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positive skeptic, CRE environmental professional, shots in the dark #raisehail #MFFL

Fort Worth
Joined January 2014
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Tweets from 1880
Democrats have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build out passenger rail service and transform the economy and lifestyle of the Midwest forever. Omaha, Nebraska should be connected to Chicago by High Speed Rail AND multiple intercity trains on different routes across Iowa!
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The absurdity of “lack of physical difference” aside, girls are allowed to play in sports leagues with boys and many do. Yet, girl leagues still form. So “we “ don’t even actually separate boys and girls in sports beyond what girls (and their parents) voluntarily do themselves.
You know why we separate boys and girls in sports for the ages most of them actually play? Because despite a lack of physical difference boys refuse to pass to girls because losers like you tell them they're inherently better, a thing you're committing to continuing doing forever
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It’s going to be interesting how Hinojosa ultimately balances increased public funding for education and abolishing property taxes for single-family homes and reducing tax revenue from data center opposition.
Gina Hinojosa delivers the agenda for Public Education Texas: “On Day One, I will fire Mike Morath and we will work tirelessly to repair the damage of the Texas voucher scam - And end an era in which our schools are sold for parts:”
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also lol at this website for not recognizing the word ‘Hinojosa’
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Debbie Ann and Giancarlo Paolucci, 32 and 35, pictured here outside their home in Forest Hills in 1986.
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clayton retweeted
When you’re still deciding on food but they ask if you need another cocktail.
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Still got it! 🎳
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I’ll never understand how someone can spend time jogging around on something like this for recreational health reasons without feeling like a huge jackass
This is how citizens in Changsha go jogging. Chinese people are truly living in the future.
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clayton retweeted
Much of the abundance crowd cares about abundance in only three things: 1. renewable power 2. transit 3. urban housing. The throughline is that they believe all of these are essential to fighting climate change. Other types of abundance don't concern them.
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I guess I’m just old enough now where I’ve seen the cycle of dilapidation to urban revitalization to overcrowded violent no-go zone
At least nine people were shot, and four people are dead after multiple shootings in Dallas' Deep Ellum district early Sunday morning. bit.ly/4A9nTd5
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The WSJ lays out what keeping Gulf oil flowing actually involves: -50,000 US troops, 20 Navy ships, two carriers across the region. -$2–3 Billion USD/month or 67-100 Million USD/day above normal military spending -Aircraft, warships and crews under mounting strain. -Some US officials see the situation as untenable without more international help. Coalition efforts have failed. wsj.com/politics/national-se…
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There seems to always be a consistent supply of people within a society that think their cliché subversion is intelligent and interesting.
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What are your thoughts on active players attending a game and cheering on another team?
Tyler Glasnow, Zach Eflin, Pete Fairbanks and Chris Archer are all at Tropicana Field supporting their former team
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Falcons look like they're about to invade Poland
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I cannot emphasize enough how amazing rural Idaho is. It’s like living in a time warp from the 90s. Kids still ride their bikes to each others houses. Teenagers work drive thrus and cafes and the types of jobs meant for teenagers. You know your neighbors and they wave at you.
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Underappreciated how much the shale revolution unlocked the AI revolution.
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120 year old factory building in St Louis…amazing original wood roof decking
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clayton retweeted
Blake Grupe sacrificing his career to show the world what it would look like if a regular fan tried tackling an NFL player
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Remote work as an option was clearly underdone prior to Covid. But it’s certainly possible there was an overcorrection.
My strongest “vibes not evidence” belief is that remote work is a cancer that’s making (most) people miserable even though it seems better in the short term.
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Replying to @celtics_friars
The point matt made--and the one I expounded on in the tweet you replied to--is that Trump's core policy positions are almost all to the left of romney's. It's his normative approach to governing (and everything else) that codes as extreme/"right wing." Adding trade policy and govt equity in private cos if anything strengthens the case. Even on immigration, Romney *policy* rhetoric was arguably further right than Trump's first campaign (certainly in 2012 when Trump called it mean and extreme and blamed it for his loss.)
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