#Florida
🚨 #DeSantis has banned #Florida state employees from investing in ESG. He signed that into law earlier this month 👀 ❗ ❗
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Ron DeSantis's Antiscience Agenda Is Dangerous - Scientific American
>The governor has refused all evidence that masks are safe and help prevent COVID, appointed a surgeon general who advised against vaccines, and continues to paint science and evidence as restrictions to the freedom of Floridians. [...] to selectively promote a particular religious agenda.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ron-desantiss-anti-science-agenda-is-dangerous/ #ChrstoFascism #WhiteNationalism #GOP #RonDeSantis #StopWoke #Florida
Junior Caminero promoted to AA Montgomery https://www.rawchili.com/2908096/
#Baseball #Florida #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueEast #Rays #St.Petersburg #TampaBay #TampaBayRays
Florida has 'been placed directly in harm’s way by the devastating consequences of fossil fuel burning and the resulting warming of our planet'. @MichaelEMann https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/28/ron-desantis-climate-crisis-campaign #climate #Florida
Prospective Pitchers https://www.rawchili.com/2907981/
#Baseball #Florida #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueEast #Rays #St.Petersburg #TampaBay #TampaBayRays
I am not saying we are coming full circle, but we are coming full circle! https://www.rawchili.com/2907936/
#basketball #Florida #heat #Miami #MiamiHeat #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision
Even without playing, Cup winner Patric Hornqvist still has big role for Panthers https://www.rawchili.com/2907886/
#Florida #FloridaPanthers #hockey #IceHockey #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #Panthers #Sunrise
One to the Paredes https://www.rawchili.com/2907850/
#Baseball #Florida #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueEast #Rays #St.Petersburg #TampaBay #TampaBayRays
Gonna be honest this dude better show up tomorrow and win, if he does and we lose I won’t even count it https://www.rawchili.com/2907802/
#basketball #Florida #heat #Miami #MiamiHeat #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision
I made this video explaining how keeping prime Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas together on the Magic might’ve made a dynasty, agree or disagree? https://www.rawchili.com/2907800/
#basketball #Florida #Magic #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision #Orlando #OrlandoMagic
‘It’s Crazy’: Tkachuk has a blast hanging with Barkley and NBA on TNT https://www.rawchili.com/2907746/
#Florida #FloridaPanthers #hockey #IceHockey #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLEasternConference #NHLEasternConferenceAtlanticDivision #Panthers #Sunrise
From 26 May: Florida Politicians Just Keep Saying the Quiet Part Loud - A flood of anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ bills in Florida have caused the NAACP to issue a travel warn... https://www.themarysue.com/florida-politicians-just-keep-saying-the-quiet-part-loud/ #florida #rick-scott #socialist
Major gaslighting from Daily Salinas, the woman who got Amanda Gorman's poem banned at a FL school:
Salinas denies link to Proud Boys
The advocacy group Miami Against Fascism posted photos of Salinas at rallies with member of Proud Boys and Moms for Liberty, a conservative group that has protested school curriculums that mention LGBTQ rights, critical race theory and other issues. Salinas told JTA that she was not a member of either group, saying she had merely attended rallies where their members were present.
[So, I'm not with them. I just support the same things they do, and attend the same rallies.]
It’s a bare knuckle street fight between fans from #Miami, #Florida, and #OhioState. Who you got?
Amy Scott went to #Miami and talked to real estate agents about the market. They told her ~none of their wealthy clients were asking or talking about #ClimateChange. She talked to a buyer who wasn't thinking about it either.
"In this episode we’re asking: If Miami is doomed, why isn’t the housing market acting like it?"
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/how-we-survive/selling-miami/
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#marketplace #HowWeSurvive #Florida
Ok, we need someone to do a cover of Phil Ochs' "Here's to the State of Mississippi" dedicated to the state of Florida....
#PhilOchs #fascism #racism #xenophobia #florida
from the city of Sonora on I-10 in Texas, it’s a straight 1200 mile drive to either ocean.
