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Goddamn I want to be a professional agitator. How do you get in on that work?
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https://twitter.com/AKMcGlinchy/status/1783937321592672555 Oh yeah, that's tenable. Good loving lord.
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Apr 26, 2024 20:35
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how could the university possibly justify that???
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Apr 26, 2024 20:55
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They can't, and they will be sued massively.
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Apr 26, 2024 20:56
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I expect a complete reversal on that within 24 hours. Calvinball poo poo.
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I didn't remember Jay Hartzell being the UT president when I was there, but I couldn't remember who it was. Then I saw what happened with Emory University, and turns out their president was UT's until 2020. Greg Fenves. Cops at Emory roughed up and arrested at least two tenured old white lady professors who were taking issue with cops putting their knees on students' necks and pushing faces into pavement.
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I still remember Fenves so much more fondly because after the Charleston church shooting he was not only prompt about moving Confederate statues off the main lawn but very eloquent about explaining his reasoning to the community. Then he and his wife was the first COVID cases in Austin and he seemed to just bounce after that. Hartzell has routinely failed at communicating anything thoughtful through the Eyes of Texas conflict, the recent DEI purge, and now this. He's an embarrassment
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Apr 26, 2024 22:17
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https://x.com/tplohetski/status/1783971195454451915?s=46&t=A_iY-gupVf13dcIJPetZhQ Oh word? You talked to your lawyers huh
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Apr 26, 2024 22:34
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Cops just get doughier and redder every year huh Like to recruit new cops they just sprinkle a bunch of rotten apple cores and stale donuts on the ground and grab the piggiest looking republicans, give them a badge, and then send them towards a college campus
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Apr 26, 2024 23:10
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In England, the gammons become politicians, over here they become cops.
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Gripweed posted:Goddamn I want to be a professional agitator. How do you get in on that work? Just keep posting.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/AKMcGlinchy/status/1783937321592672555
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SithDrummer posted:Got a screenshot? UT was banning from campus all the arrested protestors. This included students in the middle of finals. They've already walked it back.
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SithDrummer posted:Got a screenshot? I think it was a tweet saying that the students who were part of the protest were banned from campus. Meaning that they wouldn't be allowed to take their finals, and then wouldn't be able to go to graduation if they were graduating. The school then backtracked and decided that the students can go to campus to go to class and can ask permission to use campus services or something.
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Cojawfee posted:I think it was a tweet saying that the students who were part of the protest were banned from campus. Meaning that they wouldn't be allowed to take their finals, and then wouldn't be able to go to graduation if they were graduating. The school then backtracked and decided that the students can go to campus to go to class and can ask permission to use campus services or something. The first time they try to deny someone permission, they'll have to back down on that too
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Apr 27, 2024 05:01
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Yep. This whole thing has been a debacle
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Apr 27, 2024 05:30
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And here I thought people who used troopers against college students were smart and in control
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zoux posted:https://x.com/tplohetski/status/1783971195454451915?s=46&t=A_iY-gupVf13dcIJPetZhQ I look forward to UT not doing anything for some pro-israeli settlement, pro-bombing gaza rally that gets way more aggressive.
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Ah, okay. Thanks.
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Jiro posted:I look forward to UT not doing anything for some pro-israeli settlement, pro-bombing gaza rally that gets way more aggressive. it'll have to come from outside because the counterprotest I saw on wednesday was anemic as hell
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i say swears online posted:it'll have to come from outside because the counterprotest I saw on wednesday was anemic as hell Abbott will bus them in.
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lobster shirt posted:starting to think texas is a bad state after all... I'm literally game planning my move out. First step is selling the house. I'm done with this shithole.
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The Bananana posted:I'm literally game planning my move out. Just got my CDL, and I work for Amazon which means I won't even have to switch employer. I'm gonna hold on until after the election but then I'm almost certainly gonna start looking into getting the gently caress out of this stupid state. Just gotta figure out where I'd want to go besides "Not here" and "Also Not Florida"
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Is there at least rental insurance in FL?
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https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1784356053607387246 He's not wrong
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chucks right
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Nonsense posted:Is there at least rental insurance in FL? Insurance rates are crazy in Florida right now
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lobster shirt posted:chucks right
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ah, but he has heard of us
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this is more houpol than texpol but god drat john whitmire sucks as mayor
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It really was a no win scenario between him and SJL. And since Whitmire is competent (while being absolutely dogshit) we’re probably stuck with him for more terms.
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I mean Turner was a tough act to follow, but Whitmire dug deep and found ways to be dumber and worse. It's really something.
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so what's he doing
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budget cuts, raising water rates, talking about raising all other kinds of city fees. oh and also he is trying to halt and reverse a ton of improvements the previous mayor made to houston's pedestrian and bike infrastructure. like the city is so much better in that regard than it used to be even ten years ago, and this fuckin rear end in a top hat wants to go back -- and this costs money! it is expensive to remove infrastructure that is already built. this is insanely idiotic in particular: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/shepherd-durham-whitmire-bike-safety-federal-funds-19425059.php foregoing federal funds to a major improvement. its especially stupid too because parts of it have already been rebuilt, he just wants to redesign basically the middle third of this street project to retain the original four lanes instead of the three on the rest of it. so basically a major thoroughfare is going to be three lanes when you get off the highway, then widen to four, then narrow back to three. like there's no way that doesn't create much worse traffic than just keeping the number of lanes consistent. and of course without the separate bike path for part of it going north-south is going to be much more difficult and dangerous. hate him!!!! at least he can't serve longer than six years...
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we really were a stuck with a south park-esque giant douche vs. turd sandwich slate of mayoral candidates i still think whitmire was the "less bad" option comared to sjl, and i'm still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as he's only been in the job for. however it sure as poo poo ain't looking good so far. (see: all the reasons listed above.) Jake Gittes fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Apr 29, 2024 |
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shout-out to sheila btw: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/26/thirsty-media-hungry-congress-awards-00153213quote:Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), for her career-long record of always hogging the aisle seat at the State of the Union to shake the hand of the president — a refreshingly old-school way of getting media coverage, given the social-media antics of many on this list. When asked about it, she has said it’s helpful for securing support for the causes that are important to her, and not just about getting good photos. We’re doubtful. But she also won the award this year for losing the mayoral election in Houston and then, days later, filing to run for the House once again. That aisle seat isn’t going to fill itself. not just hogging an aisle seat, but being sure to wear the loudest outfit in the chamber to make sure she can be seen on tv
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Jake Gittes posted:we really were a stuck with a south park-esque giant douche vs. turd sandwich slate of mayoral candidates I'm thinking that a do-nothing SJL constantly media hogging but policy blocked by the many people who don't like her would be better as a seat warmer than the amount of damage Whitmire is going to cause before he is done.
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