Frank Strong
@frankstrong.bsky.social
Teacher. Publisher of the Book-Loving Texan’s Guides to School Board Elections. Co-founder of Texas Freedom to Read Project.
So, so honored to receive a National Intellectual Freedom Award from @ncte.org for fighting censorship. This is truly a highlight of my career.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So, so honored to receive a National Intellectual Freedom Award from @ncte.org for fighting censorship. This is truly a highlight of my career.
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@frankstrong.bsky.social accepting @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Award!!
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@frankstrong.bsky.social accepting @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Award!!
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
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Headed to #NCTE2025? This doc has the sessions related to censorship! The bolded sessions feature members from @ncte.org's Committee Against Censorship.
The book banners are on the wrong side of history, but we need community, solidarity, and strategy to make that happen. Join us in the work.
The book banners are on the wrong side of history, but we need community, solidarity, and strategy to make that happen. Join us in the work.
Censorship related sessions - NCTE Convention 2025
Thursday 11:30-12:45 Intellectual Freedom Dreams Deferred: Banned in the "Blue(ish) States" Room 203 2:30 English/ELA Department Chairs Facing Tough Topics Together Room 402 Friday 9:30a-11a The...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is so great. If you’re in Denver at #ncte, check these out! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Headed to #NCTE2025? This doc has the sessions related to censorship! The bolded sessions feature members from @ncte.org's Committee Against Censorship.
The book banners are on the wrong side of history, but we need community, solidarity, and strategy to make that happen. Join us in the work.
The book banners are on the wrong side of history, but we need community, solidarity, and strategy to make that happen. Join us in the work.
Censorship related sessions - NCTE Convention 2025
Thursday 11:30-12:45 Intellectual Freedom Dreams Deferred: Banned in the "Blue(ish) States" Room 203 2:30 English/ELA Department Chairs Facing Tough Topics Together Room 402 Friday 9:30a-11a The...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is so great. If you’re in Denver at #ncte, check these out! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Thankful for the parents at my school. They are the best.
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thankful for the parents at my school. They are the best.
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Thank you! These people are insane.
1. When I was in middle/high school (80s) we were reading IT and Flowers in the Attic 😬. Still turned out ok!
2. Think it may be time to pull a nation wide Lysistrata to try and set this country on a better path 😁😂.
1. When I was in middle/high school (80s) we were reading IT and Flowers in the Attic 😬. Still turned out ok!
2. Think it may be time to pull a nation wide Lysistrata to try and set this country on a better path 😁😂.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Thank you! These people are insane.
1. When I was in middle/high school (80s) we were reading IT and Flowers in the Attic 😬. Still turned out ok!
2. Think it may be time to pull a nation wide Lysistrata to try and set this country on a better path 😁😂.
1. When I was in middle/high school (80s) we were reading IT and Flowers in the Attic 😬. Still turned out ok!
2. Think it may be time to pull a nation wide Lysistrata to try and set this country on a better path 😁😂.
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Thread. When Ai or other software tools are used to review books, this sort of mayhem results. When are we going to stop demonstrating to kids that books are somehow dangerous?
Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Thread. When Ai or other software tools are used to review books, this sort of mayhem results. When are we going to stop demonstrating to kids that books are somehow dangerous?
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I am so tired of hearing it’s to get porn out of school libraries when these are getting pulled too. If that wasn’t the goal, they’d say so
2. 2. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (1932)
One of the most influential novels of all time, this book has appeared on the AP literature exam 9 times since 1971.
One of the most influential novels of all time, this book has appeared on the AP literature exam 9 times since 1971.
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I am so tired of hearing it’s to get porn out of school libraries when these are getting pulled too. If that wasn’t the goal, they’d say so
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Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
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‘Antivirus for libraries’: How a Texas startup is capitalizing on school book bans www.statesman.com/politics/art...
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
'Antivirus for libraries': How a Texas startup is capitalizing on book bans
The company Bookmarked, whose cofounder advocated for SB 13, describes itself as a neutral player in the censorship debate. Critics disagree.
www.statesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
‘Antivirus for libraries’: How a Texas startup is capitalizing on school book bans www.statesman.com/politics/art...
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
@frankstrong.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
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"“Elections have consequences.”
That's what West Shore School Board [PA] Chair Kelly Brent said after the board tabled three policies — including a restrictive book policy and an anti-LGBTQ+ bathroom policy — that had been priorities of the outgoing far-right majority."
