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Certainly didn’t have “interview with Otaku USA” on my 2024 bingo card, but here we are. Jennifer Jenkins and I discuss the insane “Sasaki and Miyano” ban.
Updating the Book Banning Timeline spreadsheet I’ve been using as my own “When did this happen? Is there video?” reference, and realized that it might be useful to others (at least locally). So now it gets web-ified at roub.net/brevard-book-banning-timeline
Parsing Descript Output Into Individual Video Clips
At least once a week, I use Descript to find clips in lengthy video files (usually School Board or other meetings, downloaded from YouTube). Being able to edit/trim/find speech by just searching for and editing text (especially when the meeting runs several hours) is amazing.
Amber Yantz for School Board Kickoff
Join us today for the Amber Yantz for BPS School Board Campaign Launch at the Broken Barrel Tavern in Palm Bay.
In Tonight's News: Irony Is Still Dead
Earlier tonight I posted a video to TikTok, lamenting the insanity that is Moms For Liberty and in particular their book ban crusade, not least the forced coverup of cartoons in children’s books.
"We Have a Process"
@paulroub Mainlining Moms For Liberty “standards”, changing the rules to make it ever-harder for a library book to survice… just not good enough for the Brevard County School Board. That pesky review committee done gone and said a book should live! Can’t have that. #supportpubliceducation #stopmomsforliberty #florida #stopbookbanning #brevardcounty #creepingfascism #thenowheregirls ♬ original sound - Paul Roub Incredibly proud of Brevard Students for Change and their student-conceived-and-led anti-book banning rally, coming up this Tuesday (Feb 6), 4:30pm, at the Brevard County School Board.
So how’s the book review committee going? Well, it’s… kinda not going at all?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyg8nC4Xo4“Paul Roub is another book review committee member whose personal philosophy is books are ‘innocent until proven guilty’ — in other words, he generally assumes they shouldn’t be removed from the shelves until proven otherwise.”
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2023/05/18/nearly-300-books-submitted-for-review-at-brevard-schools-including-bible-book-ban/70229611007/Apparently my pre-order excitement has been featured on the home page for Charles Petzold’s “The Annotated Turing” for 15 years or so. Huh.
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