbzer0.com whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-07-12
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It's anti LGBT religious scapegoat legislation, when they talk about protecting children it's never about real problems children face from food insecurity, underfunded education, for profit healthcare, child sex predators and traffickers like clergy and republicans, etc. Instead they propose the "something something kids bill" with vague wording about sexual topics, then use it to pretend any mention of trans and gay folks is sexual in nature and must be purged. It's the same vague legislature -> bigoted enforcement as the anti gay legislation in Russia, Florida, etc. This bill is part of what Christian nationalism looks like.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Parental_Rights_in_Education_Act

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_anti-LGBTQ_law

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CADmonkey lemmy.world CADmonkey@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
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Sorry, read 'burning'. Pretty close all the same

First one, then the other.

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nonentity sh.itjust.works nonentity@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-12
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A healthy and broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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Definitely do NOT go on Anna's Archive, as they're a self-described "shadow library", with pirated, torrent-able copies of books. Seriously, doing so would be very illegal, and you definitely should not do it!!!

How does it work? Just need the info to make sure don't accendently download any of those books from that site.

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

... to jump ahead in the movie a bit:

No, not without incident.

... I keep saying this and I will say it again:

Learn I2P, learn LORA, learn meshnets.

I'll be damned if they can stop the signal.

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DarkFuture lemmy.world DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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Not once in the history of mankind have the good guys banned books.

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