Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

In Rejecting Bid to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony, Judge Paul Engelmeyer Accuses Todd Blanche of "Diversion" www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/11/i...

In Rejecting Bid to Unseal Gra...

⚡️Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery 2,000 km from border in first reported strike in russia's #Komi Republic.

If confirmed, the attack would mark #Ukraine's first drone strike in russia's northwestern Komi Republic, which lies around 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) from the russian-Ukrainian border.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drone-attack-struck-oil-refinery-about-2-000-kilometers-from-border-russian-media-report/
(The Lukoil-Ukhta refinery, located in the town of Ukhta in #Russia's Komi Republic, amid a Ukrainian drone attack on Aug. 10, 2025. (HUR)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/jury-finds-meta-broke-wiretap-law-by-collecting-data-from-period-tracker-app/

NEW: Judge Karen Henderson is standing up for our divided system of government.

She might be the only appellate Republican appointee in D.C. willing to do so regularly these days, but the D.C. Circuit judge has kept it up — for whatever branch needs it.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/judge-karen-henderson-separation-of-powers

When Putin arrives in Alaska he should be arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court.

https://apnews.com/article/icc-putin-war-crimes-ukraine-9857eb68d827340394960eccf0589253

#Trump Is Putting #Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall Again. by @natashalennard https://theintercept.com/2025/08/08/trump-confederate-statues/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

#ICE forces changes in LA; the meme is confirmed by https://ktla.com/news/california/immigration-raid-fears-prompt-cal-state-l-a-switch-to-online-classes/

A number of FEMA employees were told via email that they would be reassigned to ICE. Here's the kicker: If they don’t accept the new position, they could be fired.

The priorities of Trump's administration have never been clearer. Remove immigrants at all costs, disasters be damned.
https://trib.al/d9OVyly

Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/zuckerberg-compound-palo-alto-school.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.S9jq.QeXW50b-m2-c&smid=url-share

@AlliFlowers Absolutely not! The petitions give the thugocracy a ready made list of people to disappear.

Now that companies are salivating at the prospect of making the oceans "more effective" at countering global heating, here are a few reminders:

1. The oceans are ALREADY absorbing about A THIRD of human caused carbon dioxide

(And are acidifying from all the excess CO2; ocean acidification is global warming's "evil twin").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink

Unbelievable. Trump has ordered the destruction of satellites monitoring climate change. White House demands NASA destroy vital satellites.

#ClimateChange #Trump #Environment #America #NASA #Space

Woof

#catHumour #dracula #comfycoffins

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It's been difficult to develop a HIV vaccine & treatments for many cancers as they're so effective at evading & attacking immune systems. mRNA-based therapies offer real hope as they allow scientists to test new strategies much more quickly. The faster we do research, the faster we find treatments.

@staringatclouds @Paulos_the_fog

For me, having swore to defend the US Constitution, the internal battle I fight every day is that I should be doing something because they have been taking our rights away even before Trump.

Homeless people don't have a right to exist on public spaces for many years and yet many of those of us who swore to defend the US Constitution are silent.

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/canada/measles-alberta-canada-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU8.T7Iv.Po1CIHDdjF3o&smid=nytcore-android-share

“A federal judge in Miami on Thursday ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run detention center in the country opened to accommodate the Trump administration’s arrest of immigrants,” the Washington Post reports.

“The ruling by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams for the two-week halt to new construction at the facility in the Everglades followed a hearing in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.”

In a few weeks I begin a new school year with my students. I am asking for help with my classroom. TIA!

I teach special education to high school students in an urban district who struggle with emotional regulation impairments. They are wonderful kids who just need a little extra love and support.

Any help (including a boost) is very much appreciated. There are other ways to help in my profile, but here is the link to my Amazon classroom wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/PRZBAFA50CYE?ref_=wl_share