December 23, 2023

Above, The Talking Heads perform, Burning Down The House. Nazis, fascists, and book-burners! Oh, my!

David Fitzsimmons asks what kind of vermin calls people 'vermin'?

The Verge reports that Substack will not remove or demonetize Nazi content.

Disconnect says it's time to be honest about Musk's vacuum tube to nowhere.

Annie Asks You wants some help in spreading the good truth, you know, that our failed political press ™ ignores.

Bonus Track: The Library Foundation presents Libraries Lead The Way. This is a round table discussion of the Books Unbanned project, in which several large library systems in Blue States opened up their electronic collections to anyone, anywhere in the country to fight the on-going book censorship movement. Librarians are heroes and total badasses!

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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