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That's what West Shore School Board [PA] Chair Kelly Brent said after the board tabled three policies — including a restrictive book policy and an anti-LGBTQ+ bathroom policy — that had been priorities of the outgoing far-right majority."
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November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"“Elections have consequences.”
That's what West Shore School Board [PA] Chair Kelly Brent said after the board tabled three policies — including a restrictive book policy and an anti-LGBTQ+ bathroom policy — that had been priorities of the outgoing far-right majority."
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That's what West Shore School Board [PA] Chair Kelly Brent said after the board tabled three policies — including a restrictive book policy and an anti-LGBTQ+ bathroom policy — that had been priorities of the outgoing far-right majority."
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Legit: people do not want bigots on their school boards wasting time and energy obsessing over genitals and sex. These fixations are not normal, are not related to education, and are a sign of needing some real HELP.
West Shore got what was coming.
archive.ph/udswh
West Shore got what was coming.
archive.ph/udswh
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November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Legit: people do not want bigots on their school boards wasting time and energy obsessing over genitals and sex. These fixations are not normal, are not related to education, and are a sign of needing some real HELP.
West Shore got what was coming.
archive.ph/udswh
West Shore got what was coming.
archive.ph/udswh
Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Long thread alert! The 20 craziest books currently unavailable to students in New Braunfels ISD in Central Texas due to the efforts of Texas book banners.
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
(Not in order, just going through the list)
1. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams (1947)
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Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas.
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Election Recap: Another Bad Night for Book Bans
It’s becoming routine:
franklinstrong.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas.
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas.
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Election Recap: Another Bad Night for Book Bans
It’s becoming routine:
franklinstrong.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Finally got my Election Recap posted! The summary? Voters hate book banners. It’s an established pattern, even in red states like Texas.
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
Read the details of how pro-censorship school board candidates took another drubbing in the Lone Star State:
franklinstrong.substack.com/p/election-r...
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We have the newest casualty of the “parents rights," movement in Texas! And we can thank Sen. Angela Paxton’s “parental rights” school library bill (SB 13) for keeping Texas kids safe from Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn in Southlake, TX (Carroll ISD). @shannonhale.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We have the newest casualty of the “parents rights," movement in Texas! And we can thank Sen. Angela Paxton’s “parental rights” school library bill (SB 13) for keeping Texas kids safe from Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn in Southlake, TX (Carroll ISD). @shannonhale.bsky.social
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Big follow-up to this story coming Monday. Watch this space 👀📚
NEW FROM ME: Texas school boards are increasingly turning to ChatGPT & other AI programs to comply with SB 13, a new state law that requires them to vet school library purchase lists for "indecent" or "profane" content.
#txlege
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#txlege
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November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Book banners are such weirdos.
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Book banners are such weirdos.
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I don't know how to get people to read this article, but I really think many more should.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don't know how to get people to read this article, but I really think many more should.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Texas Book Festival was soul-satisfying. So great talking to so many people who care about literature and value the free expression of ideas. @txfreedomread.sky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Texas Book Festival was soul-satisfying. So great talking to so many people who care about literature and value the free expression of ideas. @txfreedomread.sky.social
We’re out here @texasbookfest.bsky.social talking to Texans who love books about how to fight back against the wave of censorship and book bans that is battering our state. Come see us! @txfreedomread.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We’re out here @texasbookfest.bsky.social talking to Texans who love books about how to fight back against the wave of censorship and book bans that is battering our state. Come see us! @txfreedomread.bsky.social
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Not only that, but so much AI tech extracts the metadata and open info created/enabled *by* library and data workers. The labor of our field is being consumed and then resold to us in the hopes that we’ll decide our own jobs are obsolete @404media.co
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not only that, but so much AI tech extracts the metadata and open info created/enabled *by* library and data workers. The labor of our field is being consumed and then resold to us in the hopes that we’ll decide our own jobs are obsolete @404media.co
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Firmly believe one of the ways to improve trust in journalism among young people is to support them in learning to research, write, and report themselves. Even if they never pursue it as a job, it helps to understand the process, and encourages them to engage with their local journalism outlets.
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci
“Biased,” “Boring,” “Chaotic,” and “Bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Firmly believe one of the ways to improve trust in journalism among young people is to support them in learning to research, write, and report themselves. Even if they never pursue it as a job, it helps to understand the process, and encourages them to engage with their local journalism outlets.