Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

It's late, but a little justice was finally able to triumph over racist #Republicans in #Alabama.

"Maybe 30 to 40 years from since we’ve been tracking, we have not had a local case of malaria in our state,”...
A renewed risk for malaria in Arkansas carries a lot of history.... Arkansas had one of the highest malaria rates in the nation in the 1920s and 1930s, with most in the counties near the Mississippi River. #arkansas #malaria

This is the goth version of a double rainbow

Here is section 6 of Judge #Engoron’s order; #Trump et al must disclose 3rd party co-owners, equity partners & lenders for all of their businesses including the 500 LLCs.

#law #legal #Fraud #TrumpTrial #JonathanGreenberg #TrumpWealth #Putin #RussianOligarchs
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👏🏻Via Taniel:

Candidates who championed public education got big wins on Tuesday in the school board elections in Fairbanks, #Alaska, defeating conservatives who predictably were also stoking fears around #LGBTQ rights. https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2023/10/3/fairbanks-voters-opt-for-change-on-assembly-school-board-rejecting-right-wing-candidates

White House Drags House Republican Opposed to Student Debt Relief After He Had $1 Million in PPP Loans Forgiven https://www.mediaite.com/politics/white-house-drags-house-republican-opposed-to-student-debt-relief-after-he-had-1-million-in-ppp-loans-forgiven/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

So Twitter is a black hole and haven for bigotry and yet @comcast and @nbc @msnbc Reporters and staff are all on board to save Elon by staying there. Ask Andrea Mitchell who gives Twitter a shoutout every fucking day,

After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign

It's TBD how and when a reformulation will happen, but it's now in the works.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/after-covid-killed-off-a-flu-strain-annual-flu-shots-are-in-for-a-redesign/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=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

Hi all! We are recruiting again. If you can ID European birds, bats, frogs or plants and fancy some flexible, paid, work - please fill out our form: #ecology #naturalhistory #birds #bats #plants #botany #job
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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