Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

RED ALERT: The GOP is scared of informed young people. That's why they don't want the younger generation to read books, learn REAL history, think for themselves, or VOTE!

This week: 🔥 Yesterday, Idaho House Republicans passed a bill that would remove student ID cards from the list of acceptable proof of identification to vote. The bill now goes to the GOP-controlled state Senate. The bill’s sponsor said it's needed to prevent fraud; had no proof to back her claim.

#Idiocy #FascismRising

"Zelensky was at the center of Trump’s first impeachment trial. Now, he is side by side with Joe Biden, in the best moment of Biden’s presidency. So you see the problem." https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-and-his-critics

Florida wants Apple & Google to label apps made outside US https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/21/florida-wants-apple-google-to-label-apps-made-outside-us?utm_medium=rss (Fascism spreads in Florida - Next they will want to exclude anything not made in Florida... people, goods and services)

Why are we letting Lil’ Tyrant DeSantis get everything he wants?

A war on our trans children, a war on education, a war on immigrants

And now he wants to TRIPLE the size of Florida’s state guard?

Are we going to stop fascism or…?

JOB POSTING: Gerry Carter is hiring a 5-year+ Research Senior Associate to supervise experiments in his lab on sociality and cooperation in a captive colony of vampire bats.

Gerry is absolutely phenomenal to work with and this position looks amazing! Please share far and wide!!

More info here: https://socialbat.org/research-scientist/

@jobsecoevo #bat #VampireBat #cooperation #BehavioralEcology #SocialNetworks #postdoc #ResearchScientist #Macademia

Even a humble atheist can successfully (and happily) Do Unto Others.

In fact, most atheists and agnostics actually do practice "Do Unto Others". As a way to live one's life? It's simple and kinda genius.

Here's the puzzler: considering how simple and genius it is, why are so many American Fundamentalist Christians sooooooooo horribly bad at it?

Maybe it's because they practice "Do What We Say Or Else!" instead.

Republicans in Congress have introduced a new bill (HR 899). Below is the entire bill’s text:

“The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2023.”

Remember, attacks on education are attacks on #democracy.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/899

#politics #law #lawfedi #education #lawprofs

Anyone looking to hire an iOS Developer with 2+ years of experience? 😊

#criticalthinking #science #religion #education #feelings #reality

It's hard to overstate the danger to a free society, democracy and truth with Kevin McCarthy handing over 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to Fox's election-denying, pro-Putin propagandist Tucker Carlson. This is a betrayal of American democracy and freedom.

@AlliFlowers apparently registered Republicans don’t need any government programs or infrastructure.

Toxic train derailment due to greed and weakened rules: Sherrod Brown

The senator cites pressure from lobbyists to weaken regulations.“Every time there’s a new administration,” Brown explained, “particularly a more conservative one that’s more pro-corporate, they put all these regulations on the table about safety, about worker safety, community safety, the environment, consumer protections, and, at the behest of lobbyists, far too often, they weaken those laws.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/19/sherrod-brown-train-derailment-ohio-00083588

At least 25 out of 42 school bus drivers and staff in Chapel Hill, North Carolina — more than half of them — "are out sick with COVID-19 or other illnesses"

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/25-out-of-42-chapel-hill-bus-drivers-ill-sick-with-covid-routes-impacted-for-several-days-school/

Is this the "normal" that minimizers are in such a hurry to get back to?

Walk out, sick out, strike, shut it down #SchoolWalkout2023 #GeneralStrike

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask #BringBackMasks #Education @novid

How about more leaders who care about public service (like Jimmy Carter) and less who relish cruelty, violence and punching down on vulnerable communities (so many examples)?

Hello World! It's #introduction time!

My name is Juxta and I'm ostensibly a digital media producer that sorta does local journalism in the frozen tundra of the #Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper #Michigan.

This is my first time being "on social media" since I deleted Facebook nine years ago and am cautiously optimistic about a more just and equitable future for social media through the #Fediverse.

President Carter’s viral essay:
“My decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades.…was…unavoidable…when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be ‘subservient’ to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains….”
#feminism #SouthernBaptist #misogyny #JimmyCarter
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html

The local University #MichiganTech recently reversed a student government decision and forced them to fund a conservative speaker from Turning Point USA claiming that not doing so violated the speaker's constitutionally protected free speech. A busy week of student activism, secret meetings, and social media pressure all lead up to a fierce clash between students and administration this past Friday.

If that sounds interesting then give my story a read.

https://www.copperbeacon.org/news/2d1a6c0r65j9tjmngmz9y91c4e8ngl

#Journalism #LocalNews #Keweenaw #TPUSA #FreeSpeech