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@CenterPoint is replacing gas lines in our neighborhood and accidentally broke our water line. They turned our water off and left. We’ve now been without water for 24 hrs and @CenterPoint_TX says it’s not their problem.
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Met a 73 year old woman today.
Her spouse died and she was unable to pay rent after his passing. She was a housekeeper and he was a gardener.
She now lives in a park.
She's on 11 different wait lists for senior housing and has been waiting for 2 years.
ALT Supplies + an elderly hand
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This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.
Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.
Want the truth on Florida’s African American History Standards? See statement below from experts who crafted them.
“Any attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resiliency during a difficult time in American history.”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This list is supposedly of enslaved people who "developed ... trades from which they benefitted" but nearly all of these people were either never enslaved, or never held the jobs described on the list.
Some examples:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Cobb
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_How…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_For…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Was…
Here is a summary of the errors on the list:
twitter.com/etotheipie/sta…
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Shelters will open overnight on Thurs 12/22, Fri 12/23, Sat 12/24, and Sun 12/25 as it is expected to meet the threshold.
Starting tomorrow, go to the One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Road 6-8pm to reg. and be transported to a shelter. More info👉bit.ly/3HYBrA6
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Felix shared our last photo of Lexi - in her child-size casket - as we asked @tedcruz to protect his constituents by supporting a federal ban on assault weapons. He declined. Instead, he said he supports increasing law enforcement presence on school campuses.
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This new commercial from Mothers Against Greg Abbott is one of the best political ads I’ve ever seen.
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Texas Gov. Abbott says the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" and the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" — yet in April he slashed $211M from the department that oversees mental health programs. nbcnews.to/3MNvCF7
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Amerie Jo Garza's father, a med aide, says he found out she was one of the victims when he arrived on the scene and was helping another little girl covered in blood. She told him her best friend had been shot. When he asked her name, she said his daughter's. There aren't words.
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Remember the Texas prisoner who sued for a cotton blanket because he was allergic to the prison's blankets and officials refused to give him a cotton one instead?
I got records showing the state spent >$20,000 fighting his case instead of giving him a blanket.
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as grateful as i am for goodrx i do not like or understand how our entire medical system got so fucked up that you can dodge a 500% markup on your prescription by telling the pharmacist you have heard of a web site