(when it comes to driving a couple of eight hour days to #Florida or California … my preference these days is quite Pacific)
Can’t believe we got to 7 like this https://www.rawchili.com/2907528/
#basketball #Florida #heat #Miami #MiamiHeat #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision
Aqib Talib & ROnde barber vs moss & wes welker 09 https://www.rawchili.com/2907483/
#Buccaneers #Florida #Football #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceSouthDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL #Tampa #TampaBay #TampaBayBuccaneers
Per the ACLU about DeSantis' new state military:
"...the Governor will appoint the director of the state guard who serves at the pleasure of the Governor – meaning there will be no checks and balances on when and how this force is used.
Additionally, the Governor can order his State Guard to take action in other states. "
DeSantis Signs Bill Creating $100 Million State Military - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2023/05/desantis-signs-bill-creating-100-million-state-military/
#florida #gop
Juliet from this article is one of the people I’m helping. She was the third fundraiser I posted, and the first I got via Reddit cold calling. She’s doing gangbusters now too.
My god I want to cry.
#trans #gtfomystate #florida #mutualaid @mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transcrowdfund #gofundme
https://www.advocate.com/transgender/trans-residents-gofundme-flee-florida
Her gfm: https://gofund.me/e17797e0
Great seats today https://www.rawchili.com/2907438/
#Baseball #Florida #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueEast #Rays #St.Petersburg #TampaBay #TampaBayRays
A conservative take on fighting fascism by fighting book bans in court.
A Florida lawsuit is a model for fighting book bans - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/rubin-newsletter-fighting-fascism/
Read this. That excuse for a woman is truly one of DeSantis’s good girls. #florida https://occupydemocrats.com/2023/05/27/627926-florida-mom/
What songs do you think are banned in the state of Florida?
I'll go first: Jet Boy, Jet Girl
@clayrivers @ourhumanfam @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social #florida and #texas voters unite!
In one of the larger actions I've seen nationwide so far this year, immigrants in Florida marched and rallied yesterday against that state's recently-passed anti-immigrant legislation. Police estimated 3,000 particpants. I saw American, Mexican, and Guatemalan flags in the crowd.
#protest #immigration #Florida
https://www.telemundo51.com/noticias/local/marcha-en-apoyo-a-inmigrantes/2431149/
Here is the teacher from Florida who is currently being "investigated" for showing a Disney movie with an LGBT character in it:
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/13ttgvt/florida_need_i_say_more/
Amanda Gorman's famous #poem is restricted in a #Florida #school
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177877340/amanda-gorman-poem-restricted-miami-school
Prism: Archaeologists at the ancient Tequesta site in Miami are getting sick, at risk of cancer
Three workers are voicing health and other safety concerns at the landmark 2,500-year-old Tequesta site
The site is the former location of Standard Oil refinery tanks.
https://prismreports.org/2023/05/24/miami-tequesta-archaeology-related-group-illness-cancer/
#Miami #Florida #Archaeology #Tequesta #Pollution #StandardOil
@AtlasAndKnight
Sister! (Brother?) At long last I have found thee!
Your Babette.
Let us away! I am trapped in a swamp in Florida. Come, dear Sibling…ransom me. Save my bacon!
#catsofmastodon
#florida
Suburban moms take note
Florida first lady's voice rings
With political might
#florida #politics #suburbanmoms #caseydesantis #haiku #poetry
💛 “Florida Is Openly Hostile to African Americans...”
As a registered Black voter who has had his Black-held Congressional district gerrymandered out of existence, rest assured when I tell you things aren’t as bad as you’ve heard. They’re WORSE.
–@clayrivers @ourhumanfam
#Allyship #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Florida #Inclusion #Justice #RacialEquity #Racism
The Path To The Seashore
Heavenly sunset along the Gulf Islands National Seashore. I enjoy all of the Emerald Coast, but there is something special about the undeveloped, untouched white sand beaches met by the clear emerald-colored waters.
#beach #beachlife #beachday #nature #florida #seascape
#pic #explore #travel #photographer #photo #naturephotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #beachvibes #art #artprints #wallart #homedecor #navarre #pensacola #destin
@RiversideBryan@blahaj.zone
Deth Santis must be expelled . I can't understand what people are voting there.
