Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

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/

Hey, Press! You don't have to play Big Social's game on *their* terms!

Hit Big Social where it hurts: distribution of news.

Invest in the Fediverse.

If your site runs WordPress, think about installing the ActivityPub plug-in.

Or, like @TexasObserver, host your own Mastodon instance.

Yes, the Fediverse isn't where "eyeballs" are now.

Social media isn't just about "eyeballs", it's about engaged discussion -- and that's happening here.

But also invest because the Fediverse is the future!

“Police officers are not Navy Seals, Army Rangers or Marines. They do not have the training, leadership, traditions, ethics and discipline of the US Armed Forces, let alone the most elite combat units. The militarization of American policing has been a disaster.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/over-the-thin-blue-line?r=2ibrr&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Blatant antisemitism, now infiltrating Mar-a-Lago, LGBTQ+ hatred including a mass shooting, AR-15s at protests -- the U.S. right has never been more dangerous

That's because they're losing

Pro-democracy Americans can't let up now. My new column https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-fuentes-right-wing-violence-20221127.html

People often confuse interpersonal racism for systemic racism. A Black cop is more likely to go to jail for murdering an innocent Black man, than a white cop would be. Convicting these cops may be fair, but it is not a reduction in systemic racism.

This is Black cops becoming agents of white supremacy, and then being held accountable because they're not shielded by that same hate.

We can hold the Black cops accountable, but not the system that they work in.

#tyrenichols #BlackMastodon

Colleges bow to lil’ tyrant Ron DeSantis’ will and halt diversity training. DeSantis won’t stop there. He’s already violated the 1st and 14th amendments and removed publicly elected officials

Fascism is winning

A reminder, DeSantis was a Guantánamo lawyer and administrator

His job was greenlighting torture , as per Mansoor Adayfi

This needs to be a bigger story.

https://mronline.org/2022/11/26/i-was-screaming-and-he-was-smiling-desantis-ran-guantanamo-torture/

JOURNALISM 101 RULE: If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the fucking window and find out which is true. — Now more than ever.

I am the night

https://jilldennison.com/2023/01/29/tired/ I’m tired of feeling helpless to change any of the things I’m tired of. I’m tired of being ashamed of this country I’ve lived in for almost 72 years now, tired of wishing I were almost anywhere but here. My vote is my voice, but it is a very small voice, made even smaller with such tactics as gerrymandering that dilute my voice