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Jan 22

We just posted the weekly updates to our censorship attempts here in FL. We are now up to 868 titles, 1690 attempts, over 27 districts since Sept 2021. All of this done in the name of “Liberty” and “parental rights” w/o concern for student impact. fftrp.org/florida_censor

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FL students can't afford to have even MORE gaps in learning. Between constant sickness absences (thanks c19), bullshit testing, crap curriculum, and complete distrust in teachers, only 30% of these 8th grade kids are proficient in reading. (NAEP national results)

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Jan 22

“We know very clearly from the research that a key driver for individual reading success is self-directed reading, when kids pick up a fun new book that interests them. There will be gaps in learning.” @EveryLibrary washingtonpost.com/education/2023

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Text describes how student was the top patron of the school’s library until he ran out of new titles in his favorite genre to check out.

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Our Manatee Co. Center Grand Opening is TOMORROW! We are so excited to share this milestone with you-- the community that made it all possible. Special thanks to

@kind_cotton

for the HUGE donation of affirming and empowering books for our youth! 🌈❤️

Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans

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The other side is trying to say that the districts are misinterpreting the rule & law- that shutting down classroom libraries was not the intent. FA&FO We can thank all those “Liberty” moms, the FLGOP that elevated their voices over others, & the FLDOE sycophants.

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Image shows a book shelf turned around inside an eleventh grade civics classroom

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Image is a post from a teacher explaining she was told to close down her classroom library

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Text exchange with a teacher friend that closed down their classroom library while she attempts to catalog 800 books.

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Teachers across Manatee County Florida public schools were ordered to cover their books in their classrooms until a committee reviews them. Thought this was #FreeFlorida?

I LOVE watching the youngsters burn it all down.

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It's quite a shame that #Neurologists don't know there's a whole disease called #MECFS out there & how devastating it can be. Especially since it's nuerological. 🙄

Welcome back love lol

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Rebekah Jones

@GeoRebekah

Dec 16, 2022

I'll only post this once. THIS is the story that I got banned from sharing more than 1.5 yrs ago. THIS is the story Ron DeSantis does NOT want you to read. So definitely do not share this. It will make him really, really, really mad. miamiherald.com/news/politics-

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Let's break this down. You're coming onto twitter to ask everyone if they have the worst cold in the world right now. You're baffled, mystified even.

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Just realising that I may not have made it completely clear: The damage covid can do to you may mean that even an ordinary cold flattens you.

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This is disgusting: TX AG Ken Paxton tried to use driver’s license data to compile a list of people in the state are transgender. What a gross abuse of power for no apparent purpose than to harass law abiding Texans that he’s prejudiced against.

washingtonpost.com

The effort to obtain data came as Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have marshaled resources against transgender Texans.

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This is what Florida wants. And it pisses me off. Read. Every. Word.

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Amber Briggle @mrsbriggle.mas.to

@mrsbriggle

Nov 29, 2022

I'm the mother of a transgender child. Last spring Greg Abbott ordered CPS to investigate parents like me for child abuse. A caseworker came to my home, interrogated my children individually & alone, & kept our investigation open for MONTHS despite no evidence of harm or abuse

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Not sure how you cam say the words "everyone is sick" and not think it's a fucking PROBLEM. 👀

Why "medically unexplained symptoms" might be more likely to occur with anxiety over one's health. The prejudice says that symptoms are somehow generated by the anxiety. An alternative explanation is that an unexplained illness causes more anxiety than an explained one.

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I have had 3 days to recuperate from cooking turkey day feast. I have been single parenting most of those 3 days bc my husband works at a dispensary. My body hasn't healed. Forcing ppl into holiday work schedules hurts disabled spouses & is ableist.

Happy Thanksgiving yall. My bird was DELICIOUS and *moist* 🤤🥰 Thankful I was able to cook this year 🥰

Jerrik Hoffer, known as

@JinkxMonsoon

will be making THEIR Broadway debut. Stop confusing trans & drag.

