Yesterday's Post

I was going to post this last night, but we lost our Internet connection for a while - who knows why. (Comcast. Comcast knows.)

Anyway! Enjoy:

Links!

• Libraries, Books, & Authors
• Affirm the Freedom to Read During Banned Books Week, Sept. 21-27, 2014 
• Comics Take Center Stage For This Year’s Banned Books Week Celebration 
• Publishers Events During Banned Books Week 
• Random House Children’s Books's First Amendment First Aid Kit  
• Check out these Krug Fund-sponsored Banned Books Week 2014 events! 
• This is especially for Sho: What Writers Are Saying About Scottish Independence 
• Op-Ed : LAUSD's students need better libraries, not iPads 
• Net & Tech
• The Deepwater Search for the Antikythera Mechanism, the World’s First Computer 
• Science
• Vaccination Rates In Elite Los Angeles Schools Now Worse Than In Southern Sudan 
• Authority Issues
• Utah authorities alter account of Darrien Hunt shooting by police
• Video of Richland County deputy tasing handcuffed suspect turned over for investigation 
• ACLU of Maine Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Couple Arrested for Watching Police Interaction 
• Not every police chief is ignoring or exacerbating the problem, though: DC Police Chief Publicly Criticizes Officer's Actions After He Attempts To Shut Down A Citizen Recording An Arrest 
• Officer Wilson testifies before grand jury in Ferguson shooting case 
• Other
• The Top 3 Things You Need to Know About the 2013 Poverty and Income Data 
• Religious post: Is It Time To Remove The Flag From The Church Sanctuary? 
• Strange, Gorgeous Art Made From Single-Cell Organisms Under a Microscope 
• Thailand beach murders: Fury as Thai PM criticises behaviour of Brits battered to death on island 
• Libertarian ‘Utopia’ Styled After Ayn Rand Book Spectacularly Falls Apart Almost Immediately 
• The Lost Forest World of the World’s Largest Cave