#texas
Shoutout to all those hopes and prayers https://www.rawchili.com/3204998/
#basketball #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Mavericks #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Texas

Extraterrestrial Named Wembanyama Invades NBA’s San Antonio Spurs https://www.rawchili.com/3204992/
#basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #Spurs #Texas

In a monochrome canvas, Persian buttercups bloom. Amidst grayscale elegance, a solitary red buttercup steals focus, radiating vividness, a poignant burst of color in a sea of grayscale serenity.
https://www.wcraigphotography.com/product-page/scarlet-contrast-persian-buttercups-in-monochrome
#Flowers #macro #nature #bloomscrolling #botanical #AYearForArt #buyintoart #artmatters #Art #photography #photo #Texas #Austin #GiftIdeas #WallArt #prints #windycraig #mastoart #FediGiftShop #FediArt #mastodon #MastodonArt

Found this gem in a box I was unpacking today… https://www.rawchili.com/3204876/
#Astros #Baseball #Houston #HoustonAstros #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueWest #Texas

Buckley Shoe Store [1/2]
📆 1911
📍 315 Main
📸 McKay Company

John Whitmire Wins All-Democratic Runoff for Mayor of Houston, Texas
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/houston-tx-mayoral-runoff #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Houston #Texas #JohnWhitmire #Democrat #Democrats #2023Elections #Elections2023 #Elections

[Kyrie Irving] To my Tribe and Family Members: I appreciate all of the prayers, well -wishes, and messages 🤞🏾🪶 The unconditional Love shown from you all is truly appreciated. I am feeling better than I was yesterday and for now, that’s all I can ask for. I’ll be fine. https://www.rawchili.com/3204827/
#basketball #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Mavericks #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Texas
![[Kyrie Irving] To my Tribe and Family Members: I appreciate all of the prayers, well -wishes, and messages 🤞🏾🪶 The unconditional Love shown from you all is truly appreciated. I am feeling better than I was yesterday and for now, that’s all I can ask for. I’ll be fine.](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/111/553/912/871/734/637/small/b38d60e56a6141f7.jpg)
Now to brag about a fellow #TrumanState alumnus…
#Mizzou running back Cody Schrader picked up one first-place vote and a pair of seconds to finish eighth in the #Heisman Award balloting on 29 points. Schrader finished ahead of both candidates from playoff semifinalist #Michigan. Oh, and no one from #Texas was even in the Top Ten. Not bad for this year's #BurlsworthTrophy winner!
Rockets got the champs number, beat them 3x already this season 🚀 https://www.rawchili.com/3204825/
#basketball #Houston #HoustonRockets #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Rockets #Texas

DeMar DeRozan on Wemby’s shot blocking https://www.rawchili.com/3204821/
#basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #Spurs #Texas


3 moves the Houston Astros must make immediately after Winter Meetings https://www.rawchili.com/3204707/
#Astros #Baseball #Houston #HoustonAstros #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueWest #Texas

Dallas Mavericks super fan, Don Knobler, has passed away. https://www.rawchili.com/3204656/
#basketball #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Mavericks #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Texas

Wemby Post-Game Interview – French part / 12.8.2023 https://www.rawchili.com/3204649/
#basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #Spurs #Texas

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/erzkonservativer-generalstaatsanwalt-legt-veto-ein-texanerin-darf-trotz-hoher-risiken-vorerst-nicht-abtreiben-10904587.html #Texanerin darf trotz hoher Risiken vorerst nicht abtreiben
Eine 31-Jährige hat erfahren, dass ihr Fötus keine Überlebenschance hat. Sie will abtreiben. Generalstaatsanwalt Ken Paxton will dies verhindern. Zum K*tzn #abtreibung #Frauenrechte #christlichewerte #christlicheRechte #christlicherfundamentalismus #christlicherFaschismus in #Texas #USA
#Texas Supreme Court abets #KenPaxton’s fascist crusade
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/12/texas-supreme-court-abets-ken-paxtons-fascist-crusade

#buttigieg #abortion #texas #paxton
A gay man has far more compassion than Paxton or Texas.


