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38 minutes ago, leaf said:
The South Fork of the San Gabriel at the Ronald Reagan bridge at 7:00am
Where is the water level in relation to the new housing subdivision just to the north of there? They built really close to the river.
Also, given the big jump in level at Travis this morning, I’m assuming LCRA just keeps the dam totally closed to refill the lake? I haven't seen any specific note about that.
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9 minutes ago, TexArcher said:
Yeah, because they have local affiliates, I'm sure.
But I'm watching CNN talk about proposed Medicaid cuts, which is a big deal, don't get me wrong. But when they flood me with breaking news alerts 8 times a day even when there is no breaking news, how are they not all over this?
Sunday afternoons are typically the most thinly-staffed time of week in newsrooms (other than overnight). Especially now.
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22 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:
So what does this mean? Will they start denaturalizing people in places like Texas and but not in states or districts it has been blocked?
Well, this piece from two months ago outlines Stephen Miller’s position on it, so this is likely where things are headed. I hope I’m wrong.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-unveils-bizarre-attack-194857907.html
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29 minutes ago, Covri said:
Regarding the gift giving culture that permeates elementary school classrooms these days, it’s fucked up I should be expected to give gift cards 4-5 times a school year to teachers for doing their jobs instead of being able to send my kids to public school I pay for where the teachers are paid enough not to need my Target and Starbucks gift cards to supplement their income. Plenty of people work for similar salaries and don’t have these expectations. Also it’s mainly a middle class and up school districts where this happens and those teachers are not dealing with the worst of worst conditions that lower class and poverty stricken schools and districts are dealing with. So yes we fall into the peer pressure of a couple hundred bucks a year to help our kid’s teachers out that my mom never got teaching in lower income areas. But my wife’s mom taught in nicer areas and thinks it’s the norm so then so does my wife.
/rant over
While I don’t entirely disagree with your premise, I want to note a key distinction here: these teachers are not using those gift cards to “supplement their income”. In the case of my wife and many of her colleagues, they’re using those cards to buy classroom supplies that they are given no budget to purchase because of the continued degradation of school funding in our state - or, using them to buy protein bars to keep on hand since budgets for free breakfasts and lunches have been severely cut by our esteemed governor.
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14 hours ago, tokamak said:
I still cannot wrap my head around How to Train Your Dragon getting a live action remake. Zero interest in seeing that. Evidently I’m in the minority.
My 18yo saw it, loved it and said it was about as good as the animated original. That surprised me.
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1 hour ago, Underdog said:
Married to Jay Mohr… Jay. Mohr.
If the team suddenly hires a consultant named Bob Sugar that's a 🚩.
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On 6/12/2025 at 7:55 PM, futureman said:
on twitch gordo just said he will be doing the voice of jerry jones for this show. 10 episodes.
pretty cool stuff if you ask me.
A few more details here. Gordo talked about it on the O-deck this morning.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-jones-adult-swim-keeping-up-with-the-joneses-series-1236263784/-
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7 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:
When you’ve lost Fayetnam…
This so great, but F’ville is very much a blue dot within a sea of red. Walking around town there last week, I saw lots of pride and trans flags, and local elected officials there are mostly progressive. It’s starting to spread as NWA grows as a metro area, but the rest of the state still makes up for it.
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On 5/2/2025 at 11:43 PM, CooterBrown said:
Just got home from Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, and Die Krupps.
This was great top to bottom. Die Krupps hasn’t played Austin since ‘96 even though Jurgen lives here. They killed it. I would love to see a full set. Nitzer Ebb is always good for just being two dorks on stage. Ministry is only playing Twitch, With Sympathy, and earlier Wax Trax singles on this tour and it absolutely killed. Yeah, Al has to use a vocal track to keep up but the crowd loved it and the reworked versions of the songs were great.Sadly, Douglas from Nitzer Ebb died today. He has been ill and wasn’t on this tour (it was just Bon and another dude). He had a commanding stage presence and voice, for sure.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nitzer-ebbs-douglas-mccarthy-has-died-at-58/
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6 minutes ago, Zeus said:
That photo is from a construction site in NYC from a few years back, and just keeps getting recycled for these "aNtIfA sOrOs DeMoCrAt CiTiEs" posts. Please stop.
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17 hours ago, Exposition said:
Every time I hear the ad I'm convinced that company is going for a very specific demographic, and I'm lost on exactly which demographic that is. I cannot be the only who ignores medical ads I've heard on a sports radio station, and especially so if the voice-over sounds like someone helping me choose fertilizer at Ace Hardware. But maybe there's some market research out there that points to a group who has a connection to that and will buy in...
“Call Big Lou - he’s like you, on meds too!”
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Anyone rejoicing when Tinderholt announced his retirement from the Leg should have known better. O'Hare's scheming continues, following the ridiculous Tarrant County redistricting plan that passed yesterday. https://www.keranews.org/politics/2025-06-03/republican-tony-tinderholt-running-for-tarrant-county-commissioners-court
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Tim Cowlishaw needs to actually talk on mic. So far this morning, it sounds like he's just making occasional asides and laughing in the background because he's hard to hear.
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President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.
A simple majority of lawmakers in each chamber must approve what's technically known as a "rescission request" within 45 days for it to become law. With their slim leads in both the House and Senate, Republicans can afford just a few defections.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5418080/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-public-broadcasting
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19 hours ago, chainsaw said:
If he's a generational candidate the people will overlook his homosexuality the way they overlooked Obama being only half-white.
Given the hateful crap I have seen posted in the comments of pretty much every pride month post the past two days, I am not hopeful about that whatsoever.
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8 minutes ago, royiv said:
TEA announced today that it is extending the takeover of HISD for an additional two years, now through 2027. Once the state moves in, they will never go back to local control. It’s a cautionary tale for AISD.
I noticed in the TxTrib story about the STAAR bill failing that the Senate had slipped a provision into their version of the bill that would allow the TEA to take over, and appoint a conservator for, any district that sued the state/TEA, about anything. It's a blessing that bill failed.
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Elon's latest troubles are largely self-inflicted, but also, example number 7,345 of ETTD.
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Not sure where to put this, but yikes.
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PBS files suit against Trump, joining NPR.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-npr-executive-order-end-funding
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In essentially one generation, we have gone from having folks in state and national leadership who, while differing on policy sometimes to an extreme level, were still generally respected, knowledgeable, and held in high esteem - to cretin like this in many crucial roles. I don’t see any easy way to recover from this.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
in Daily Texan
Posted · Edited by sasquatch69
Phone alerts, etc are all fine and good, but they cannot account for spotty service, do not disturb mode, etc. At this point just put a network of sirens all along 34 and 1340 - basically anywhere in the county in a 100-year flood area along the river. Test them regularly and fire them up whenever there’s a warning at the earliest possible moment. That way, no matter what the hour, if I’m camp staff or a counselor I know the moment I hear it to gather up my folks and head to high ground.