The Meme is the Theme
Resisting Social Justice Warriors
In rare move, school librarian fights back in court against conservative activists
At the same time, another Facebook page called “Bayou State of Mind” posted memes with Jones’ photo and said she is “advocating teaching anal sex to 11-year-olds.” The page, which has 6,300 followers, regularly posts anti-abortion comments, misinformation about Covid vaccines and memes insulting the LGBTQ community. It later mocked her and other librarians fighting censorship. According to the lawsuit, Thames runs the “Bayou State of Mind” page.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rare-move-school-librarian-fights-back-court-conservative-activists-rcna42800
I know it when I see it
The expression became one of the best-known phrases in the history of the Supreme Court. Though “I know it when I see it” is widely cited as Stewart’s test for “obscenity”, he did not use the word “obscenity” himself in his short concurrence, but stated that he knew what fitted the “shorthand description” of “hard-core pornography” when he saw it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
Conservative Michigan town defunds library over LGBTQ book
Residents were incensed over the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir, a coming-of-age autobiography that explores the life of the non-binary author and illustrator.
For months, residents have demanded the removal of the book. The library responded by moving the book behind the counter so it was out of reach of children.
But that wasn’t enough. Opponents of the novel formed a group, the Jamestown Conservatives, which baselessly suggested the library was grooming children and led an effort to defund the library.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450
More Protection for Targeted Speakers – The Florida Bar
SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation)3 are legal actions brought against concerned citizens, bloggers, journalists, businesses, and other entities involved in speaking out on issues of concern to the public. In these suits, a plaintiff sues a speaker alleging defamation or other civil wrong not for the purpose of pursuing a case for damages but, rather, with the primary motivation to intimidate the target into silence by the sheer burden and expense of having to defend the suit.4 If the target or others are silenced because of the lawsuit, the plaintiff “wins” in attacking defendant’s First Amendment rights and the consequence is a limited or warped debate on an issue of public concern.
https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/floridas-expanded-anti-slapp-law-more-protection-for-targeted-speakers/
Debunking Flat Earth
Solstice Observations
A Visualization of the 2021 Solstice Observations
I Can Science That organized an effort to observe the sun angles at multiple latitudes at solar noon on 2021-06-20. This is an interactive visualization of the resulting data.
Solstice Observations – An Interactive Display by I Can Science That for further explanation.
Drag the diagram to change the hypothesis between a hollow Earth, a flat Earth and a globe Earth.
For each angle measurement, an error is estimated by calculating the difference to a linear least squares fit of all the measurements. The measurements with a high error are shown with a less visible color.
This visualization is made by ion.
https://solstice2021.heh.fi/
Music Credits
Danheim – Mannavegr (Full Album 2017) Viking Era & Viking War Music
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Sector Space
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Gregorian Chants at 432Hz | 3 Hours of Healing Music
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Barenaked Ladies – Flat Earth (Official Audio)
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Mason Proffit – Two Hangmen
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