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#florida

Raymond Scott Pert
2 hours ago

9 injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida | Associated Press | aspendailynews.com

>Nine people were injured after gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day https://apnews.com/article/hollywood-florida-beach-shooting-93dda56246a69d8913f35349c52d83c5 #Florida #gunviolence #gunviolenceawareness #guncontrol #guns #endgunviolence

Mr. Pataphor, Dadaist Dad
4 hours ago

A parent in #Florida wants #Prisms #Banned from Science class curriculum because they create #Rainbows.

Kat ♾️
4 hours ago

The International #Coaching Federation (#ICF) believes that holding an event in #Florida “is integral to transforming societies,” and believes that “we can create a ripple effect of compassion, support, and empowerment while in Orlando.”

While I understand that as #coaches we don’t run from a challenge, I do not understand why we would support a state that violates #CivilRights or #HumanRights by holding a conference and spending money in that state. I’ve responded with my earnest objection.

Algernon D'Ammassa
4 hours ago

Today's mass shooting is in Hollywood, Fla., with 9 people wounded included a 1-year-old child.

#LocalNews link here:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article275896526.html

#shooting #Hollywood #Florida #MassShooting #GunViolence

RAWCHILI
4 hours ago
[POST GAME] YOUR MIAMI HEAT DESTROY THE CELTICS IN GAME 7 AND ADVANCE TO THE 2023 NBA FINALS!!!
Wisdom in Space
5 hours ago

A man ought not any more to take up room in the world after he is dead. We shall lose one advantage of a man's dying if we are to have a statue of him.
-- Henry David Thoreau (September 1859)

#Quotes #HenryDavidThoreau #Death #Life

#Photography #Panorama #Mangrove #RabbitKey #Everglades #Florida

photo by richard rathe

Nine people were injured when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in #Hollywood, #Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/9-injured-in-shooting-near-beach-in-hollywood-florida-101685413309286.html #press

We could've stopped this from happening but no people down in #Florida wanted fascism and they got it unfortunately and it's because people were so gullible that they were willing to believe in anything even if it included misinformation on #meta #Twitter etc. Musk bought the platform days before the midterms while it didn't influence the midterms it may have helped Republicans turnout in areas where the red wave the media overhyped did occur and one of those areas was Florida.

Cliff Jones Jr.
5 hours ago

Unbelievably beautiful day at the beach in #Pensacola, #Florida.

Little girl at the shore spreading her wings while a seagull flies nearby.
aLFRe‍
6 hours ago

It's rare that a newspaper report can convey feelings and touch what we call soul in reader in ways that the one about "baby Milo" affected by Potter syndrome who was forced to be born with non-functional lungs and kidneys in #Florida did to me
http://bit.ly/4284ckt
In 2013,this syndrome was found in "baby Charlie" and his
English mom decided to go through with pregnancy against her doctors' suggestion to abort.
Results were the same, "Charlie" died 19 min. after birth
http://bit.ly/3N37OQr

About baby Milo.
Headlines The Washington Post 2023 May.27
Baby Charlie
Headlines Daily Mail 2013 July 29
RAWCHILI
6 hours ago

Luke Raley, who dresses as a clown wheeling a chainsaw at his Family’s Tree Farm during Halloween, amongst many other great gems in this article! https://www.rawchili.com/2909112/

#Baseball #Florida #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueEast #Rays #St.Petersburg #TampaBay #TampaBayRays

Luke Raley, who dresses as a clown wheeling a chainsaw at his Family’s Tree Farm during Halloween, amongst many other great gems in this article!
M. E. Garber
6 hours ago

Swans at a local park #photo #nature #birds #florida

Mom and cygnet swimming serenely
Mom stretching wings over cygnet, shielding it, while swimming
Black necked swan swimming
Swan on land neck curled ornately to let it’s head tuck beneath a wing as it sleeps
Laffy
6 hours ago

Another day, another…

Police investigating #shooting near beach boardwalk in Hollywood, #Florida #GunViolence

https://apnews.com/article/93dda56246a69d8913f35349c52d83c5

Bruno J. Navarro
7 hours ago

CBS News Miami has learned 9 people were transported to area hospitals, 5 were taken into custody and 1 person is possibly still at large in the 1200 block of N. Broadwalk or near the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort.

At least 3 of those shooting victims are minors, according to reports from the scene.

#Florida
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/police-respond-to-reports-of-multiple-people-shot-at-hollywood-broadwalk/

Scott 🐂
7 hours ago

Another day living under the demands of gun-loving Republicans.

#DeSaster #Florida #GOPDeathCult https://twitter.com/OfficialJoelF/status/1663334522149036034?s=20

Democracy Matters :verified:
7 hours ago

Good! Get rid of the #Florida Nazis and we’ll talk.

