Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Good enough" is a compelling place to be. Nothing is being asked of anyone if things are "good enough".
It can be worthwhile sometimes to see the boundaries where, with some effort, things could improve.

Exercise
Imagine that there is something called the "arrow of improvement". This arrow indicates how something could be improved. It's not always worth following, but be aware it's there.
For any process or any thing, you can ask:
Where does the arrow lead?

#curiosity

The DEI rubber really hits the road when scientific professional societies like #ACNP complain it's "too expensive" to move their annual meeting out of Florida. What they mean is, excluding LGBTQ+ people from their conference is an acceptable price to then.

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2023-05-17/state-superintendent-ryan-walters-possibly-ripe-for-lawsuit-after-promoting-biblical-instruction

I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”.

Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.

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“One of #Trump’s longtime lieutenants, Allen #Weisselberg, was recently released from Rikers Island jail complex after pleading guilty to a tax fraud scheme. Yet Weisselberg’s legal troubles are far from over.

Manhattan DA office now considering new round of criminal charges against Weisselberg, 75, & this time he could be charged w perjury” #Bragg #legal
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/nyregion/weisselberg-trump-bragg-perjury.html

It has to be galling for putin 🇷🇺to see President Zelenskyy 🇺🇦traveling where he can not. It’s delicious imo 😎🇺🇸

Bigoted anti-Semitic #Missouri mayor causes uproar after saying local trash collectors are ‘not trying to Jew anybody’ - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism

https://www.rawstory.com/missouri-anti-semitism/

Don’t get an epidural in Mexico, CDC warns—40 dead, including 1 Texan

The current outbreak echoes one reported last year from a different Mexican state.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/dont-get-an-epidural-in-mexico-cdc-warns-40-dead-including-1-texan/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Fulton County DA Fani Willis letter hints at time frame for Trump indictment - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-indictment-2660298946/

@AlliFlowers
It does not sound as if DeSantis is good for business or education or much else really.

#Job #histodons
Assistant Professor in Twentieth-Century #GermanHistory (linked appointment with King's College, Cambridge) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
@histodons @historikerinnen
https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/40318/

Ron DeSantis' is:
- Killing Florida's hospitality industry
- Killing Florida's tourism industry
- Killing Florida's Education system
- Killing Florida's construction industry
- Killing Florida's real estate market
- Killing free speech
- Waging war on Florida's largest employer and tax payer
- Waging war on gays
- Waging war on teachers
- Waging war on immigrants
- Starting his own private army

What a piece of 💩

#Florida #RonDesantis #DeSantis

@gwfoto they do like being entertained and apparently Trump is more entertaining than DeSantis who only has culture wars to run on. He’s as personable as a wet noodle but scary to normal people who want the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution as amended several times. We don’t need to go backwards. Pence doesn’t have anything. He sucked up to Trump until January 6th. Don’t trust any Republican that served in his administration or oh all Republicans. Joe is fine.

Good advice.

https://news.yahoo.com/house-bill-block-pay-members-140000524.html

What are Jim Jordan's congressional accomplishments over the last 16 years?

That's a tough question. I mean, he has accomplished a lot of things, like:

- Wearing a jacket only when absolutely necessary
- Yelling at witnesses during hearings
- Spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 election
- Being one of Donald Trump's most loyal defenders
- Getting sued by former wrestlers for ignoring sexual abuse allegations

So yeah, he has been very busy and productive. I'm sure his constituents are proud of him.
#GOP #politics #uspolitics #congress #judiciarycommittee #fbi #Trump