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Sonya [Garza] Herridge
@sonyah.bsky.social
3.1K followers 8.3K following 7.2K posts
📍 Houston, Texas

🎓 B.S. in Political Science (UH), M.A. in Humanities (UHCL), J.D. (Creighton), LL.M. (UHLC)

Professional interests: immigration, public international law, and NatSec

Personal interests: pop culture, tech, and cats
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Live election results for unexpired Texas House District 18:

As of 11:12 pm, 68 of 68 voting centers reported in (100%).

Amanda Edwards got 7,478 votes (31.62%).

Christian Menefee got 16,174 votes (68.38%).

In total, 63,652 votes were cast.

www.harrisvotes.com/Election-Res...
A mobile screen shot from HarrisVotes.Com. It is a chart of the election for United States Representative, District 18 - Unexpired Term. As of 11:12 pm, 68 of 68 voting centers reporting. Amanda Edwards got 7,478 votes (31.62%). Christian Menefee got 16,174 votes (63.38%). In total, 23,652 votes were counted.
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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Live results:

34 out of 68 voting centers have reported (50%)

Edwards has 5,602 votes (32.51%)

Menefee has 11,603 votes (67.49%)

www.harrisvotes.com/Election-Res...
A mobile screen shot from HarrisVotes.Com of the live results for the unexpired US Representative District 18 election. As of 9:51 pm, 34 out of 68 voting centers have reported results. Edwards has 32.51% of the votes (5,602). Menefee has 67.49% of the votes (11,630). In all, 17,232 ballots have been counted.
February 1, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Live results:

Edwards winning ballot by mail by 1 vote.

Menefee winning early voting by 4,534 votes.

Election day results are not in yet.

www.harrisvotes.com/Election-Res...
A mobile screen shot of the live election results from early voting from HarrisVotes.Com. It is a chart showing the number of votes Edwards and Menefee have received by mail (1,066 | 1,065), early voting (3,478 | 8,012), election day (0 | 0), and total (mail 2,131 | early voting 11,490 | election day 0 | total 13,621).
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Our ethnofelumographer, Dr. Bob Cat! #catcanoe #catsky #tnrtales
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Here are other images of the cat grimace scale.
A Zoetis feline grimace scale chart looking at cat features to ascertain if a cat is in pain A part of a Feline Grimace Scale that looks at ear position and orbital tightening A part of the Feline Grimace Scale looking at head position
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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I should have paid more attention to Mr. Crispin when he slowed down his eating. He ran up when I opened a fresh bag of hay, but he didn't eat. So I personally would err on the side of caution. Compare his face to this cat grimace scale.
A chart looking at cat ears and muzzle presentations to ascertain pain. A Spanish chart looking at cat features to ascertain pain.
January 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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I thought she was hiding. Turns out she was lost and locked in a bedroom. She ignored my calls and my broom pushes to encourage her (or any creature hiding under furniture) to move. I had to use my camera to find her.
January 22, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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The Martin family's portion in paragraphs 149 and 150 speaks to me because I have struggled for years with these issues -- anguish with the misuse of Christianity to hurts others and then subsequently distancing myself from Christianity because of that pain.
149. Furthermore, the school displays will pressure J.M. and B.M. to suppress expression of their religious identity in school. Because the Christian-centric displays will cause their peers who are not Christian to feel excluded at school, J.M. and B.M. will distance themselves from Christianity, in fear of their peers associating the imposition of the Ten Commandments with J.M.'s and B.M.'s Christianity. Because of laws like S.B. 10, which impose Christianity on non-Christians, and because of the movement to misuse Christianity as a sword to harm others, J.M. and B.M. already feel pressure to suppress their religious identity at school; they do not want to be misunderstood as agreeing with these hurtful actions taken in the name of their faith. The school displays will only exacerbate this experience. 150. The displays mandated by S.B. 10 may also cause J.M. and B.M. to doubt their own Baptist values. For example, J.M. and B.M. strongly believe in the inclusion and equality principles of the Baptist faith. However, having the Ten Commandments imposed on their peers and making their peers feel excluded from their school community is the antithesis of J.M.'s and B.M.'s devotion to God and the family's Baptist beliefs. Knowing that Christian scripture is causing pain to their school peers may lead J.M. and B.M. to resent their religion and to question or doubt their participation in a religion that hurts their friends.
January 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Stay strong!
Chibi Eternal Sailor Moon making a victory sign. The background is baby pink. The border has white sparkles, white lace, a hot pink ribbon with bows, and several roses. The text is hot pink and pixelated, “Stay strong, sailor scout. You can do it!”
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Well this is new. Sammy is resting on my belly. The heating pad is also on my belly. Usually, he just lies down next to me. #Catcanoe #catsky
A black and white tuxedo cat on top of a light blue heating pad.
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Generalissima Cali Kitten wants you to see her busy at work making Cali Biscuits ™️. #catcanoe #catsky #timelinecleanse
A little tabby calico cat engaged in making biscuits with both paws on a fuzzy dusty rose blanket. Her ears are pointing outwards, indicating how seriously she takes her work.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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The timeline needs some cute Dedenne.
Dedenne, a burnt orange mouse Pokémon, is on some grass and wearing a white flower crown. She is smiling up at her human.
January 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Crispín just died…