Disney scrapping a $1 billion campus in Florida could screw over adjacent developers banking on it to build their own projects: report https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-1-billion-campus-in-florida-screwed-over-adjacent-developers-2023-5

Sharon Cummings Art
8 hours ago

Colorful Grouper On Blue.

Been traveling and came back home to some farm drama. Spent the morning in the ER with Hubby and his cut pinkie finger. Life is still good!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-grouper-fish-on-blue-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 #watercolor

Colorful grouper fish art with blue watercolor background by artist Sharon Cummings.
BlueBox Digital
8 hours ago

🎬 Ready to showcase your music? Let us create your amazing music videos! 🎶🎥 #MusicVideoProduction #Florida
https://blueboxdigital.com/music-video-production-florida/

RAWCHILI
9 hours ago

They said you’re undersized. They said you’re not a top 10 center. They said you don’t deserve DPOY. They said Rudy better than you. They disrespecting your name. How will you respond 13? https://www.rawchili.com/2908929/

#basketball #Florida #heat #Miami #MiamiHeat #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision

They said you’re undersized. They said you’re not a top 10 center. They said you don’t deserve DPOY. They said Rudy better than you. They disrespecting your name. How will you respond 13?
News Central
10 hours ago

#DeSantis#Disney fight blows up major #Florida real estate projects https://is.gd/TGIvXx

Vas
10 hours ago

Mom who forced Miami elementary school to ban Amanda Gorman's inauguration poem attended Proud Boys rallies..#DailySalinas..#GOP..#Florida..#whitenationalism https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12124689/Mom-forced-Miami-school-ban-inauguration-poem-attended-Proud-Boys-rallies.html

Jeff Brown
12 hours ago

I wish this wasn't paywalled. great op-ed. (Pro-tip opening in Firefox doesn't seem to trip the paywall)

We’re all better off ‘woke’ in DeSantis’ Florida | Editorial

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/05/08/were-all-better-off-woke-in-desantis-florida-editorial/

#Florida #desantis

@google I swear there's some engineer at #Google who just likes to mess with me. Why should I care what is open or closed in "South Florida" on Memorial Day?

#Florida has been turned into a hell hole by #DeSantis. There's no damn chance I'm going to travel there. There's no indication that I am currently travelling there.

Why do I see this #shit?

#WTF #idiots #GoogleNews #stupid #StupidIsAsStupidDoes

NBC 6 South Florida
From Publix to Walgreen's, Here's
What's Open, Closed on Memorial
Day in South Florida
Persagen.com
12 hours ago

In Florida, a polarizing DeSantis draws a strong response from critics and supporters.
Laws and changes reflect priorities of governor running to be Republican nominee.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/florida-desantis-critics-supporters-1.6854959

#persagen #RonDeSantis #Florida #RepublicanParty #humanRights #LGBT :LGBTrights #transphobia #neofascism

Wisdom in Space
13 hours ago

Why? ... Why not?
-- Timothy Leary (last words)

#Quotes #TimothyLeary #Death #Life

#Photography #Panorama #PitcherPlants #Flowers #Florida

photo by richard rathe
Grateful Dread
13 hours ago

@margaretgarigan He did say, "Florida is where woke goes to die."

I wonder if #DeathSantis used #woke to describe specific classifications of humans. I'm sure he knows many deliberately and systemically oppressed USians absolutely believe his statement was a physical threat meant to evoke images of lynching or queer-bashing.

Being queer and mixed, I will never again enter #Florida, #Tennessee, or any other #Klan or Klanlike state. Won't buy anything from those states either.

Charlie McHenry
13 hours ago

These queer kids are fighting back to reclaim their college commencement after Florida governor Ron DeSantis tries to destroy their free-thinking college. Viva the resistance. It’s time to fight back against hate, inequality and discrimination. #LGBTQ #Queer #resist #politics #education #highered #college #florida #floridapolitics https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5p4p/ron-desantis-new-college-lgbtq-protests

automattack
13 hours ago

Are there calls for boycotting states with bad trans, abortion, or "critical race theory" laws? And if not, why?

i'm thinking of states like #Tennessee, #Florida, and #Texas in particular, but I'm sure there are others.

#boycott #ProtectTransKids

H
14 hours ago

Protesting all the bullshit in Florida by not purchasing any fruit with origin from Florida. Including some nice watermelons I saw the other day. #uspol #florida

Elan Hasson
17 hours ago

Yay!

Come back from a cruise to find your AC hasn't been working for 48 hours and the house is 90°F.

An emergency service call is $175 for the visit 😅

#Summer in #Florida

Yahia Lababidi
18 hours ago

While out & about discovering #Florida and its wild, wild life:

I ate alligator 🐊 nuggets (a first!) we drove past panther & bear crossings, where snakes 🐍 also slither about...

