Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Fox still in legal peril over election lies after settling with Dominion – live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/apr/19/fox-news-dominion-settlement-biden-debt-trump-live-updates?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

#Racism #Oklahoma #OklahomaIsNotOkay

Oklahoma Official Who Discussed Killing Reporters Resigns https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma-official-who-discussed-killing-reporters-resigns_n_64402466e4b011a819becb9e

Bird flu requires urgent national coordinated response, researchers urge https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/04/19/h2n1-bird-flu-dangerous/5491681913849/

Jeff Merkley Leads New Bill to Ban 'Deeply Corrupt' Stock Trading in Congress | "We are elected to serve the public, not our portfolios," said the Oregon Democrat.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-bill-ban-stock-trading

#democrat

Here is a must-read post from children's author Maggie Tokuda-Hall on how Scholastic offered to publish her book — all she had to do was remove all mention of racism.

Sure, they're banning books in Tennessee and Texas. But it's not just the books that get published and then banned from the library. It's all the books that don't get published in the first place.

Those banning books know publishers like Scholastic pull this cowardly bullshit. It's their game plan.

https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain

Remember the useful idiots (or outright liars) who said this was only about K-3 students? Yeah. Good stuff. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/called-dont-gay-rules-expanded-12th-grade-florida/story?id=98691183

#FuckDesantis

So-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida

Classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity is limited.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/called-dont-gay-rules-expanded-12th-grade-florida/story?id=98691183

#ABC #LGTBQ #Christofascism #Florida

This particular slippery slope started with "not teaching sex to kindergarteners", BTW.

Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers.

Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News

Fox News lies

You pay

@AlliFlowers The punishment should fit the crime.

... I'm also now somewhat tempted to write a mediapipe wrapper that detects Carleson in video and adds in these pieces, though realistically I think I'd have to reduce the number of bowties.

Why do the *bad guys* ALWAYS want "to move forward" when it's about the #GQP yet can't "move forward" when it's about a Dem?

Double standards much?

Should have been BILLIONS with EVERY "reporter" STARTING and ending their "segments" with A FULL THROATED DECLARATION that THEY LIED!

That TFG IS STILL LYING!

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/live-updates-dominion-v-fox-news-trial-ends-with-last-minute-settlement-163401839.html

This just in: profile in the New Yorker of CAPTCHA and Duolingo guy saying that AI will be a better teacher than teachers. Not profiled: teachers.

As a former teacher, I know this bill would discourage my former students from reading. For many years, it was sound pedagogical practice to give students a choice in what they read. This bill is taking education backwards. #txed #txlege https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/04/13/bill-requiring-texas-schools-to-tell-parents-what-books-kids-check-out-passes/?sailthru_id=626c33e69dd2ea034f0d7432&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%202023-04-18&utm_term=Politics

Shooting of 16-year-old Black teen Ralph Yarl is a direct result of GOP’s weaponization of racism and GOP's “Stand Your Ground” laws. My new article on how GOP has for years radicalized their followers to fear Black faces plus embolden them to shoot first:
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/shooting-of-16-year-old-black-teenager

In 1930, the 22-million-pound Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees over a month at a rate of 15 inches per hour, while 600 employees worked inside. Despite the slow movement, there was no interruption to the building's services, and none of the employees felt it move. #ConstructionHistory #StructuralEngineering

@Teri_Kanefield
There's always Smartmatic!

It's Not Sexist to Ask an 89-Year-Old Who Isn't Showing Up to Work to Consider Retirement

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a43623038/dianne-feinstein-retire-judiciary-committee/