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texas ex • umich’23 • she/her

[Coby @Cobylefko]

With remote work here to stay, cities around America are faced with a difficult challenge. Most office buildings won't be redeveloped into residential (floor plates either can't be converted, or cost is prohibitive), but they will also be under-occupied.

What happens then?

[zona @ZonaMartin99]

@andyrexford great tweet!

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Railroad workers are telling Congress to stop doing the bidding of profitable & exploitative railroad companies.

3 of the 5 largest rail unions rejected a tentative contract that gives workers 0 paid sick days.

Workers want Congress to improve the deal & save the industry.

[Hana Michels (same on all platforms) @HanaMichels]

What if I made a very long car that stopped at designated areas throughout the day

[jonnyphoto @jonathanvinsonn]

october's glow

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

This is a casual reminder that the Texas DOT is responsible for more annual emissions than 76 countries, combined. Maybe they should stop expanding highways?

[Mary Wasson @Mary_Wasson]

Forecast models are coming together for a significant rain event in #Texas starting on Sunday. This will definitely help out with the dry weather we've had! It's been OVER A MONTH since we've had measurable rain in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. #txwx

[Cat Cardenas @catrcardenas]

you can tell @KaceyMusgraves is a real Texan by the volume of her hair and how much she hates Ted Cruz ❤️

[Kyle Umlang @kyleumlang]

Hell yeah!!! The annual @txdot I-35 road signs are already up!

#ThisIsTexas #HookEm 🤘🏽
#TEXvsOU

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

Thanks, Harry!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act to fight climate change, cut drug costs and raise taxes, in a major win for President Biden and the Democrats.

"It's a game changer. It's a turning point," Chuck Schumer, the Senator majority leader, said.
https://t.co/OlB00DUA3z

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The entirety of Paris, Barcelona, and Manhattan can all fit inside the land dedicated to surface parking in Los Angeles County (101 sq. mi). If all the surface parking lots in the county were converted, you would house an additional 5.85 million people, a 58% increase.

[derecka @dereckapurnell]

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

[Mac @GoodPoliticGuy]

Probably the fastest rightward shift in my life and it’s happening while democrats control the house, senate, and presidency

[Taniel @Taniel]

The 3 dissenters warn that more is coming. They write that the conservatives' approach in the Dobbs ruling "places in jeopardy other rights, from contraception to same-sex intimacy and marriage."

[Seth Moulton @sethmoulton]

Just so everyone knows, these are the states - including Massachusetts - that had one of their gun laws overturned today.

[maddy weinberg @weinandcheez]

she’s a 10 but she has no money and no prospects. she’s already a burden to her parents. and she’s frightened.

[Dion @2024dion]

Same scale: land consumed for 546 new homes in growing Loudoun County, VA vs land consumed for 501 new homes in the urban core of DC.

When we ban apartments in the urban core, people don't disappear. They move out to where building is legal, gobbling up farmland and forests.

[sam @sam_d_1995]

@the_transit_guy TxDOT is singlehandedly responsible for 0.5% of global carbon emissions, which is absolutely nuts when you think about it