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🚨 Florida legislators are actively trying to dismantle the Miller test — which determines if the government can ban a book/film/art/music/site.
They've proposed requirements that it be evaluated "as a whole" and with respect to it's "redeeming social value"
They want to make it easier to censor.
They've proposed requirements that it be evaluated "as a whole" and with respect to it's "redeeming social value"
They want to make it easier to censor.
Florida bill would prohibit districts from considering ‘literary value’ of challenged books
Under the current standard, books deemed to have literary, artistic, scientific or political value when considered in their entirety can still be retained, despite controversial lines or parts.
www.actionnewsjax.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚨 Florida legislators are actively trying to dismantle the Miller test — which determines if the government can ban a book/film/art/music/site.
They've proposed requirements that it be evaluated "as a whole" and with respect to it's "redeeming social value"
They want to make it easier to censor.
They've proposed requirements that it be evaluated "as a whole" and with respect to it's "redeeming social value"
They want to make it easier to censor.
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BREAKING: Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu Hits U.S. for First Time Since 2017 Human Spillover Fears Rise
H7N9 bird flu, with a 39% fatality rate (616 deaths since 2013), has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time since 2017, raising WHO concerns over potential human spillover.
H7N9 bird flu, with a 39% fatality rate (616 deaths since 2013), has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time since 2017, raising WHO concerns over potential human spillover.
March 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
BREAKING: Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu Hits U.S. for First Time Since 2017 Human Spillover Fears Rise
H7N9 bird flu, with a 39% fatality rate (616 deaths since 2013), has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time since 2017, raising WHO concerns over potential human spillover.
H7N9 bird flu, with a 39% fatality rate (616 deaths since 2013), has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time since 2017, raising WHO concerns over potential human spillover.
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I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
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Meet Dr. Geeta Persad, a NOAA-funded scientist using cutting-edge climate models to study how aerosol pollution influences extreme events like heat waves, drought, and wildfires. Learn how her journey and research are helping communities build resilience: cpo.noaa.gov/womens-histo...
Women’s History Month: A Conversation With Dr. Geeta Persad - Climate Program Office
Dr. Geeta Persad, a CPO-funded scientist, studies how aerosol pollution is likely to shape climate hazards in the U.S. over the next few decades.
cpo.noaa.gov
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Meet Dr. Geeta Persad, a NOAA-funded scientist using cutting-edge climate models to study how aerosol pollution influences extreme events like heat waves, drought, and wildfires. Learn how her journey and research are helping communities build resilience: cpo.noaa.gov/womens-histo...
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This is what “don’t alienate your core market” means. Plenty of electric vehicle manufacturers ready to swoop in for environmentally conscious consumers.
March 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is what “don’t alienate your core market” means. Plenty of electric vehicle manufacturers ready to swoop in for environmentally conscious consumers.
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Go Nazi go broke as I believe the saying goes.
March 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Go Nazi go broke as I believe the saying goes.
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Checking in on how the business geniuses are performing in the market.
March 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Checking in on how the business geniuses are performing in the market.
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RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
This.
March 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This.
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I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist
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rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article)
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."
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We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Yes, we still have a constitutional democracy
March 18, 2025
open.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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Go look up "Operation Whirlwind" on Alt NPS site. This is the beginning.
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Go look up "Operation Whirlwind" on Alt NPS site. This is the beginning.
“Today, Elon Musk called Social Security ‘the largest fraud in history.’ The world's richest man is coming for your Social Security”… Kevin Berg
February 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Today, Elon Musk called Social Security ‘the largest fraud in history.’ The world's richest man is coming for your Social Security”… Kevin Berg
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"I will bring down inflation on day one."
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
February 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"I will bring down inflation on day one."
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
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This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
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Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.
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BREAKING: China Reports H9N2 Bird Flu Infecting Two Children in Hunan Province, Including 2-Year-Old with Symptoms Starting December 27, 2024, and 15-Year-Old Boy on January 8, 2025.
February 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
BREAKING: China Reports H9N2 Bird Flu Infecting Two Children in Hunan Province, Including 2-Year-Old with Symptoms Starting December 27, 2024, and 15-Year-Old Boy on January 8, 2025.
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House GOP wants $4 TRILLION dollar debt ceiling increase.
You marks really thought the world’s richest man and the guy with the golden toilet seats were really going to “fight the elites” for you?
Nah, they just want their tax breaks.
You marks really thought the world’s richest man and the guy with the golden toilet seats were really going to “fight the elites” for you?
Nah, they just want their tax breaks.
February 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
House GOP wants $4 TRILLION dollar debt ceiling increase.
You marks really thought the world’s richest man and the guy with the golden toilet seats were really going to “fight the elites” for you?
Nah, they just want their tax breaks.
You marks really thought the world’s richest man and the guy with the golden toilet seats were really going to “fight the elites” for you?
Nah, they just want their tax breaks.
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I'm receiving some concerning reports from China.
Staff at the Shanxi CDC estimate that 2,000 people have been infected with H5N1, with 300 deaths.
An insider at the Mainland CDC confirmed human cases and fatalities but said the exact numbers remain unclear. /1
Staff at the Shanxi CDC estimate that 2,000 people have been infected with H5N1, with 300 deaths.
An insider at the Mainland CDC confirmed human cases and fatalities but said the exact numbers remain unclear. /1
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm receiving some concerning reports from China.
Staff at the Shanxi CDC estimate that 2,000 people have been infected with H5N1, with 300 deaths.
An insider at the Mainland CDC confirmed human cases and fatalities but said the exact numbers remain unclear. /1
Staff at the Shanxi CDC estimate that 2,000 people have been infected with H5N1, with 300 deaths.
An insider at the Mainland CDC confirmed human cases and fatalities but said the exact numbers remain unclear. /1