Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

#thicktrunktueday there might be dragons

Is #DeathSanits' intent to close New College & reopen it to remove 'wokeness'? He says higher education in FL must be "one free from indoctrination, an environment open to the pursuit of truth & the cultivation of intellectual autonomy for all students." It'd mandate state-sponsored indoctrination of white conservative values. A former trustee says 13 major donors told her they're canceling >$29M in planned contributions since Go DeSantis began transforming the school-: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/13/florida-governor-ron-desantis-new-college-takeover-donations-risk/11465232002/

Just a big fucking NO! #NeverSherriffClarkeForAnything

Sheriff David Clarke Dusts Off Cowboy Hat and Eyes Run for Senate https://www.thedailybeast.com/sheriff-david-clarke-dusts-off-cowboy-hat-and-eyes-run-for-wisconsin-senate

"Her embryo had become implanted in scar tissue from a recent cesarean section & she was in serious danger. The muscle separating her #pregnancy from her bladder was as thin as tissue paper; her placenta threatened to eventually invade her organs like a tumor...

"But it was Aug. 24 & performing an abortion was hours away from becoming a felony in #Tennessee."

Harrowing, heartbreaking look at #abortion bans from @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-abortion-ban-doctors-ectopic-pregnancy?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

State leaders who seek to abolish tenure are doing so exactly because they don't want academics to have free speech. They don't want the public to know what the actual science says. Thus, tenure is essential for keeping our public discussions exposed to the best science we have.

On a personal note, I know that a lot of what I write is unpopular with the State Gov't of Texas. Over the years, I've leveled a lot of (deserved IMHO) criticism in their direction about climate and energy policy.

House Republicans Quietly Halt Inquiry Into Trump’s Finances
G.O.P. leaders are declining to enforce a court-supervised settlement for Mazars, Donald J. Trump’s former accounting firm, to turn over records in an investigation into whether he profited from the presidency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/politics/house-trump-finances-investigation.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

NEW DATA: Between 2017 and 2021, Canada poached ~45,000 skilled workers who went to college in the U.S.

We're educating some of the world's best talent only to lose them. And we have our broken immigration system to thank for that. https://www.niskanencenter.org/previously-unreported-data-the-u-s-lost-45000-college-grads-to-canadas-high-skill-visa-from-2017-to-2021/

#StopCopCity

Autopsy Suggests “Cop City” Protester Sitting Cross-Legged, Hands Up, When Shot 14 Times by Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jM180izV6M

The banks didn't fail because of wokeism- they failed because of Trumpism. Trump and GOP repealed regulations that would have 100% prevented the bank collapse. Once again Dems cleaning up the GOP's mess

A slice of pie is $2.50 in Jamaica.
It's $2.85 in Barbados.
And in the Bahamas, it's $3.25.

These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.

#HappyPiDay #PiDay

Lawyer on TikTok has been posting videos every week showing the vast majority of pedophiles arrested are youth pastors and politicians, not drag queens or trans people. Check it out:

https://www.tiktok.com/@newgirlny_fl?_t=8ac5NLkCHWA&_r=1

Current situation:

Being able to spell “drawer” backwards is its own reward.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143045586 Mike Pence targets Pete Buttigieg with homophobic insults

Two days of watching France protest the raise of retirement age makes me wish the US could come together long enough to protest half the issues we have

Trump's "no riot-causer, you're the riot-causer" response to Pence is revealing: with it, he acknowledges that it was his own lies about Pence that led to the violence on Jan. 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/trump-pence-jan-6/

Facing a Life-Threatening Pregnancy Under Tennessee’s Abortion Ban

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-abortion-ban-doctors-ectopic-pregnancy @ProPublica