In 2023, Governor JB Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, advocates, and lawmakers at the Harold Washington Library to sign legislation outlawing book bans in Illinois.

Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all.

Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy.

This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech.

My Columbine Birthday Redux: April 20, 1999 Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen, "Anthem")

Here's Number Two

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Springtime for Bernstein on April 20 redux With my annual April 20 natal day, the return of my birthday observations April 20 used to be someone else's birthday. Not no more. Sieg heil, baby!

Yes, it's my birthday. Here's my two annual Substack posts on the meaning of an April 20 birthday. First in the first post, second in comments.

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Giving up a pint this morning. 🩸 A great way to commence my new trip around the sun.

#DonateBlood

Inredible what arises from a simple AI prompt such as “Donald Trump as Jesus and Baby Jesus healing a bunny in heaven surrounded by giraffe and monkey angels, plus Superman, Diet Coke and a Big Mac in front of the White House ballroom.”

My Moon Geek Week does not disappoint! 🌖🚀🚀
#ArtemisII #Artemis #Moon

Nice knowing you all….

The Four Brothers of your Pesach Haggadah. Chag Pesach sameach! ✡️

Arrived in the mail this morning. The Criterion Collection has outdone itself. Pristine print, loaded with extras, including an insightful director’s commentary. I am binging today!

It was either this or The Oscars. I went highbrow.

Get started.

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#ShabbatShalom #JewishBluesky

Yes, I know it's spring training standings but holy crap! The White Sox are 6th overall of 15 teams in the Cactus League (as of March 5). Dare a boy dream Reinsdorf is fielding a real MLB team this year instead of players suited only for the AA minor leagues? Hope springs eternal.

#WhiteSox #MLB

2/2 I tried fixes I've found on Reddit and YouTube. No luck. I prefer OnlyOffice over Libre, but without SpellCheck, the software is useless. Does anyone have a solution?

#OnlyOffice #WritersofBlueSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #MSWord #Opensourcesoftware

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1/2 I'm ramping off MS Word. Why pay Bill Gates mondo $$$$ when open source software is just a mouse click away. I like OnlyOffice, but I can't get the SpellChecker to work. Believe me, I've tried everything. Many emails were exchanged between me and OnlyOffice tech support. Nothing worked.

NOW!

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#NASAWebb provided the first vertical view of Uranus's ionosphere, revealing auroras shaped by its tilted magnetic field: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2602

Mario Puzo's Writing Advice, Day 5: Write first. Edit second. Never combine the two into a single task.

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Mario Puzo's Writing Advice, Day 4: Understand your characters, no matter where they fall on the moral spectrum.

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Five Days of Writing Advice from Mario Puzo, Day 3: Fake it til you make it.

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Never tell everyone outside the family. Show it.

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Quit reading this and get back to work!

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Five Days of Writing Advice from Mario Puzo
Day 1: Don’t let readers off the hook for old time’s sake.

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Happy President's Day!

You can go your own way.

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Read it? Write it.

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Wherever you go, there you are.

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The Typewriter's Collage Written on a Typewriter with Typing Paper I've searched hither and yon for authentic typing paper. A trip to the Dollar Store became quest fulfilled (sort of)

Eureka! I've found it! Once again into the breach with The Typewriter's Collage typewritten post. My latest on Substack.

#Substack #Typewriters #WritersSky #AuthorsSky

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Bye, bye WWW

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Tell it, kiddo.

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