[Tim MacMahon] Mavs feel fortunate that Kyrie Irving suffered “just a bruise” from Dwight Powell’s fall on Irving’s right foot, a source told ESPN. Irving has dealt with soreness in that foot throughout the season. His status for Monday’s game in Memphis has yet to be determined. https://www.rawchili.com/3204483/
#basketball #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Mavericks #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Texas
![[Tim MacMahon] Mavs feel fortunate that Kyrie Irving suffered “just a bruise” from Dwight Powell’s fall on Irving’s right foot, a source told ESPN. Irving has dealt with soreness in that foot throughout the season. His status for Monday’s game in Memphis has yet to be determined.](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/111/552/843/349/471/151/small/218c18d60ff3f98f.jpg)
Since telling the ball to go in for self doesn’t work, let’s re-approach it this way 😂 https://www.rawchili.com/3204481/
#basketball #Houston #HoustonRockets #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Rockets #Texas

(@JMcDonald_SAEN) When Gorgui Dieng’s playing career ended this fall, he asked the Spurs if he could stay on as an unpaid intern. The Spurs agreed, on the condition he let them pay him. https://www.rawchili.com/3204479/
#basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #Spurs #Texas

"There is a battle underway in Texas right now that I believe has significant repercussions for the future of the United States of America, and who leads this country in the future.
Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two who lives in the Dallas area, is heartbreakingly finding out what it means to live in a state with one of the toughest abortion bans in this crazy country."
~ D. Earl Stephens
"In Texas, it’s heads I win, tails you lose every time when it comes to getting a legal abortion. If you get a court order saying it’s necessary for the health and life of the mother, Texas can appeal and string things out, and all the while, the mother whose life is in danger can’t get the abortion she needs not wants."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
"Pillbugs party of six, your mushroom is ready."
Armadillidium vulgare
Scleroderma sp.
#fungi #mushrooms #pilz #pilze #champignon #setas #hongos #nature #Texas #photography

Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts order that allowed pregnant woman to have abortion https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-ruling-kate-cox-supreme-court/ "Doctors who perform abortions could be sentenced to five or more years in prison in many states. In Texas, they could go to jail for life. "
Shocking, actually. Why would any doctor want to practice medicine in states like Texas?
#Texas #abortion #healthcare #humanRights
[Passan] Shohei Ohtani’s deal with the Dodgers is for 10 years and $700 million https://www.rawchili.com/3204368/
#Astros #Baseball #Houston #HoustonAstros #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueWest #Texas
![[Passan] Shohei Ohtani's deal with the Dodgers is for 10 years and $700 million](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/111/552/485/576/812/618/small/1488925737495b1e.jpg)
Ohtani to the Dodgers. 10 years, $700 million. https://www.rawchili.com/3204363/
#Arlington #Baseball #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBAmericanLeague #MLBAmericanLeagueWest #Rangers #Texas #TexasRangers

@funnymonkey
Remember #Republicans warning us of #DeathPanels if the government took over our health care?
They kept their promise. 🤬
Texas Supreme Court abets Ken Paxton’s fascist crusade #Texas #Abortion #WomensRights #KenPaxton https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/12/texas-supreme-court-abets-ken-paxtons-fascist-crusade
[Kevin Gray Jr] Source I spoke to today regarding Mavericks G Kyrie Irving who left last night with a right foot injury said it “sounds better than could’ve been.” NO specifics were offered, but it appears Mavs have avoided disaster for the moment as Irving continues to be evaluated https://www.rawchili.com/3204310/
#basketball #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Mavericks #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #Texas
![[Kevin Gray Jr] Source I spoke to today regarding Mavericks G Kyrie Irving who left last night with a right foot injury said it “sounds better than could’ve been.” NO specifics were offered, but it appears Mavs have avoided disaster for the moment as Irving continues to be evaluated](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/111/552/308/564/163/222/small/7f3bb7ba4e87fe96.jpg)

DeMar DeRozan on Wemby’s shot blocking https://www.rawchili.com/3204306/
#basketball #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAWesternConference #NBAWesternConferenceSouthwestDivision #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #Spurs #Texas


A uniformly structured wooden fence, though lacking polish, stands prominently. Beside it, a slightly askew chain-link barrier introduces irregularity, creating a compelling contrast in the grayscale composition.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/another-look-between-the-fences-windy-craig.html
#Flowers #macro #nature #bloomscrolling #botanical #AYearForArt #buyintoart #artmatters #Art #photography #photo #Texas #Austin #GiftIdeas #WallArt #prints #windycraig #mastoart #FediGiftShop #FediArt #mastodon #MastodonArt

"'The Bible says that when the wicked rule, the people mourn. But when the righteous rule, the people rejoice,' [John] Devine said. 'Bring back our national heritage and get folks active in the political season.'"
(March 4, 1998, Aug. 19, 2004)
#WhiteNationalism #ChristoFascism #abortion #Texas #abortionRights


The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
#HealthScience #News #Texas #Abortion #AbortionBanLawsuitInTexas #KenPaxton
V NYTimes:
#Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved #Abortion https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/us/texas-abortion-court-ken-paxton.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.tbGm.nPEmtkU-KEUe&smid=nytcore-android-share
#GiftArticle #NoPaywall
Preventing women in emergency situations from getting the healthcare they need to save their lives due to disinterested parties' non-medical opinions feels like a reduction in human rights for women.
Allow women and their doctors make medical decisions regarding their health--not a state legislature, AG, or court system.
This case becomes more disturbing by the day.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-lawsuit-ken-paxton/
When I read about the horrible news and developments in our country and around the world every day, I frequently slap my head and mutter
"that's unbelievable".
But this story truly merits that description like no other.
Has Texas become some impoverished, third world, fascist country?
#texas
#abortion
#fascism
#news
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-lawsuit-ken-paxton/
So a court — and an eminently and provably corrupt politician — get to make a critically important medical decision for a woman whose health is seriously at risk unless she receives the medical treatment she needs?
Is this a sane policy for a democratic society founded on the belief that human beings have fundamental rights to enact?
@heidilifeldman #NeverForget the state motto of the #MAGA cult in #Texas ; “There are more important things than living!” - #DanPatrick
#Christofascism #Texas - here be monsters: "Texas Supreme Court steps in the way of woman's fight for an emergency abortion
Shortly after Kate Cox won an order allowing her to legally obtain the procedure, the state intervened."
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/09/texas-steps-in-the-way-of-womans-fight-for-an-abortion/?in_brief=true
I reiterate: #Texas leadership and lawmakers hate women. They prefer they suffer and die than have dignity, choice, and health rights. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-lawsuit-ken-paxton/
@GottaLaff
REMEMBER IN 2008/9 when #Republicans (notably Sarah #Palin) were screaming about #DeathPanels "if the government takes over your healthcare?"
They claimed it was a warning, but it was really a THREAT. #Texas @ThomHartmann

🤦🏻♀️ #Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from emergency #abortion
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/us/texas-abortion-ruling-attorney-general-petition?cid=ios_app
SCOOP: The Texas Historical Commission removed books on slavery from plantation site gift shops. An agency spokesperson claimed that the move had nothing to do with politics. Internal emails show otherwise.
#racism #slavery #books📚 #texas https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-historical-commission-book-removal/

Gerichtshof in Texas verbietet Frau Notfall-Abtreibung
Der Gerichtshof von Texas hat einer Frau einen zuvor gerichtlich erlaubten Notfall-Schwangerschaftsabbruch untersagt. Der Fötus hat eine schwere Chromosomenstörung - was auch für die Schwangere eine Gefahr darstellt.
This has nothing to do with “protecting the life of a fetus” and everything to do with controlling women’s bodies.
This pregnancy is not viable.
#KenPaxton is evil.
#Texas #Abortion #WomensHealth
@texastribune
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/texas-emergency-abortion-lawsuit/
#Texas’ #Paxton is the first AG to issue such a clear & credible threat to #hospitals & #doctors in the wake of the #SCOTUS ruling. While drs & hospitals have feared what might happen if they provide #abortions…, no #medical professional has yet been prosecuted under the new #abortion bans.
“This is the most direct confrontation we’ve seen,” said Mary Ziegler, a #law prof UC Davis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-ruling-kate-cox-supreme-court/
#Paxton said the Travis County judge’s order would not excuse the #hospital or #doctor from #civil or #criminal liability “including first degree #felony prosecutions.” He added that the temporary restraining order “will expire long before the statute of limitations for violating Texas’ #abortion laws expires.”
#Doctors who perform #abortions could be sentenced to 5 or more years in #prison in many states. In #Texas, they could go to #jail for life.
In a letter addressed to the hospitals where the doctor involved in the case had admitting privileges, #KenPaxton on Thurs had threatened to take legal action if Cox had an #abortion in the state. He contended that Cox’s doctor did not meet “all of the elements necessary to fall within an exception to #Texas’ abortion laws” & that the judge was “not medically qualified to make this determination.”
#Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an #abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a #fatal #diagnosis.
Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a #pregnant #woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the #U.S.
"Another Old White Man deciding what a Woman Can and Can't do with her own body"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-abortion-texas_n_6573e471e4b0fca7ad20d39b

On Thurs, Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, an elected Democrat, granted a temporary restraining order that would allow Cox to have an abortion under the narrow exceptions to the state’s ban. But #Texas AG #KenPaxton (R) asked the #SupremeCourt of Texas to intervene to block Cox from obtaining an #abortion.
The Center for #ReproductiveRights responded on Friday in a court filing that the request is “stunning in its disregard for Ms. Cox’s life, fertility, & the rule of law.”
The #Texas #SupremeCourt on Friday temporarily halted an order allowing a woman who is 20 weeks #pregnant to get an #abortion — reversing a lower-court ruling that marks the first case of a pregnant woman seeking a court order for the procedure since #RoeVWade was overturned last year.
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/23-0994_23-0994-Order-Issued-12-8-23.pdf
A vivid, deep blue sky adorned with fluffy white clouds provides a canvas for autumnal trees flaunting golden leaves, while a couple of leaves dance freely in the gentle breeze.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumns-serenity-w-craig-photography.html
#Flowers #macro #nature #bloomscrolling #botanical #AYearForArt #buyintoart #artmatters #Art #photography #photo #Texas #Austin #GiftIdeas #WallArt #prints #windycraig #mastoart #FediGiftShop #FediArt #mastodon #MastodonArt

Texas kids terrorized by man parading in front of schools with a long rifle. (which is legal in Texas... open carry.. so no one can do anything about it until he chooses to use that weapon on someone.) #guns #texas https://www.kxan.com/news/local/man-walks-with-long-rifle-in-front-of-austin-schools-terrorized-students-and-parents/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
"The Verizon Innovative Learning Program, which distributed free laptops and data plans to tens of thousands of students and teachers, expired last month after appointed Superintendent Mike Miles refused to let the company train teachers, a condition of the partnership, according to the Houston Landing, which first reported on the saga."
#publiceducation #publiced #education #schools #internet #broadband #Texas #houston #HoustonISD #txlege
Fascist misogynist #Texas Attorney General Ken #Paxton has petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a pregnant woman who was granted permission by a lower court judge on Thursday to obtain an emergency #abortion.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/us/texas-abortion-ruling-attorney-general-petition?cid=ios_app
Houston's mayoral race will be decided in a Saturday runoff. Here's what to know.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/runoff-election-mayor-vote-18537376.php
In Landmark Battle Over #FreeSpeech, EFF Urges #SupremeCourt to Strike Down #Texas and #Florida #Laws that Let States Dictate What #Speech #SocialMedia Sites Must Publish
The court’s decisions about the #constitutionality of the Florida and Texas laws—the first laws to inject government mandates into social media #contentmoderation—will have a profound impact on the future of free speech and the #FirstAmendment
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/landmark-battle-over-free-speech-eff-urges-supreme-court-strike-down-texas-and


Pregnancy is stressful. Can anyone who has gone through a pregnancy or helped someone go through a pregnancy, even if relatively uncomplicated, imagine how much stress a fatal diagnosis and then government interference with your medical care would add to that?
#RvW
#Texas
#Pregnancy
#abortion
#Trisomy18
#Gilead
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-court-ruling-abortion-cox-1.7052998
Federal transportation officials have allocated $2.5 million to expand passenger rail service in Texas, a move that pushes the development of a high-speed rail bullet train from Houston to Dallas one step closer to reality.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-dallas-bullet-train-18541788.php
“There’s a lot wrapped up in it when you let yourself process what that means, to be in the presence of something that is almost gone from the planet.”
Following the long journey of a species from its last appearance, to finally being marked extinct: https://www.texasobserver.org/extinct-species-san-marcos-gambusia?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#environment #wildlife #nature #Science #news #Texas #SanMarcos #ClimateChange
Earlier: For the second time in three weeks, a court struck down an air #pollution permit issued by #Texas’ environmental regulator.
https://www.texasobserver.org/tceq-permit-max-midstream-seahawk-diane-wilson?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#law #environment #ClimateChange #news #politics #GulfCoast #OilAndGas #energy
"After a Texas state judge issued a restraining order to allow a woman to get an abortion under one of the state’s very narrow exceptions to its abortion ban, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) issued a statement threatening health care providers who complied with the court order."
~ David Kurtz
#Texas #Republicans #KenPaxton #abortion #ReproductiveRights
"When I’m doing fundraising calls, I can’t tell you how often donors will ask me what’s the maximum. Technically, it’s everything you got."
State Representative Erin Zwiener Wants to Reform Campaign Finance in #Texas:
https://www.texasobserver.org/erin-zwiener-school-board-backers-reform?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#news #politics #USpol #TXlege #elections #democracy #schools #PublicSchools #education
A fun purple crust fungus for #FungiFriday
Phlebiopsis crassa (I suspect)
#purple #fungi #mushrooms #pilz #pilze #champignon #setas #hongos #nature #Texas #photography

The woman who won her court case today in #Texas to get the nonviable fatal-condition foetus she's carrying aborted?
#Republican AG Ken Paxton says who gives a fuck, we'll prosecute anyway.
If you want to understand why the Texas government is doubling down on extremism, it's because the oil cartel is finally facing real threats to its hegemony and is reacting poorly. They are not bright, but they are very, very rich, and getting very, very nervous.
Look at the presidential election margins over the past few cycles. More Texans voted for Biden in 2020 than voted for Trump in 2016.

