Edythe KirkOct 1, 2023
Will Robinson

Banned Books week starts October 1st. Join LeVar Burton and other organizations that are fighting for your right to read. Follow, sign up, or donate to make a difference. Together, we can protect our freedom to access diverse books and information! 📚 #LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025

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Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 1, 2023

@WillRobinson

Wannabe feudalistic aristocrats have always feared the power of literacy...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2780160

https://www.jstor.org/stable/650183

Even America's founding fathers recognized the dangers of an artificial aristocracy
https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch15s61.html

Education in the Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

Show threadacmOct 1, 2023
@WillRobinson My! THAT is a tasty photo!!
Show threadComputeforloot Oct 1, 2023
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Show threadFlorida TedOct 2, 2023

@WillRobinson @Computeforloot > It's Perfectly Normal, became one of the most banned books of the past two decades. The book is meant to teach children 10 and older about sexual health, emotional health and relationships, and contains sections on puberty, pregnancy and sexual orientation.

www.npr.org/2014/09/21/3503664…

Show threadMike ShprygovOct 2, 2023
@Computeforloot @WillRobinson i like it how that Fahrenheit 451 is the foundation, that quite is symbolic.
Show threadComputeforloot Oct 2, 2023
@mister_mike @WillRobinson 😊
Show threadC0ppertopOct 2, 2023
@WillRobinson why the doesn’t one of the networks have a nightly segment, where they read a list of the books banned in Texas. They could provide people with the names of out of state libraries and publishers thst can send/rent/sell the books. Ebooks too if they are available.
Call it the FAbbot show or something.
Show threadTracingVRL by A.J. FishOct 2, 2023
@WillRobinson The documentary "Right to Read" debuted last year and is being showed sporadically. If you get a chance to view it online, do it. Good job. How grateful we are to Levar Burton's 3rd grade teacher who pointed out he was a "good reader" as described last week on the Marc Maron podcast http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1474-levar-burton .
Episode 1474 - LeVar Burton — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

LeVar Burton was on track to join the priesthood early in life. But that actually turned out to be the fast track to acting and by age 19 he was starring in one of the most watched television programs of all time. LeVar and Marc talk about what he learned while making Roots, why he wanted to be on S

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Show threadFull Metal AccountantOct 2, 2023
@WillRobinson
Rocks the beard.
Show threadllanciawnOct 2, 2023
@WillRobinson Turn banned books into reading lists.
Show threadspheruliticOct 2, 2023
@WillRobinson Republican Reading Rainbow: after the opening credits, Florida State Troopers burst onto the set with guns drawn, screaming at LeVar Burton to “get the fuck on the ground”