I have a college in my job who has relatives in Maiami. @DarthVader maybe knows about that . It's my pleasure to have news from #lgbtq #Florida community dude, even though I am straight.
Skyline of downtown Orlando, Florida, seen at sunset from lake Eola, in ink and watercolor - wall art print poster
#downtownorlando #orlandoskyline #orlando #orlandoflorida #orlandofl #orlandocity #florida #orlandoskyscrapers #orangecounty #sunset #sunrise #dramaticsky #colorfulsky #sunsetsky #lakeeola #lake #reflection #fountain #architecture #city #inkandwatercolor #art #painting #artwork #buyintoart #ayearforart #artgallery
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 19
Florida Is Openly Hostile to African Americans
💛 Editor’s Letter
💛 “The First Allies of George Floyd”
💛 Tina Turner
💛 OHF Weekly + Mastodon
💛 and a quote by Tina Turner
#Allyship #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Florida #Inclusion #Justice #RacialEquity #Racism
@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe
@BlackMastodon@chirp.social
@dustcircle
This is the best thing to happen to the #inaugurationpoem this year. Lots of people will re-read it, especially in #florida
Subito al lavoro in #RAI per mettere il culo al sicuro.
Il #GovernoMeloni non perde tempo.
In dieci righe.
(A&D)
#BuongiornoATutti #Florida #TV #28Maggio @rainews
https://noblogo.org/transit/dieci-righe-86
The Accelerated Christian Education curriculum referred to in Robert's post - which frames teaching in the context of literal biblical interpretation, denying #climate #science & #evolution - is currently used, according to one source, in 129 private #schools in #Florida.
This is from a 1972 ad for a school using "ACE":
The ACE curriculum "provides an educational atmosphere void of fear and association with drugs, crime, sexuality, godlessness, and socialistic-communistic ideologies."
Today in the grocery store in Central #Florida I was on the phone w/my husband. I signed off with "Love you".
A guy looked at me & said "You damned gays! I can't do anything anymore w/o being subjected to you!"
I looked at this man - who just picked up a case of #BudLight & said snidely "You know you're supposed to be boycotting them, right? After all, they hired a #trans influencer...oh, & the song right now on the speakers? It's Barry Manilow. Yeah, he's #Gay!"
...and I sashayed away. 😂
"Jacksonville is pretty sleepy so people have a lot of time to read, and there are a lot of strange people.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/jacksonville-florida-is-americas-largest-city-also-its-most-misunderstood #jacksonville #florida
"My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail." ― John Kennedy Toole ("A Confederacy of Dunces", 1980) #books #writing #FlashMemoir #SouthernGothic #florida #quotes
Comic art makes a nice sticker. Art: @BlunderBusted #comics #stickers #jacksonville #florida
deep within the sea
a colorful fish bubbles
Creative license!
*This fish was drawn when I was 10 y.o. using my imagination, crayons and graphic transfer paper. I listed it nine years ago. It has been one of my BEST sellers!
#575prompt - bubbles
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/funky-fish-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #poetry #beach #beachlife #haiku #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #writing #haiku #nature #colorful #fish #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity
"Just a day after #ElonMusk and David Sacks hosted #RonDeSantis on #Twitter for an exclusive and disastrous presidential announcement, the #Florida governor signed a bill shielding Musk’s #SpaceX from liability if workers are killed after his rockets blow up."
A day after #DeSantis launched his US presidential campaign on #ElonMusk 's #Twitter, he signed a law in #Florida that "gives tremendous leeway to private spaceflight companies, specifically shielding them from lawsuits relating to 'injury to or death of a participant or crew resulting from spaceflight activities' "
#Musk's #SpaceX already reaping the benefits of their CEO pushing #GOP left and right.
https://truthout.org/articles/ron-desantis-signs-bill-shielding-elon-musks-spacex-from-lawsuits/
We won in Texas, but there are bills in 12+ states.
Florida’s legislature and Gov Ron Desantis passed a bill banning most Chinese citizens—and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and N Korea—from purchasing homes.
