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If you need to visualize how the book restriction bill SB13 would damage Texas schools, here’s the just-released Free-Response Question 3 (Set 2) from this year’s AP Literature exam. And, next to it, here’s the same question with the books that would be banned from schools under the bill whited out.
May 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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So, I got a press release today that's been bugging me. It's partially keeping me up (mostly its arthritis pain in my neck) and I thought I feel like I need to share this.
Wanna see when anti-woke goes off the rails? Come with me!!!!!🧵
Wanna see when anti-woke goes off the rails? Come with me!!!!!🧵
May 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
So, I got a press release today that's been bugging me. It's partially keeping me up (mostly its arthritis pain in my neck) and I thought I feel like I need to share this.
Wanna see when anti-woke goes off the rails? Come with me!!!!!🧵
Wanna see when anti-woke goes off the rails? Come with me!!!!!🧵
I wrote this Python script for a project where we had to write up 40 RTK requests to different school districts. I made a csv file with each district's name, and this just iterates through and fills in the info then saves the file.
github.com/Culler1/PDFW...
github.com/Culler1/PDFW...
PDFWriterThing/PDFFormFilingTemplate.py at main · Culler1/PDFWriterThing
This is my script to write out a bunch of PA RTKL request forms. - Culler1/PDFWriterThing
github.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wrote this Python script for a project where we had to write up 40 RTK requests to different school districts. I made a csv file with each district's name, and this just iterates through and fills in the info then saves the file.
github.com/Culler1/PDFW...
github.com/Culler1/PDFW...
Here's some of the protests that we know are happening in Bcusk County this weekend.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
'Hands Off!' protests planned Saturday for Newtown, Doylestown, Quakertown. What are they
The protests in Newtown, Doylestown and Quakertown are part of a nationwide demonstration against Trump administration policies and budget cuts.
www.phillyburbs.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here's some of the protests that we know are happening in Bcusk County this weekend.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
A couple months ago, I built a scraper that combs through the Moms For Liberty county chapter websites and collects information on its listed officers.
Bucks County grew by seven members since March 23, making it the largest team across the country.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Bucks County grew by seven members since March 23, making it the largest team across the country.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Bucks County's Moms for Liberty has grown the largest leadership team of any U.S. chapter
Growth of the local leadership team may foreshadow a renewed push for conservative cultural causes in Bucks County districts.
www.phillyburbs.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A couple months ago, I built a scraper that combs through the Moms For Liberty county chapter websites and collects information on its listed officers.
Bucks County grew by seven members since March 23, making it the largest team across the country.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Bucks County grew by seven members since March 23, making it the largest team across the country.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
BookLooks is officially gone but the content rating website championed by groups like Moms For Liberty appears to be moving to a new home: RatedBooks.org.
Hundreds of BookLooks reports have already been moved over onto the site earlier this month. Here's how I'm tracking it. 1/15
Hundreds of BookLooks reports have already been moved over onto the site earlier this month. Here's how I'm tracking it. 1/15
Rated Books
Is there explicit content in your child's books? Know before you read.
RatedBooks.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BookLooks is officially gone but the content rating website championed by groups like Moms For Liberty appears to be moving to a new home: RatedBooks.org.
Hundreds of BookLooks reports have already been moved over onto the site earlier this month. Here's how I'm tracking it. 1/15
Hundreds of BookLooks reports have already been moved over onto the site earlier this month. Here's how I'm tracking it. 1/15
It's official, all of the BookLooks pdf reports are officially unavailable on the website.
I ran my scraper to download the files this morning, while they were still available, but contained no new fiels from last week.
Here's my archive of every PDF available.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I ran my scraper to download the files this morning, while they were still available, but contained no new fiels from last week.
Here's my archive of every PDF available.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
March 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It's official, all of the BookLooks pdf reports are officially unavailable on the website.
I ran my scraper to download the files this morning, while they were still available, but contained no new fiels from last week.
Here's my archive of every PDF available.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I ran my scraper to download the files this morning, while they were still available, but contained no new fiels from last week.
