Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

I am so thankful to be on #Medicare. I receive expensive immunotherapy & because it's an approved therapy for a diagnosis I have, Medicare just approves it, no fuss no muss.

A private insurer would make life miserable for me. This story of a family that sued United Healthcare is a rare glimpse inside the dirty workings of an insurer. Nice work, @ProPublica

#healthcare

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis

Republicans are trying to use the legitimacy of the House to veil their bigotry. But the internet exists, and their documented racism toward Ilhan Omar is available for all to see.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/ilhan-omar-vote-committee-republicans-rcna68851

Education can empower women and girls against various forms of oppression, injustice, and misogyny.

With the Taliban’s education ban, this form of empowerment is attacked. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

@KimPerales the hysteria over the debt and deficits when there’s a Democratic President, and the lack of concern when there’s a Republican, gives the game away. Republicans love to spend money, just on things that benefit the wealthy and connected.

Gift Article:
https://wapo.st/3YyPQs3

"Hunter Biden’s lawyers, in a newly aggressive strategy, sent a series of blistering letters Wednesday to state and federal prosecutors urging criminal investigations into those who accessed and disseminated his personal data — and sent a separate letter threatening Fox News host Tucker Carlson with a defamation lawsuit."

Good. Sue them all for everything they’re worth. #KyleRittenhouse #BLM https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-legal-proceedings-kenosha-lawsuits-shootings-3bdc03586a45f1ebee16a3df8a5a4f63

McCarthy Leads GOP Prayer After “Ex-Gay” Begs Jesus To “Cleanse This Nation Of The Sins Of Homosexuality”

People unable to separate their religious beliefs from the business of the nation do not fscking belong in office.

https://www.joemygod.com/2023/02/mccarthy-leads-gop-prayer-after-ex-gay-begs-jesus-to-cleanse-this-nation-of-the-sins-of-homosexuality/

I cut off a piece of wood whenever I get a little board.

From @onthisday

Today in 1960, 63 years ago: Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

#OnThisDay
#BlackHistoryMonth

Twitter has been sued in Germany for holocaust denial.

This is not a small thing.

In Germany, holocaust denial is a crime!

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/elon-musk-twitter-antisemitic-hate-speech-lawsuit-germany/

I used to live in Texas. I would get so mad at dudes I knew that downplayed the confederate flag, until I realized that their textbooks literally lied about the reasons for the civil war!

Showing them the articles of secession blew their mind. Some stopped rocking the flag. 👍🏿

Imagine how much less racist the US would feel if 10% of all confederate flags just disappeared. Disappeared!

Notability for iPad adds new ‘Pencil’ feature for a ‘lifelike handwriting experience’ https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/notability-ipad-pencil-feature-update/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I wrote a new blog post on what I expected from a #PhD program, and the role of #neoliberal policies in these expectancies not being met.
@edutooters @academicchatter
https://academicborderlands.substack.com/p/phd-collectivity-neoliberalism

#Theists:
Pretend means to “speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.”

A god’s existence has not been shown to be the case *in fact*.

To claim a god exists is to pretend to know something you don’t know.

#atheist vs #faith

One of my favorite things to do is modeling and recreating broken plastic wheelchair parts that cost a shitload of money but I can model and 3D print for super cheap. Rick is a teacher here at Lane Tech that works with wheelchair dependent students and he comes to me with the broken parts. Manufacturers charge way more than the families can afford.

Hey friends. Please read this open letter that I signed onto. It's a collective statement by college and university faculty from across the US who teach African American Studies in defense of the Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course that was blocked/censored in Florida.

#academicfreedom #litstudies #africanamericanstudies #blackstudies #advancedplacement @litstudies

https://medium.com/@afamprofshighered/open-letter-in-defense-of-ap-african-american-studies-e61768fb8f9c