Here's the thing: libraries and museums have never, at any time, been about moving in lockstep with anything. They've never been about promoting manifest destiny or American exceptionalism, altho public libraries probably are one of our few truly exceptional areas.

This is new & frightening turf.

So apparently not talking about words is a thoughtcrime.

Orwell would be, uh, not proud at all. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought...

An utterly dreadful video but man there was action on the river today! (Reddit tells me it was some guy who thought he'd take a swim and hadn't thought it through.) #ChicagoRiver #YouDontWantToSwimHere

Okay so first lol, the Founding Fathers were an ungodly mess, there are better memories to point to, and second uh. Pretty sure they fought a war that lasted nearly a decade.