Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Today was supposed to be the first time a woman ascended to the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Instead, three of the eight seats on the #Pentagon’s board of most senior military members will be filled with interim officers for the first time in U.S. history due to Sen. Tommy #Tuberville’s blockade on #military promotions.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/joint-chiefs-first-woman-franchetti-tuberville-00111053

I’ve just used this online form to write to my MP about proposed train ticket office closures in England, so easy and important! RNIB campaigns | Help keep our train ticket offices open https://e-activist.com/page/132961/action/1?locale=en-GB https://e-activist.com/page/132961/action/1?ea.tracking.id=email&utm_campaign=1430678_Camp1_Ticket_offices_single_ask_first_person_A&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RNIB&dm_i=4UA0,UNX2,S2XDQ,3UUEN,1

I have seen some beard babies, and they are not a pleasant sight.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

@persagen

"a former Army Ranger, State Department diplomat and founder of a charter school network who has no official certification for the Houston job"

The libraries are to be made into detention centers. Students who are "disruptive" in class will be sent to the detention centers to computer-learn.

A predictably military solution to a non-military problem.

Why do we *always* do this? We have experts who spend their lives learning how to educate and teach. Then we pick an authoritarian.

It’s time to talk about RICO. Specifically, George state RICO law, which is quite different from federal law, is much easier to prove, and carries some eye-popping penalties. And Willis could soon charge Trump & Co with it. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/georgia-rico-law-an-indictment-week?sd=pf

#Theists:
Every #religion claims it’s the true one. They can’t all be true. At most, only one is. More likely, none of them are.

How would an outsider determine *your* version is the truth?

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an #atheist vs #faith

DeSantis is making Florida schools great again, one ban and muzzle at a time | Opinion - Miami Herald https://apple.news/Axzv_BNGPRgaDOy0OisrxoQ This is brilliant! I’m done reading editorials today because after this one the rest will just let me down. Vote Blue

Texas: BASIS Charter School Sells "VIP Car Line" for $2500+ a Pop - Charter school graft even surprises me at times. Charters are damaging for education, equity and democracy. Role them back under elected governance. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2023/08/13/texas-basis-charter-school-sells-vip-car-line-for-2500-a-pop/ #privatization

NEW: I sat down with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna — one of the lawyers who successfully argued this past #SCOTUS term’s big Voting Rights Act case — about the win, Alabama’s “straight-up defiant” response, and the broader landscape across the nation. https://www.lawdork.com/p/law-dork-qa-with-abha-khanna

Raskin compares Trump White House to Putin’s Kremlin | The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4150805-raskin-compares-trump-white-house-to-putins-kremlin/ by design #uspol #TFG #putin #fascism

As the battle over #bookbans in #schools and #libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it’s taking on #librarians is coming at a great cost — personally and financially. Many librarians are speaking up about fearing for their jobs and safety. NPR’s Tovia Smith traveled to Louisiana where tensions have been flaring up — pitting librarians against book ban advocates in the local community. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1193446007 #education #censorship #CivilLiberties

@mekkaokereke The statement "I don't like political violence, whether it comes from the left or the right" isn't really even both siding it. It is a moot point. The last major leftist political violence I recall in the USA was the fatal bombing of a Wisconsin bldg in 1970. Since then, the political violence has been overwhelmingly from Conservatives. I'd be more specific on who they are trying to claim is violent on the left: BLM. #ConservativesReallyAreThatBad

#LEGO 🍣⛩️🍥

When you are in an online meeting (Teams/Zoom/Jitsi/...), do you turn on your camera?

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