Here's my archive of every PDF available.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I created a database of the unofficial primary candidates for school board races in Bucks County. This includes the party each candidate filed for and what party they're registered as in a Feb. 17 voter registration export from the PA state dept.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/p...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/p...
Incumbents mostly sitting out Central Bucks, Pennridge primary races. Who's running?
Check our database of Bucks County school board candidates to see who cross-filed, which party they belong to and more.
www.phillyburbs.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I created a database of the unofficial primary candidates for school board races in Bucks County. This includes the party each candidate filed for and what party they're registered as in a Feb. 17 voter registration export from the PA state dept.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/p...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/p...
BookLooks will be closing down next Sunday. The website has been a resource to parents' rights groups like Moms For Liberty since it was created a few years ago.
I made a database of BookLooks reviews that we used for USA TODAY here. But, I want to go back over it🧵
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
I made a database of BookLooks reviews that we used for USA TODAY here. But, I want to go back over it🧵
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
What's behind the national surge in book bans? A low-tech website tied to Moms for Liberty
The site has become the go-to resource for anyone seeking to ban books, according to experts and a USA TODAY analysis of book-ban attempts nationwide.
www.usatoday.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
BookLooks will be closing down next Sunday. The website has been a resource to parents' rights groups like Moms For Liberty since it was created a few years ago.
I made a database of BookLooks reviews that we used for USA TODAY here. But, I want to go back over it🧵
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
I made a database of BookLooks reviews that we used for USA TODAY here. But, I want to go back over it🧵
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
So, since BookLooks will be going away in a few days, I've downloaded every PDF book report and put it in this Google Drive. You should be able to download them all from here if you need them.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
March 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So, since BookLooks will be going away in a few days, I've downloaded every PDF book report and put it in this Google Drive. You should be able to download them all from here if you need them.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
BookLooks, the book rating website used by parents' rights activists for years, is apparently being closed down.
Seems like as good a time as any to repost this story I worked on two years ago.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
Seems like as good a time as any to repost this story I worked on two years ago.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
March 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
BookLooks, the book rating website used by parents' rights activists for years, is apparently being closed down.
Seems like as good a time as any to repost this story I worked on two years ago.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
Seems like as good a time as any to repost this story I worked on two years ago.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
ICYMI: Indivisible Bucks County delivered hundreds of letters to Fitzpatrick's Middletown office last week raising concerns over DOGE cut, mass firings and other actions by the second Trump administration in its first 6 weeks.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Indivisible Bucks County wants town hall with Rep. Fitzpatrick as GOP faces DOGE backlash
Indivisible Bucks County join growning calls for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick to hold public town hall after budget vote, DOGE cuts.
www.phillyburbs.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ICYMI: Indivisible Bucks County delivered hundreds of letters to Fitzpatrick's Middletown office last week raising concerns over DOGE cut, mass firings and other actions by the second Trump administration in its first 6 weeks.
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Fitzpatrick echoed comments from Speaker Johnson last week that paid protesters were responible for multiple contentious GOP town halls in recent weeks.
Neither Johnson then nor Fitzpatrick on Sunday cited specific examples of supposed "paid troublemakers."
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Neither Johnson then nor Fitzpatrick on Sunday cited specific examples of supposed "paid troublemakers."
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
'Dark money groups' turn town halls into 'circus': Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on CBS show
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick addressed recent advice by GOP leadership to avoid town hall meetings on Sunday's "Face the Nation."
www.phillyburbs.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fitzpatrick echoed comments from Speaker Johnson last week that paid protesters were responible for multiple contentious GOP town halls in recent weeks.
Neither Johnson then nor Fitzpatrick on Sunday cited specific examples of supposed "paid troublemakers."
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
Neither Johnson then nor Fitzpatrick on Sunday cited specific examples of supposed "paid troublemakers."
www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...
I don't think I have the emotional strength for Groundhog Day memes tomorrow.
February 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I don't think I have the emotional strength for Groundhog Day memes tomorrow.
I love writing lede as a non-sports person.
"Two teams will do a thing in a couple of weeks, something something go birds."
"Two teams will do a thing in a couple of weeks, something something go birds."
