it's that we are being constantly oppressed by the general public and especially those in power, and all these debates around validity do is distract from and bury the visibility of real oppression 2/8
shady making direct eye contact with everyone reading this
not this thread making me cry
Hope everyone gets a chance to read this one today. My colleague Kate Knibbs visited the Internet Archive IRL. It’s in grave danger. www.wired.com/story/intern...
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
It's currently Banned Books Week and I'd love to use this moment to remind you that book bans aren't about the books. They're about silencing marginalized people (and creating the permission structure for their harm) and defunding institutions of public learning.
NEW: Californians are voting on a measure this fall to remove the 'slavery loophole' from its state constitution. No gimme: In a recent poll, it polled the worse out of all 10 initiatives tested. We looked at why it'd matter—to ban forced prison labor. boltsmag.org/california-a...
Prop 6 would amend the state constitution to ban “involuntary servitude” and prohibit state prisons from punishing incarcerated people for refusing a work assignment.
FTP has a new zine "Public Libraries 101." It's free to read and also to make copies to share in your communities. drive.google.com/file/d/1JfsS...
Love this tshirt which everyone can get from here :) www.bonfire.com/libraries-fo... This is how we currently fund our work at FTP. Thanks for taking action!