Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

It's the damndest thing...

When I was growing up, they made me say a pledge every day that said "liberty and justice for all."

They taught me "the golden rule."

They sent me to church to learn about a guy who said we should help the poor and the sick, we should show love to each other.

They told me that "but everyone else is doing it" wasn't an excuse for my own bad behavior.

And now when I advocate for the things that they taught me, they call me a socialist or a communist.

The GOP’s new Weaponization of the Federal Gov’t subcommittee has started hearings - so far it’s “a political stunt” says Ranking Member Rep. Stacey Plaskett. They “want this to be Benghazi 2.0.” #velshi http://ow.ly/Wopp50NgeFm

Trans rights are under threat. This is “a road test for authoritarianism” in the US, says Imara Jones, as the GOP is working to “demonize and stigmatize an entire group of people in order to build the type of society that religious zealots want.” #velshi http://ow.ly/gX7n50NgeBx

You don't need separate accounts to interact with different kinds of Fediverse servers.

For example, if you have a Mastodon account you can follow PeerTube accounts such as @theatticdwellers or @alliterative and their videos will appear in your Mastodon timeline as if they were Mastodon posts.

If you reply to a PeerTube video within Mastodon, the reply will also appear as a comment below that video on PeerTube. (And comments made on PeerTube will appear as replies on Mastodon.)

"They need to avoid any political perception," Rep. Adam Schiff says of the DOJ's Trump probe. "But if they give a kind of de facto immunity to the former president because they want to avoid any appearance of impropriety, they're being political." #velshi http://ow.ly/hUxh50NgeyM

Stay Woke, Public School Teachers - Woke is the opposite of being asleep. It means being aware of racists like Ron DeFascist and his funders who oppose civil rights and a healthy democracy. https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2023/03/12/stay-woke-public-school-teachers/ via @StevenSinger3 #woke #Defascist

Yellen says no federal bailout for Silicon Valley Bank

https://apnews.com/article/silicon-valley-bank-bailout-yellen-deposits-failure-94f2185742981daf337c4691bbb9ec1e

I’m all like, “Hell yeah, this dress has pockets, progress baby!” until I realise it inevitably leads to my not checking said pockets and the laundry getting covered in little bits of tissue. Is this the price of equality?

@LGmedia @simonzerafa I suspect the end game is make public school a perilous hellscape for teachers and students with the obvious savior being private Christian schools

US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general’s vaccine claims

https://apnews.com/article/florida-surgeon-general-covid-vaccine-study-b3be9c2f22974176ae15d38025882335

#florida #vaccine

keep just a tiny scrap of your sanity at all times so you can re-grow it like a sourdough starter.

‘Christocrat’ Plans To Remove Every ‘Immoral’ Book In TX Libraries | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/03/christocrat-plans-remove-every-immoral

A/K/A let's do America like Isis and the Taliban do their areas. Everything we deem unholy must go! No freedom except for us!

Utah's S.B. 152 would require a social media company to stop a resident teen from creating an account unless they have the express consent of a parent or guardian. We requested that the governor veto the bill. Read more here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/utahs-governor-should-veto-social-media-regulations-bill-sb-152

If you look at the snowflake that was gifted to DeSantis it says fascist LOL

"If you come in and take all the money at once, you're going to force the bank to close," says Sheila Bair, #FDIC chair during the '08 crisis. "I also write children's books...maybe I should write one about banking for venture capitalists.” #velshi http://ow.ly/oTx050Ng05F

Reason number 425,812,094,804,278 we're glad Kari Lake LOST.

Stupid Republicans pretend Critical Race Theory is taught in elementary schools. Idiots.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/03/katie-hobbs-vetos-gops-ban-critical-race?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=71945

“I think we’ll see that in due time,” says Rep. Bennie Thompson of potential charges against Trump for Jan 6. “We single handedly identified Donald Trump as the culprit in this.” #velshi http://ow.ly/SWhA50NfZWv

Keyboardio doesn't have a corporate fediverse account yet, so I'm posting this from my personal account:

We're fine, but, uh, our bank failed this morning.

We're using that as a pretext to hold a giant 72 hour sale on keyboards, caps, switches, & accessories.

Use discount code BANKRUN for 20% off everything we sell at https://shop.keyboard.io.

That includes the Model 100, Atreus, keycaps, and switches.

Does Grogu wear a robe because they don’t make pants with an inseam that small?