Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Dick Butkus, Hall of Famer and legendary Bears linebacker, dies at 80 https://wapo.st/3Q4gQOx
Unlike my #SistersInLaw @BarbMcQuade, I never comment on sports, but Dick was a classmate at @UofIllinois so I want to send condolences to his family.

‘NJ train Karen’ who was caught on video telling German tourists to ‘get the f*** out of our country’ is fired from her job https://deadstate.org/nj-train-karen-who-was-caught-on-video-telling-german-tourists-to-get-the-f-out-of-our-country-is-fired-from-her-job/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@neilhimself asked people, nicely, to #mask at his events. It didn't have to go down this way.

#CovidIsNotOver #maskup

No, there is no "presidential immunity" for a criminal conspiracy.

See, e.g., United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974).

RIP The Trump Organization, 1981-2023

BREAKING -- Trump's business empire in NY.

Judge issues BOMBSHELL ruling, restricting the Trumps from moving any money into or out of their NY companies -- or starting any new business entities in any jurisdiction. And the companies are being STRIPPED from their control.

In the last 2 weeks:

One party won more affordable medications -- and more student loan relief.

The other party
- tried to impeach the president, had no case, and withdrew it
- tried to shut down the government, didn't have the votes, and failed
- voted out their own leader

Well that didn't take long. Returned home from a long trip to a locale I was expecting to get challenged on our #respirator use (and wasn't!?!).

Noticed masking is down to near zero in Downtown Toronto.

Wearing my Envomask N99 on walking home from local indoor shopping, my "nice" teacher neighbour "helpfully" calls from across the street...

N: "Did you get COVID again?"

E: "No. Because we wear these everywhere"

N: "Well you don't need to because..." (makes a distance between us motion)

E: "There are well documented cases of outdoor nearby transmission from people passing by, and many people walk by us."

N: Repeats that I don't need it indicating the distance.

E: "I am very well informed, thank you. When you have #LongCovid come talk to me"

He asks about getting #LongCovid & I explain what happened.

N: "Oh, my wife has a bit of that too"

E: "That's why I mask everywhere - I cannot afford another infection".

N: "Its just so much" (indicating masks on the face) - "it brings back such bad memories"

In other words, his emotional trigger is justification (from his perspective) for challenging my wearing a respirator & attempting to socially normalize not wearing it.

Without regard to the risk.

#CovidIsNotOver #WearARespirator #COVID19 #SARS2

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BIG NEWS: In August, the Biden administration announced 10 drugs for price negotiation. The companies have now agreed to come to the table to lower prescription prices for the American people.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/10-drugs-targeted-medicare-price-negotiations-participate-white-103682259

@Adam_Cadmon1

yup. GOP has been trying to gut public education and college education so there are less folks with critical thinking skills, knowledge of history/civics/economics. makes lying to them easier.

For the folks in the back row: It’s not the Democrats job to save the job of a House Speaker in a GOP majority…(especially one who launched bullshit Impeachment Hearings against a Democratic President to placate right wing lunatics and doesn’t keep his promises.) The GOP has a vocal wing that wants to dismantle federal power and leave nothing in its place. They must deal with these petulant children in their own party and learn to govern in a divided nation. 😏

GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna's Family Claims She Isn't Jewish And Her Grandfather Fought For Nazi Germany - Blavity https://blavity.com/gop-rep-anna-paulina-luna-family-skeptical-jewish/?utm_source=o1&utm_campaign=000d4858fc73f09390cf50f8ebf75d2dd5&utm_content=00c3a4d63b994a582a5798daed09638aac&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=0090f137cd68fedc83788f1555d5b71d12&bna=1&dicbo=v4-yIMUxbK-1081124568

"Tara Rule... had been denied a medication to treat a debilitating condition called cluster headaches, because her neurologist told her she was of 'childbearing age' and the medication could cause birth defects to a hypothetical fetus..."

A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital
https://jezebel.com/childbearing-age-medication-denied-lawsuit-1850899899

A friend
faced their fear
of heights
by going to the top
of a skyscraper.

Another friend
faced their fear
of drowning
by deciding to enroll
in swimming lessons.

Yet another friend
faced their fear
of the virus
by contracting it
only to realize
their fear
had been warranted.

LINDELL GOING BELLY UP

Prominent election conspiracy theorist and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell faces money woes so serious that two law firms defending him are seeking to dump him as a client.

A Minnesota-based law firm, Parker Daniels Kibort, and Washington based Lewin and Lewin notified federal judges in Washington and St. Paul Thursday that they are owed millions of dollars in legal fees by Lindell and his company.
#AureFreePress #News

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/05/lawyers-bail-on-mypillows-michael-lindell-owes-millions-00120174

Donald Trump told an Australian billionaire classified information on US nuclear submarines.

The Australian billionaire then told dozens of his people / friends.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans

https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456