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BroadwayWorld

@BroadwayWorld

Nov 22, 2022

Drag Race star @JinkxMonsoon will make her Broadway debut as Matron 'Mama' Morton in @ChicagoMusical next year! broadwayworld.com/article/DRAG-R

"Being Queer shouldn't get us killed but"

A poem by jay Hulme from the collection the backwater sermons

The poem is entitled 'martyrdom'

And consists of the lines "being queer shouldn't get us killed
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Nov 15, 2022

How will Florida’s Social Studies curriculum look different now that HB7 is passed? Ex 1: current article on Rosa Parks for Grade 1 (approved for 2017-2022) Ex 2: General version of same lesson for 23/24 approval Ex 3: FL specific version of same lesson for 23/24 approval

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I'm still here, but only for short bursts. Most of my energy is being spent with my kids and work. It's nice to have a paycheck.

I started a new job, in a new career, around 5 weeks ago. The first 4 weeks were filled with lots of training, which was awesome bc I love to learn. But it has been hard. Working with #chronicillness is a balancing act. And I'm a mom on top. I'm very tired.

You'd think, with the amount of Republicans who died over the last 2.5 years in Florida would have made some sort of impact.

Well we can add #Dysautonomia to the list of diagnoses I have. Thanks,

"I don't want trans people in my bathroom" is brought to you by the descendants of "I don't want Black people sitting next to me on the bus".

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Dr Naomi Harvey (PhD not MD) #WearAMask

@Naomi_D_Harvey

Oct 25, 2022

It will never not surprise me how you can wake up one morning with this disease, and just feel so much worse than you have in ages. As if sleeping itself caused damage, & now your body is even less functional than it was, weak & aching all over #mecfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

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The #disability community would seriously benefit from this. We need to have better options so we can get better treatments. 💜

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD

@EpiEllie

Oct 23, 2022

Now that many of us have gotten used to testing at home for COVID, I’m curious if pharma companies will realize that there is probably also a market for at-home tests for other infections like flu or rsv. Sure, not everyone cares to test but many do

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Squirrel hunting is serious business for Pan this morning. (The squirrels are laughing in the trees 🤣)

As white allies, we MUST do better for our black & brown sisters. We must unlearn these biases, and fight for them too. Please recognize it inside you, and LISTEN to their voices

I'm really saddened that someone with such a large platform has chosen to block instead of coming to terms with her internalized racism. I appreciate all she has done for the trans community - of which my daughter will surely benefit from. HOWEVER

IMPORTANT UPDATE re: Hurricane Ian Missed Days Students and employees from

@Manateeschools

traditional public schools won't be required to take time out of their Fall or Winter breaks to make up for school cancellations during Hurricane Ian and its aftermath (1/4)

The good news (?) is I didn't faint with the tilt table test. The bad news is that my HR did raise but not by 30. My BP rose too though, instead of falling. Very strange. If I had been fully standing, the results would have been different. #longcovid #pots

Please help

rebuild from the devastation of hurricane Ian by donating. This theatre means so much to so many. 💜

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An update about Hurricane Ian from Executive Producing Director Murray Chase

To all who have offered condolences and support, we send a huge “thank you.” We will need many things in the next several months to make a full comeback. Your encouragement is vital. Click the link...

For clarity, no one is contesting vax associated myocarditis- which happens, is rare & typically mild. It's less severe than COVID myocarditis, which can be fatal. What we're contesting is a very flawed analysis reportedly shows increase in cardiac death post-vax in young men🧵

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(RT please 💜) I'm doing a holiday mutual aid to help 50 poor disabled people get access to disability items available in my store (Bibipins.com). If you can, please donate!! Details below! #DisabilityTwitter #NEISvoid #MutualAidRequest

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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD

@kmpanthagani

Oct 9, 2022

Florida just announced the results of an analysis that they performed, saying the results show "an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39" for the mRNA vaccines, and recommend this group not receive these vaccines. Is this justified? Let's look at the data...

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