Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Future of school voucher system is questionable - State voucher program is unconstitutional, and Ohio taxpayers should not subsidize parents who choose private education over the public good offered by their local community. https://www.vindy.com/opinion/guest-columnists/2023/01/future-of-school-voucher-system-is-questionable/ #Education

🇺🇸🇺🇦Billionaire Ackman donates $3.25M for ambulances in Ukraine - Reuters (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3675719-billionaire-ackman-donates-325m-for-ambulances-in-ukraine-reuters.html #Ukraine #Invasion #News #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine

Weeks after Ohio rail derailment, President Biden has no plans to visit https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-02-26/biden-east-palestine-railroad-derailment (Me: I have had it with crap headlines... The Mayor asked him not to visit... plenty of working agency heads have since... Mayor said a Presidential visit is not needed... they are getting the help they need!)

From the bird site 😂🤣😂

Alas, there is no lifeguard working the gene pool.

I realize there are some folks looking at this that just followed me this week. So a proper #Introduction is in order:

I’m a 5th grade #Teacher in Richmond, VA
I love #writing, but I got a lot of nothing to say
I’m a married #Father of a crazy kindergartener
As far as my story goes, that’s the start.
I’m the youngest child of three, I grew up in the woods
I have no hard luck stories, my upbringing was good
Both parents in the house and worked hard for a living
Taught always to appreciate the things we were given.
Graduate of #VCU with a bachelor’s in English
And a master’s in teaching from the Uni of Phoenix
Been teaching grade schoolers since two thousand twelve
And for the last three years, it’s been absolute hell.
That’s why I drown myself in #art, #books, and #poetry
And I started making renders on #Daz3D
Because the real world sucks and it’s hurting my soul…
So would you mind donating toward my #KoFi goal?😁😎✌🏾

https://ko-fi.com/scribblerrva/goal?g=12

The coconut octopus is found in tropical waters of the western Pacific. It feeds on shrimp, crabs, and clams, and displays unusual behavior including bipedal walking and tool use; it gathers coconut shells and seashells and uses them for shelter.

It displays a color pattern with dark ramified lines similar to veins, normally with a yellow siphon. The arms are usually darker, with contrasting white suckers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphioctopus_marginatus

#ocean #biodiversity

photo: https://www.facebook.com/wildworldbv/photos/a.407853472580181/1881495298549317/?type=3&is_lookaside=1

The phrase "government approved book" or "government approved curriculum" should alarm everyone. #Indoctrination is the process of teaching people to accept ideas uncritically. Only presenting one idea and banning & demonizing any idea that counters it meets the definition.

In short, #Florida is seeking to indoctrinate students.

https://pen.org/educational-censorship-continues-in-2023/

#education #books #DeSantis #highered

#Theists:
#God has a plan = no free will
Free will = no godly plan

Discuss among yourselves.

#atheist vs #faith

A TRUE American Hero 😢

Marshfield, WI couple learned this week their 28-year-old son died fighting in Ukraine
#Ukraine️ #USA

https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2023/02/23/marshfield-couple-learned-their-son-died-fighting-in-the-ukraine/69938065007/

#H5N1
Doomsday à l'angle de la rue ?

Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions
More than 600 sea lions have been found dead or dying on Peruvian beaches this year in the first mass mortality event of wild mammals from bird flu in South https://www.newscientist.com/article/2359206-researchers-cannot-rule-out-bird-flu-spreading-between-sea-lions/

via @Bexzex

Question for households with more than one mom: What names do your kids use to distinguish each mom?

Bonus question for #trans moms whose kids started out calling you 'dad' but then changed along the way: How did your kids handle that shift?

Boosts appreciated! #queerparents #queerparenting #lgbtqia #queer #parenting

How to Write a Book.
1. Write a word.
2. Repeat Step One 80,000 times but with different words.

#writing #writingtips #writinglife #writingcommunity #writerslife #writersofmastodon

Students Across Florida Walk Out in Protest of Ron DeSantis: The Florida governor has led an authoritarian onslaught on education in the state.

https://newrepublic.com/post/170745/students-across-florida-walk-protest-ron-desantis

#desantis #florida

I made a thing! ⚡️

It's my first ever foray into the  Apple ecosystem, so any/all feedback is welcome. Operators are standing by. 😅

Boosts are much appreciated! 🙏

https://themagichighlighter.com/blog/introducing-the-magic-highlighter/

Happy Birthday to W.E.B. Du Bois, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, #OnThisDay in 1868. Du Bois was the first Black American to earn a Ph. D. from Harvard University (in 1895). He was a prolific writer, publishing The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction in America, and Dusk of Dawn. One of the founders of the NAACP, Du Bois launched & edited its journal, The Crisis.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #WEBDuBois #DuBois #Harvard #BlackReconstruction #NAACP #History #histodons