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I love writing lede as a non-sports person.
"Two teams will do a thing in a couple of weeks, something something go birds."
"Two teams will do a thing in a couple of weeks, something something go birds."
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"We must resist policies that risk erasing the representation of diverse families, which would put in jeopardy all students’ freedom to read & learn"
PEN America Responds to SCOTUS' Decision to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Responds to SCOTUS' Decision to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: pen.org/press-releas...
Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Parents’ Objections to LGBTQ+ Children’s Books - PEN America
Jonathan Friedman, Sy Syms managing director, U.S. Free Expression programs at PEN America, said: “At the heart of this case are objections by some parents to allowing their kids access to books about...
pen.org
January 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"We must resist policies that risk erasing the representation of diverse families, which would put in jeopardy all students’ freedom to read & learn"
PEN America Responds to SCOTUS' Decision to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Responds to SCOTUS' Decision to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: pen.org/press-releas...
Today's project: The FRC Chapters page includes a PDF that has the leaders of those state chapters (except for one, but hold on).
These are nonprofit groups, and I'd like to know what other nonprofits those leaders might be involved with.
So ...
downloads.frc.org/EF/EF23I19.pdf
These are nonprofit groups, and I'd like to know what other nonprofits those leaders might be involved with.
So ...
downloads.frc.org/EF/EF23I19.pdf
downloads.frc.org
January 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today's project: The FRC Chapters page includes a PDF that has the leaders of those state chapters (except for one, but hold on).
These are nonprofit groups, and I'd like to know what other nonprofits those leaders might be involved with.
So ...
downloads.frc.org/EF/EF23I19.pdf
These are nonprofit groups, and I'd like to know what other nonprofits those leaders might be involved with.
So ...
downloads.frc.org/EF/EF23I19.pdf
So, I've been working on something the past couple of weeks. Basically, I wanted to compile information about the Family Research Council's "state chapters," state organizations that lobby for a "biblical worldview" like FRC does at a national level.
January 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So, I've been working on something the past couple of weeks. Basically, I wanted to compile information about the Family Research Council's "state chapters," state organizations that lobby for a "biblical worldview" like FRC does at a national level.
A Texas-based cyber charter school is looking to set up shop in PA with a AI-tailored lessons and compressing the typical school day into 2 hours for academics that leaves time to "develop crucial life skills." Bethany Rodgers and I reporting.
www.goerie.com/story/news/e...
www.goerie.com/story/news/e...
This Pennsylvania cyber charter proposal would replace teachers with AI-based lessons
Representatives of Unbound Academy say their AI technology tailors lessons to each child, helping them master material more quickly.
www.goerie.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A Texas-based cyber charter school is looking to set up shop in PA with a AI-tailored lessons and compressing the typical school day into 2 hours for academics that leaves time to "develop crucial life skills." Bethany Rodgers and I reporting.
www.goerie.com/story/news/e...
www.goerie.com/story/news/e...
I'm working on a story about the executive order to end remote work for federal employees. Anyone out there a federal civilian employee from Bucks or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who works remotely I could talk to on the record?
January 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm working on a story about the executive order to end remote work for federal employees. Anyone out there a federal civilian employee from Bucks or Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who works remotely I could talk to on the record?
Last month, the St. Francis Area Schools Board of Ed in Minnesota made BookLooks an official reference when determining if it will allow new books into its public school libraries. Let's dive into how BookLooks rates titles and grades the age-appropriateness of each title. bit.ly/4fXgeno 1/20
PEN America Calls on Minnesota School District to Rescind Policy Naming BookLooks.org as Primary Resource for Book Purchases and Challenges - PEN America
PEN America today called on a Minnesota public school district to reverse its decision to rely primarily on a website that scans books for “objectionable content” for its book purchasing and challenge...
bit.ly
January 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Last month, the St. Francis Area Schools Board of Ed in Minnesota made BookLooks an official reference when determining if it will allow new books into its public school libraries. Let's dive into how BookLooks rates titles and grades the age-appropriateness of each title. bit.ly/4fXgeno 1/20