Laid Waste
I’ll keep her safe, which thou canst never do.… She will never know sorrow, nor age, nor infirmity, nor want. More
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The children see book banning clearly for the attack on their reading lives and the desecration of their libraries that it is. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1640039852593799170
“PEN America applauds this bipartisan letter highlighting the egregious attacks on free expression and human rights at the hands of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman...." https://raskin.house.gov/press-releases?ID=419D8E6E-0AA9-445B-A4D5-28615C8986BEExpression (1/2)
While notifying “legacy” verified users their blue checks will be taken away unless they pay $8/month and insisting everyone should be treated equally, @elonmusk is boosting a secret list of users including AOC, Ben Shapiro & Catturd, reports @ZoeSchiffer https://www.platformer.news/p/the-secret-list-of-twitter-vips-getting