April 22, 2020

Meanwhile. . .

Slava Malamud,Twitter: "I never understood it how Americans love abbreviating everything, even words that don't need abbreviating (seriously, "bod"?), and the US media is so fond of truncating words to fit headlines, yet they always feel the word "lied" needs to be expanded by four more syllables.

At 55%, Americans' support for Palestinian statehood is highest since 2003

Attempts to remove books from libraries across the US rose almost a fifth last year, with children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters making up 80% of the most challenged books,” according to the annual report from the American Library Association. – The Guardian

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