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Spain’s leader struggles to answer lawmakers about Ceuta border crisis

MADRID (AP) — A day after tens of thousands of Spaniards protested the government’s handling of the Ceuta…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Abuse #APNews #banned #c__Education #ceuta #Colleges #database #Deal #European #exempt #list #Migration #Morocco #News #oil #reserves #safesport #Sanchez #schools #sex #status #Tax #trump #Union #US #Venezuela
https://www.europesays.com/spain/80113/

The Guardian: Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears. “When Meta used superstar Kylie Jenner to promote its sleek new line of ‘spy glasses’, the social media company hoped the devices would reach the same broad acceptance that tablets and smartwatches have found before them. But those plans have hit a snag in the UK, where venues from elite restaurants […]

Friday, July 17, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/friday-july-17-2026/

“A collection of #StephenKing novellas that inspired classic films including #StandByMe and The #ShawshankRedemption has been #banned from Utah public schools.

Published in 1982, the collection, titled Different Seasons, contains four novellas: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal, Apt Pupil: Summer of Corruption, The Body: Fall from Innocence, and The Breathing Method: A Winter’s Tale.”

Utah. 📚🔥

<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/utah-bans-stephen-king-book-public-schools>

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jun/11/children-hit-by-parents-more-likely-to-bully-others-research-finds; https://www.ucl.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/research-projects/2023/jan/physical-punishment-and-child-outcomes-uk-mixed-methods-study. "Children #smacked by their #parents struggle to get good #exam #results & are more likely to #bully others, causing a negative impact on #society, according to new #research calling for #smacking to be #banned... The #study... also found that #teenagers experiencing #physical #punishment in early #childhood were markedly more likely to bully #siblings & others or engage in #cyberbullying." See also: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/25/smacking-child-england-northern-ireland-adults-violence.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/thursday-june-11-2026/

Which makes on-going #research really difficult to #publish amongst other ills!

Number of #nonfiction books #banned in schools has doubled, report says https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/07/nonfiction-books-banned-schools-doubles-report/89966267007/

#learning #education #continuingeducation #lifelonglearning

#PopeLeo says #aerial #military #strikes should be #banned
"No one shld hv to fear tt threats of #death & #destruction might come fr te sky. After te ​tragic experiences of the 20th century, aerial #bombings should have been ​banned forever," ‌he said. "Yet they still exist … this is not progress; it is ​regression!" The #pope has called repeatedly for a #ceasefire in the #Iran #war. On Sunday he called the conflict a "scandal to the whole #human family"" #JailNetanyahu
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pope-leo-says-aerial-military-strikes-should-be-banned-2026-03-23/

How #DavidAttenborough's #film will get #bottomtrawling #banned
🧐"bottom #trawlers hv been working at #sea for more than a century, but nobody had ever seen tis scene before. No diver wld survive where te #cameras were.. It is a nightmare vision of #massdeath & #destruction..
The worst of it is tt while the #official #UN goal is to have 30% of the world’s #oceans in ‘maritime protected areas’ by 2030, most of those #MPAs still allow #bottom #trawling."
#filmastodon #UNSDG
https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/gwynne-dyer-how-david-attenboroughs-film-will-get-bottom-trawling-banned

— The #collegiate #leagues should #pass a #rule that if a #team #forfeits a #match without a #reasonable and #clearly #articulable #justification, they will be #banned from #participation for the rest of the #season."

It’s not #Twitter any more: your brand needs to #eXit #Musk’s #Hatemongering #binfire.

#ElonMusk reinstated high-profile accounts like #TommyRobinson’s that had been #banned for some of the most #hideous, #racist #content in the #publicdomain.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Business #Brands #SocialMedia #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia

https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2024/08/12/it-s-not-twitter-any-more-your-brand-needs-exit-musk-s-binfire

Exclusive: The Only #Trans #Athlete At The #Olympics Says #Algerian #Boxer Is “#Unquestionably” A #Woman.

#TeamPhilippines’ #HergieBacyadan, the only #transgender #athlete #competing at the 2024 Paris #OlympicGames, #slammed recent #reports alleging that he wanted fellow #boxers #ImaneKhelif and #LinYuTing “#banned.” On the contrary, the #Filipinoathlete #doubleddown on Imane and Lin’s “unquestionable” #femalestatus.

https://www.boredpanda.com/olympic-trans-boxer-hergie-bacyadan-supports-imane-khelif-lin-yu-ting/

#PolitiFact FL: #Banned #books in #Florida #schools: How accurate is a list #Pink shared?

#Pink! partnered with #PENAmerica, a group that #opposes and #tracks #bookbans, to distribute copies of four #bannedbooks during her Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 shows in #Miami and #Sunrise.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.wmfe.org/politics/2023-11-27/politifact-florida-pink-banned-books-giveaway-trustfall-tour

27 Years Ago, A #Groundbreaking #Friends #Episode Was #Banned From #Airing.

Titled “#TheOnewiththeLesbianWedding,” the #Season2 #episode centers on the #marriage between Ross’ ex-wife Carol (#JaneSibbett) and her bride-to-be Susan (#JessicaHecht), and was one of the first #mainstream #depictions of a #samesexmarriage to be #broadcast on #US #television.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture

https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/friends-episode-banned-airing-the-one-with-the-lesbian-wedding

Too much effort looking for "#sexual #depictions" to be #offended by? "#AI" rides to the rescue (or not, depending on your knowledge of "AI" reliability):

"It is simply not feasible to #read every #book and filter for these new [#library] requirements," said Bridgette Exman, assistant superintendent of the school district. So she asks ChatGPT: “Does [book] contain a description or depiction of a sex act?” If the answer is yes, the book will be #banned.

#BookChallenge

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/

#AnneFrank #comic #banned in #Florida #schools after mums from the #Fascist group #IndianRiverCounty chapter of #MomsForLiberty #rage over ‘#sexually #explicit’ #depictions of #nude #statues in the #comic

100-year-old grandmother #GraceLinn said: “One of the #freedoms that the #Nazis crushed was the #freedom to #read the #books that they #banned.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Florida #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Fascism #Censorship

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/07/florida-moms-for-liberty-anne-frank-comic-ban-school-library/

^^^ …and when we say "takingTheWorldPrivate", we also mean #theInternet itself. Apps and increasingly, #hardware, with the advent of #IoT from the likes of #AmazonSidewalk etc.

The #CorporateState hide behind a private veneer. Its private companies #deplatforming so shuddup — but recent comments made by #Biden's WhiteHouseSecretary, #JenPsaki, shows a growing #fascist confluence for #BigTech.

"You should not be #banned from one platform and not others."

#authoritarianism #imprisonList

^^^ …and when we say "takingTheWorldPrivate", we also mean #theInternet itself. Apps and increasingly, #hardware, with the advent of #IoT from the likes of #AmazonSidewalk etc.

The #CorporateState hide behind a private veneer. Its private companies #deplatforming so shuddup — but recent comments made by #Biden's WhiteHouseSecretary, #JenPsaki, a growing #fascist confluence between #BigTech firms.

"You should not be #banned from one platform and not others."

#authoritarianism #imprisonList