Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Sad to see great public universities in decline. https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html #wvu

Teacher Is Fired for Reading Book on Gender Identity in Class. The teacher in Georgia was fired for reading to fifth graders “My Shadow Is Purple,” which is about a child who cannot relate to the colors blue and pink.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/georgia-teacher-fired-gender-book.html

#NYTimes #GeorgiaTeacherFired #GenderIdentityBook #FifthGradeClass #MyShadowIsPurple #BlueAndPinkColors #Politics #News

message to all reverse engineers and hackers of fedi: when youre figuring out some really obscure thing and you finally crack it PLEASE document it somewhere on the web. maybe youre the first to ever walk this path, maybe youre the first person to care. but i promise you are not the last, and there will be a day when some lone hacker follows the path you took years or decades ago and they will find what you wrote and they will be eternally grateful and wont forget it ever. and thats so beautiful

According to the NOAA, the United States has seen more billion-dollar disasters in the first seven months of 2023 than in any year on record. The 15 disasters include 13 severe weather events, one winter storm, and one flooding event that have caused 113 fatalities and nearly $40 billion in damages. #BillionDollarDisasters #ClimateChange #NOAA https://scrippsnews.com/stories/us-hit-by-a-record-number-of-billion-dollar-disasters-so-far-this-year/

Constitutional Experts Agree That Trump Is Already Disqualified From 2024 Election https://www.politicususa.com/2023/08/19/constitutional-experts-agree-that-trump-is-already-disqualified-from-2024-election.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I'm pretty worried that he'll convince his co-conspirators in Congress to shut down our government next month 😢

Maybe, Jack Smith's cases against the sitting members of Congress are close enough to bring indictments, but I'm still not sure if that would stop the GOP from harming the USA in order to protect their cult leader.

Fun #physics fact for #Caturday

#Cats exist in a quantum superposition of two states: "pet me" and "how dare you touch me you hairless ape". It is only by touching them that their wave function collapses to one of these states.

@RickiTarr @BeAware Wow! You're right. It's recently much worse though. I wonder if people aren't getting so used to nasty snark and sarcasm that they've got no idea any more how to handle normal, human concern for one another. Social media was the first casualty. Hope it doesn't overwhelm mastodon too!

The #Biden admin is revoking licenses from hundreds of #firearm dealers in a significant escalation of federal law enforcement actions. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/hundreds-of-gun-dealers-lose-licenses-under-biden-administration-crackdown-da9d6dfb?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1…

Trump declines to cover Rudy Giuliani’s legal bills, saying “it wouldn’t be fair to the hundreds of other people who committed crimes on my behalf.”