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swraith

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  1. Your liver knows the real story.
  2. This past week's pollen was rough. Went outside and immediately starting sneezing and hacking.
  3. There is nothing encouraging about the current precipitation outlook.
  4. This is true for Camp Mabry weather station KATT. For Austin-Bergstrom International Airport weather station KAUS, January 2015 was technically colder. 587.5 HDD in January 2015 vs 582 HDD in January 2024.
  5. Evergrande liquidation: Western hedge funds shocked by liquidation | Fortune
  6. I would like to try out the Vision headset. Just to see if the interaction with a desktop could fundamentally change.
  7. I’m shocked AISD didn’t cancel.
  8. Made a large batch of carnitas overnight. House smells great. Should be solid for lunch and dinner today.
  9. Water in the dirt to collapse any air pockets and then throw more dirt on it. Mulch would work well.
  10. Sure ok. To each their own. Winter storms knocking the Texas power grid offline for days is enraging.
  11. I'm fine with some actual winter weather but I don't want to see anything approaching Winter Storm Uri. I'm not ready for that shitstorm again.
  12. “I’ll tell you a secret,” he said, “since media is not here.” God had spoken to him throughout Republicans’ weekslong effort to find a new Speaker, Johnson said. Eventually, God revealed to Johnson that he would be a Moses-like figure leading the GOP and the country through a “Red Sea moment.” House Speaker Mike Johnson just compared himself to Moses (msnbc.com)
  13. Fingers crossed but I am assuming by statements put out earlier this week that the Council will still pass this phase 1.
  14. That link to the tax-office was helpful. I was able to find my taxes due vs I can't find them on TCAD.
  15. I don’t see much for the Dems to complain about…this week…so far.
  16. Elon Musk on Buying Twitter and Turning It Into X Rogan is at least humorous in that costume.
  17. McCarthy spending a lot of time speaking if this vote is going to fail again today.
  18. The above seems like a way to reduce any incentive to try and "invest" or "flip" housing in Mueller.
  19. This is the thought that keeps coming up when I hear about the House needing to open so it can pass an aid package for Israel. Uh what is the rush to send them aid? The Executive has already signaled broad diplomatic support.
  20. I think you hit 3 spots on the above bingo card with this post.
  21. I'm zoned SF-2. As far as I'm aware, I'm limited to 1 unit on the property. I welcome the proposed change. For instance, it could be the house, a garage apt/studio, and an ADU that actually has plumbing. That setup could accommodate an aging parent and a kid in college who needs more privacy than living in the main house.
  22. I would like to see the multiple unit option move forward. My SF zoning doesn't allow for even a second unit with plumbing. With aging parents, I would like more flexibility to handle possible living arrangements.
  23. I still have the XR. A better camera is the part that keeps me wondering if I should upgrade. Otherwise, the XR remains functional. I have an Otterbox case and it works fine to wireless charge.
  24. Do you want fans of marijuana to try and stress/crash the electric grid in Texas so the hard-core GOP can turn around and blame them? Great optics for sure
  25. I think I will vote against almost all of the Props. Yes to Props 9 and 11. In general, I don't like the fund creation of some of these Props. If the Legislature wants to fund spending, then let's fund spending. I don't see the upside of creating these funds and then empower small Boards to direct the spending. It seems like less oversight than just having the Legislature be responsible for it. Prop 7 is trash. I'm in industry and it is a $5 billion dollar subsidy to thermal generation developers. Very little is understood in terms of how this plan will integrate into the broader ERCOT market framework. Anybody who votes yes for this and expects to get a good ROI on the investment, doesn't understand the situation. Many of the other Props appear to be carve outs around the primary tax system of property tax. If property tax has so many negative impacts, let's reform the property tax system. Not create carve outs for this industry and that industry.
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