Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Born in 1928, Vera Rubin set her sights on Princeton, but they wouldn’t accept female grad students in astronomy. So she earned her master’s from Cornell & PhD from Georgetown.

In 1965, Rubin became the 1st woman allowed to observe at the Palomar Observatory. She went on to find evidence for the existence of dark matter.

In 1993, Rubin was awarded the National Medal of Science. But curiously, she was not awarded a Nobel Prize. https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/04/18/vera-rubin-interview-women-in-science/ #HistoryRemix #science #space #history

Mr Trump is the first current or former president in US history to face criminal charges….lifted from ABC News app.

Judge Assigned to Trump Case Known for Giving Capitol Rioters Stiff Penalties https://www.voanews.com/a/judge-assigned-to-trump-case-known-for-giving-capitol-rioters-stiff-penalties/7207928.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

So are #JimJordan, Scott Perry, Gosar, Biggs, Brooks off the hook for their roles in #January6th?

A friend of mind just texted and said,

“I hope Trump remembered to get his card stamped. He must be close to getting one indictment for free by now!"

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have released a statement after Donald Trump was indicted in connection to his efforts to overturn #Election2020.

🗯️TRAITOR TRUMP🗯️

CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

He Can RUN, But He Can't Hide!

JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED
#Trump #MAGA #news

Life with a kitten...
#CatsOfMastodon

*Gasp* Witness a rare hoard of mammoth rogue zucchinis emerging from their hatching patch in search of their Mediterranean homelands so far, far away.

Go valiantly on your mission you noble beasts! Fear not the ratatouille, Nor the roasting pan, for you are destined for greatness!

(After a day of doing admin stuff, I thought I'd do a bit of gardening... creative gardening... )

#gardening #cooking #vegetables #googlyeyes

OK, so the police made a mistake and did a license plate lookup using "AZ" (Arizona) rather than "AR" (Arkansas). That is understandable.

But why the guns and handcuffs? Can the officers articulate concrete reasons for this? (I seriously doubt that they can.)

Our police forces and officers are operating under the belief that that the officers are allowed to commit the most egregious abuses - including killing - if they have the most insubstantial grounds to believe they should be fearful.

That is wrong.

'Blatantly homophobic': Kansas Catholic school accused of expelling A-student to punish mom https://www.rawstory.com/catholic-school-punishes-mom/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Charlotte, NC-area residents who got concealed-carry permits were no less likely to be victims of violent crime, but they were more likely to be victims of property crime — namely, people stealing their guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/opinion/fear-crime-rates.html

Spot on. Via @emptywheel

In advance of potential indictment, consider likelihood that it will substantiate that #Trump, at the very least, sicced a mob he knew to be armed on his own VP, VP's spouse, and daughter. An indictment may make even stronger allegations.

And the MAGAt base won't care.

As soon as tomorrow, the GOP primary could be shaded by a criminal allegation that one of the contestants almost got another one killed to stay in office.

The MAGAt base won't care. #TrumpIndictment

For those who have been laboring to understand what #woke means, it's simply a slang word for "enlightened", "civil", or "well-educated", personality flaws that no #Republican wants to be associated with.

@persagen Commandmrnt 9 - thou shalt not bear false witness. Janet Porter and every Republican do nothing but contravention this commandment. There doesn't seem to be an exception for doing it for Jesus so it isn't ok. Evangelicals have opened the gates of Hell and they're running in!

Closing libraries is how you burn books without lighting a match.