On the kinder side of things, got to
hang out with a raccoon 🦝 and met a family of manatees, while on an air boat

#nature #naturephotography #travel #adventure #fun #animals #Monday

Ishcabible
19 hours ago

@edgeoforever

#Florida #GOP #MAGA #DeSantis #Bookbanning #2024Election #Qanan

Sort of begs the question:
Who the hell are those other 44%?

Don Weaver
19 hours ago

Yesterday was a lovely #Florida evening for hanging out in the yard. #Mondog

Young Scottish Deerhound trots towards camera with vibrant green trees in background
stephie :betterpride_flag:
21 hours ago

Wer verstehen will, wie es der Faschist #DeSantis geschafft hat mit einem Gesetz #sb254
der ganzen #trans Community in #Florida den Zugang zu Hormontherapie zu versperren
sollte sich diese Seite anschauen, auf der @zinnia alle wichtigen Informationen darüber zusammengefasst hat.

https://floridaban.com/

Matthew Rimmer
1 day ago

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

Steven Saus [he/him]
1 day ago

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

John Refior
1 day ago

@CelloMomOnCars @ajsadauskas

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/
--
#marketplace #HowWeSurvive #Florida

kurtsh
2 days ago

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

Jay Ulfelder
2 days ago

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/

Nathaniel Harari
2 days ago

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/

#florida #lgbt #rights #republicans #RepublicansAreFascists

Infrogmation
2 days ago

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

Clay Rivers
2 days ago

💛 “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

@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe@BlackMastodon@chirp.social

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-5-no-19/

A hand holding a cut-out of the state of Florida filled with an iconic dolphin, palm trees, and a sun in the clouds.
Jordan Hill Photography
2 days ago

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.

https://jordanhillphotography.com/featured/the-path-to-the-seashore-at-gulf-islands-national-seashore-florida-jordan-hill.html

#beach #beachlife #beachday #nature #florida #seascape
#pic #explore #travel #photographer #photo #naturephotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #beachvibes #art #artprints #wallart #homedecor #navarre #pensacola #destin

A path to the beach under a stunning sunset on Florida's Emerald Coast.
Our Human Family
2 days ago

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

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-5-no-19/

A hand holding a cut-out of the state of Florida filled with an iconic dolphin, palm trees, and a sun in the clouds.

@Snoro

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. 😂

Damon Thomas
2 days ago

"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

Damon Thomas
3 days ago

"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

Cover of "Some Books Are Not For Sale" by Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas
3 days ago

Comic art makes a nice sticker. Art: @BlunderBusted #comics #stickers #jacksonville #florida

Person holds comic panel sticker
Sharon Cummings Art
3 days ago

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

Colorful fish hand drawn in crayon by artist Sharon Cummings.
Kit Malone
3 days ago

"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."

#Birdsite

https://newrepublic.com/post/173040/ron-desantis-signs-bill-protecting-elon-musk-rockets-explode-kill-workers

MarcinW 🖥️🚀
3 days ago

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/

Damon Thomas
3 days ago

"And It Is Flooding Again" #writing #FlashMemoir #poetry #flooding #florida

And It Is Flooding Again

In the late-80s there was a multi-year flood in Dixie County. The Old Town Hammock filled with water. Roads with names like Willow Hole were just washed away. Moms donned hip waders to tow boats of children to a waiting school bus. Dixie County's population has grown 60% since then. And it is flooding again.

“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.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/cfletcf

#protecttranskids #charity #fundraiser #lgbt #queer

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.

https://gofund.me/c6b7917a

@mutualaid #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transcrowdfund #trans #transgender #queer #lgbt #gtfomystate

Dave Rogers
4 days ago

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/

Damon Thomas
4 days ago

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

Two people in snazzy clothes stand in a lushly vegetated area.
Mufasa
4 days ago

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

Damon Thomas
4 days ago

Great turn out for a fun night! I closed out a night of Jacksonville poetry. #poetry #jacksonville #florida

Person reads poetry on a stage.
Laffy
4 days ago

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

Damon Thomas
4 days ago

I have a poetry event tonight. Going with a "Pheasant Attack!" look. #poetry #pheasant #jacksonville #florida

Person in pheasant themed batik shirt.
Steve Herman
5 days ago

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

Laffy
5 days ago

Round 2. 1/... 🧵

Via @Brandi_Buchman:

I'm not clear if #Meggs will speak for himself today before sentencing but it is his right.

#Jan6 #legal

Kelly Meggs is #OathKeepers #Florida Chapter leader

der_zaunfink
5 days ago

"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.

#Florida #queer #Queerfeindlichkeit #Journalismus

Ron Franke
5 days ago

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.

#January6 #law #insurrection #GOP #StewartRhodes