Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Florida sets record in Obamacare enrollment as people clamor for health insurance - Big red Florida and Texas lead US in enrollments. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article271638107.html #Health

Florida teachers hide their books to avoid felonies from book banner Ron DeSantis.

“In Duval County, which comprises Jacksonville, PEN America found that 176 titles had already been banned, including at least one Berenstain Bears book; biographies of Henry Aaron, Harriet Tubman, Celia Cruz, Rosa Parks, and Malala …”

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/book-bans-florida-public-schools/tnamp/

Records show powerful, wealthy funders outside Idaho back school choice campaign - Documents the push to send public education dollars to religiously affiliated schools and undercut public schools. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/02/03/records-show-powerful-wealthy-funders-outside-idaho-back-school-choice-campaign/ via @idahocapitalsun #Education #Politics

CURMUDGUCATION: AZ: How Do You Make School Grading Systems Worse - Employ white supremacy in your useless school grading scheme. https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/02/az-how-do-you-make-school-grading.html?spref=tw #Education

After years of attacking teachers and public schools, the right wing has a payoff of sorts

The teacher shortage leaves a vacuum. Fascists want to fill that vacuum with the military industrial complex

States like Florida are looking to use unqualified veterans to teach children. Literally grooming kids to a life of military service.

Very few people saw starship troopers, so I’m going to leave that reference be

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-09-13/amid-a-u-s-teacher-shortage-florida-turns-to-military-veterans

For our 1st year anniversary, #VelshiBannedBookClub revisits the #1619Project, the work that started it all. “The books that have stuck with me most in my life are the ones that have unsettled me,” says @nhannahjones. #velshi #1619Hulu http://ow.ly/O7n350MJMfX

It’s been exactly one year since our first-ever meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub!

A year of literary analysis, conversations with authors, and a deeper understanding of the power of story. Books can change a life, or even save a life. 📚💥 #velshi
http://ow.ly/M3LH50MJMcJ

As I stated on MSNBC, The GOP targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar because she is all the things the GOP base hates rolled into one: She's Black, Muslim, an immigrant and a strong woman. While it took 15 ballots for Kevin McCarthy to win the Speakership, it only took one ballot to get all the Republicans on board to target a Black, Muslim woman. Keep in mind that there are over 270 Republicans in the House and Senate. How many are Black woman? ZERO. And that is the way the GOP wants
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gop-targeted-rep-ilhan-omar-because?sd=pf

Please do NOT ever stop pushing for Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Jordan and others who were co-conspirators in Trump's attempted coup to be held criminally accountable for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. If we stop calling for accountability our Republic ends.

@scorpiosoul9 it really is and what pisses me off beyond belief is that churches don’t open their doors to the homeless. Some churches won’t even let them sleep outside near their church. What a bunch of phony pos assholes. They love to pretend to be good ppl but they are some of the worst ppl on earth

I can't get over this New York Times headline saying Ron DeSantis is "building his brand" by wrecking public education in Florida. It reminds me of NYT’s first mention of Hitler in 1922, which claimed his anti-Semitism wasn’t “genuine” or “violent” but was just “bait” to attract followers. From 1922 to 2023, NYT is still covering fascists from a marketing perspective rather than a moral perspective.

Kids in High School: "I don't understand why I have to take biology, chemistry, and other basic science classes. When am I ever going to use this stuff in my life?!"
As Adults: "Vaccines cause autism, GMOs are unsafe, climate change is a lie, the earth is flat, and chemtrails!! l've done my research. If you disagree with me, you're a sheep!!"

Guardian: #Brexit causes collapse in European #research #funding for #Oxbridge

#Oxford and #Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between them

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/04/brexit-causes-collapse-in-european-research-funding-for-oxbridge-universities?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Illusion?
The brain self-correcting perception.

Ron DeSantis Is Now Attacking the Orlando Philharmonic Because It Once Hosted a Drag Show: In an administrative complaint, the Florida governor accused the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation of putting on a “sexually explicit show.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/170411/ron-desantis-orlando-philharmonic-hosted-drag-show

#desantis #florida

Concerning the balloon from China...

As a Jew, I am much safer in the America that sent Ilhan Omar to Congress than I am in the America that sent Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/03/ilhan-omar-removal-republicans-antisemitism

Our Endemic COVID Future Is Probably Not What You Think--Why More Action Is Necessary Now (A long 🧵 ):

Many think we're already “post-COVID.” We're not, but it does beg the question of what the future has in store for us. If we ignore how tired everyone is of #COVID19 and instead explore the latest data and studies, we may see that we've not yet fully understood or adjusted to our COVID future. We've gone back to “old normal” when a “new normal” is necessary.