Yikes, Florida just passed its bathroom bill and expanded their “Don’t say gay” laws. Regardless of if you’ve had bottom surgery, it’s now misdemeanor trespassing to use a bathroom other than the ones that matches your AGAB, putting trans people at incredible risk. https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-dont-say-gay
We are all #DrewMaggi.
Despite some stubborn clouds, I caught the International Space Station transiting the Sun today.
Friday Flyday! Here’s a portrait of a hanging-thief fly, Diogmites sp., photographed in Saint Louis.
Florida is getting real scary real fast. They will now allow death penalty sentences with an 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimous, they’ve passed a bill to make sex crimes against children punishable by death, and they’re working to make being trans near children a sex crime. For all the “it could never happen here” folks, we’re inching closer to state sanctioned mass murder all the time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/15/florida-legislature-passes-law-removes-unanimous-j/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-house-backs-death-penalty-in-child-rapes/
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