If we survive this, I really hope parents take a long look at how they are teaching empathy to their children. It's so obvious that that is the missing ingredient in huge chunks of the population, amplified by social media algorithms and cultural rewards for reactions rather than thoughtfulness.

The Seattle Public Library responds to Feb. 23 Urbanist article Dear patrons and community, Some of you may have read or heard about a Feb. 23 article published by the Urbanist regarding implementation of The Seattle Public Library’s Community Use Agreement und…

You can put the pitchforks and torches against ::checks notes:: librarians away.

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Agree.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

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