As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: https://propub.li/3TBuddL
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An artificial intelligence system designed by Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, submitted a false homicide tip to the Philadelphia police, the latest incident of AI agents acting in ways that weren’t intended.
AI system submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Anthropic’s AI agent used an online tip line to suggest it had information about an unsolved murder.
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Saw this in Belleville, Ill. and it's excellent.
Poets & Writers@pw.org · 3d ago#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for The Librarians, a documentary which focuses on the escalating book bans in public libraries and the harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing the work of librarians and how they are standing up for the freedom to read. at.pw.org/TheLibrarians
"I grew up in Wisconsin, in a town so small we had no stoplights," writes @charlesjensen.bsky.social. "It was isolated intellectually and culturally. The nearest bookstore and movie theater were almost 20 miles away... What my hometown did have was a library" pen.org/no-small-tow... #BannedBooksWeek
The American Library Association has published a list of the 150 most challenged books documented between 1990 and 2025.
Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has published a list of the 150 most challenged books documented between 1990 and 2025. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual…
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NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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LET BOOKS BE WRITTEN! Book bans harm readers, authors, and the institutions we hold dear. How can you ensure books are written? Arm yourself with the data, and take action! Protect the freedom to read! #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe
This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books
Factoid I just learned: 40 percent of college students nationwide are nontraditional adult learners. That means they’re over 21, veterans, parents, bounce-backs or otherwise different from the traditional 18-year-old immediate high school graduates.
Most authors who have been banned will tell you it’s a gruesome experience. Bookings drop off a cliff, sales are not enough to compensate, and in the era of social media, you are targeted by the worst humans with harassment and doxxing. This is not a good thing, despite how we used to joke about it.
Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com · 6d agoIt happens every #BannedBooksWeek. No, you don't wish your book were banned.
Banned Books Week is here! Every day this week, we’ll spotlight a banned or challenged book AND share a simple action you can take to help protect the freedom to read.
Sweet Christmas. I was hoping the slight downward trend last year meant this was losing steam. Nearly 12,000 instances last year. Time to update my PowerPoint.
PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social · last wk.Still not a hoax.
Last night I dreamed about... sleeping. Seriously. It's like Inception of Sleep. And also a sign that the convention life will drive you to psychosis. #glamourofbeingawriter
Donald Duck is sleepy in bed
ALT: Donald Duck is sleepy in bed
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Join us in supporting banned and challenged books this #BannedBooksWeek 📚 Use code BBW26 to get 15% off select banned and challenged titles now through October 18. See the full list: bookshop.org/info/banned-... Expires 10/18/26. Discount off list prices, excludes ebooks.
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As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.
This New Mexico lawyer is representing a man who was found guilty of killing his wife earlier this year. Here he is being ripped apart by judges who found that he used ChatGPT to make up nonexistent witnesses and testimony. Read more: www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
Oh gee, an editorial assistant at Tor is completely enthralled with my voice in the book that came out nine years ago! Sigh. These are the worst scams, because they prey on people who are desperate for connections in the business and also have no money.
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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First posted this four years ago, after the attempt on his life. The sentiment will remain valid always.
Okay, for the record? I wouldn’t bring a beverage of any kind to a job interview except maybe a water bottle that I’d discreetly leave in my wheelchair cupholder. Why? Not because of female oppression or whatever. Because slurping through a straw likely isn’t going to leave the best impression. 🤷🏻♀️
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Variety et al? Can we please stop pretending Tilly Norwood is a real person? Probably her randomly breaking out into Chinese during an interview should have been a clue.
Candice Frederick@candicefrederick.bsky.social · 2w agoi feel crazy variety.com/2026/film/gl...
A touch of natural beauty to enliven your Friday.
Susan Valot@susanvalot.bsky.social · 2w agoA tiny hint of fall in the Yosemite Valley.
