Everything posted by used2b
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Fitlump fucking won a Austin City Council seat, Now on to Congress 2026!
I still have no words for any of this.
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Fitlump fucking won a Austin City Council seat, Now on to Congress 2026!
WOW. I had no idea until this thread today. Oh my lord.
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What did the Biden win mean to you?
The most personal impact for me is that my 3 tween/teen boys don't have this example of an American president anymore.
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Surly kids applying / attending UT
Are admissions letters going out yet? I know people who have been accepted to A&M already.
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2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
He said go head.
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Time to Oust Cornyn
MJ came relatively close to knocking off John Carter here in Wilco in 2018. @ 50 - 47. Her campaign then was great, but there was also Beto excitement.
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Ken Paxton is dirty? NO FUCKING WAY!
Also remember Angela Paxton (his wife) is a state senator.
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The Trump + Covid thread
So....he got a positive on Wednesday?
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2020 Republican National Convention
I am just now paying attention. So...they are doing the convention from the White House?
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Shooting at Austin protest tonight, 1 dead
20 pages in and we don't know any more than we did Sunday morning?
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Shooting at Austin protest tonight, 1 dead
News reports say suspect has been detained and is cooperating with police. That seems key to me.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
I love this woman.
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Robert E. Lee HS in Tyler TX up for a Name Change Vote
I can't believe Tyler beat Midland on this. Well maybe I can.
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AISD's (and other districts) Plans for Schools Starting August 18
This so dumb.
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AISD's (and other districts) Plans for Schools Starting August 18
This issue with forcing daily on campus is the safety/spacing concerns for students and staff as referenced in the Eanes letter above.
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AISD's (and other districts) Plans for Schools Starting August 18
Good for Eanes. If they are concerned you can imagine how districts with fewer resources feel.
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AISD's (and other districts) Plans for Schools Starting August 18
TEA has told districts they won't fund students who choose remote learning who have transferred in from private or homeschooling. This isn't a district rule. TEA has told districts they MUST accommodate students who want to come 5 days a week, effectively making schools create 3 separate tracks if they want to do a hybrid, which is very tough from a staffing/workload perspective and safe spacing. They are pretty mum on closure protocols for infections in a school. Not sure if they waiting for CDC/Health Department. The state has procured and allocated PPE to all districts. You can find that here: https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/covid19 20-21 PPE LEA Allotment_updated 6-18-20.xlsx It's not just teachers who will be quitting if forced to go back with rates like this and the uncertainty, but also support staff, admin, food service, etc, with institutional knowledge. There won't be subs so if your in-person teacher goes down, the class doesn't get taught. School becomes a babysitter. Morath talks to supers in an hour. We will see what is said after Tuesday's shitshow announcements.
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NDA Enforceablity
Melania is that you?
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AISD's (and other districts) Plans for Schools Starting August 18
Was this email to staff or parents?
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Texas athletes petitioning University to replace "The Eyes of Texas" and to no longer require athletes to sing it
It's a Sopranos song.
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Texas athletes petitioning University to replace "The Eyes of Texas" and to no longer require athletes to sing it
Now that The Eyes issue is out on the table it's going to become a "taking a knee" issue if they continue to play it after games. Many fans/players will refuse to sing it and those that do will look like assholes, especially white people. UNLESS, a result of conversations between CDC and the players results in them coming away ok with it and those players lead on it. But that is not likely. I do like the idea of singing Don't Stop Believing instead. And/or just Texas Fight, which is actually our "song'.
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Texas athletes petitioning University to replace "The Eyes of Texas" and to no longer require athletes to sing it
I am fine with all of this.
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Waco Attorneys Arrested in Murder for Hire Plot
I am gonna need an update on this.
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Williamson County death in custody
OMG you are right. I was thinking it was May because the signs have been everywhere like the local elections but that was because of the primaries.
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Williamson County death in custody
Chody, the Wilco CC, and Judge Gravell have been crazy dysfunctional and it's escalated this year, esp re Live PD. This is like a thousand pound cherry on top of the dysfunction sundae. Just one recent story from a month ago: https://communityimpact.com/austin/georgetown/coronavirus/2020/05/05/williamson-county-commissioners-hire-law-firm-to-address-live-pd-controversy-move-could-mean-future-legal-action/ I actually think Gleason, his opponent, has a decent chance. However, since they moved the local elections from May to Nov due to Covid, who knows.