![wmed|float center](https://i.postimg.cc/1tkSw-FBh/BDE-Capture-2.png) # Episode Overview > - ==**Date Aired:**== [[07-06-2023]] > - ==**Title:**== Free Thinkers > - **==Episode:==** 223 > - ==**Description:**== The war for children's minds is ramping up. > - **==Link:==** <https://rumble.com/v2yka9c-big-dig-energy-223-free-thinkers.html> # Replay <center><iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v2vyv28/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:80%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe></center> ## Greetings & Announcements ## Segments ### Threads ![wmed|float center](https://i.postimg.cc/1RnQ9vHW/BDE-Capture-2.png) ![wmed|float center](https://i.postimg.cc/5tyKMqQB/BDE-Capture-2.png) [Archive](http://archive.today/DqZcR) > **Takeaways:** > - Threads is a new app, built by the Instagram team, for sharing text updates and joining public conversations. > - You log in using your Instagram account and posts can be up to 500 characters long and include links, photos, and videos up to 5 minutes in length. > - We're working to soon make Threads compatible with ==the open, interoperable social networks that we believe can shape the future of the internet.== ### Christian Biology Professor Fired From San Antonio College After Complaints Over Statements on Religion, Gender <https://archive.is/RLKgs> <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.documentcloud.org%2Fdocuments%2F23862227%2Fletter-from-first-liberty-6-20-2360_redacted1.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 80%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> [Archived Backup](https://web.archive.org/web/20230629020116/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23862227/letter-from-first-liberty-6-20-2360_redacted1.pdf) ### Kids Have the Right to Be "Free Thinkers" ![wmed|float center](https://i.postimg.cc/sgDs77Sq/BDE-Capture-2.png) <https://archive.is/Yjit6> ![wmed|float center](https://i.postimg.cc/kXZvb32b/BDE-Capture-2.png) <http://archive.today/TFpJV> ### Parental Rights Up For Debate ![](https://twitter.com/AGWilliamTong/status/1676628662869966848) <https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Press-Releases/2023-Press-Releases/Attorney-General-Tong-Defends-Efforts-to-Protect-Transgender-Students-Privacy> Amicus Brief: <https://web.archive.org/web/20230707011249/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2023/Ludlow-CA1-Amicus-Brief-AS-FILED-20230627.pdf> %%Footer Starts Here%% --- ![htiny|float center small](https://i.postimg.cc/kMVCGn8R/BDE-Capture-2.png) --- # Keep Digging %% 9 Space%% ## Tags #Stream/BDE ### Footnotes & References