Tappin Lisa @TappinLisa@wonkodon.com

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just set himself up for a First Amendment fight from hell.

DeSantis says Satanism is ‘not real’ and ‘not qualifying’ for new Florida school chaplain program

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/desantis-says-satanism-is-not-real-and-not-qualifying-for-new-florida-school-chaplain-program/

Standardized tests
no longer feature analogies
but for what it’s worth
please note that
eclipse is to
“why do my eyes hurt?”
as
pandemic is to
“why am I always sick?”

When he asks
why I’m wearing a mask
I tell him it’s because
if there is someone here
wearing a mask
I don’t want
them to feel alone
and when he points out
that I’m currently
the only one masked
I look at him and say
yes, but that could change

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Week 213:

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/plague-poems-the-two-hundred-and-thirteenth-week/

I have mixed feelings about this article. One the one hand, I think it is important that voters see and understand Trump’s depravity. On the other hand, I don’t like amplifying his views. I think @washingtonpost found a middle ground with its facts checks. (Gift article). Still…I’m torn.

#democracy #media #Trump

https://wapo.st/4a2MByp

@breadandcircuses @chu Plastics are one of the cornerstones of the growth of the oil refining business.
The only way to rid the world of this menace is to make plastics more expensive to use than any of the more ecological alternatives.
If plastics were sold at the full life cycle cost to society, we would not use them in such mass quantities.

Tonight on #labr #loveabrotherradio

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The Return of The Weekend Workout LIVE w/ @brothersoul - house, deep house

And a few announcements of some new shows coming to love a brother radio. Including new #picknmix shows with @ishotjr , @dgar , and @Shar

listen/watch/chat/vibe
https://labr.online

#radio #fediradio #fediwave #house #housemusic #nowPlaying #Fediverse #communityradio

#Doonesbury: #Trump: “NOone knows more about dimension than me!”

Just… go. Now. You’re welcome. #comics

Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/04/14

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

The real reason that a minute isn't an official SI unit is that it's actually a highly variable length of time. I've been working for 3 days on a job that I was assured would just take a minute

A colon can completely change the meaning of a sentence:

“I ate my friend’s pizza.”

“I ate my friend’s colon.”

I got acupuncture today and when I got home my voodoo doll was dead.

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United. Harlan Crow and his family's political contributions then went up 862%. Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit. See how this works?

Aldous J. Pennyfarthing notes that while Trump parties with billionaires, Biden and Bernie have united – offering a sharp contrast that points the way to what we'll get if we vote for one or the other of the two candidates.

Trump's promising to shovel more money into billionaires' pockets via tax cuts. Biden wants them to pay their fair share.

P.S. There's a reason the media want to undercut Biden: wonder what it might be?

#Biden #Trump #EconomicElites #taxes
/1

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/6/2233799/-Trump-parties-with-billionaires-while-Biden-and-Bernie-unite

"[O]nce Dems are done, sort of educating people about this guy, he will take more from Trump than from Biden.” - Republicans know when you take off his hood RFK Jr is a de facto wingnut/fascist. Time to get this out in the open. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/he-will-take-more-from-trump-than-joe-biden-gop-pollster-draws-surprising-conclusion-about-rfk-jr-s-candidacy/

"Get over yourself," Hillary Clinton tells apathetic voters upset about Biden and Trump rematch: "One is old and effective and compassionate . . . one is old and has been charged with 91 felonies," Clinton said

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/02/get-over-yourself-hillary-clinton-tells-apathetic-upset-about-biden-and-rematch/

Floridians
Volunteer!
The Democratic National Convention needs you.

#floridaDems
https://www.floridadems.org/2024-national-convention/

If anyone else had a photoshopped image of a President, past or present, tied-up in the back of a pickup truck, we'd have the FBI and the Secret Service at our door in minutes. It's far past time — start holding Trump to the same standard. Now.

"The feeling among Harris’s allies, as they survey her string of successful appearances, is that she is just getting started. 'She’s going to be,' Mackler said, 'an incredibly effective litigator of the case against Donald Trump.'”

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/03/dump-kamala-harris-shes-joe-bidens-secret-weapon/

#politics #uspolitics #nevertrump #election #kamalaharris #joebiden

👀
Largest U.S. fresh egg producer detects bird flu in chickens, halts production | PBS NewsHour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/largest-u-s-fresh-egg-producer-detects-bird-flu-in-chickens-halts-production

#hpai #h5n1 #birdflu #FoodSupply #eggs #inflation