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.

I want a Rexy-wrapped MINI. (I miss my JCW.)

The Cubs, Mets, Rockies, Red Sox are in their expected last places. Mariners and Astros a bit of surprise tied for last. But the Athletics are leading the west! End tte season now.

Noted Shakespeare scholar Sassy has no idea who keeps moving her books.

Tony Stewart has his IndyCar on his wall.

Illinois Becomes First State To Require Haircut Leave While Bob Grows Out SPRINGFIELD, IL—As the landmark bipartisan legislation passed into law Thursday, Illinois became the first state in the union to mandate paid haircut leave while an employee’s new bob grows out. “Effe...

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Post your favorite film from the year you turned 18.

The Jets being the Jets are most likely to attempt to draft Angel Reese.

A thread about the farthest apart two humans have ever been

St. Louis Art Museum

For some reason they took the time to tell you you had entered the German section.

Mannequin Sans Pis

The Egyptians.

“You want to be a PAINTER?”

“No, Father. I want to be Renoir.”

Front to side view totally different attitude.

He was mounted too low to see the evil.

End the Romans with some busts.

Even more.

Some color Roman bits.

More Roman bits.

Caligula. They brought Caligula. I mean, the worst of the worst of the Roman emperors (shut up and fiddle, Nero).

But it was a genuine HOLY SHIT moment to actually see Little Boots here.

And a Matilda and other just labeled “barbarian”.

And one would expect to see his adopted son/heir Hadrian here.

Emperor Trajan is currently featured at this king’s art museum.

“I notice you skipped right over the cookware.”

“I took a hundred photos of Caligula to make up for that!”

Science isn’t a popularity contest.

If you recognize which unnamed woman is talking because you're asked for comment and the comment makes it clear which of the woman's rape stories match your memory of events, and you text that specific woman and say "stop telling people I raped you," that is.... sure an admission of something.

Have literally—somehow—never seen that tunnel before. That couldn’t look more PA.