Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Want to help out with development of Toot!? I have been doing some large internal rewriting, and probably introduced some exciting new bugs in the process, so I thought it might be best to do a public beta for this version to shake them out a bit before release.

The link to join the beta is here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/x0MbQhMF

Only join if you are happy to deal with some bugs! Or, if you want a free trial of Toot! and don’t mind a potential bug or two.

JUST NOW: A mass shooting in Lakeland, #Florida has left 10 people injured.

Yet Ron #DeSantis wants people to freely carry firearms without a permit, which will cause even more guns to fall into the hands of even more mass shooters.

from Thursday
#GOPBetrayedAmerica
#Funny

Florida House dress code: No skirts more than an inch above the knee. Is this 2023?

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article271727237.html

#florida

Teachers Would Make $60K Minimum Under Bill in Congress Making Grants to States
The bill would authorize the federal government to create four-year grants for states to enact and enforce minimum school teacher salary requirements

By Adam Goldstein

https://www.the74million.org/article/teachers-would-get-60k-minimum-salary-under-bill-in-congress-making-grants-to-states/

#teaching #education #learning #schools #jobs #career

Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn’t come from anyone at the Justice Department.

It was from a Georgia prosecutor who indicated she was likely to seek criminal charges soon in a two-year election subversion probe. 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-investigation-georgia-prosecutor-0c62d7884f0150c93f5e555333ae23d2

Rail workers. #Nurses. Lecturers. Civil servants. #Paramedics. Driving instructors. #Teachers. Now the Fire Brigades Union has voted overwhelmingly (88% on a 74% turnout) for #strike action here in the UK. The Tories have destroyed public services, all the while lining their own pockets. They must go.

Terrific article here from Matt Wrack, the head of the #FBU, on #firefighters' reasons for striking. They have my full support.

#SupportTheStrikes #SOSNHS #Solidarity

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/30/firefighters-strike-politicians-praise-fair-pay-safe-working-conditions-service?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Covid-19 has become the eighth most common cause of death among children in the United States, according to a new study. https://cnn.it/3ji8dlK #news #worldnews

This is absurd. Woman goes into early labor, goes to an in-network hospital, but the doctors worked for an out of network hospital? So the parents are on the hook for $12K? RIDICULOUS.

Please shut up forever about how cool it is to "shop for your healthcare" LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT. This is "shopping for your healthcare": being wheeled into the ER and having to check to make sure EVERY PERSON is in your network. Completely impractical and ridiculous.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/30/1151778684/a-baby-spent-36-days-at-an-in-network-hospital-why-did-her-parents-get-a-huge-bi

1. A newly-formed right-wing group is launching a brazen plan to remake Michigan public schools — using hyper-aggressive legal action to effectively mandate the erasure of LGBTQ people

Follow along if interested

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https://popular.info/p/inside-the-audacious-new-scheme-to

Please stop using “mom” as an example of an unsophisticated user of technology. This reinforces harmful stereotypes.

Instead, I suggest using “congressperson”.

Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.

Just for trans kids.

You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.

Give me a break.

Ron DeSantis’ Florida, by Clay Jones #cartoon

The Anti-ChatGPT Appears? Researchers Fights Back With 'DetectGPT' https://slashdot.org/story/23/01/29/1812212/the-anti-chatgpt-appears-researchers-fights-back-with-detectgpt?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed More tools evolving from the “AI Cold War.” #detectGPT #Chatgpt @edutooters #edtech #edchat

When I was younger, I drove fast, perhaps even recklessly and never did I think that it might be the day my life could be taken. These days I drive the speed limit, I watch my mannerisms. I’m more afraid of police than I am road rage. When I travel for work, I try to get the most nondescript rental, I obey traffic laws. I don’t call attention to myself. So many of us do all that and still don’t make it home. Is anyone listening? How loudly do we have to cry to be heard? I’m so, so tired. ..3

New Checker For Student Essays Using Artificial Intelligence Unveiled Today https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2023/01/29/new-checker-for-student-essays-using-artificial-intelligence-unveiled-today/