saintonan posted:

I don't know about national cases, but in South Texas there are several schools and one entire school district that's completely closed due to COVID cases, and football games being rescheduled for December for the same reasons. I don't think we're in the clear by a long shot.

skipdogg posted:

The opposite is true as well. I have been with my kids, without even an hours break since March 3rd. I love my kids to death, but having the house to myself while they were at school was so nice. I've been WFH for like 4 years now so not much has changed for me, but man it would be nice to be able to listen to some loud music with cuss words in it or something.

Hawkline posted:

I feel like we were largely forced into sending our kids back to school this week by circumstances described in that article very well. This hit my 7th grader really hard, he's gone from consistent As to not even passing some classes, even classes he's traditionally excellent and excited about (science). His motivation is decimated and his attentiveness is inadequate for the workload they're receiving, and we're still seeing the curriculum march along at a normal pace. He's anxious as hell and we've seen new behaviors surface that i think are not healthy and this is not uncommon among the kids i'd consider to be his peers. The teachers have been understanding and working extra to pull kids along, but I feel like if you start from the assumption that the curriculum is immutable and every grading period must encompass normal timelines, we're going to see exactly these results. A majority of the parents we know like us who were holding on to remote as long as possible have given up and sent their kids back for the grading period that started this week, because we feel somewhere between panicked and left behind.

smoobles posted:

Should I be making GBS threads myself ?

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United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against IVAN HARRISON HUNTER, 26, charging him with participating in a riot. HUNTER, who was arrested on October 21, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas, made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Texas.

According to the allegations in the criminal complaint and law enforcement affidavit, in late May of 2020, the FBI initiated an investigation into members of the “Boogaloo Bois” based on information that members were discussing committing crimes of violence and were maintaining an armed presence on the streets of Minneapolis during civil unrest following the death of George Floyd. The Boogaloo Bois are a loosely-connected group of individuals who espouse violent anti-government sentiments. The term “Boogaloo” itself references an impending second civil war in the United States and is associated with violent uprisings against the government.

According to the allegations in the criminal complaint and law enforcement affidavit, between May 27 and May 28, 2020, HUNTER, who claims to be a member of the Boogaloo Bois, traveled in interstate commerce from Texas to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the intent to participate in a riot. Federal agents reviewed a video taken on the night of May 28, 2020, that shows an individual, later identified as HUNTER, discharged 13 rounds from an AK-47 style semiautomatic rifle into the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building. At the time of the shooting there were other individuals believed to be looters still inside the building. Law enforcement recovered from the scene discharged rifle casings consistent with an AK-47 style firearm.

According to the allegations in the criminal complaint and law enforcement affidavit, upon returning to Texas, HUNTER made various statements on social media describing the violence in which he engaged in Minneapolis. On June 3, 2020, officers with the Austin Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a pick-up truck for numerous traffic violations. HUNTER was one of three occupants in the vehicle. HUNTER, the front seat passenger, had six loaded magazines for an AK-47 style assault rifle affixed to a tactical vest he was wearing. Officers found three semi-automatic rifles on the rear seat of the vehicle, one loaded pistol in plain view next to the driver’s seat, and another loaded pistol in the center console. Several days after the traffic stop, federal agents became aware of HUNTER’s online affiliation with Boogaloo Bois member Steven Carrillo, who has been charged in the Northern District of California with the May 29, 2020, murder of a Federal Protective Service Officer in Oakland, California.

zoux posted:

skipdogg posted:

It's going to be very interesting to see how much Comal county has changed in the last 2 and 4 years as far as demographics go. I moved to the Bulverde area a couple years ago and I can tell you the growth around here is explosive. Within 5 miles of me there's over 5,000 new construction homes planned to be built, which is going to really change the demographics of this area. Comal has been one of the fastest growing counties in the country the last couple of years, and while I have no illusion the area is going to flip blue, I bet Comal won't be 73% Trump.

I can't find them, but is there any way to see how many registered voters are in Comal for this election? 2016 was 92K, March 2020 was 106.5K.

I wish Kosper was running for Congress this year. I think he could have beat Chip Roy this time around.

Blotto_Otter posted:

https://twitter.com/AndrewMannix/status/1319683606634258432

I don't know how to read this any other way than Austin PD picked them up with a shitload of weed, guns, and ammo, and then gave them a pat on the head and sent them on their way once they cleared up which side they were on.

DangerZoneDelux posted:

I really think y'all may be going more for Trump. So many people moved there from California thinking Texas is lovely GOP heaven. How many trump trains do y'all have going through New Braunfels currently? Like one a week at least? Canyon lake is pure Trump signs. I hear what I thought would be crunchy moms at the beautiful parks out there talking about a Plandemic. And stating how Democrats were going to force evil vaccines on everyone. It was true mind gently caress to hear that.

zoux posted:

None of those things will get you arrested in Austin

zoux posted:

I have never been more ready for a cold front in my life

Jiro posted:

As opposed to the one that happened like a week and a half ago?

Svanja posted:

My son is in high school. Our school just allowed a new wave of kids in who had been remote learning. In the last two weeks, I've received six emails for Covid case confirmations, which always read "one or more students and/or faculty have been confirmed positive." They are doing contact tracing a bit, it also lets us know that those exposed are quarantining for 14 days. Six notices in the last ten school days. I am growing increasingly nervous and worried for my son and the rest of our household. Its all very confusing. I am not sure if I made the right decision.

NPR posted:

Enric Álvarez at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya looked at different regions within Spain for his recent co-authored working paper. Spain's second wave of coronavirus cases started before the school year began in September. Still, cases in one region dropped three weeks after schools reopened, while others continued rising at the same rate as before, and one stayed flat.

Nowhere, the research found, was there a spike that coincided with reopening: "What we found is that the school [being opened] makes absolutely no difference," Álvarez told NPR.

Oil! posted:

It won't, the virus is hitting the chudlands of Texas and the rest of the country and those people will never lock down.

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/tornadotrackers/status/1319685227879534595

And look they're all headed directly for my windshield

i say swears online posted:

I'm cold

zoux posted:

Its been goddamn 90 degrees for weeks

Sir Tonk posted:

did it get below 70 outside yet?

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/cassi_pollock/status/1319774327634579457

Yes....yessss