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submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

It really rubs me the wrong way when the news talks about how this isn’t just any neighborhood on fire, it is a “very affluent” neighborhood that has now been decimated by the fire. The fire is a tragedy for anyone, and I’m not sure how it being in affluent neighborhood makes it worse

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submitted 71 days ago • 16 comments

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

submitted 72 days ago • 478 comments

If not, I can show up.

submitted 82 days ago • 13 comments

As an AP lit teacher, I spend most my time reading classics preparing for class. I’d love some modern suggestions of books you just couldn’t put down. I need a modern Gatsby style read with vivid descriptions, rich characters development, and deeper thematic meaning. Anyone have suggestions???

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s perfectly acceptable to answer “books and cinnamon rolls” when someone asks what your weekend plans are.

submitted 87 days ago • 58 comments

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submitted 90 days ago • 141 comments

Terry Pratchett was a wise and gifted writer!

submitted 90 days ago • 97 comments

Every time I read about banning books, I think of this: Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius. If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.

submitted 90 days ago • 420 comments

submitted 94 days ago • 6 comments

Nobody got rich on their own. Elizabeth Warren's observation also underpins the argument as to why it is right for the rich to say their fair share of tax.

submitted 94 days ago • 52 comments

Why Beast Mode will always be my favorite! 💙💙💙 youtube.com/shorts/A9H2l...

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Banned means banned anywhere, not necessarily everywhere.

submitted 96 days ago • 65 comments

submitted 96 days ago • 345 comments

Yes! I loved making my own little pizza! Bring back reader rewards! 💕

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Some people just “get it” you know 🥰

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 98 days ago • 32 comments

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

submitted 97 days ago • 441 comments

We can disagree on many things and still remain friends. Bigotry isn't one of them.

submitted 98 days ago • 49 comments

One of my favorite parts of seeing Wicked was just how HAPPY people were leaving the theater. Adults, kids, and especially the theater geeks like me.

submitted 99 days ago • 559 comments

On the basis of "Reading Rainbow" alone LeVar Burton deserves a Nobel

submitted 98 days ago • 141 comments

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

submitted 98 days ago • 850 comments