Somewhere In ATX
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Looking for more info - in perpetuity. Posts are my own, unless I've been hacked. #YIMBY Urbanism (Social Housing In My Back Yard 🙏) He/Him/His
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in texas, if you receive 4 moving violations in a year your licence can be suspended. i wonder how many waymo has already
AISD asking Waymo to fix safety issues after its cars pass stopped school buses https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/schools/austin-isd-waymo-school-bus-safety-issues/269-aa81681e-e7bd-4a64-b87b-7a91ced25004
AISD asking Waymo to fix safety issues after its cars pass stopped school buses
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www.kvue.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in texas, if you receive 4 moving violations in a year your licence can be suspended. i wonder how many waymo has already
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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AISD asking Waymo to fix safety issues after its cars pass stopped school buses https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/schools/austin-isd-waymo-school-bus-safety-issues/269-aa81681e-e7bd-4a64-b87b-7a91ced25004
AISD asking Waymo to fix safety issues after its cars pass stopped school buses
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www.kvue.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
AISD asking Waymo to fix safety issues after its cars pass stopped school buses https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/schools/austin-isd-waymo-school-bus-safety-issues/269-aa81681e-e7bd-4a64-b87b-7a91ced25004
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We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
Despite a well-recognized housing emergency in Puget Sounds, cities continue to wield their emergency powers in ways that are related to...anything but that crisis.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
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Looks like we could tax the Dells much more.
BREAKING: Michael and Susan Dell of $DELL will give 25 million American children $250 each to jumpstart an investment account for their futures
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Looks like we could tax the Dells much more.
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I hate this fucking state so much.
Texas removes women, minorities from small business program
The program will now only be eligible for service-disabled veterans. It will be called Veteran Heroes United in Business.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I hate this fucking state so much.
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While Austin is resting on our laurels, we're getting leaped by the likes of Spokane, Cambridge, and now Flagstaff.
Three cheers to Flagstaff for––as of a few minutes ago––becoming the first city in Arizona (and maybe the entire southwest?) to legalize fourplexes on every residential lot citywide.
And congrats to Flagstaff for Affordable Housing & @azneighborhood.bsky.social for leading the charge!
And congrats to Flagstaff for Affordable Housing & @azneighborhood.bsky.social for leading the charge!
Last year the #azleg passed HB2721 to require cities to allow #middlehousing around their central business districts. Last night the Flagstaff P&Z commission approved a plan to apply the middle housing law citywide! Thank you Flagstaff for taking a lead in addressing the state’s #housingcrisis.
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While Austin is resting on our laurels, we're getting leaped by the likes of Spokane, Cambridge, and now Flagstaff.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Today, Texas AFL-CIO President Leonard Aguilar & Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor took the oath of office!
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today, Texas AFL-CIO President Leonard Aguilar & Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor took the oath of office!
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
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Congrats to President Leonard Aguilar and Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor on their swearing in today! They’re ready to lead @texasaflcio.org into the future!
I look forward to working with you to continue President Rick Levy’s legacy and fight for Texas’ working people.
I look forward to working with you to continue President Rick Levy’s legacy and fight for Texas’ working people.
Today, Texas AFL-CIO President Leonard Aguilar & Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor took the oath of office!
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
Leonard started his career as an apprentice with UA Local 142, while Lorraine started as a TSEU member. Their leadership marks the first time that two Latinos will lead the org! ✊🏽
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Congrats to President Leonard Aguilar and Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor on their swearing in today! They’re ready to lead @texasaflcio.org into the future!
I look forward to working with you to continue President Rick Levy’s legacy and fight for Texas’ working people.
I look forward to working with you to continue President Rick Levy’s legacy and fight for Texas’ working people.
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...she said from a chair at Miriam Adelson's media project. Hillary doesn't need the money---doing it for the love of the game
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
...she said from a chair at Miriam Adelson's media project. Hillary doesn't need the money---doing it for the love of the game
This is Genocide denial.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is Genocide denial.
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Imagine being a goy and standing up and telling Jewish people they don’t know or understand their own fucking history. That Jews are ignorant and too uneducated to have correct opinions about the Jewish issue of our time that has broken families and communities. You absolute piece of trash.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Imagine being a goy and standing up and telling Jewish people they don’t know or understand their own fucking history. That Jews are ignorant and too uneducated to have correct opinions about the Jewish issue of our time that has broken families and communities. You absolute piece of trash.
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BREAKING NEWS! Texas Families file CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT to stop Texas public school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments www.au.org/the-latest/p...
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
BREAKING NEWS! Texas Families file CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT to stop Texas public school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments www.au.org/the-latest/p...
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We’re 👏 Not 👏 Going 👏 Anywhere 👏
Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear and consistent on what we need to succeed: more take-home pay, better hours, resolving legal issues. Until then, you’ll see us and our allies on the picket line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear and consistent on what we need to succeed: more take-home pay, better hours, resolving legal issues. Until then, you’ll see us and our allies on the picket line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We’re 👏 Not 👏 Going 👏 Anywhere 👏
Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear and consistent on what we need to succeed: more take-home pay, better hours, resolving legal issues. Until then, you’ll see us and our allies on the picket line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear and consistent on what we need to succeed: more take-home pay, better hours, resolving legal issues. Until then, you’ll see us and our allies on the picket line.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Bernie and Zohran were out in the streets of New York, standing with Starbucks workers fighting for better wages and dignity on the job.
This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.
This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bernie and Zohran were out in the streets of New York, standing with Starbucks workers fighting for better wages and dignity on the job.
This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.
This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.
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Hillary Clinton tells a fascist newspaper’s conference that young American Jews are ignoramuses who should embrace violent ethno-nationalism
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hillary Clinton tells a fascist newspaper’s conference that young American Jews are ignoramuses who should embrace violent ethno-nationalism
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The way a subset of Ds have latched on to TikTok as the reason why people oppose genocide is a real bad trend. It lacks rigor and is going to come up anytime populations aren’t believing approved/preferred narratives.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The way a subset of Ds have latched on to TikTok as the reason why people oppose genocide is a real bad trend. It lacks rigor and is going to come up anytime populations aren’t believing approved/preferred narratives.
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For Texans who own or are thinking of purchasing a manufactured home, there is now more information available on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) website about transferring your home from personal to real property!
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
For Texans who own or are thinking of purchasing a manufactured home, there is now more information available on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) website about transferring your home from personal to real property!
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Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
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REMINDER: The House GOP's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services bill dramatically cuts HIV & AIDS funding, including cutting ALL HIV prevention funding in the U.S.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
REMINDER: The House GOP's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services bill dramatically cuts HIV & AIDS funding, including cutting ALL HIV prevention funding in the U.S.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
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It's hard to overstate the impact Taylor had as an AIDS fundraiser. $100 million is an estimate that doesn't include nine-figure bequests to AIDS charities.
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's hard to overstate the impact Taylor had as an AIDS fundraiser. $100 million is an estimate that doesn't include nine-figure bequests to AIDS charities.
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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cool neighborhood-specific campaign graphics for @zoforaustin.bsky.social's district 9 city council re-election campaign
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
cool neighborhood-specific campaign graphics for @zoforaustin.bsky.social's district 9 city council re-election campaign
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com
election info and more graphics: zoforaustin.com