Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

FL GOP Gov. "White is Right" Ron DeSantis: "AP African-American Studies Program, as Written, Violates Florida Law" - says the racist governor.

I believe this may be the most Blatent right-wing racist attack on education I've ever seen!

Racist Gov. George Wallace is dancing and drinking in his grave!

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/desantis-ap-african-american-studies-program-violates-florida-law/

Peter Hotez says,

“People are saying this will be mild. It’s not mild. Do the math: With 400 or 500 deaths a day, that’s getting up to 150,000 to 200,000 a year, which is four- or five-times higher than the worst flu season.”

#COVID

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/health/article/Peter-Hotez-COVID-XBB15-variant-vaccine-booster-17707273.php

Masks are not a lockdown.
Nor is testing before events.
Or getting boosters.
Or improving ventilation & filtration.

None of those interventions (despite some people's best efforts to claim otherwise) cause more harm than good. Every person who cares about the economy, jobs & quality of life will support sensible #COVID19 precautions, not oppose them.

Some people are advocating for millions more to die and many more to be chronically disabled. Reject their patent lack of sense & empathy.

I was just laid off. I am a senior / staff-level iOS engineer looking for a new remote role in USA.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-hughes/

Hangman is a great game to teach children that if they don’t learn how to spell they could be put to death.

So the folks in the knitting club here at the Activity Centre have been making dog sweaters to raise funds for the centre. They have a couple of toy stuffed dogs they’re using for general fitting, and it’s stupidly adorable.
#Today #Cute #VictoriaBC @victoriabc

Marjorie Tayor Greene claimed 9/11 did not happen --now the GOP has put her on the Homeland Security Committee. Today's GOP is a threat to our nation's safety! https://www.mediamatters.org/congress/qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-911-conspiracy-theorist-who-claimed-theres-no

"For classrooms equipped with mechanical ventilation systems, the relative risk of infection of students decreased at least by 74% compared with a classroom with only natural ventilation." We can protect children, teachers and parents from a great deal of needless #COVID19 suffering, if only we cared enough to make the modest investment. And the same is true for offices, stores, restaurants, and event spaces.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1087087/full

I looked through old art recently and found this piece that I drew in middle or early high school (10-15 yrs old, for those in different school systems).

Looking at this, I am sad for the child I was - but happy that I've made changes to move away from this. Transition and effective mental health care have been vital.

I'm sharing this to show what the lack of open education about #trans and #queer identities, #neurodivergence, and mental health does to a queer and ND little kid.

Biden vs. Trump's classified documents, by the numbers:

https://on.msnbc.com/3QNCpBI

While students and faculty, under the guise of their own and the university’s safety, will no longer be allowed to access TikTok via university WiFi they can still carry a firearm on campus and in classrooms. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tiktok-banned-university-of-texas-austin-campus-1234662400/

As republicans threaten to blow up the economy to destroy Social Security and Medicare, do not forget: the debt ceiling fight isn’t a both sides crisis it’s a republican crisis.

A truly massive strike is looming at UPS.

Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters Union begin soon, and workers are fed up.

350,000 @Teamsters@twitter.com work at UPS. If the union goes on strike, it would be the largest strike against a single business in the nation’s history.

@AlliFlowers
As much as I speak out against religion, the focus should really be on the sloppy thinking that makes religion possible. At least in my opinion.

It is not ever OK for members of a religion to demand that people outside of their religion observe the rules of their religion. Not ever.

It doesn't matter if it's Hindus demanding that non-Hindus refrain from eating beef, or Muslims demanding that non-Muslims refrain from depictions of Mohammed, or Christians demanding that non-Christians refrain from abortions or gay marriage.

It's not OK.

It's not ever OK.

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GOP Sore Loser of the Day

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem aren't the only GOP losers spouting election lies.
Meet Solomon Peña, who lost to Democrat Miguel Garcia for the NM state House 26% to 74%. Peña insisted the election was rigged against him and petitioned state officials to overturn the results.
When the angry man baby, a convicted felon who served 7 years in prison for 19 felonies, didn't get his way, he allegedly hired people to fire guns into the homes of four Albuquerque Democrats.