Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

So, it’s now been two months since I stopped testing positive for #Covid, and I’m still dealing with intermittent mental and physical fatigue as bad as when I was undergoing chemo. Can’t move, can’t sleep, can’t read or watch anything or hold an extended conversation. Luckily this happens less often, but I can relapse if I overdo it, like spending a morning in meetings or running a couple of errands.

I also continue to have nervous system problems. My essential tremor, which was manageable with beta blockers pre-Covid, is significantly worse. And I’m waking up several times a night with new neuropathy in my feet, as well as tingling that runs all the way up the back of my legs to my butt. My blood glucose is similarly unpredictable, which probably means that I’m still fighting remnants of the virus somewhere.

The one positive: my rheumatoid arthritis, which caused my hands to be chronically inflamed, disappeared when I got Covid. It’s as if my immune system found something better to do than attack my joints. I still get occasional stiffness and pain, but it’s so much better than it was. My doctor and I are all 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷‍♂️

Anyway, this is all to say that #CovidIsNotOver and you REALLY don’t want even a mild infection. #KeepMasking

he dined for your sins

In jab at DeSantis, Florida Democrats cap fundraising dinner with raucous drag show

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/08/in-jab-at-desantis-florida-democrats-cap-fundraising-dinner-with-raucous-drag-show/

#SunSentinel #FloridaDemocrats #FundraisingDinner #DragShow #DeSantis #Raucous #Politics #News

#Theists:
If #God is omniscient, omnipotent, all-loving, and has a plan, why bother #praying? Can you change his mind?

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an #atheist vs #faith

New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor demonstrates a serious increase in the number of people with a disability since the #COVID19 pandemic. #longcovid is a price we'll keep paying as we invite repeated infections.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU00074597

Let’s stop using colors that make slides unreadable to those who have imperfect vision.

FLORIDA ON FIRE, DEMS are fighting back. Organize. It’s all Local! #VOTEBLUE

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1677826413976600576/pu/vid/1440x720/zR0Yfa2Bo0kYwZrW.mp4?tag=12

Idaho Disbands Maternal Mortality Review Committee Amid National Surge in Deaths. Idaho is now the only state without a process for reviewing and attempting to prevent pregnancy-related deaths.

https://truthout.org/articles/idaho-disbands-maternal-mortality-review-committee-amid-national-surge-in-deaths/

#IdahoMaternalMortality #MaternalHealthCrisis #PregnancyRelatedDeaths #MaternalMortalityReview #IdahoHealthcare #MaternalHealthcare #Politics #News

Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court
The exclusive Horatio Alger Association brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of access. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@tomcapuder Applied to any coercive religion, I’ve said for decades that you can’t be accurately judged by anyone if being good is based on Divine Retribution threatening your afterlife status. We have to see how you act without the leveled threats. This is different than acting based on your inner moral compass, doing good deeds just because “You” want to. 🤔 Btw, I’m Agnostic, I don’t rule out the possibility of something more after… just don’t know what that might be. 🙂

"he group Moms for Liberty may be new, but its strategy is not. Education has always been a valuable culture war and wedge issue, one that often attracts allies across class, race and gender lines. Capturing school boards was a tactic religious right conservatives used to oppose progressive ideas such as sex education in the 1960s."

~ Anthea Butler

#MomsforLiberty #Republicans #CultureWars

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/moms-for-liberty-republican-politics-rcna92395

Religious right gets blindsided by angry parents in a Southern California school district - The anti-crt, pro-censorship and anti-gay GOP sponsored school board candidates are now targets of angry parent driven recall efforts. https://news.yahoo.com/culture-clash-religious-makes-move-110000450.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr via @Yahoo #CultureWarriors

#Doonesbury nails #DeSantis on “woke”

Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/07/09

Why Does Eating Foods Cooked at High Temperatures Increase Cancer Risk? Stanford Scientists Discover Surprising New Reason Why
https://scitechdaily.com/why-does-eating-foods-cooked-at-high-temperatures-increase-cancer-risk-stanford-scientists-discover-surprising-new-reason-why/ #HighTemperature #cooking #cancer #risk