AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

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How sick is a society that prefers guns to books?

#Florida is a #fascist, #racist state.

The #CollegeBoard Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for #AfricanAmerican Studies

After criticism from Gov. Ron #DeSantis of Florida, the official course looks different: No more #CriticalRaceTheory, and the study of contemporary topics — like #BlackLivesMatter — is optional.

https://nyti.ms/3wOL2D0

What a bunch of cowards. #CollegeBoard

So the College Board legit had The Audacity to tweet this out today, after it came out that they had caved to DeSantis and completely neutered the AP African American History course. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon #CollegeBoard #APAAHistory

400-year-old ring that unfolds to track the movement of the heavens.

More:

https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/a-400-year-old-ring-that-unfolds-to-track-the-movements-of-the-heavens.html

Instead of: no one wants to work anymore. Try: no one wants to be exploited anymore.

This is accurate ;)

(via https://marketoonist.com/2023/01/evolution-of-smart-products.html)

Joyce Vance notes that as Black History Month begins Feb. 1, schools in Hoover, Alabama, are cancelling Black History Month because a parent complained that it included a visit to schools by author Derrick Barnes to discuss his book I Am Every Good Thing. Barnes has won Newbery and Caldecott awards for his children's books featuring Black children.

#racism #BookBans #BlackHistoryMonth

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-6fc

How Salmon Feed Wildflowers And Transform Entire Landscapes | study out of @SFU pub'd by @RSocPublishing @RoyalSociety Open Science

by @GrrlScientist via @Forbes / @ForbesScience

#ecology #wildflowers #SalmonRun #BritishColumbia #nature #science #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/01/29/how-salmon-feed-wildflowers-and-transform-entire-landscapes/

The Supreme Court is lighting its reputation on fire.

BREAKING: The Court's "independent" validator has secretly been paid more than $1 million by the Court

https://findinggravity.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-is-lighting-its?sd=pf

Jamison Foster writes,

“Cheetoff, a longtime Republican insider who has secretly been paid at least $1 million by the Supreme Court, is the “independent” expert the Court turned to in order to vouch for an investigation in which the Court gave its Justices special treatment. Yikes.”

#SupremeCourt #integrity #ethics

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https://open.substack.com/pub/findinggravity/p/the-supreme-court-is-lighting-its