Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Off-duty Chicago police officer, 24, killed in shooting https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/05/07/chicago-police-officer-killed-areanah-preston/6711683488349/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@AlliFlowers l was giving it some thought the other day and had, shall we say, an epiphany.

Religion can make a believer feel really good. Not just emotionally, but also physically – I speak from 1st person experience. When you do the math, it is no different in sum than booze or sex or heroin or street racing, including all the negative side effects.

Proselytizers are truly no better than drug pushers or pimps and desperately need to be set on level footing with suchlike.

What if we just consider “desire to own an AR-15” a mental health issue?

@StillIRise1963 Don't worry, the GOP in Texas is on it and they have answers! Admittedly, stupid and harmful ones. http://rb.gy/fb9fy

Florida: Legislature Passes Transgender Bathroom Bill - Another performance by Ron DeFascist going to the right of every other GOP figure by showing his hatred for LGBTQ. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/05/07/florida-legislature-passes-transgender-bathroom-bill/ via @dianeravitch #DeFascist #bigots

Mississippi Gov. slammed for re-election bid launch of 'cosplaying' clip of him 'shooting' people of color.

Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves, who has the highest firearm mortality rate in the entire country, this week launched his re-election campaign with a video depicting him as Clint Eastwood shooting people of color. https://www.rawstory.com/mississippi-gov-slammed-for-re-election-bid-launch-of-cosplaying-clip-of-him-shooting-people-of-color-2659972650/

Saw a cool light pattern under a bridge on my morning walk

My Quaker Meeting is now discussing making masks optional. It's so tender and hurts so much -- someone even suggested that continuing with hybrid was blocking Spirit from moving within us (what the actual f*ck???) -- I'm stunned that even in places that are supposed to be different (progressive, considerate, thinking of others) those of us who are immunocompromised are being told we don't matter. It's so awful. I left Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business because it was too upsetting.

“ Steve Wozniak: If you want to learn about AI killing people, “Get a Tesla” “ – SkyMagzines
https://skymagzines.com/steve-wozniak-if-you-want-to-learn-about-ai-killing-people-get-a-tesla/

#Tesla
#Elmo
#ElonMusk
#AI #ML #SelfDriving
#Artificialintelligence
#MachineLearning
#EthicalAI
#AIEthics
#BigTech
#BigData
#Apple

Crazy statement: ‘The Trump administration’s brutal treatment of the C.D.C. also took a heavy toll. ‌Agency leadership found themselves traumatized‌‌, sidelined and ill-equipped to stand their ground.’ —NYT ill-equipped? Traumatized? Researchers, physicians and scientists were the Most equipped to speak up! CDC scientific authority was blunted after media pounded the false trump cures and Brix withered. Was the problem in CDC? Media focused on trump. Media made the problem.

Ted Cruz’s Democratic Challenger Shuts Him Up With Push For Action After Shooting https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/05/07/ted-cruzs-democratic-challenger-shuts-him-up-with-push-for-action-after-shooting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@TonyStark What's not killing kids: using someone's preferred pronouns, dealing with that idea, letting people dress how they want as long as it's not a message of violence or hate, reading books about Black history or pro-labor movements, hearing that a teacher has a same-sex partner, seeing a musical.

https://images.dailykos.com/images/1184375/story_image/050223.TenCommandmentsClassroomcopy.jpg?1683060005 Finally a Use for Ten Commandments

Best explanation I've seen of why the Paradox of Tolerance is no paradox at all.

#philosophy

Absolutely insane when you consider that Trump presided over a loss of 3 million jobs, while Biden has presided over the addition of more than 12 million. And yes, Covid impacted those numbers, but Trump did a horrendous job managing the pandemic. He's to blame for that.

'Now it’s God’s fault': Texas Republican slammed for claiming 'the almighty' controls shootings https://www.rawstory.com/now-its-gods-fault-texas-republican-slammed-for-claiming-the-almighty-controls-shootings-2659975683/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon