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“Silence is getting a bit loud”: Emails show UT leaders took heat for slow response to Bo French post

There's a special place in hell for groups like whatever "The Flyover" is. Don't flood my inbox with unwanted nonsense and pretend to be serious journalism when you write like an AI trained on sensationalist Facebook posts. I shouldn't have to unsubscribe when I never subscribed in the first place.

New from Sue Davis: The Texas GOP has created a political culture that asks women to set aside character, accountability, and even their own interests whenever party power is at stake.

Over the past two decades, governmental bodies, with the help of the courts, have degraded Texas’s public information apparatus—once, one of the most transparency-friendly in the U.S.—piece by piece, nearly hollowing it out. Here's how they did it. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

delighted to discover that a) Jimothy has a Wikipedia picture and b) it's this

Senate leaders on Wednesday sent a strongly worded letter to the nation’s regulator of buses that oversees transportation safety. The move comes after a @wbur.org and ProPublica report found dozens of fatal crashes missing from the federal safety record:

On the one hand, it’s a conspiracy theory to think that Kash Patel’s FBI murdered Lindsey Graham. On the other hand, it’s a far bigger one to imagine that it will investigate and solve the case.

As someone who at one point stayed alive because I wasn't about to let McConnell or Graham outlive me, these past few days have been weird.

Quick Tip: "Don't speak ill of the dead" means dont demean, or spread lies, or speak malicious untruth about dead people, who cant defend themselves Accurately describing someone's life and legacy is not "speaking ill" It's the truth - which is self justifying in that it is the truth!

"I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure". ~ Clarence Darrow, 1932

No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum

New: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled the federal government can’t hold undocumented immigrants for more than 90 days without a bond hearing, rejecting a Trump administration policy that requires immigration agents to hold immigrants until they are deported.

I converted to Catholicism last week. Here‘s why Pope Leo was wrong to excommunicate the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

“After months of negotiating, I am thrilled to announce that the U.S. government has accepted our terms and agreed to sell us the Department of War,” said Palantir CEO Alex Karp

#SCOTUS has overturned a law limiting the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates. 💰 74% of Americans say the role of money in politics is a very big problem for the country today.

The sound of meowing 🐾

I hate the orange man's admin for many reasons but my current most petty and personal grievance happens to be around air travel. In other news, I'm looking for a new preferred airline.

Two members of the advisory board for Stars and Stripes are suing the Defense Department over a memo they say threatens the military newspaper’s long-standing editorial independence.

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

Marilou & I are deeply saddened by the loss of our lifelong friend, Marcia. Not just a gifted, innovative artist, she also happened to be a genuinely nice person. Smart, funny, & just plain fun to be around. Thankfully, her memory lives on and we will never stop missing her. shorturl.at/wx6BV

New York lawmakers are close to finalizing the tax on secondary homes.

Paxton only returned the stolen pen after the courthouse security cameras showed he was the one who took it.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced plans for New York City to build 200,000 new rent-stabilized homes over the next decade, per NYPost.

BREAKING: A federal court blocked Alabama from implementing a congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black voters. This is a victory for fair representation.

H&R Block Location Mistaken For ‘Backrooms’ Fan Event

A win! A federal court just blocked Alabama’s congressional map for the 2026 midterms, ruling that it intentionally discriminates against Black voters in violation of the Constitution.

Results Age xkcd.com/3245/

this is the last photo on my parents' video birdfeeder before it was mysteriously destroyed we may never know what happened

give DC statehood combine the dakotas save money on not having to change the flag

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. AOC: I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Trump Slammed For Replacing Reflecting Pool’s Original Coconut Flavor With Blue Raspberry https://theonion.com/trump-slammed-for-replacing-reflecting-pools-original-coconut-flavor-with-blue-raspberry/

This is Lily. She’s been accused of drinking her mom’s slushie. Will not be taking any questions at this time. 14/10 (IG: iceedoglilly)

I love how when Democrats propose a relatively boring and novel legal theory, corporate media frames it as a FURIOUS AND DESPERATE FAR-FETCHED BANK SHOT, but when Trump tries some crazy shit like overturning birthright citizenship, it's something to consider seriously.

Really is remarkable what a 36% approval rating looks like in map form. The Economist's MRP model has Trump's approval rating among all adults net negative in all but 6 states www.economist.com/interactive/...

They'll release the UFO files, but not the Epstein files, which tells you all you need to know about the distraction strategy the Trump administration is relying on. Don't look away!

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

"It's got everything that a dimwitted pathological gambler would identify with luxury: gold-plated fixtures, lots of injection-molded pseudomarble, velvet drapes, and a butler." —Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

So proud to be a Pulitzer winner along with my friends @harucoryne.bsky.social and @ginnymonk.bsky.social who all worked so hard on this messy data together!