Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

#Facts

https://apnews.com/article/arizona-cant-limit-filming-of-police-a7a7ad0fe5b421d416ec3477d0795707 “The law prohibits or chills a substantial amount of First Amendment protected activity and is unnecessary to prevent interference with police officers given other Arizona laws in effect,” Tuchi ruled.” So film my friends film.

Texas sued over plan to deploy floating barrier on Rio Grande to curb border crossings

By Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Rosa Flores, CNN
Updated 9:56 PM EDT, Sat July 8, 2023

(CNN) - The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to stop the installation of a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande, claiming Gov. Greg Abbott has no right to regulate the border.

The lawsuit was filed on the same day that Texas started deploying buoys for the barrier in an attempt to deter migrant crossings on the river along the US-Mexico border.

The suit lists the state of Texas and Abbott, as well as the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard. CNN has reached out to Abbott’s office for comment.

“Our lawsuit seeks to protect communities on the Texas-Mexico border from Governor Abbott’s misleading politics,” said attorney Carlos Flores, who represents plaintiff Jessie Fuentes, the owner of Epi’s Canoe...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/texas-floating-barrier-migrants-lawsuit

I didn’t know that two months after Kent State, Lawrence, KS police killed two KU students amid protests, and covered up their involvement. https://blogs.lib.ku.edu/spencer/recent-acquisition-the-facts-behind-the-1970-police-shooting-of-a-ku-student/

Netanyahu and his cronies are going to do to Israel what all the Arab countries and their supporters were unable to do to Israel for all these years.

The MAGAs screaming "stop making everything about race" just repealed affirmative action, claim slavery benefitted Black people, ordered drowning of brown migrant kids, defied a SCOTUS redistricting order, & threatened to sue Fortune 100 companies for "anti-white" discrimination.

Hey if slavery is so great, why doesn't Desantis enslave white folks? His kids should be slaves right? Why wouldn't they want to be slaves? They should be be lining up.

I should have thought of that. 😂

"This is an X-parrot."

https://twitter.com/christhebarker/status/1683210149316444161

This kind of racism is on the rise and must be stopped. The racists are the minority, but if the majority doesn't shut them down, they will gain enough power to destroy America.

“When I first became mayor, [a white woman told me] the town was not ready for a Black mayor,” Braxton recalls.

The town is 85% Black, and 29% of Black people here live below the poverty line.
#Racism
https://capitalbnews.org/newbern-alabama-black-mayor/

#ALweather #ALwx
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National Weather Service Mobile AL
1249 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2023

...New AVIATION, NEAR TERM...

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Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms continue this
afternoon into early evening, primarily south of the I-65
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https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/p.php?pid=202307231749-KMOB-FXUS64-AFDMOB

1/5 black people in Florida have been convicted of "a felony"-- (we should talk about how this alone is absurd.)

At one time having a felony on your record would make you ineligible to vote.

The people of Florida passed a law saying that felons who served their time could vote.

Ron DeSantis decided if there were any unpaid fines, they could be *sent to prison* for voting. It's hard to find out if you have any unpaid fines.

This is just Jim Crow all over again.

How after-school clubs became a new battleground in the Satanic Temple’s push to preserve separation of church and state

https://theconversation.com/how-after-school-clubs-became-a-new-battleground-in-the-satanic-temples-push-to-preserve-separation-of-church-and-state-209579

#SatanicTemple #SeparationOfChurchAndState #AfterSchoolClubs #Battleground #Preserve #New #Politics #News

This article contains all the fake elector certificates provided in response to a FOIA request from March 2021. Very prescient the AmericanOversight.org was all over this issue! #fakeelectors #jan6 #TrumpIndictment

https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-obtains-seven-phony-certificates-of-pro-trump-electors

Have improved my response to the "are you a boy or a girl" question that kids often ask me.

Yesterday I was cycling over Thessins Bridge and had to slow down to navigate my way through a group of pre teens with skateboards.

They were a lively group, a bit raggedy, possibly from the nearby informal settlement. With an appealing punk energy.

One of them asked me, and I responded "I'm not sure. What do you think?" and I saw that moment of surprise that meant I might have introduced a new idea there.

#today #CyclingLife #nonbinary #ActuallyAutistic

“His desire was to make Jews afraid to go to synagogue and to be Jewish publicly. He sought to annihilate our value of welcoming the stranger, and was enraged by our care for refugees. The more we show the strength of our community, encouraging Jews to embody Jewish values, the more we can demonstrate the utter defeat of those who seek to harm the Jewish people.“✡️🪬 #mazeldon @mazeldon

‘Death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter not just’ https://forward.com/opinion/476733/no-death-penalty-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter/

An American Hero has passed:
(Gifted article, no paywall) Catherine Burks-Brooks, 83, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies
She was among a small group of students who restarted the Freedom Rides after the first attempt ended in violence and nearly destroyed the movement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/catherine-burks-brooks-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=YJLpBeXZ3zvUT0StFgoHyE7M-C_4-qtQntiXGlTL2S_SAk5P2ZGxzblWpBMvwsq16fkYNNBMa14FamKXodUw0ac6jQmhip0W7OL6B559kqTOtQzym7IcfV7TFTRAB22SNRQw_V_OtZV1-zxHDACy2wzEsPy7dmlFdGtP6_9CanXDSt6J-Q1sevIW5uCSDjcJ3QBrI_vVbAqZ41T234CKcoc0lKcv8t8juaxaJER2beBbLQnvEc-EzvUMsrp2om8f7TtigHkHMwR16024uUE9S64rlF_83jrRFJGRiRhFkihvx4QdBAGXJHpQPSKnEsoD64Hcr81dphtpusStKcLT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#freedomSummer #freedomRiders #CatherineBrooks

Why isn’t “try that in a small town” about trying to get medical care in a small town, trying to find a grocery store in a small town, trying to get a job, childcare, secondary education? Nope it’s about we’re gonna shoot everyone different than us in the name of Jesus.
Rural America is destroying itself, selling itself out, intentionally destroying its own future, while blaming “liberals”

I posted this a few days ago but can’t find it, so here’s a repost. 😅

Southerner Tips for Avoiding Heatstroke!

I know some of y’all out here aren’t used to a lot of heat and humidity, so here are some important tips for how to avoid heatstroke and deal with the heat when you’re outside!

Most important is DRINK CONSTANTLY. The thing they drill into us as kids down South is that if you’re thirsty, it’s too late. You need to be drinking before you feel thirsty.