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The City of Austin is proposing to raise your city property taxes via Prop Q. If this passes, the city tax rate will rise by 10 cents, from 47.76 cents to 57.40 cents, a 20% increase in the tax rate. If this fails, the city tax rate will rise by only 5 cents, from 47.76 cents to 52.40 cents, a mere 10% increase in the tax rate. 10 cents of tax rate translates to $100 per year for every $100,000 of your home's taxable value. What saith the Surl? Do you plan to vote and if so, are you for or against? Early voting runs Oct 20-31. Voting day is Nov 4th. This is an off-year election so turnout will be tiny.
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Cyril had a moment of clarity of what he had become and what he set in motion. We don't have enough Cyril's in America.
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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?
Scraps replied to BigOrange1's topic in Basketball
Who is KD? -
People will remember who ran interference. The jail break is cowardice
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Foosters replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Votes for Trump to "save the day!" 10 months later, his company files for bankruptcy. Womp womp https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2025/10/08/domestic-e-bike-assembler-ebc-files-chapter-7-bankruptcy -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Underdog replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Should probably name some Tunnel that. -
Game Week Thread 2025 Game Week 6: RRS Texas v OU
Josef Pwag replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
UF has a RB that is much better than anyone on the OU roster. They have 2 o-linemen better than anyone on the OU roster. I would take the freshman UF WR that has only played one game over anyone on the OU roster. Other than that, OU is equal to, or superior to, UF. -
Not like either gets past in/out. Whataburger, Chic/Popeye’s, and I guess arby’s round out the final four.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
Duane Moore replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Fuck it, I’m resetting my expectations to spoiler mode for the rest of the season. Beat OU, Arkansas, and A&M with this suck-ass team and ruin their seasons. Ok, only two seasons might be ruined because Arkansas has already fired their coach, but that’s my goal at this point. -
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here's that video i was referring to.
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The Dallas Stars 2025-2026 Season Thread: We can haz cup?
markstanco replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
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Zelensky is playing the game now with trump, lmao https://www.politico.eu/article/tomahawk-missiles-ukraine-nobel-peace-prize-trump-says-zelenskyy/ Kyiv will nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he sends Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine and helps broker a ceasefire with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday. “During our most recent meeting, I didn’t hear a ‘no.’ What I did hear was that work will continue at the technical level and that this possibility will be considered,” Zelenskyy told journalists in Kyiv about a meeting he held with the U.S. president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September. “The plan for ending the war won’t be easy, but it is certainly the way forward. And if Trump gives the world — above all, the Ukrainian people — the chance for such a ceasefire, then yes, he should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Zelenskyy said. “We will nominate him on behalf of Ukraine.”
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The only problem is they aren’t doing it out of the kindness of their heart, but because these kinds of cases can lead to the end of the death penalty.
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They have them at the McNeil/Parmer location. I know this because they have locked up on me as I walked out the last 2 times I’ve been there. I just assumed something jammed in the wheel the first time. Both times a worker came over and unlocked it for me. Not sure why they locked as I was coming straight from the checkout both times
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Plante was really good last night. No idea if we recruited her. She was ranked 120th and we usually recruit in the top 25
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the reasons for its effectiveness are virtually the opposite of mo bamba. mo bamba is all tension and bass...brightside is melodic and harmonic drive...as well as being naturally emotional in its melodic climax. unlike mo bamba which is a super exotic key/mode of e phrygian, brightside is a classic pop chord progression in d major going I-V-vi-IV. a significant percentage of pop songs use this structure (or a small variation of it). there's a funny video on youtube that goes through all the pop songs that use that structure. the chord progression repeats through the entire song with no changes...even in the chorus or bridge. that is really unique. the vocal melody, like a lot of killers songs (and garage rock music), is right smack in the middle of the vocal register with virtually no straying into low or high registers. it's not nearly as simple as mo bamba obviously but its vocal ease is ideal for crowd singing where everyone can participate. critically, the melody from the beginning of the verse through the chorus is almost always ascending in its contour (for example, in the chorus where it starts with "jealousy," contrast that first half of the chorus with the second half starting with "but it's just") which subconsciously adds intensity. adding to the ease of singing it for the crowd is the fact that the kick drum is extremely consistent. not quite four on the floor but it is a consistent, driving metronome for the song. the snare on the 2 and 4 every bar everywhere but the bridge and pre-chorus drives the song consistently and keeps the intensity super high...as well as keeping everyone in time. one of the most unique things about brightside is it never resolves back to the d chord which leaves it with a constantly unfinished feeling for the listener. one doesn't need to be familiar with music theory to identify that unique element of the song. anyone can listen to it and identify that as a difference at the end. it doesn't end with "i'm mr. brightside." it ends with "i never" and a super unfinished chord. that is a theme through the entire track. it just keeps chugging along and keeping you engaged. there are other reasons like the cleanliness of the guitar performance, etc... but those are the real underlying reasons for its success as a stadium song...along with timing and just outright popularity.
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He's gotten another stay. There was actually a surprising story on NPR (KERA) yesterday about multiple Texas conservatives getting on Ken Paxton directly about this. It was nice to hear some people say "as supporters of the death penalty, it's our obligation to make absolutely sure it's only applied when 100% justified." https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/09/robert-roberson-execution-blocked-texas-court-of-criminal-appeals/ Edit: here's the radio story from yesterday: https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2025-10-07/gop-death-penalty-supporters-question-robert-robersons-execution
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Medina in fes is unreal. You MUST get a tour guide. The Medina absolutely comes alive. we saw one of the oldest universities in the world, a Quranic university, had lunch in an amazing converted home, stopped at one of the tanneries, visited a primer rug co-op. We bought rugs in Marrakech which were really nice but there are museum quality rugs at this one. 14x16 rug we looked at was $22,000 USD (we had an Arabic guide who negotiated all our deals with us to avoid the white face premium). You can get rugs for much less but nice ones can run you a few thousands to be sure.
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