Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Incredibly dangerous situation unfolding right now with a possibly historic December tornado outbreak in progress. Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado watch issued for Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Northshore, Hattiesburg, Mobile, and parts of west central Alabama until 8 p.m. Central. Imperative to take immediate tornado precautions if warned. #LAwx #MSwx #ALwx #tornado #FediWx #NewOrleans

A bit late on this "Intro Post" but apparently it is recommended. 😀​

I'm just another twitter refugee (15 years on twitter, trying to wean myself off).

Taken from my profile:

Barb/Barbara | She/Her | Retired Teacher | Amateur Cook | Former Triathlon Podcaster | Traveller | Gardener | Petsitter | Service Puppy Raiser | Politics | Genealogy | Bleeding Heart Socialist | #TheArchers

#Politics #Genealogy #Travel #Canada #BCPoli #CanPoli #Science #Cooking #Dogs #ServiceDogs #DogTraining

Beneath the "Marshall Law" joke is an issue of deadly seriousness.

Martial law means suspension of habeas corpus, which means limitless arrest and detention without having to prove any crime. It would mean suspending Congress -- and local government. It would mean dictatorship.

@AlliFlowers And these folks then wonder why they’re not revered and adored like other leaders.

Joe Biden Says 'We Should Have Societal Guilt' At 10-Year Sandy Hook Anniversary - The president said he was “optimistic” that Congress might pass stronger gun control legislation as he declared a day of remembrance. #huffpost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sandy-hook-shooting-10-year-anniversary_n_6399e3bde4b019c696282076

The guy who co-authored Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s “parental rights” bill was just indicted for fraud, which is fitting given that they have defrauded the public w/ this Christo-fascist “parental rights” scam to destroy public schools. The “parental rights” slogan comes from proponents of private Christian schools & homeschooling—religious zealots who want to dismantle public education to create a Christian “Joshua generation.” #ChristianNationalism #PublicSchools https://www.salon.com/2022/01/12/parental-rights-started-on-the-christian-fringe--now-its-the-gops-winning-issue/

Every day is a day we can be more:

Kind
Intentional
Focused
Gracious
Just
Forgiving
Open minded

All you have to do is start. You won’t be perfect, but that’s not the goal. Just be a bit better every day.

We already have voter suppression - here's education suppression:
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-cc00d3bfecc7c286a268998b50533d17
#Education #Politics

A trove of more than 2,000 of Mark Meadows’s texts was published today, and they show that Jim Jordan played a lead role in Trump’s plot."

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/12/12/jim-jordan-meadows-texts.html #MarkMeadows #JimJordan #USPoli #Politics #Insurrection

Hallelujah! Governor Kate Brown of Oregon has commuted the entire death row and ordered the execution chamber to be dismantled.
A brave, moral act. I salute her.
#DeathPenalty #executions #GovKateBrown #CapitalPunishment
https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=76509

Why did more than 200,000 workers go on strike this year? Perhaps it’s because CEOs are now paid 399 times as much as a typical worker…

5 handy iOS 16 features that are available in macOS Ventura https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/13/macos-ventura-features-from-ios-16/

@AlliFlowers See, Republicans. Not so hard, was it?

Key reforms to the Electoral Count Act would close loopholes Trump and his allies tried to exploit in 2020.

This may be our last chance to protect our democracy before the next election.

Please call your senators and urge them to get this done: (202) 224-3121

BREAKING: US finally sending Ukraine the Patriot missile defense system, the gold standard for surface-to-air defense. This will help Ukraine defend against Russian missile and drone attacks.

Another potential game-changer in Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

Text from my dad, I hope this is true

I just heard that somebody wrote an academic paper in first person plural, we did this and we did that, but he was the sole author. The editor pointed out that the journal's policy forbade writing in the plural if there was only one author. So he added his cat as co-author and it was accepted🙂

Apple Music launches collection of playlists with songs perfect for ‘Sing’ karaoke feature https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/13/find-apple-music-sing-karaoke-songs/