Cheryl Me
@cherylme.bsky.social
Lifelong WBB fan, liberal rational Texas, voracious reader
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My take on Texas’ questionable decision to buy crypto with your tax dollars. Read the full Texas Tribune article through the link in bio.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My take on Texas’ questionable decision to buy crypto with your tax dollars. Read the full Texas Tribune article through the link in bio.
#txlege
#txlege
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In the wake of news about Project B, a new women’s basketball league with a range of funders from around the globe, I want to highlight this recent paper exploring (and critiquing) the concept of “sportswashing”:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Sportswashing’ as mediated deceit: applying a critical disinformation model to address political (mis)communication through sports
The article highlights the need to decouple discussions about political (mis)communication and abuses of sport from the narrow conceptual preoccupation of ‘sportswashing’ with authoritarian decepti...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
In the wake of news about Project B, a new women’s basketball league with a range of funders from around the globe, I want to highlight this recent paper exploring (and critiquing) the concept of “sportswashing”:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last.
www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin
If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...
www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin
If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
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🚨attention wnba fans dicks sporting goods has gear heavily marked down currently. I just bought 2 jerseys and 2 T-shirt’s for $75🚨
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨attention wnba fans dicks sporting goods has gear heavily marked down currently. I just bought 2 jerseys and 2 T-shirt’s for $75🚨
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news.
We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
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Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:
It's publication day for LEAF TOWN FOREVER, the picture book I co-wrote with my sister @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen & published by @uminnpress.bsky.social! See you at one of our upcoming events, & in the meantime, add to cart! www.leaftownforever.com/news-and-event
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:
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Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...
October 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...
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The tinfoil hats were right. Jade Helm is real. And this time, Texas is on the other side of the Gadsden flag, writes the @houstonchronicle.com editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Trump made Jade Helm real. How long until it comes to Houston? | Editorial
Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The tinfoil hats were right. Jade Helm is real. And this time, Texas is on the other side of the Gadsden flag, writes the @houstonchronicle.com editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
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That this thread was posted by a sitting U.S. Senator is... notable. This isn't speculation. Miller is being clear about his (and the Trump regime's) intention to use the tragedy in Utah to delegitimize, demoralize, and further disempower the opposition party. The hypocrisy re: free speech is acute.
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
September 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
That this thread was posted by a sitting U.S. Senator is... notable. This isn't speculation. Miller is being clear about his (and the Trump regime's) intention to use the tragedy in Utah to delegitimize, demoralize, and further disempower the opposition party. The hypocrisy re: free speech is acute.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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the Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions
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September 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
the Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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If you're in Austin and you're interested in adopting him, holler at me directly: [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you're in Austin and you're interested in adopting him, holler at me directly: [email protected]
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And here is a much longer story on the slow takeover of the party and, now Texas Legislature, by far-right forces -- most of them funded by West Texas oil tycoons Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn. (Dunn is now emerging as a major player in national politics; learn his name if you dont already know it).
“The house is on fire”: Texas GOP plots its next chapter amid civil war, depleted staff, funding drops
Under outgoing chair Matt Rinaldi, the party’s donor base has shrunk as it aligns with two far-right megadonors.
www.texastribune.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And here is a much longer story on the slow takeover of the party and, now Texas Legislature, by far-right forces -- most of them funded by West Texas oil tycoons Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn. (Dunn is now emerging as a major player in national politics; learn his name if you dont already know it).
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I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
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Judge Trina Thompson ruling Monday against Trump ending TPS: ‘The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood. The Court disagrees.’
August 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Judge Trina Thompson ruling Monday against Trump ending TPS: ‘The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood. The Court disagrees.’
August 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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"Asked whether he was aware that most of the state’s population growth over the past decade has come from communities of color, Rep. Cody Vasut (R), chair of the House redistricting committee, admitted he wasn’t."
NEW: TX republican redistricting chair admits he hasn’t looked at census data | from @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas Republican Redistricting Chair Admits He Hasn’t Looked at Census Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Asked whether he was aware that most of the state’s population growth over the past decade has come from communities of color, Rep. Cody Vasut (R), chair of the House redistricting committee, admitted he wasn’t."
Regular people who own only 1 home are being forced to submit notarized affidavits to get or keep homestead exemptions, but this guy . . .two sets of rules as usual.
apnews.com/article/paxt...
apnews.com/article/paxt...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In 2015, they snapped up a second house in Austin.
apnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Regular people who own only 1 home are being forced to submit notarized affidavits to get or keep homestead exemptions, but this guy . . .two sets of rules as usual.
apnews.com/article/paxt...
apnews.com/article/paxt...
So glad that he is running.
July 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
So glad that he is running.
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Narciso Barranco, the father of 3 U.S. Marines, has been released from ICE custody on bond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWr...
Immigrant father of 3 US Marines released from federal custody
YouTube video by NBCLA
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July 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Narciso Barranco, the father of 3 U.S. Marines, has been released from ICE custody on bond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWr...
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These are brave people. The best of public servants. No wonder they were put on leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave
Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency’s current direction and policies on leave Thursday.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
These are brave people. The best of public servants. No wonder they were put on leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...