Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Oh- to be a fly on the wall for this one...
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jack-smith-aileen-cannon-cipa-1864989

The #JackieRobinson statue was lynched, echoing #EmmettTill. Should we be grateful that this time, no one died?

In the era of #Trump, we probably should. That's how low he has caused us as a nation to devolve.

https://sports.yahoo.com/jackie-robinson-statue-found-burned-destroyed-after-theft-from-youth-baseball-field-214110140.html

Breaking: Elon Musk pay package struck down by Delaware judge, will be forced to pay back $55 billion, or 110 Twitters.

I wrote a quick update on right-wing donor and Cambridge Analytica funder Rebekah Mercer who has a new nonprofit called RAM Veterans Foundation that aims to rank veterans' charities.

I also list all of the nonprofits where Rebekah Mercer is active.

#RebekahMercer #MercerFamily #CambridgeAnalytica #RAMVeteransFoundation

https://newstracs.com/rebekah-mercers-new-nonprofit-aims-to-rank-veterans-charities/2024/01/30/

New Hampshire: Another Day, Another Charter School Scandal - School choice has become known as where fraud and instability are endemic. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/01/30/new-hampshire-another-day-another-charter-school-scandal/ via @dianeravitch #School_Choice

Postdoc researchers play a pivotal role in scientific progress but early departures are seen at alarming rates.

#eLifeAmbassador Verena Haage leads an international survey of postdocs to understand their experiences and how they could be helped. Get involved: https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/015caaa0/elife-ambassadors-survey-why-postdocs-leave-labs?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Je recherche toujours un.e prof qui accepterait de :
- Recevoir gratuitement des purificateurs d'air DIY pour équiper sa classe
- Affronter et me partager toutes les plaintes et oppositions contre de tels appareils
Bonus si la personne est sur Nantes, Paris ou Lyon.

Je peux vous fournir absolument tous les documents possibles, argumentaires, graphiques, données, normes CE du matériel etc, afin de faciliter l'opération.

Non-Jews: what do you plan to do about the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents like these?

https://www.jta.org/2024/01/29/global/man-arrested-after-brandishing-knife-at-kosher-supermarket-in-golders-green-london

#antisemitism #jewish #israel #palestine @israel @palestine

#maga

Is anyone in Austin, TX, interested in teaching kiddos computer science for a living?

Long View (micro school) is hiring! Retoots appreciated.

#teaching #programming #austin

"Hamas appears to pull out of hostage deal that could have ended war in Gaza within months: report."

@palestine
@israel
#hamas
#terrorism
#gaza
#palestine
#war vs #peace vs #genocide
https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/news/hamas-pulls-out-of-hostage-deal-that-could-have-ended-war-in-gaza-within-months/

#KenPaxton requested #transgender youths’ medical records from QueerMed — which is based in Decatur, GA — late last year, the health provider’s founder Izzy Lowell told WaPo on Sun.

“This request from the #Texas Attorney general is a clear attempt to #intimidate providers of gender-affirming care & parents & families that seek that care outside of Texas & other states w/ bans,” Lowell said in a statement.

#HIPAA #RightWing #extremism #GOP #Republicans

In case you missed it, this is what the party of "family values" has been up to.

#NoRepublicansEverAgain

Az Democrats rally behind race-based hair discrimination protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012924_hair_discrimination/az-democrats-rally-behind-race-based-hair-discrimination-protections/
HB 2396 would prohibit discrimination against Arizona employees and students based on their ancestry, skin color, ethnic identity or background, and would also protect them from discrimination based on traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective styles.
#Tucson #Arizona

This is too good not to share in full! Jamie Raskin's column today in WAPO.
(#GiftLink at bottom of thread)
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A handy manual for Republicans commenting on mass shootings.

On the day Mike Johnson (R-La.) became House speaker, 18 Americans were massacred and 13 injured by a mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine — but Johnson’s comments the next day already showed deft command of what is obviously the GOP’s Mass Shooting Rhetorical First-Response Protocol. In the event that Johnson is deposed and another Republican is chosen as speaker and needs a primer — and for the benefit of all members of Congress following National Rifle Association message discipline — I have compiled this guide.

Beginning with a quote from Johnson, it assembles phrases that have worked well to bury the vast majority of mass shootings in the United States — including the more than 600 recorded in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive — in pious nonsense, logical contradiction and legislative inaction. Please copy and paste as needed.