Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

This is one of the best pieces by this author since her easy-to-read summaries of key COVID research articles from last year:

"Humans invested in public health and sanitation because they got tired of dying from diseases. They dragged their leaders kicking and screaming into public health, after it became painfully clear there was no alternative.

Well, here we are again. It would be nice if we could pay attention to history instead of constantly repeating it."

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/no-we-havent-lived-with-diseases

WTAF?!

Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) announced legal guidance on enforcing the state’s sweeping new anti-trans law.

#Kansas is going to change gender markers on trans people's IDs back to their sex assigned at birth - #LGBTQ Nation #KS https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/kansas-is-going-to-change-gender-markers-on-trans-peoples-ids-back-to-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/

I would like to thank Elon Musk for posting a hateful antisemitic tweet and then defending it like a bratty five year-old, thereby reminding me that my quitting Twitter a few weeks ago was an absolute moral necessity. If I hadn’t done it then I’d have to do it now.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/16/elon-musk-defends-inflammatory-tweets-ill-say-what-i-want.html

❗️Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in #Mississippi has fired multiple deputies after two Black men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging six White deputies entered their private residence illegally and tortured them for nearly two hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/us/rankin-county-mississippi-officers-fired-lawsuit-black-men

Amtrak’s Adirondack service returned three months ago after being shuttered for three years. Now, the route between New York City and Montreal, Canada has been suspended north of Albany, the state capital of New York. America’s government-owned railroad company was forced to halt operations due to extremely low-speed limits imposed by freight railroad Canadian National.

my spouse was not only confused, she was extremely pissed off [@mikemathia]

Addendae 1

Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders with no-job, no-worries work permits
They're vetted, almost acculturated, & will be booted from the US if they lose their gig
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/28/canada_tech_talent_h1b_plan
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36505152 >> e.g. "These are exactly the kind of immigrants any country should be desperate to have."

International experts in science, tech, engineering and math can apply soon for 'express entry' to Canada
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/international-experts-in-science-tech-engineering-and-math-can-apply-soon-for-express-entry-to-canada-1.6459698

#Canada #immigration #H1Bvisa

ITS THE ECONOMY, FOLKS,
#voteblue

Allow me to introduce myself.

Just a small reminder... cuz that's it.

#blackmastodon #blacktwitter #blackfedi #racism #ally #community

Study: In the first two years of the #COVID19 pandemic, the US saw an estimated 1,179,024 excess deaths. While it struck large metropolitan Northeastern counties early, "nonmetropolitan Southern counties had the highest cumulative relative excess mortality by July 2021." In other words, Republican, rural areas most likely to deny the risks, reject the vaccine and refuse to wear masks.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf9742

We are so unprepared for the next #COVID19 wave. Visited a pharmacy to buy some COVID tests. They don't have any and don't plan to restock them. Meanwhile, COVID continues to mutate, the population's immunity continues to fade, and we have another dangerous fall and winter ahead of normal social and travel behaviors with zero mitigations. Those who don't learn from history...

That is: at least 1 out of 20 people hospitalized with COVID in Massachusetts, and up to 1/10 people, DEFINITELY GOT COVID IN THE HOSPITAL.

This is really for my non-Jewish friends...

I know to many of you, Zionism appears to be a left/right issue, that is you believe that Zionist Jews are right wing, and non or anti-Zionist Jews are left wing.

This is not the case.

Zionism is an issue that does not fall neatly in the left/right political paradigm. Early Israeli Zionism was extremely left, even Communist in nature, and modern diasporatic Jews, many of whom are left-learning, are also Zionists.

If you're a gentile and wondering where you should fall on Zionism, the answer is generally: no where.

Zionism is a Jewish issue, deeply tied to Jewish thought and the Jewish experience. It's not a matter for you to weigh in on, and it's generally not a "political" issue, even though it has political implications.

As for Babka, it is not a Zionist or non-Zionist instance. We don't exclude or gatekeep Jews based on their stance towards Zionism.

(please boost!)

#Jewdiverse #Mazeldon #Zionism #Babka

The White House is picking a fight with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after her hometown newspaper in Floyd County touted federal public safety grants the area was set to receive through the American Rescue Plan.
Greene, along with every other House Republican, voted against the American Rescue Plan in March 2021.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4070667-white-house-picks-fight-with-greene-over-funding/?utm_campaign=TheHill-trending-stories

Trump has changed HIS OWN STORY at least five times on this ONE topic.

Trump Reverses Course, Now Claims He Was Lying About Iran Battle Plans On Infamous Recording: ‘It Was Bravado’
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #TrumpCrimeFamily #TrumpIsGuilty

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-reverses-course-now-claims-he-wasnt-actually-showing-iran-battle-plans-on-infamous-recording-it-was-bravado/

Maybe Rudy Giuliani could represent Walt Nauta pro bono—oh, that’s right—he’s been disbarred.

ON SECOND THOUGHT

I believe Special Counsel Jack Smith is planning on charging Trump in New Jersey for this and other crimes that took place at his Bedminster resort.

The charges in Florida occurred at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

Call it a hedge against Trumper Judge Aileen Cannon, who is the head judge in Florida.

Iran memo not among 31 records underlying Trump federal charges
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #BREAKING #news #BreakingNews
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-memo-not-among-the-31-records-underlying-charges-in-trump-federal-indictment/