Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Nearly 3,500 sea lions in Peru die of H5N1 bird flu - BNO News

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/03/nearly-3500-sea-lions-in-peru-die-of-h5n1-bird-flu/

🚨Texas Republicans want ISPs to completely block websites containing information about how to obtain an abortion. This is why we need #netneutrality & a functioning @FCC

CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW!

@SenSchumer
&
@commercedems
: It's time to act. Confirm
@gigibsohn!

@POTUS you could help get this done.

I won't be shopping at #Walgreens any longer. They're denying access to legal #healthcare

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/walgreens-abortion-pills-00085325

Walgreens won’t distribute abortion pills in some states where they remain legal

The decision is the latest to demonstrate how widely abortion access can vary state to state in a post-Roe America.

#Politico #News #RoeVWade

Tennessee Has Banned Drag Performances In Public, And Other States Are Considering Similar Bans. A step along the road to Fascism - dehumanizing the LGBTQ+
Community and directing anger and derision at them is a prelude to violence - and it's already happening. Goebbels would be proud.

That is similar to Bills passed in 1930s Germany. Everyone knows what happened next.

https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/

Maryland mayor resigns after being arrested on more than 50 counts of child pornography - CNN https://apple.news/ABDi6ja1BTqKePLzpuHHp-g

Stop DeSantis before it's too late.

#NeverDeSantis #DurSantis

Batshit Bill Would Force Bloggers Who Write About DeSantis to ‘Register’ With the State

Venice’s Canals Have Run Dry During a Winter Drought, Leaving Gondolas Stuck in the Mud

https://www.openculture.com/2023/02/venices-canals-have-run-dry-during-a-winter-drought-leaving-gondolas-stuck-in-the-mud.html

This is what Fox News wants.

#Cartoon by Michael deAdder

Ron DeFascist shows how not to run an education system - His bullying vulnerable people and pandering to White grievance are morally objectionable and anti-American. The price is an accelerating decline of the state’s education system. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/28/desantis-florida-school-performance/ #DeFascist

https://thegrio.com/2023/02/28/its-time-the-supreme-court-adopted-a-binding-code-of-ethics/

One year after Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine, my friend and esteemed colleague, NBC News Chief International Correspondent Richard Engel, is on the ground speaking with ordinary civilians who bravely joined an underground resistance to help liberate the city of Kherson from Russian occupation.

If you haven’t watched this amazing special⁩, you must.
https://youtu.be/pEetVTw4Cds

ANOTHER SANTOS SCOOP: The GOP fabulist raised PAC money for a voter registration project but then sent some of those funds to a gay rights project associated with top Trump aide Richard Grenell, who helped raise campaign cash for Santos' campaign. Grenell wouldn't talk to us about his relationship with Santos. A top donor to Santos says Santos misled him.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/02/another-santos-scandal-he-diverted-voter-registration-money-to-a-gop-allied-gay-rights-site/

@therobburgessshow

Duvet,
you make everything so groovet,
I'd like to stay under you
all of Tuesdet.

Republicans' WAR ON SCIENCE: 2 bills introduced at the ST level could spell trouble for science EDU. WV St Sen approved a bill: allow teachers to tell students: the Universe is the result of intelligent design (dev. to avoid prohibitions on teaching creationism) -In FL: ST HSE: considering a bill: that'd say the leg. disapproves of college courses that cover "theoretical or exploratory" topics being used to fulfill GE requirements-seemingly RULE OUT MOST SCIENCE CLASSES-: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/west-virginia-likes-teaching-intelligent-design-florida-against-theories/

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