Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

If you are in the Hoover/Birmingham Alabama. Metro Area. Ladies Please be careful and use extra diligent. For your own safety if you must travel at night or alone. Carry mace, keys, your Glock (I got mine)

Russia just officially erased trans people, and in the name of Christianity no less.

The Duma passed and Putin signed legislation that bans trans medical care as well as adoptions by trans people. And they also not only banned marriage and ID changes, but legislated any that already exist all be reversed.

"The Russian state now designates transgender people as 'enemies of the people'"

American Republicans must be so jealous of their master.

https://thesaxon.org/russia-bans-trans-medical-transition-marriage-and-adoption/

A termite walks into a bar and asks “Is the bar tender here?”

Let's be clear. SARS-CoV-2 is an atrociously bad virus. It can damage any number of organ systems, increases risk for all kinds of illnesses, and is causing a mass disabling event. And that's just what we know about it so far. You do not want to get it, and if you've had it you don't want it again.

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‘To overcome low self-esteem or sadness, reflect on your own goodness’

Everyday Buddhist

#buddhist

Once again, @SenRonJohnson is ready to throw those on #SocialSecurity under his limo's wheels.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/07/ron-johnson-not-willing-put-his-money?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=76971

Two years ago, American working families began receiving their Child Tax Credit deposits in their bank accounts. This benefit resulted in the largest poverty reduction in US history. A BIG deal.

We should reinstate the Child Tax Credit. There is no good argument against it.

NEW: Mississippi removed 29,000 people from its Medicaid rolls in June—accounting for 44% of those who were up for renewal—after the COVID Public Health Emergency order ended.

Many more mostly low-wage workers will lose Medicaid in the months to come and many will be left in the coverage gap. Mississippi is one of just 10 states that chose not to accept billions to expand Medicaid—which could cover 100,000-300,000 residents.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/34555/mississippi-removes-29000-from-medicaid-rolls-after-covid-orders-end

New Northwestern study reveals alarming impact of long Covid on patients

"Long Covid occurs in about a third of Covid survivors and is now the third leading neurologic disorder in the United States."

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-northwestern-study-impact-long-covid-patients

#COVID #PASC #LongCovid

Gandalf ordered the entire Fellowship to turn their phones to silent.

He was bored of the rings.

Bill Phillis: Ohio Republicans Transfer Powers of State Board of Education to Governor - This power grab does bit past the constitutional small test. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/07/15/bill-phillis-ohio-republicans-transfer-powers-of-state-board-of-education-to-governor/ via @dianeravitch #authoritarianism

Consumer confidence in the #economy is soaring. That's very good news for #JoeBiden https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-havent-felt-this-good-about-the-economy-in-almost-two-years-151453360.html?.tsrc=372

When my very existence becomes illegal, what does law mean to me anymore?

This week graduate students and a postdoc at UC San Diego got arrested and charged with 'vandalism' and 'conspiracy' for a labor protest. They wrote with chalk and washable paint about the fact that the University has not paid them enough as dictated by the union contract and table talk. The University, specifically the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, changed their appointment percentage from 50% to 43% in order to avoid giving them a raise.

Here is a local news article about it: https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/06/30/uc-san-diego-student-workers-arrested-after-allegations-of-conspiracy-and-vandalism

They are gathering signatures on this petition:
https://www.change.org/p/tell-uc-to-drop-their-charges-against-protesting-workers

Please share it widely!

A couple weeks ago, the university leveled student conduct violations against grad students who staged a protest at an alumni event about the same labor violations from the university, and other similar issues. They accused the students of assaulting the chancellor and threatening health and safety, when the action was completely nonviolent. The student conduct process is still ongoing...

In summary, the university's retaliation is very overpowered compared to the modest demands and peaceful demonstrations from the grad student and postdoc workers.

Moreover, this is another reminder that the cops are not your friends, no matter how nicely you behave.

#AcademicLabor #HotLaborSummer #AllCopsAreBad

From 1940s-1980, the wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax rates. Zero of them went broke from taxation. Zero of them left the USA. All remained exceedingly wealthy, manufacturing boomed, AND we had the strongest middle class growth in US History.

Let's do that again. #TaxTheRich

No matter how many USB ports one has, it is always one fewer than needed.