The law goes into effect on July 1.
AALDEF, the ACLU, and others are suing, on behalf of a group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in FL:
“This Central Florida effort provides rapid response support directly to the families of Transgender youth and to Transgender Adults directly impacted by anti-Transgender healthcare bans in Florida. Our Priority will be those most in need who lack or have inequitable access to care.”
This looks like a worthy cause to help out #trans youth in #florida.
"Gorman’s poem was removed from the elementary school section of the library...
this came in response to an objection from ONE parent...
What message does it send that a school went along with the idea that the poem read by the young Black poet at Biden’s inauguration is inappropriate for children, on grounds that it constitutes hate and indoctrination?" [which it does NOT]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/desantis-amanda-gorman-poem-book-bans/
#Florida #DeSantis #Racism #BookBans #BannedBooks #AmandaGorman #Poetry #USA #News
#Florida #Republicans voted for this ....remember to blame them when you see a spike in prices for your groceries.
Daria is a 24 year old white #transfem trying to escape #florida to be with her fiance in #canada . As her fiance is a canadian citizen she has a plan to stay, but need money to cover her moving expenses to get there. She is planning to move in a few months.
@mutualaid #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transcrowdfund #trans #transgender #queer #lgbt #gtfomystate
not a little thing
dancing on the ocean floor
Who you callin shrimp?
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enchanted-shrimp-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #coastal #beachy #Florida #oceanlife #nature #colorful #marinebiology #collage #fish #watercolor #shrimp #cajun #haiku #poetry #poem #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems
5 Ways Floridians are Paying a Climate Tax | Climate Denial Crock of the Week
If you live in Florida, you must begin paying attention, because we will be paying. And paying. #Florida #Jacksonville #Climate. https://climatecrocks.com/2023/05/23/5-ways-floridians-are-paying-a-climate-tax/
Anywhere near-ish Jacksonville, FL? 6/10! @BlunderBusted and myself will bring our comic to the Duval Comic and Zine Fest! Piles of free stickers and buttons? Sure! https://www.dcazfest.com/ #comics #jacksonville #florida
Officials who work for #Florida Governor #RonDeSantis' administration—not his campaign—have been sending text messages to Florida lobbyists soliciting political contributions for DeSantis' presidential bid, a breach of traditional norms that has raised ethical and legal questions.
#CampaignFinance #WeaponizingGovernment #Election2024 #EthicsInGovernment #Lobbying
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-administration-officials-solicit-campaign-cash-lobbyists-rcna86357
Great turn out for a fun night! I closed out a night of Jacksonville poetry. #poetry #jacksonville #florida
Amanda #Gorman ’s #poem for Biden’s #inauguration #barred for younger children by #Florida school
Everything about #DeSantis is a fake (lies) or a fail (Hi Twitter):
"The super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign altered footage to include the sound and sight of fighter jets flying over the #Florida governor in its video promoting his campaign launch." https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/desantis-super-pac-adds-fake-fighter-jets-launch-video
I have a poetry event tonight. Going with a "Pheasant Attack!" look. #poetry #pheasant #jacksonville #florida
Two of Donald Trump’s employees moved boxes of papers the day before #FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the former president’s #Florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena — timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious and an indication of possible obstruction, reports the Washington Post. https://wapo.st/3OzfY4a
Round 2. 1/... 🧵
Via @Brandi_Buchman:
I'm not clear if #Meggs will speak for himself today before sentencing but it is his right.
Kelly Meggs is #OathKeepers #Florida Chapter leader
"In Florida darf an Schulen nicht über sexuelle Orientierung oder Geschlechtsidentität gesprochen werden."
Äh, doch. Aber halt nicht über alle.
Können wir bitte aufhören, so zu reden, als trügen ausschließlich queere Menschen so etwas intimes und irgendwie schmuddeliges wie sexuelle Orientierungen und Geschlechtsidentitäten in sich?
Alle anderen haben auch sexuelle Orientierungen und Geschlechtsidentitäten, und sie reden weiterhin ganz legal und selbstverständlich an den Schulen darüber. Und überall sonst auch. Vor Kindern, vor Erwachsenen, dauernd und überall.
