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Guy Refuses To Leave Library After Mom Gets Mad At Him For Looking Like Santa

On any given night, there are about 500,000-600,000 homeless individuals in the United States. Sadly, Redditor ExtracheesyBroccoli is one of them, and even though the man is actively trying to better his life, some folks are making it even worse for him. In a recent post on the subreddit ‘Entitled…

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My PC is a mess. Is anyone else finding it difficult to manage all their files nowadays?

I swear I used to be organised with my drives but now I've game libraries and files littered all over my machine.

PC Gamer

Sampleson SkyWaves review

Tired of wading through sample libraries to fulfil your soundtracking needs? Let SkyWaves bring you ashore

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #90

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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What does it mean to erase a people – a nation, culture, identity? In Gaza, we are beginning to find out

Artists killed, journalists silenced, libraries and mosques destroyed. What will be left to bind the survivors together, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding

Illinois made a splashy announcement with their new law intended to protect libraries from book challenges by withholding funding. Other states are closely watching to see if they will follow along.

WEKU

Library staff in Greenwich to strike in row over pay

Strikes will lead to widespread closures of libraries in the new year

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Street libraries opened in Thrissur city

The Thrissur Corporation, with the support of UNESCO, has launched street libraries in the city to promote reading habit among people.

The Hindu

Spitfire Audio Albion Legacy, Loegria & Iceni review

These three classic libraries have been re-released but can these ancient-themed titles turn up any treasures? We get out our trowel

MusicRadar

Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide

When we need help or advice, it’s not always clear where to go, what resources are available to us, or who to turn to when we need support. Public libraries are often easily accessible and free to the public. That means the local public library is often the first port…

The Conversation

Nottingham city council plans cuts to libraries, care homes and youth services

Charges for public toilets and cuts to school lunch grants also proposed in effort to plug £50m funding gap

The Guardian - UK

Republicans will do anything to ban books, even saying they cause porn addiction

One woman’s bizarre claim about a Scholastic book featuring a single kiss is part of a coordinated assault on US free speech

The Guardian - US

Giving children books is good – but saving libraries for them is even better

Letters: The lack of access to well-stocked libraries should concern us more than the number of children owning books, writes Prof Paul Sturges. Plus a letter from Jill Webster on a memorable teacher

The Guardian - UK

Sony is set to remove over a thousand purchased TV shows from PS5 users' digital video libraries

PlayStation users are set to lose access to Discovery content from their purchased digital libraries, with no refunds planned.

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The Guardian - UK

‘My mum’s books survived Putin’s missiles’: defiance after blast destroys Kherson children’s library

A Ukrainian library to which Ed Vulliamy donated works by his late mother, the author Shirley Hughes, is trying to rebuild itself

The Hindu

Government urged to establish children reading clubs in all schools

Writer Naramsetti Umamaheswara Rao urges govt to encourage children literature & involve them in literary activities. Congratulates teacher for writing & publishing book on Telugu festivals, nature, human values & ethics. He suggests teachers to establish reading clubs & encourage kids to visit libraries.

The Texas Tribune

Federal appeals court questions Texas’ new school library regulations

House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.

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Free textures: where to get 3D textures for your artwork

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Opponents want judge to declare Montana drag reading ban unconstitutional without requiring a trial

A group of people, organizations and businesses opposed to a law that restricts drag performances and bans drag reading events at public schools and libraries is asking a federal judge to declare Montana's law unconstitutional without requiring a trial

WEKU

In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries?

There are efforts to change how decisions are made about which books libraries should stock and which section they belong in. Some advocate using a national rating system like the one used for movies.

The Guardian - UK

Ken Follett: ‘You don’t have to wear a hairshirt to be in the Labour party’

The writer, 74, on Bollinger Bolsheviks, champagne socialism, the power of public libraries and how he came to write the first of his 36 novels

The Hindu

A reluctant librarian who became India’s father of library science

The Hindu

Parents will prefer govt. schools to private schools in a couple of years, says Madhu Bangarappa

Minister Madhu Bangarappa says govt schools will get all facilities & in 2-3 yrs people will prefer them. 8,500 classrooms to be built, 13,000 teachers recruited & physical, music & art teachers to be hired. Libraries are helping students in competitive exams & Housing Minister's statement should be clarified.

WEKU

Pink gives away 2,000 banned books at Florida concerts

The pop music icon is taking a stand against the libraries and classrooms around the U.S. that have removed books due to claims of inappropriate content related to sexuality, gender identity and race.

The Independent UK

South Carolina education board deciding whether to limit books and other 'age appropriate' materials

The State Board of Education is considering a universal definition of “age appropriate” educational materials in South Carolina schools and libraries

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