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Zil posted:As an Austinite I would be ok with SXSW leaving. https://twitter.com/KVUE/status/872219077632249861
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Zil posted:As an Austinite I would be ok with SXSW leaving. The only flaw with that is that it's an event that doesn't give a huge rear end impact to the state of Texas. It really just fucks over the City of Austin, granted not so much the people that live in Austin, and the state government is notorious for loving to gently caress with Austin.
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Jun 7, 2017 18:32
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lol if they moved out of Texas right after finishing their new building https://www.1400lavaca.com
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Jun 7, 2017 18:35
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Jun 7, 2017 18:39
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let's protest the sanctuary cities bill by kneecapping the biggest outside influx of cash to a sanctuary city
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Jun 7, 2017 18:42
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Aliquid posted:let's protest the sanctuary cities bill by kneecapping the biggest outside influx of cash to a sanctuary city Charlotte got hosed by all the anti bathroom bill stuff in NC, and they were the city that actually was doing the right thing. That's the insult added to the injury of bills like this: any corporate blowback after we pass a bathroom bill in July is going to hurt cities like Houston, Austin, Dallas and SA, all of which would've had various levels of protective ordinances that got outlawed, while the rural and suburban voters who want this poo poo aren't hurt at all. This happens most sessions, but it seemed extremely bad this year. All of the big controversial bills, SB 4, SB 6, SB 2, were all people trying to run cities they don't live in, and change ordinances and laws they aren't affected by. Don't ever believe the GOP is a party that believes in local control.
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Jun 7, 2017 18:50
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It's going to be cool when all the cities have to fire employees because taxes get capped but people still keep bitching about low service quality and property taxes being too high.
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Jun 7, 2017 18:54
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Badger of Basra posted:It's going to be cool when all the cities have to fire employees because taxes get capped but people still keep bitching about low service quality and property taxes being too high. This is already mega happening. Watch the House and Senate hearings on the property tax bill to see local republicans yell at state republicans and call them idiots. Except Troxclair who was like OOOOH this is such a good billllllll and then Watson went upside her head. The House one is fun too because Bonnen gets into it with the witnesses.
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Jun 7, 2017 19:06
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speaking of nimby councilmembers, why was the gallo/alter election in district 10 so lopsided, when gallo was the incumbent? just driving through the district, i could easily tell alter was the more working-class choice based on yard signs
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Aliquid posted:speaking of nimby councilmembers, why was the gallo/alter election in district 10 so lopsided, when gallo was the incumbent? just driving through the district, i could easily tell alter was the more working-class choice based on yard signs Because Trump won and Gallo let herself be branded as a Republican, so people voted for Alter to as a way to reject Trump. Also, are there working class people in District 10?
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Jun 8, 2017 00:32
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Badger of Basra posted:Also, are there working class people in District 10? I edited this out of my post to not seem like an rear end in a top hat. I'm asking since I have no idea
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Jun 8, 2017 07:18
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https://twitter.com/statesman/status/873188398747586560 I went to school in Georgetown, this was a huge deal. She was a townie but she worked at a restaurant with some of my friends. Also: https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/873196261381468162 That's not good fellas. zoux fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jun 9, 2017 |
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Jun 9, 2017 16:22
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Confirmed: going to UT makes you dumber. https://www.wsj.com/articles/exclusive-test-data-many-colleges-fail-to-improve-critical-thinking-skills-1496686662 (UT freshman had the highest scores of public schools participating, UT seniors did worse than freshmen.)
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Jun 9, 2017 19:29
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Confirmed: going to UT makes you dumber.
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Jun 9, 2017 19:38
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:I heard a pretty prominent Texas editor once say he didn't like UT journalism grads because they dumb. Not all, of course! Everyone has hot takes about which J schools suck and every journalist that didn't get a degree in it thinks that j school is the worst thing that ever happened to the CRAFT of JOURNALISM. Also they didn't find anything at that Rachael Cook site.
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Jun 9, 2017 19:40
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zoux posted:Everyone has hot takes about which J schools suck and every journalist that didn't get a degree in it thinks that j school is the worst thing that ever happened to the CRAFT of JOURNALISM. "Not only did I not go to J school; I don't even know what it is!" - Peggy Hill
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Jun 9, 2017 19:47
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https://twitter.com/traviscosheriff/status/873275485039583233 Phone posting
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Jun 9, 2017 21:48
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zoux posted:That's not good fellas. I never got around to finishing the article about this, was/is the problem funding or availability of open beds or some combination/confluence of factors?
