Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Republicans' WAR ON SCIENCE: 2 bills introduced at the ST level could spell trouble for science EDU. WV St Sen approved a bill: allow teachers to tell students: the Universe is the result of intelligent design (dev. to avoid prohibitions on teaching creationism) -In FL: ST HSE: considering a bill: that'd say the leg. disapproves of college courses that cover "theoretical or exploratory" topics being used to fulfill GE requirements-seemingly RULE OUT MOST SCIENCE CLASSES-: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/west-virginia-likes-teaching-intelligent-design-florida-against-theories/

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Keep in mind that Ted Cruz, for all of his supposed patriotism, had no problem getting paid to defend a Chinese company against a patent lawsuit filed by a US company -- and the Chinese company was caught red-handed violating the patents.

Cruz doesn't give a damn about America or his constituents. He wants money, and someone to stroke his ego.

Jimmy Carter's most important legacy is probably his least well known. Before Carter, 3.6 million people per year were infected by Guinea Worm, a neglected tropical disease. Today, that's down to *13* cases per year, a reduction of 99.99%. And it throws his post-presidency into stark relief from Trump's who is golfing and ranting on social media while trying to get richer. https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/jimmy-carters-hidden-legacy

“#COVID is being used as the gateway to go after all school-required #vaccines, and we’ve already started to see legislation proposing that.”

Senior Reporter Lise Olsen visits with Dr. Julie Boom and Rekha Lakshmanan of the Immunization Partnership to learn how they're supporting the health of Texans and fighting the return of rare disease:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-vaccines-covid-preventable-diseases/

#TXlege #politics #news #Health #healthcare #science #USpol

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/377/293/707/?TAP=1181&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=828d8dc5-fb81-47b9-a838-8d078bb11476

Ted Cruz (below) says wearing a Ukraine flag is “virtue-signalling” like wearing a Covid mask

Ted Cruz has been seen wearing an AR-15 pin, virtue signaling the celebration of the slaughter of 19 children and two adults in his state

I did a workshop on AI (including ChatGPT) for our faculty earlier this month, and it's already dated. Nevertheless some folks have found this little 25 minute video helpful.
https://catwiki.xula.edu/AI%C2%B2 Among other things it tells the story of how we discovered the world was ending about eight weeks before everyone else. #AIinEd #FacDev @edutooters

Last night was wild! Here's what my camera saw after I went to bed. #alaska #aurora

Encouraging all supporters of #highered to take a stand against authoritarians dictating who can teach at public universities and what they can teach. Please consider signing this joint statement by the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Coalition Against Censorship:
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/florida-bill-would-destroy-higher-education-as-we-know-it/

#StopHB999 #academia @academicchatter @academicsunite

Why Public School Supporters Must Not Give Up the Fight Against School Vouchers - Centuries of struggles birthed free universal public education as democracy's foundation. Vouchers threaten this while enriching private hands. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/37350/ via @janresseger #Education

So they did a cost of living increase to SNAP, then removed it. Idiots.

@AlliFlowers @gulovsen
That is in fact what they think about.

I think those who are dedicated watchers carry some responsibility. It was obvious on many occasions that false info was being peddled, even some truth leaked out from some of Fox journalists.

So living in dangerous ignorance is a choice, for many.

kind of true...

Another idiot bites the 🖐️

Evidence of an owl hunting.

#MeanwhileInCanada

…he’s got his own little fiefdom and no one is doing jack shit about it.

DeSantis signs bill giving him control over Disney district in Florida https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/desantis-signs-bill-giving-him-control-over-disney-district-in-florida

Want to catch up on the most recent FL attacks on higher ed?

Here's a good piece on the most recent FL/DeSantos bills. The piece makes the case that opponents need to take up the issue of "competence" and "expertise" since the free speech argument is getting limited traction.

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-latest-desantis-attack-on-education?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email