Schlimm genug, wenn nichtqueere Medien so etwas schreiben, aber ich verstehe nicht, wie queere Medien das unkritisch übernehmen können. Das ist pures Othering.
Thank you Laffy @GottaLaff and Teri Kanefield @Teri_Kanefield for your reporting on the Stewart #Rhodes sentencing hearing.
I have to think that Rhodes both thinks that his statements in the hearing will be a call to action for like minded people, and, a false belief that #Trump will be elected in 2024 and then pardon him. My guess is that Trump views Rhodes as a looser for failing to complete the coup and would let Rhodes rot in prison.
And rotting in prison is what Rhodes deserves.
BTW, I really don't think that Trump will be elected in 2024. I doubt that he'll be the GOP candidate. I think Biden will be handily reelected. The country is sick of the extremist GOP policies and the #Florida model.
But back to the #BookBans. The #Florida mother who wanted #AmandaGorman’s poem banned told JTA the following:
Asked why she wanted the #books removed in the first place, Salinas said she had just been expressing her “opinion” that they did not “support the curriculum” but declined to elaborate.
She said she had only read parts of the books. “They have to read for me because I’m not an expert,” she said. “I’m not a reader. I’m not a book person. I’m a mom involved in my children’s #education.”
The #Florida mom who sought to ban #AmandaGorman’s poem says she’s sorry for promoting #antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Salinas confirmed that the post about the “Protocols” was hers and apologized for it, saying she hadn’t read it beyond the word “#communism.” “I see the word ‘communism,’ and I think it’s something about communism,” she said. “I didn’t read the words.”
She said she is #Christian and added, “We are super protective of the #Jewish people.”
https://www.jta.org/2023/05/24/united-states/the-florida-mom-who-got-amanda-gormans-poem-restricted-says-shes-sorry-for-promoting-the-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion
🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 61F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
#Florida Gov. DeSantis' campaign launch on Twitter suffered a rapid unscheduled disassembly as tech glitches foiled the rollout. #uspol
Many residents of #Guam are still without power after Typhoon Mawar hit the island. #wx
The Boston City Council has passed its second redistricting map.
Everyone is focusing on Ron DeSantis' disastrous campaign launch on Twitter.
But Vox asks a bigger question: "Can a governor in the grip of 'woke derangement syndrome' break through to a larger audience?"
https://www.vox.com/politics/23736786/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-run
I'll be reading at a poetry book release event tonight. And I'm ready to go! #poetry #reading #PublicSpeaking #jacksonville #florida
HEY! EVERYONE LOL'ING AT THE DESANTIS/MUSK TWITTER BROKEN ANNOUNCEMENT.
We ALSO laughed when Trump rode down the Golden Escalator in 2015. - Heady times...
It's easy to laugh, but what DeSantis has quickly & effectively done to vulnerable Floridians is a prequel to 2024 if we don't take these assholes seriously.
#desantis #musk #elonmusk #twitter #trump #elections #florida
The American Association of University Professors (#AAUP) publishes a report titled:
Florida Higher Ed Faces an Ideologically Driven Assault Unparalleled in US History
They tweet a thread starting:
On the day FL governor DeSantis is to announce his bid for president, the AAUP has released a preliminary report on the impact of his unparalleled ideologically driven assault on higher education in the state.
#Florida #HigherEducation #RonDeSantis
https://twitter.com/AAUP/status/1661364807742701571
As a Board Member for the Glazer Children's Museum, I'm excited to share that Big John (the world's largest triceratops fossil) goes on display on Friday May 26, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. How BIG is Big John? It may surprise you! This amazing exhibit was designed for people of all ages because many of us never outgrow our love of dinosaurs. https://www.bigjohndino.com/
#Tampa #TampaBay #Florida #dinosaur #dinosaurs #fossil #paleontology #children #museum #GlazerChildrensMuseum
"Not a single book has been banned" in #Florida, according to Gov. DeSantis. But "we elimanted critical race theory from our K-through-12 schools."