Lots o' Links...
Links!
- Libraries, Books, Writers, & Suchlike
- David McCullough Explains Why Librarians Are the Best
- Liberty Counsel, a Christian group, sues Wake County Public Library
- 112 Artists Donate Works to 21st Children’s Book Art Auction & Reception "Among the pieces up for bidding will be special works created in tribute to bestselling author Judy Blume, who is this year’s honoree for her groundbreaking books, which opened children’s literature to the discussion of problems that kids and teens grapple with every day."
- Spanish-language literary festival back in L.A. after year's hiatus
- May 14, 1842: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, publishes his popular volume Poems
- TPP
- Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill That's extremely disappointing, but the fight's not over yet: "There is a better chance that Fast Track can be stopped in the House, where proportionally more lawmakers have expressed their opposition to the bill than in the Senate." Don't Let Congress Fast-Track TPP!
- Net & Tech
- Whistleblower Claims Cybersecurity Company Generated Fake Data Breaches To Sell Protective Services
- Why net neutrality rules have angered some small Internet providers "Concerns appear to be overblown, caused by misunderstanding of the new rules." That's being nice about it, I think.
- A first in Michigan: Tesla buys Grand Rapids auto supplier
- Blizzard bans more than 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts
- Fishy Robot Designed To Dunk Into Europa’s Oceans
- Robotic Octopus Arm Could Revolutionize Surgery
- Health & Science
- Deadly Bird Flu Spreading: Nebraska Declares State of Emergency
- The Great Pot Experiment "Welcome to the encouraging, troubling and strangely divided frontier of marijuana science." Fascinating reading.
- Viagra Could Help Fight Malaria
- These Extraordinary Images Could Be The Key To Better Research Into Autism
- US Beekeepers Lost 40% Of Bees Last Year Alone
- Deep Sea Creatures Off The Coast Of Puerto Rico So cool!
- Bill Nye Wants You To Help Him Build A Solar Powered Spacecraft
- Education
- The Well-Designed Research Assignment Librarians (at least, those doing bibliographic instruction), teachers, and homeschooling parents - this is great advice!
- Making History: A Time-Travel Curriculum for Makers Looks awesome!
- Why I make my kids read privacy policies Not directly about education, sure - but it ought to be required learning.
- The Stark Inequality of U.S. Public Schools, Mapped
- Abstinence-only curriculum is not sex education, judge rules
- Louisiana
- Esplanade Avenue mansion in New Orleans is being restored to serve as school " St. Anna's is restoring the mansion, which will serve as an Episcopalian school to help children in need."
- Authority Issues
- Juror and Former Officer Raise Doubt About Patz Prosecution
- Video appears to show Alton officer macing handcuffed teens
- International
- Other (Serious Stuff)
- In Landslide Vote, House Overwhelmingly Passes USA Freedom Act without Amendments Gah! I wish they'd just sunset the Patriot Act instead!
- College Student to Jeb Bush: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’ Related: Laura Ingraham On Jeb's Iraq Answer: There's 'Something Wrong With You' Jeb Bush needs some help understanding the whole Middle East situation, it appears.
- The real reason young people are the poorest generation in 25 years
- The Story of How Bernie Sanders Became Famous Will Make You Love Him Even More
- From the "Ten Ideas to Save the Economy" series: Robert Reich explains why we need to expand Social Security in three minutes I mean, he takes three minutes to explain it - I think it'll probably take more than three minutes to expand it.
- Wisconsin Assembly passes junk food, drug testing bills Boooo...
- Father Headed To Work Calls 911 After Forgetting Baby In Car
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