Carrie (in Texas) 💙♿
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MARRIED Texas Aggie Engr, Educator, & Texas Democrat. I post shtuff adoptable shelter dog pics, things my state does & "interesting things".
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Carrie (in Texas) 💙♿
@stemgal.bsky.social
· Oct 21
OMFG if you work in tech support, please eliminate the wording "are you sure you know the difference" from your patter - especially while discussing a technical issue with a female.
1. There are much better ways to ask that.
2. Some of us have actually done your job.
3. See #1
1. There are much better ways to ask that.
2. Some of us have actually done your job.
3. See #1
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NEW: Texas quietly tightened car registration & renewal ID requirements after Rep. @brianeharrison blasted the DMV.
The major policy shift targets unauthorized immigrants, but it will affect everyone, county tax offices & title & insurance specialists told me. #txlege
The major policy shift targets unauthorized immigrants, but it will affect everyone, county tax offices & title & insurance specialists told me. #txlege
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
NEW: Texas quietly tightened car registration & renewal ID requirements after Rep. @brianeharrison blasted the DMV.
The major policy shift targets unauthorized immigrants, but it will affect everyone, county tax offices & title & insurance specialists told me. #txlege
The major policy shift targets unauthorized immigrants, but it will affect everyone, county tax offices & title & insurance specialists told me. #txlege
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
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Fun fact, nobody has to read you your Miranda rights if you just walk in and say incriminating stuff to police. So maybe don‘t
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fun fact, nobody has to read you your Miranda rights if you just walk in and say incriminating stuff to police. So maybe don‘t
Who are "fans"? Olivia plus herself?
RFKjr is an egotistical eccentric idiot who will kill many many more before he's gone - particularly those who rely on proven medical practices unlike him.
Go pound sand, dirt, more into dust.
RFKjr is an egotistical eccentric idiot who will kill many many more before he's gone - particularly those who rely on proven medical practices unlike him.
Go pound sand, dirt, more into dust.
RFK Jr’s fans are angry that his dying cousin slams his health policies trib.al/kH0EPwm
RFK Jr’s fans are angry that his dying cousin slams his health policies
In a widely read New Yorker essay, Tatiana Schlossberg revealed she is living with terminal cancer.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Who are "fans"? Olivia plus herself?
RFKjr is an egotistical eccentric idiot who will kill many many more before he's gone - particularly those who rely on proven medical practices unlike him.
Go pound sand, dirt, more into dust.
RFKjr is an egotistical eccentric idiot who will kill many many more before he's gone - particularly those who rely on proven medical practices unlike him.
Go pound sand, dirt, more into dust.
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Join us in congratulating Erica Powe, winner of the Fall 2025 Fundraising Award! Help Erica celebrate this achievement by making a donation today! Any amount you give will help. Every dollar you donate is matched dollar-for-dollar. Will you donate? givebutter.com/mfpdonate
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Join us in congratulating Erica Powe, winner of the Fall 2025 Fundraising Award! Help Erica celebrate this achievement by making a donation today! Any amount you give will help. Every dollar you donate is matched dollar-for-dollar. Will you donate? givebutter.com/mfpdonate
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Checking in! How are we?
Thanksgiving week is historically Very Weird. It's a Very Slow Week, that also has Key News Dumps. So, it's both and not always clear what's what.
If you're still in government, especially DOJ, and something unusual is going on this week, reach out! Signal is crg.32
Thanksgiving week is historically Very Weird. It's a Very Slow Week, that also has Key News Dumps. So, it's both and not always clear what's what.
If you're still in government, especially DOJ, and something unusual is going on this week, reach out! Signal is crg.32
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Checking in! How are we?
Thanksgiving week is historically Very Weird. It's a Very Slow Week, that also has Key News Dumps. So, it's both and not always clear what's what.
If you're still in government, especially DOJ, and something unusual is going on this week, reach out! Signal is crg.32
Thanksgiving week is historically Very Weird. It's a Very Slow Week, that also has Key News Dumps. So, it's both and not always clear what's what.
If you're still in government, especially DOJ, and something unusual is going on this week, reach out! Signal is crg.32
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So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
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If ICE has nothing to hide from its raid in San Antonio, why did they smash security cameras?
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
The latest: 51 of 143 detained in major San Antonio raid are Tren de Aragua members, FBI says
The Nov. 16 raid in the area of San Pedro and Basse was the result of an investigation into a drug dealer, according to records.
www.kens5.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If ICE has nothing to hide from its raid in San Antonio, why did they smash security cameras?
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
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Because DOGE operated largely in secrecy, it may be months or even years before the public can assess the true cost of its impact.
DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts
Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Because DOGE operated largely in secrecy, it may be months or even years before the public can assess the true cost of its impact.
