Daily Archives: September 16, 2022

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The period for this pledge has ended, and I have made the donations as promised. The album is still available.

This is off-topic from writing and more personal, but it’s a chance for you to support two worthwhile charities, so I hope no one will mind.

I currently have three albums up on Bandcamp. I don’t claim to be a musician of any distinction; they’re there for my friends, with payment optional. One of them is on the theme of The Magic Battery, so there’s a tenuous connection to my writing.

For the month of September, the net payments I get from Bandcamp for the latest album, Spontaneous Order, will go to Doctors without Borders. In addition, I’ve just announced that I’ll match whatever net payments I get during September 16-30 from any of my albums with a donation to Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, to a cap of $250. Martha’s Vineyard is currently burdened with immigrants that Ron DeSantis dumped there with no warning, and MV Community Services seems to be the best-placed organization to deal with them.

You can download the albums for free or pay as little as one dollar. Even if you don’t like the music, you’ll have done some good.

Banned Books Week 2022

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CC license from pngall.comNormally I don’t pay much attention to Banned Books Week. In past years it seems the scariest scenarios anyone reported were things like someone claiming a book shouldn’t be on library shelves for fourth-graders. I’ve called it “Bland Books Week.” This year is different, though. A movement has arisen from the sewers of the religious right to intimidate and harass librarians. “Woke” leftists and Muslim fanatics also pose threats. People at my local library have been worried, even though little has happened around here.

Here are some incidents that have made the news.
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