Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@AlliFlowers
Tommy's lovin' it. He couldn't care less about military personnel affected by his nonsense, he's just basking in the attention he's getting and the approval of fellow psychopaths like MJT, Gaetz, and Josh Hawley. Who cares if you ruin peoples' lives, if you can own the libs and have fun at the same time? The GOP has become the party of marginally literate sociopaths.

The word anti-semitism gets thrown around a lot, and many times it isn't justified, like at people who criticize Israeli government policies towards Palestinians.

However, insinuating that Covid was bioengineered to not be nearly as impactful against Jews is objectively anti-semitic.

The Most Shocking Aspect of RFK Jr.'s Anti-Semitism -
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/rfk-kennedy-covid-anti-semitism/674727/

@purplepadma

#Grandmasayings

When teaching our 2yo the importance of manners, Grandma would often respond "it's my pleasure " when thanks were given.

2yo then thanked someone else (woo-hoo it's working!) who also answered "it's my pleasure ", 2yo quickly replied most indignantly "no! it's Grandma's pleasure!!" ❤️

Alan Dershowitz sanctioned due to Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071723_dershowitz_sanctions/alan-dershowitz-sanctioned-due-kari-lake-voting-machine-lawsuit/
A federal judge didn’t buy Alan Dershowitz’s claims that he should be spared from sanctions given his limited role in Kari Lake's 2022 lawsuit aiming to ban the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona, ordering him to pay more than $12,000 in attorney’s fees.
#Tucson #Arizona

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: #CANNON makes explicit that she wants #Trump team ready to address #DOJ's proposed trial schedule, as well as any specific objections to the deadlines laid out by prosecutors.

Unclear whether this will be held under seal. There's no reason it should be, and Cannon is clearly aware of intense national (and international) interest in this. But because of its connection to the hearing on classified procedures (which is typically sealed), it may be. #legal

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#uspolitics #justice #Tuberville

I don't often take to Nietzsche...but I like this quote.

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
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2/ @emptywheel chimes in:

Former Rand and Ron Paul staffer may get the dubious honor of being the first Trump pardon recipient sent to prison -- appropriately, for lying to hide a donation from Russia.

To the stars! ✨

Lingua Libre has just surpassed 900,000 recordings in 193 languages, thanks to 1,246 speakers!

Two years ago, we were at 500,000.

Many thanks and bravo to everyone who makes it possible to create a free audio library that feeds and illustrates @wiktionnaire, #Wikimedia projects in general, and helps #scientists and #LanguageLearners.

❤️

#language #orality #linguistics #research #tool

RFK Jr is a modern day Lyndon LaRouche. A hard-right fascist conspiracy theorist running in the Democratic primary for some reason. With his candidacy we should finally put to rest the concept that there should be any kind of "political royalty" in the United States, as if there ever should have been that concept. https://popular.info/p/gop-donors-fuel-rfk-jrs-presidential

Womp womp

Via Josh Gerstein:

JUST IN: DC Circuit declines to grant bail pending appeal to Jesse Benton, sentenced to 18 months in prison for using #Russia donor's $$$ to set up meeting w/ Trump during 2016 campaign.

Benton got a pardon from #Trump on other charges. #legal 1/...

An interesting question...what's your answer?

#atheism
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In Israel the best peoples are fighting on the streets for democracy and freedom against tyranny of bibi new dictatorship move to cancel the supreme court’s!

The underground Crimean Tatar group taking up arms against Russia

A #Crimean #Tatar-led underground movement is already active behind Russian lines and hundreds of young Tatar men are ready to take up arms to liberate the occupied peninsula, a veteran community leader has said.

Mustafa Dzemilev, widely seen as the godfather of the Crimean Tatar rights movement, pointed to operations by the #Atesh #guerrilla #group, comprising Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians and Russians, in Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian regions.

Atesh, which means “fire” in Crimean Tatar, was created in September last year, primarily to carry out acts of #sabotage from within the ranks of the Russian army. It claims more than 4,000 Russian soldiers have already enrolled in an online course on how to “survive the war” by wrecking their own equipment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/the-underground-crimean-tatar-group-taking-up-arms-against-russia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@CriticalCupcake This is all you need to know about storms right now, the gulf temperature is 98.5° F 5' below the surface. The first tropical storm to come through is going to explode.

Here's the temperature key...