Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social
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I keep seeing that Musk had a hand in torpedoing the government funding agreement.
WTF?
He isn't an elected official or even an *un*elected one. (And Rump isn't prez yet, but we have him *telling* Congress what to do. So much for the balance of powers, amirite?)
I wake up every morning feeling like I've dropped through some rabbit hole into a truly warped alternate reality.
I do not like it here.
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@littlemiao Thank you! We watched the caterpillars slim themselves into chrysalis. Over the last few days the butterflies have been appearing. Their wings aren't dry yet, so we move them to the azalea bushes in the front yard where the cats won't chase them.
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A state judge in Montana rules that discrimination based in transgender status IS discrimination based on sex.
But the trial over changing the sex designation on birth certificates and driver’s licenses continues.
https://apnews.com/article/montana-transgender-sex-documents-bf2a09d005ca3e6750e428d79a2969e9
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Judge Denies #Trump’s Bid to Throw Out #Criminal Conviction Over Immunity Ruling
Justice Juan M. #Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-immunity-criminal-case.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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With the polio vaccine in the news, I want to tell some of my mom's story:
My mom got polio when she was a kid living in southern California, pre-vaccine. She survived it, but it put her in a wheelchair for a while, then leg braces. She was actually a literal poster child for the Polio vaccine: they used her picture on some March of Dimes posters.
But this was not a thing that just affected her for a while, and then she was better. As a result of having Polio, her right leg is slightly shorter than her left. For her entire life, she's had to have special lifts put into her right shoe. When she drives, she uses her left foot for the brake pedal because she's concerned that her right leg might not be strong enough to stomp on the brake hard if needed. She has always been limited in how long and far she can walk: I remember many times on family vacations where the rest of us would go off to do something and she'd have to sit it out because she knew she just couldn't do that much walking.
Now that she's elderly, a lifetime of this is catching up: her bones, joints, ligaments, tendons are all messed up from having a weak leg and an unbalanced gait. Her mobility is declining much faster than it should be, even for someone of her age. She had to have her ankle fused because of the constant pain it was causing.
Polio didn't ruin her life, but it has stolen it in slices. Times she couldn't keep up with her kids, times she was just too tired to be able to stay on her feet, chronic pain, losing the ability to climb stairs in her own house as she ages.
Vaccination is the greatest public health success humanity has ever produced, and we forget this only at our own peril.
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#Ukraine sends humanitarian security and food aid to #Syria
"For Ukraine, this is important: the calmer the situation in such regions, the more actively the world can help us achieve peace.
It is precisely for this reason that #Moscow tries so hard to ignite more conflicts and wars in various parts of the world, fueling instability and adding to global challenges."
Exactly
Pay attention world
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Take action against book bans in the United States at http://www.bookbanpetition.us
@deborahh I've found that a number of people use the CW as a bold title for their post and that suits me just fine. I automatically view all of them.
re: moderation online and whiteness
@fifilamoura I couldn't see the post. I'm sure he's almost as awesome as I am. 😉 @CoachMark
moderation online and whiteness
@fifilamoura Must be a different Dr. Flowers, eh? @CoachMark
@mimarek What kind of notifications were you expecting?
@kolev Set yourself to permanent DND and then delete.
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⚡️North Korean troops open fire on Russian unit, Ukraine's military intelligence claims.
North Korean soldiers killed eight members of the Chechen Akhmat unit in a "friendly fire" incident while fighting in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine's military intelligence agency reported on Dec. 14. The attack resulted from language barrier issues, the agency said.
Gorgeous moonrise earlier this evening in coastal Alabama.
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Dr. Oz Exposed for Colossal, Multimillion Dollar Conflict of Interest
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Ph.D. in Instructional Design. Career educator. Cancer Survivor. Collector of Interesting People. Tech lover. Big blue dot in south Alabama. Air Force Brat. Former ALSDF officer. Please do an “about” if you want a follow.
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