I was asked by my department head if I was interested in being the faculty representative at the big women in computing conference in Orlando. I replied that as a trans woman it's now “functionally illegal" for me to go to Florida. As in technically not illegal, but impossible to do so in a way that both complies with the law and is safe. Shocked that it's come to this. #Transgender#Florida
The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.
Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, #Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory #voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.
“#Florida’s top health official called for a halt to using mRNA coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, contending that the shots could contaminate patients’ DNA — a claim that has been roundly debunked by public health experts, federal officials and the #vaccine companies” #COVID 💉😷
If anyone out there thinks I'm crazy for saying repeatedly that #Florida is going #Nazi, read this. It's scary. It will happen everywhere in the U.S. if we are not careful. Tell your friends, tell your family. We are slipping down that slope, and it is never prudent to follow Florida anywhere.
I had no idea from the coverage that this was such a resounding win.
"The settlement was a resounding victory for the parents and LGBTQ advocacy groups who filed the lawsuit. It dramatically limits the law's application to a narrow set of circumstances that seldom occur in K-12 public schools."
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
#Florida CFO backs a Senate bill that would allocate an initial $5 million in state funds to pay for Trump’s legal defense, then use state agencies and employees to collect additional money for #Trump when people renew their driver’s licenses.
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
“#Florida cannot prohibit a 10th grade math teacher from asking her students to call her by her preferred pronouns, a federal judge has ruled.
The decision from the US district judge is a blow to an anti-#LGBTQ law championed by #DeSantis, which prohibits discussion of sexuality in public schools. 2023 expansion of the measure, widely known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prohibits teachers and students from using pronouns that align with their gender identity.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/florida-pronouns-teacher
Tonight, the voters of #Jacksonville, #Florida, showed the nation that banning books and trying to erase the history of the black and #LGBTQ communities won't work for Ron #DeSantis.
Congratulations to the first female mayor of Jacksonville, Donna Deegan.
9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of #Taxpayers, #Wildlife
The agency has a history of diving into big #construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that #engineers hadn’t bargained for.
“I'm here in Florida. I will tell you there is no round table, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact. There were no redeeming qualities of slavery,” responds VP Kamala Harris to #Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calling for her to debate him about the state's new education standards.
PANIC: Florida takes huge economic hit as conventions reject anti-woke agenda (washingtonpress.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scared off millions of dollars worth of business from his state with his extremist, bigoted agenda.
Inflation is plummeting across America except in Ron DeSantis’ Florida (www.alternet.org)
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
Truckers threaten Florida boycott over immigration law (www.tampabay.com)
Calls for suspension of deliveries to and from the state on July 1 spread on social media.
‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee (www.theguardian.com)
Ron DeSantis’s slew of laws attacking teaching of race and gender issues sees state’s colleges struggle to fill faculty posts
200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride in defiant middle finger to Ron DeSantis (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Over 200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride over the weekend, as an 11-year-old transgender girl led the parade as Grand Marshal....