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Jun 10, 2017 00:40
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Hey, they actually got charged. With murder too, not some horseshit Texas sheriff’s deputy and her husband charged with murder in chokehold at Denny’s
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PostNouveau posted:Hey, they actually got charged. With murder too, not some horseshit Looking forward to the hung jury.
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Jun 10, 2017 03:51
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https://twitter.com/aguillen7033/status/873721669407342592 Looks like Taylor is out.
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quote:Nirenberg won the general election for mayor of the city on June 10, 2017. He will take office as mayor on June 1, 2017. where we're going, we won't need toll roads
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Jun 11, 2017 07:08
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quote:1 so i can't find any explicitly partisan info but he sounds like a piece of poo poo what the hell happened, and where were hispanic votes in this election? they seemed nonexistent in the first round at like 14% edit this formatting is hosed up, please extrapolate
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Badger of Basra posted:https://twitter.com/aguillen7033/status/873721669407342592 That's a nice surprise to wake up to, I voted last night, but it's Texas, so I never expect it to actually mean anything.
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Aliquid posted:so i can't find any explicitly partisan info but he sounds like a piece of poo poo Extrapolate from what?
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Question. I just found out about these evil abortion bills. http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/6/08/texas-passes-bill-requiring-women-hold-funerals-their-abortions I live in Fort Worth, does anyone have any suggestions on stuff I can do to help stop these kinds of policies? I've never been an activist in my life and I'm kind of the world's biggest slacktivist probably, but it's just kind of hard moving around given I'm not particularly rich and can't drive due to disability. But I feel like raging online is just...selfish. I'd try to attend protests or lend some support to fight this poo poo if I had a clue about where to start.
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Vote. Organize locally. Trust/hope for the courts. No one gives a poo poo about protests in Austin because they can just dismiss them as locals. No one gives a poo poo about committee testimony. If you wanna show up somewhere, show up at the ballot box in Novemeber, and help as many other people as you can to show up as well. By the time people are doing viral marketing protests for Hulu in chamber galleries, it's too late. Also: Austin antifa thwarted the antiSharia protest at the Capitol on Saturday zoux fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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Jun 11, 2017 17:57
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Badger of Basra posted:Extrapolate from what? Sorry, that was the winning SA mayoral candidate's priorities when taking office. I heard an interview with him yesterday and he didn't sound bad at all, and actually took to his opponent's left on SB4.
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Jun 13, 2017 18:53
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Badge YA BOY Don Zimmerman lost to Matt Mackowiak for Travis Co. GOP Chairman. I don't know much about Mackowiak except he's a pretty standard Republican. Don't think he's Tea Party.
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I have not heard Flannigan's name once since the election. Good to have a quiet district. Started a new job today, commuting between my place near The Oasis to the Oak Knoll and Parmer area by bike. I hope Zimmerman has the same route.
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This is gonna have some interesting effect on Austin.
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Jun 16, 2017 14:25
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LanceHunter posted:This is gonna have some interesting effect on Austin. Eh, one more guy got richer. Sounds like they're still going to continue operating as Whole Foods and with the same people in charge, just the ownership that's changing. For now anyway.
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Jun 16, 2017 14:28
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LanceHunter posted:This is gonna have some interesting effect on Austin. I'm gonna get six dollar asparagus water droned to my house.
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ReidRansom posted:Eh, one more guy got richer. Sounds like they're still going to continue operating as Whole Foods and with the same people in charge, just the ownership that's changing. For now anyway. On the purely retail level, yea. But Whole Foods has a lot of operations and IT based out of the Austin headquarters, and I imagine there is going to be some serious upheaval there. (Fortunately, pretty much everyone I know who worked at Whole Foods HQ jumped ship years ago...)
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LanceHunter posted:This is gonna have some interesting effect on Austin. Does make me wonder how much money Amazon will start throwing at local elections to get favorable deals for more warehouses and drone housing. Them coming I feel may cause a shakeup in the 2020 elections, because Amazon won't be too keen on the anti LGBT/immigrant mindset of the current house.
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Amazon already has a massive warehouse in San Marcos and you can already do single day delivery in Austin. Dunno how much more infrastructure they need in central Texas.
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zoux posted:Amazon already has a massive warehouse in San Marcos and you can already do single day delivery in Austin. Dunno how much more infrastructure they need in central Texas. Maybe they could buy the statesman and make it not terrible.
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I only read them through certain twitter feed reporters, what don't you like about the Statesman?
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