Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Freedom is not a zero-sum game.

You don’t lose yours by allowing others to have theirs.

CURMUDGUCATION: The Call To Abolish Public Education - Vouchers are raised only as a means to the end, and the end is privatizing education and separating it from the state. Libertarians used to say it out loud. https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-call-to-abolish-public-education.html?spref=tw #Education

They are NOT Conservative, NOT Christian, NOT patriotic, NOT moral, and definitely NOT ethical. They are the dwindling minority desperately pulling back our progress to be better, a better self and a better union.

#dragshowban #tennessee #TennesseeDragBan #uspolitics #massshooting

Alaska Drops Policy Banning Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals

https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-drops-lgbtq-discrimination-ban @ProPublica

There’re no moderate Republicans, Utah Gov Spencer, who’s been lauded as one, will sign a bill that’ll only allow abortions (in accordance with UT’s restrictive laws) in hospitals *most abortions in UT took place in clinics last year, 61%: with medications. Clinics will be banned from performing abortions, severely harming patient care for women & girls-: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-governor-abortion-clinic-ban_n_640331fae4b079d3eb5c0ed4

This tweet comes unironically from the GOP, which loves giant defense budgets, wants to regulate women's bodies, wishes to tell schools what they can teach, desires a 1900-mile-long border wall, wants to increase the size of police forces, thinks the government should prevent drag story hours, is trying to track young women's periods, thinks social media companies need more regulation, is banning books from libraries, and is trying to tell doctors what prescriptions they can & can't write.

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The current crop of Republicans is actually a great argument for abortion.

ChatGPT Could Be an Effective and Affordable Tutor – The 74 https://www.the74million.org/article/chatgpt-could-be-an-effective-and-affordable-tutor/

#ai #chatgpt #education #tutoring #edtech #k12

It's now TWO YEARS and 56 days since Donald Trump's Jan 6 terrorist attack. In any other first world country he'd already be charged with crimes. Instead Trump is now running for President where he's actively spewing more lies to delegitimize our democracy. INDICT TRUMP!

Saw this posted on another site... With the caption along the lines of 'How True'

I just let rip at their bullshit... You can't have a million dollar goal with a minimum wage payslip, you can't have a million dollar goal with an exploitative employer, lack of healthcare and basic human rights in a rapidly becoming a 3rd world country you utter cockwomble.

Fuckwits make me angry at times.

Then looking at their other posts... MAGAtard... that figures.

Mom: What happened to your night out?

Me: You got sick.

Mom: I did? That must be hard on you.

Me: It is, but I'm lucky. My mom taught me how to do hard things.

#AlzheimersConversations

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/upshot/abortion-bans-states-social-services.html

"I don't have to worry about politicians going after LGBT+ rights, because I'm not LGBT+."

A Texas (sigh) GOP state legislator submits a bill offering property tax relief, but that specifically excludes gay couples AND HETERO COUPLES WHERE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS DIVORCED.

Cue a bunch of people exclaiming "How could we have known it would come to this?"

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3882955-texas-property-tax-bill-excludes-divorced-lgbtq-couples-from-getting-relief/

Remember when Republicans where PRO-free market? They're not conservatives anymore, they're a full-on authoritarian party.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mississippi-passes-bill-restricting-electric-car-dealerships/ar-AA18bMtF