Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

State leaders who seek to abolish tenure are doing so exactly because they don't want academics to have free speech. They don't want the public to know what the actual science says. Thus, tenure is essential for keeping our public discussions exposed to the best science we have.

On a personal note, I know that a lot of what I write is unpopular with the State Gov't of Texas. Over the years, I've leveled a lot of (deserved IMHO) criticism in their direction about climate and energy policy.

House Republicans Quietly Halt Inquiry Into Trump’s Finances
G.O.P. leaders are declining to enforce a court-supervised settlement for Mazars, Donald J. Trump’s former accounting firm, to turn over records in an investigation into whether he profited from the presidency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/politics/house-trump-finances-investigation.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

NEW DATA: Between 2017 and 2021, Canada poached ~45,000 skilled workers who went to college in the U.S.

We're educating some of the world's best talent only to lose them. And we have our broken immigration system to thank for that. https://www.niskanencenter.org/previously-unreported-data-the-u-s-lost-45000-college-grads-to-canadas-high-skill-visa-from-2017-to-2021/

#StopCopCity

Autopsy Suggests “Cop City” Protester Sitting Cross-Legged, Hands Up, When Shot 14 Times by Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jM180izV6M

The banks didn't fail because of wokeism- they failed because of Trumpism. Trump and GOP repealed regulations that would have 100% prevented the bank collapse. Once again Dems cleaning up the GOP's mess

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A slice of pie is $2.50 in Jamaica.
It's $2.85 in Barbados.
And in the Bahamas, it's $3.25.

These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.

#HappyPiDay #PiDay

Lawyer on TikTok has been posting videos every week showing the vast majority of pedophiles arrested are youth pastors and politicians, not drag queens or trans people. Check it out:

https://www.tiktok.com/@newgirlny_fl?_t=8ac5NLkCHWA&_r=1

Being able to spell “drawer” backwards is its own reward.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143045586 Mike Pence targets Pete Buttigieg with homophobic insults

Two days of watching France protest the raise of retirement age makes me wish the US could come together long enough to protest half the issues we have

Trump's "no riot-causer, you're the riot-causer" response to Pence is revealing: with it, he acknowledges that it was his own lies about Pence that led to the violence on Jan. 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/trump-pence-jan-6/

Facing a Life-Threatening Pregnancy Under Tennessee’s Abortion Ban

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-abortion-ban-doctors-ectopic-pregnancy @ProPublica

"DeSantis chose to declare his America First bona fides to a guy who declared that he was rooting for Russia." Well, there it is. Today's Morning Shots from @SykesCharlie: https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/desantis-sends-putin-a-message

Fuck around with "prenatal personhood" and find out, Florida.

Florida Woman Seeks Jail Release On Behalf Of Illegally Detained Fetus
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-unborn-child-prison-fetus-personhood_n_63f79624e4b0c87f32f60767

I wish I had as many rights as a corporation.