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Historian Ed Gray reminded the crowd that the state of Texas tried to ban the NAACP in the 1950’s. Now CAIR and the NAACP are “kindred spirits” in the fight against injustice. “We will fight this governor as we fought the last.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Historian Ed Gray reminded the crowd that the state of Texas tried to ban the NAACP in the 1950’s. Now CAIR and the NAACP are “kindred spirits” in the fight against injustice. “We will fight this governor as we fought the last.”
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Inevitably, it will climax on Friday night as dad breaks the TV with a beer bottle screaming "This is not UT football!" As mom profusely apologizes to their guests and then calls the daughter in tears saying she understands why she didn't come home this year. -OS
This week fuels the pure id of Texas Conservatism. Going to be a lot of angry dads and drunk moms in the greater suburban sprawl this week because junior got arrested for buying coke from a valet and their daughter at UT went to her boyfriend's Thanksgiving in Palo Alto. -OS
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Inevitably, it will climax on Friday night as dad breaks the TV with a beer bottle screaming "This is not UT football!" As mom profusely apologizes to their guests and then calls the daughter in tears saying she understands why she didn't come home this year. -OS
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Go Ohio. We’re not all red here.
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Go Ohio. We’re not all red here.
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Hegseth no longer interested in doing what’s best for God and our Country.
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U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hegseth no longer interested in doing what’s best for God and our Country.
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I know everyone’s focused on the Dersh part of this, but I just wanna say, Dana Loesch? The school-shooting enthusiast? Who bristles with contempt and hostility?
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I know everyone’s focused on the Dersh part of this, but I just wanna say, Dana Loesch? The school-shooting enthusiast? Who bristles with contempt and hostility?
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I have talked with friends about “what the heck happened to air travel and subsequently to air travelers to make the process so stressful/awful?”
It’s not that people stopped being “nice,” it’s that airline carriers stopped treating us like people and more like desperate walking coin purses.
It’s not that people stopped being “nice,” it’s that airline carriers stopped treating us like people and more like desperate walking coin purses.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I have talked with friends about “what the heck happened to air travel and subsequently to air travelers to make the process so stressful/awful?”
It’s not that people stopped being “nice,” it’s that airline carriers stopped treating us like people and more like desperate walking coin purses.
It’s not that people stopped being “nice,” it’s that airline carriers stopped treating us like people and more like desperate walking coin purses.
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Via Anna Barrett: A group of Alabama clergy gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Montgomery Monday to protest the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and to call on Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville to restore funding cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. https://ow.ly/3Z2350XxcW7
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Via Anna Barrett: A group of Alabama clergy gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Montgomery Monday to protest the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and to call on Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville to restore funding cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. https://ow.ly/3Z2350XxcW7
A man from Maryland is telling Texans how we should do Texas history - including the Alamo.
If history has been ‘hidden’ then people have an excuse for not having seen or heard about it. Dan Patrick is doing everything in his power to conceal the Alamo's real history.
I call bullshit...it's time to remember the true history of the Alamo.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
I call bullshit...it's time to remember the true history of the Alamo.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
A Memo Obtained by Texas Monthly Reveals How State Leaders Are Rewriting the History of the Alamo
The lieutenant governor is behind changes to the new museum’s narration of slavery, Native Americans, and colonialism.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A man from Maryland is telling Texans how we should do Texas history - including the Alamo.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
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Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Listen up, Dorks, we need to talk.
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
Science is political and we all need to get in the game. But--and I'm going to hold your hand through this--trainings, attending planning meetings, and reading substacks isn't enough.
YOU MUST TAKE ACTUAL ACTION...
Look at your action to sitting ratio!
1/
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More than 100 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston. Authorities said Monday that no injuries were reported. n.pr/4inP0t9
More than 100 homes damaged by tornado near Houston
More than 100 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston. Authorities said Monday that no injuries were reported.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
More than 100 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston. Authorities said Monday that no injuries were reported. n.pr/4inP0t9
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
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A tornado watch has been issued until 1 a.m. Tuesday for several counties. bit.ly/489yppD
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A tornado watch has been issued until 1 a.m. Tuesday for several counties. bit.ly/489yppD
OMG I didn't know this. Stunned isn't the right emotion for how I feel 🤬😞
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
OMG I didn't know this. Stunned isn't the right emotion for how I feel 🤬😞
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Teaching genetics is good, actually.
"the interventions were more effective among students who possessed greater baseline genetics knowledge"
"the interventions were more effective among students who possessed greater baseline genetics knowledge"
How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41267401/
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Teaching genetics is good, actually.
"the interventions were more effective among students who possessed greater baseline genetics knowledge"
"the interventions were more effective among students who possessed greater baseline genetics knowledge"