His head was resting in my lap. At least he didn’t go alone.
Two large rabbit paws. They are gray with white bottoms.
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I’m taking down my parent’s Christmas tree so that Mr. Crispín won’t hide behind it when I’m trying to give him medicine.

I found a picture of Bootsie, the Mexican Red Head parrot! He first belonged to my Aunt Sarah, then came to live with us after she died.
A Christmas ornament of a snowflake photo frame with a photograph of Santa and a green parrot.
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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I’m pet sitting for my parents. Crispín, my rabbit sibling, has a mass of flesh hanging out of his eye. I think it’s a retrobulbar abscess. Off to the emergency vet. 😿 #pawcircle for Conejo Crispín, please.
A close up photo of a gray rabbit. There is a hunk of flesh at the inner corner of the eye. The area under the eyeball is also visible.
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Also, very cool:

Houston has a series of loops: 610, 8, and 99 is under development. 99 will be 180 miles in circumference when it’s finished.
A GIS map of the proposed Highway 99 in the Houston area.
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Here is a pretty good map of the Houston area. 610 is where the red circle is. It’s considered “real Houston” as opposed to suburban Houston.

The tiny circle in the middle is downtown and almost no one lives there. DT is for business offices, nothing else. So inner-610 becomes the default.
A map of the greater Houston area with its highways and freeways. There is a red circle following 610.
December 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Happy bar prep commencement day to all who celebrate!

Tomorrow, I have an MRI under the endometriosis protocol whereby I need to have two enemas.

#barprep #mriprep #endometriosis
A meme made up of several images. In the background is a picture of a field of wild flowers that looks like it’s from the 70’s. A beautiful rainbow hovers in the sky. A little green tree frog is pasted on top of the flowers. The caption written in sunset gold says, “We will get through this.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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if you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
Art by Katie Abey of a cartoon white cat wearing a pink feather boa, pink heart glasses, a red hand bag, and riding a blue skate board that seems to be flame powered. The caption says, “No time for self-doubt, time to fulfill the prophecy.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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if you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Bar exam goals.
An image of Taylor Swift with her sparkly acoustic guitar, singing on stage. The text says, “She trained for six months before a single show: sixteen miles on the treadmill daily while singing the entire three-hour setlist out loud. Fast songs meant sprinting. Slow songs meant jogging. Her goal wasn't to survive the tour. It was to be "so over-rehearsed that I could actually be silly and present with the fans." The leadership lesson: You earn your ease. The freedom to be spontaneous comes from preparation so deep it becomes instinct.”
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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See the familial resemblance? He’s my dad’s second or third cousin. That’s my dad there in the picture with baby me.
A picture of Congressman Frank Tejeda from Wikipedia. A picture of a brown man holding a brown baby girl.
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This is the most British thing I’ve ever seen.
A British badger on someone’s back porch. There is a picnic upon a tartan blanket. The picnic is basically high tea, but without the tea. There is a porcelain tea platter full of scones, pate toast, grapes, and jam toast. There is also a porcelain cup full of nuts. The badger is gently removing a scone from the top of the tea platter.
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Rail of the Star

A movie about a Japanese family who lived in what later became North Korea.

Giovanni’s Island is a very similar story. Both are about how World War 2 affected the lives of innocent Japanese children.
The sepia-tone movie poster for a movie called “Rail of the Star.” At the top, young child looks backwards. Beneath her are three communist soldiers. At the bottom, a group of people are walking along a mountain path. Two children are looking at each other curiously next to a camp fire in a field of wild flowers. On the right is a white girl with blonde hair in a pink ribbon. On the left is a Japanese schoolboy wearing a school uniform.
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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There is also a bench that also functions as a cat house full of hay and has a door flap. But no one has used it in so long.
Two A-framed houses with white beds inside are on top of a cot. A white tarp covers them. An A-frame house with a white bed inside. A power cord is coming out of the house. The ground is cement because it’s in a garage. A Dogloo is full of straw. A tarp is on top of the Dogloo.
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM