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I really wanted to find a way to work this Onion "why libraries should be defunded" man-on-the-street interview into my essay on public libraries. I think I've found the spot :)

And New York’s librarians, like their counterparts around the country, are facing new public pressures — not necessary from the communities in which they’re embedded, but from geographically distributed activists engaged in coordinated censorship and harassment campaigns. In New York City, Pro-Israel protesters have surrounded and filmed librarians who’ve hosted events addressing Palestinian politics or organized displays of books by Palestinian authors. Some library administrators have prohibited engagement with Israel and Palestine, too. Around the country, white supremacist groups have shown up to protest children’s story hours. Montana passed a law restricting drag readings at public schools and libraries — popular activities misrepresented by detractors as “grooming” ceremonies — just a year after the International Federation of Library Associations named its fabulous Missoula Public Library, designed by MSR and A&E, the “Public Library of 2022.” While stellar public architectur
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novelletten.bsky.social

渋谷駅前 In front of Shibuya Station, Tokyo 5 September 2024 #摩天楼#高層ビル#建築#夜景#skyscraper#towerbuilding#architectur#building#nightscape

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Eesiode.bsky.social

📃Scientific paper: Segmentation of thyroid glands and nodules in ultrasound images using the improved U-Net architectur... ➡️ Continued on ES/IODE

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JBj2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Today’s new verb and concept: #reæstheticise#nyt

Tainted Berlin Can't Give It Away Nazi and Communist chapters of Ger- many's past. "If they look too beautiful, you re-aes- theticize their reign," said Thomas Web- er, a professor of history and interna- tional affairs at the University of Aber- deen, in Scotland. "But if you leave them but somehow destroy how they func- tioned at the time, then people will not understand, either." The mansion is filled with architectur- al flourishes that were popular among Nazi leaders, like its clever day-room windows that fold away into the floor — a touch also used in Hitler's own vaca- tion retreat in the Bavarian Alps. There is a bunker out back, too, just in case.
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Eesiode.bsky.social

📃Scientific paper: Segmentation of thyroid glands and nodules in ultrasound images using the improved U-Net architectur... ➡️ Continued on ES/IODE

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Eesiode.bsky.social

📃Scientific paper: Segmentation of thyroid glands and nodules in ultrasound images using the improved U-Net architectur... ➡️ Continued on ES/IODE

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