Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@RealJournalism

"Today, 26 African countries are in the midst of mpox outbreaks, up from 13 a year ago according to Africa CDC. And, while recent estimates suggest cases are dropping in several key countries, Africa CDC says, there have been over 100,000 suspected mpox cases so far this year."

That would be a yes..

Kevin Costner, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon pay tribute to Indigenous actor Graham Greene
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/actor-greene-tributes-1.7623793?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Arts & Entertainment @arts-entertainment-cbcnews

Investigate yourselves then

Trump, Vance, RFK Jr are targeting kids by:

-- w/holding vaccines
-- cutting $ for food, poverty, health, education programs
-- promoting/refusing to stop gun violence
-- refusing to release the #EpsteinFiles

aided & abetted by MAGA-GOP Congress

‪Aaron Rupar‬

Q: Should we be investig ppl who are experiencing gender dysphoria & are exhib signs they might be targeting kids?

JD VANCE: Certainly we should be investigating people who are planning on targeting kids

'We know their names': #Epstein victims say they are making their own list

Victims of sex offender #JeffreEpstein are compiling a list of his known associates, claiming the US government has not published everything it knows.

#law #CoverUp #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors #TrumpIsARapist #RapistInChief
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpwywe5ee84t

It's encouraging to see that states are forming regional public health alliances to ensure everyone will still have access to vaccines. They should take it one step further and include distributing free masks and tests, installing clean air infrastructure etc. The best way to prevent outbreaks is with layered protections!

I understand that journalism costs money. But the problem with paywalls is that certain news outlets charge you $10-15 a month or more to read their content thinking it's reasonable and it never occurs to them that thousands of other such outlets might think the same thing. Information needs to be free and open to everybody, not just for a few rich people who can afford to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a month to get around paywalls.

If you run an instance, the outcome of this will help you. If you use the fediverse at all, it will help make the fediverse safer and kinder for you. It’s so important.

#fediverse https://werd.social/@ben/115142144303375120

California, Oregon, and Washington are joining forces to combat Health Sec. RFK Jr.’s dismantling of public health infrastructure—instead, working together to set evidence-based health policy and guidelines, separate from the CDC’s recommendations.

https://trib.al/yOZOE74

Standing in front of the U.S. Capitol, a group of eight survivors shared emotional stories of abuse and demanded more transparency from Congress on the government's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5527055/epstein-survivors-press-conference

BREAKING: Representative Tim Burchett has demanded a stock trading ban on politicians in the US:

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

It doesn’t matter if you feed your kids organic foods, MAHA moms. It doesn’t matter if you lift every day, bro. It doesn’t matter how many supplements you consume. When polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and whooping cough come a calling, all that matters is if you are vaccinated or not.

The #Savannah #police say this video has been 'selectively edited', ignoring, as usual, that there is no justification, none, for throwing any handcuffed person to the ground. Departments nationwide hire badly-educated thugs as cops and politicians protect them. #AbolishThePolice

"Nigel Farage called a ‘Putin-loving free speech impostor’ during bumpy US congressional hearing"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/03/nigel-farage-called-a-putin-loving-free-speech-imposter-during-bumpy-us-congressional-hearing

"In an opening statement, the Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin said that if Farage was, as he said, worried about the implications of the UK’s Online Safety Act, he might have done better to make the case as an MP rather than in the US."

#UK #politics #ukpol #uspol #NigelFarage #Farage #OnlineSafetyAct #technology

Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/03/florida-vaccine-mandates-ended/?pwapi_token=

Slap on the wrist for Wisconsin judge who illegally jailed a contactor with whom he had a personal business dispute. Instead of being indicted, he's allowed to retire next year. Hope there's a huge civil suit awaiting him.
There are two Americas. ~MLK
#corruption
#wisconsin
https://madison.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/article_68634cbc-82b9-417d-aeea-f7a32e067b9d.html#:~:text=OUTAGAMIE%20COUNTY-,Wisconsin%20judge%20will%20resign%2C%20won't%20face%20criminal,charges%20for%20jailing%20concrete%20contractor&text=Outagamie%20County%20Circuit%20Court%20Judge,dispute%20with%20a%20courthouse%20employee.

Curiosity.

WATCH: “Troops are not police. We’re not at war.” @tnrepparkinson.bsky.social on Trump potentially bringing the National Guard to MEMPHIS (where crime is down)— which @MarshaBlackburn supports. Political theater in lieu of real solutions like addressing poverty, funding public schools, etc

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https://webaim.org/articles/contrast/

Excellent post by Sherrilyn Ifill. "So as Congress returns from recess, let me give some advice. Don’t back down.

Repeat after me. There is no trade emergency. There is no migrant emergency. There is no crime emergency. There is only a chilling and determined power grab by the most dangerous man to every occupy the White House. Eyes on 2026."

https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/emergency-gate-focus-on-challenging