11,982 — Record 11,982 book bans in US schools targeted LGBTQ+ themes

Music Barriers facing black and south Asian music events ‘cost London up to £141m a year’ · theguardian.com Michael Stipe Shares Debut Solo Album Release Plan, Talks New Music With Monica Lewinsky · stereogum.com Calvin Harris Announces Spring 2027 North American Tour Dates - · music.mxdwn.com

Food Inside India newsletter: Food crisis, economic shock ahead as India braces for El Niño · cnbc.com Food Aid Enrollment Tanks After SNAP Rule Changes · kffhealthnews.org AI may change the price of your Big Mac and groceries · cnbc.com

Book Record 11,982 Book Bans in US Schools Targeting LGBTQ+ Themes · thepinknews.com Novelist Jeffrey Archer, 86, dies on eve of book’s release · arkansasonline.com All 80 books banned in Minnesota last year came from one school · startribune.com

Pizza Popular Frozen Pizza Brand Discontinued After Nearly 60 Years in the Freezer Aisle · today.com

Coffee Cardiologist: Moderate coffee drinking unlikely to harm the heart · wtoc.com Scientists Had Coffee Drinkers Quit for Two Weeks. One Result Stood Out · newsweek.com Starbucks Japan serves up new Coffee Espresso Cream Frappuccino for Nighttime Dolce Coffee… · soranews24.com

Mental Health AI Chatbots Often Fail To Help Users In Mental-Health Crisis · time.com ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work · npr.org No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real · theguardian.com

Writing Writing in Times of War: Oleksandr Mykhed on Losing Ukrainian Books to Russian Bombs · lithub.com I've spent a decade teaching AI to write. Here's why your slop posts are ruining your LinkedIn · fortune.com

Celebrities Ryan Reynolds makes desperate attempt to save Blake Lively’s reputation in shocking private… · pagesix.com

Feminism Forced Underground, Russia’s Feminists Find New Ways to Keep Working · themoscowtimes.com

Storytelling Memory Collectors Storytelling Project: Fighting Alzheimer's with Art Embarks on 2026 Cultural… · channel3000.com

Punk DESCENDENTS: MILO GOES TO COMICS Graphic Novel to Launch via Z2 · broadwayworld.com Descendents to release graphic novel and 7-inch · punknews.org Review: Sex Pistols at the Ogden Theater · westword.com

Performance Kirkland & Ellis to stop disclosing financial performance · ft.com USPS Shift to Career Employees Clearly Raised Costs but Not Performance, Says Audit · fedweek.com Black headliner for the Tesla Model 3 Performance, larger screen for the entire lineup, better… · teslaoracle.com

Creativity Creative drawing ability is linked to the brain’s white matter wiring, study finds · psypost.org Dolphins Show Signs of Creative Thinking in Unprompted Object Play, Study · bioengineer.org

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