Indicted felon Ken Paxton, who also happens to be the Attorney General of Texas for some reason, is threatening the doctor and hospital that are trying to save Kate Cox's life with an emergency abortion.
This is what happens when you turn your state government over to a crime syndicate that uses religious extremism as cover.
"A Texas woman is accusing her sons’ school district of failing to condemn racism after she says they were subjected to anti-Asian American taunts on the bus, and her older boy had a swastika drawn on his shirt last year.
Hai Au Huynh, 45, told NBC News that she feels she has no choice but to speak out publicly after the incidents at Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, just outside Houston."
Pregnant Texas woman says she’s ‘hopeful’ after judge grants emergency request to get an abortion
It’s bad enough she had to go to court for a medical procedure, but to have the TX attorney general threaten hospitals & doctors even WITH the judge’s order & have his office demand more evidence for "immediate and irreparable injury" takes this disgusting situation to a new low.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pregnant-woman-texas-gets-court-order-abortion-rcna128537
#Politics #USPolitics #Health #Abortion #USNews #News #GOP #Republicans #Texas
“Houston is growing younger but the candidates and the voters in the Bayou city aren’t.”
The mayoral run-off election is December 9, but some residents aren't excited about either candidate. We investigated what's inspiring apathy about #Houston democracy: https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-mayoral-run-off-election?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#elections #democracy #voting #Texas #students #aging #education #politics #USpol
Recently, a majority of the #Texas State Republican Executive Committee voted to remove language from a resolution affirming support for #Israel that would have prohibited party associations with people and groups “known to espouse or tolerate #antisemitism pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.”
Even watered down language condemning #extremism was too much for the #GOP: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-gop-extremism-nazi-ban-policy-language?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#news #politics #Republicans #GOP #nazis #fascism #TXlege #USpol
Featured story: One moment, I’m standing in a drab hallway in the #Grapevine Mills shopping mall, listening to the sound of blankness. ... Then, I step through a heavy office door into another world.
Adventures beyond the refrigerator door: https://www.texasobserver.org/meow-wolf-grapevine-brrrmuda?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience

“The political climate we’re dealing with around #elections is so hostile that it is hard to do anything positive because of this unsupported narrative of fraud.”
But state Representative Erin Zwiener, inspired by Texas Observer's investigation into school board funding, is taking up the call for reform, reports Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti: https://texasobserver.org/erin-zwiener-school-board-backers-reform?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#news #politics #schools #TXlege #Texas #education #democracy #PublicSchools #transparency
If you're a native Houstonian, you're accustomed to sitting in traffic. But a new study found that Houston has some of the most gridlocked roads in the state. One stretch of highway has caused drivers to waste more than 1.2 million hours.
In our magazine: Louise Culbertson's been an activist since she was 10 years old. Now, this teenager, who organized reproductive rights rallies across rural #Texas, says she's just getting started fighting for a better world ... https://www.texasobserver.org/louise-culbertson-activism-reproductive-rights?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience
#activism #news #politics #USpol #abortion #GunViolence #HumanRights
A Texas judge has granted a pregnant woman permission to get an abortion, an unprecedented challenge to the state's ban triggered by the fall of Roe v. Wade last year.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/texas-judge-to-consider-pregnant-woman-s-request-18538879.php
👀A #Texas judge on Thursday granted a pregnant woman permission to obtain an #abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state’s ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
https://apnews.com/article/568c09dc8794c341095189362ece9004
White-tailed deer near Canyon Lake in the central #Texas Hill Country.

I first explored space syntax 15 years ago. It has come a long way in that time. I find myself helping a student who is applying it to a very cool topic (no spoilers! - not my research). To be a better advisor, I've returned to and run some basic analyses on the road network here in Edinburg. A quick and dirty analysis, for sure, but pretty it its own way, I think.
Analysis was completed using QGIS and some minor editing in Affinity Photo.
