Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

When I first taught in the US, I was under the very naïve assumption that US students knew more about African American history than my European students. I was sadly mistaken, and things are getting worse, not better. Shame on these politicians, administrators, and their supporters. African American history is foundational US history. #Racism https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/12/arkansas-education-department-nixes-ap-african-american-studies-course-at-last-minute

North Carolina: Voucher Schools Get Tax Dollars with No Rules or Accountability - Curious that the same people who demanded strict accountability for public schools insist on no accountability for voucher schools. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/08/13/north-carolina-voucher-schools-get-tax-dollars-with-bo-rules-or-accountability/ via @dianeravitch #privatization

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#Theists:
Why would you worship a #god who’ll torture you for eternity if you don't?

Oh, that’s right—it’s a #ProtectionRacket

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an #atheist vs #faith

Wow.

Fani Willis has text messages and emails connecting Trump’s legal team to the 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County

I’m new to trying to overthrow governments but I *do* know this:

Don’t take notes when you’re involved in a conspiracy

Hello racketeering. Meet Trump and his entire team

From the crowdsourced #MissingPerson list from #Maui -- total names 3829. Number of people "Found" 2328. Number of people "Not Located" 1501. As of 8/11/2023 11:00am HAST. (Hawaii time). #Maui #MauiFires #MauiFiresPeopleList #Lahaina #Wildfire #Disaster https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1WAA1iFGIOT7H3xJcr5aRgqVbUdwPnJkBolBc-eFFlJE/htmlview

I'm really curious about this, please vote, if it's not too much trouble:

Where do you fall on the sexuality spectrum?
I know this can be complicated, so feel free to elaborate in the comments, since I don't have enough space for everything!

Here is the protective order issued today in USA v. Trump (DC): https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.28.0.pdf

It’s a quiet week here with @TonyStark on vacation, so I’m here to remind everyone that one vote makes a difference.

“Those voting no on Issue 1 totaled 16,015, according to unofficial results. Yes voters were one vote less than that with 16,014.”

Issue 1 vote in Clark County: No voters edged yes voters by one, unofficially-
https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/how-close-was-issue-1-in-clark-county-just-one-vote/IIS2FOM2W5GMXAWTWQCIVHATRA/

Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI

Vague ToS previously implied that customer data could be used for AI training.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/zoom-updates-terms-of-service-to-clarify-that-it-wont-use-your-calls-to-train-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvw0dueOc39/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

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Idaho’s Teacher of the Year Leaving State Following Right-Wing Harassment
Attacked for discussing world cultures, recognizing existence of United Nations
https://truthout.org/articles/idahos-teacher-of-the-year-winner-leaving-state-following-right-wing-harassment

* 2022 Idaho Teacher of the Year harassed so frequently by right-wing parents, community members she decided to leave Idaho to pursue different career

MAGA Republicans are destroying public schools
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/04/13/ron-desantis-republicans-trying-destroy-public-schools/11640432002

#Idaho #IdahoEducation #CultureWars #GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #FarRight

@AlliFlowers Just doing my part to Make America Sane Again.

Here I am with 1500 of my closest friends, waiting for #GunSenseChampion Kamala Harris. #commonsensegunlawssavelives #endgunviolence @momsdemand @everytown

COVID CASES UP 80%!

Please, please take precautions if you need to: covid is still here!

The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80% in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest".
#News #covid19 #covid #BreakingNews

https://news.yahoo.com/global-covid-cases-80-subvariant-105737403.html