Fresh off the heels of the Canadian election, two more countries are heading to the polls this weekend. Our @NewsDesk shared a guide to the Australian election, while our @CultureDesk looked at how the Singaporean government is attempting to reach young voters. Both countries vote on May 3.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626e935llwo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yldprrdg3o

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Texas’s House Bill 3225 is aimed at municipal libraries, and bans anyone aged under 18 from accessing “sexually explicit materials,” without defining what that is, restricts their access to the library’s general collection, even for school assignments, and more. Author Chris Barton testified against this at the Texas legislature, and writes for @TexasObserver about the many problems with this bill. “If a few Texas parents don’t want their kids to have free and full access to our libraries, let those parents hold their own children’s hands, never allow them out of their sight, and never allow them to think for themselves. That’s on them,” he writes. “But Texas libraries are treasures paid for by our tax dollars. Leave our libraries alone and let the rest of us — of all ages — make good use of them.”

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-censorship-libraries/

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@Fat_Farang And they call it the good book!