the hills we climb: Amanda Gorman’s inspirational poem (previously) during the inaugeration for Joe Biden among reading materials subject to a ban in Florida
gen-z-span: a C-SPAN and Tik Tok split-screen is “giving democracy”—via Waxy

love is love: US retailer removing some LGBTQ+ collection apparel from its stores after backlash directed at employees plus more attacks against allied merchandise
line-in-the-sand: negotiations on the impending US debt ceiling have stalled with little time to spare
patent troll: the state of Louisiana introduces legislation to curtail the private equitisation of supposed infringement on intellectual property—via Super Punch
won’t someone think of the children: analyses reveal that the majority of book ban challenges for curricula and libraries come from eleven people