Batty C Santa

Cautiously exploring the world outside my cave

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I heard about a #selfawareness practice where you write down predictions then check whether you were right or wrong, and why. I *try* to do this for little things like how long it’ll take me to finish a project, etc., but 1/

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@chiproytx Won’t Congress be in August recess until Sept. 5th? “Grinding” Congress to halt is especially easy when Congress isn’t in session.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Many countries are experiencing extreme climatic events. I reiterate my appeal to the leaders of Nations, that something more tangible be done to limit polluting emissions: it is an urgent challenge and affects everyone. Let us protect our common home!

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@DrJBhattacharya @erichhartmann Buzzfeed article reads like a tick-tock to me.

Dr. Io had an op-ed in Stat. Other members in NYT, WSJ.

The sci community engaged w Stanford sero study & even provided reviews pre-print.

Dr. Atlas, fellow Stanford prof, was on the task force.

Maybe too much victim mentality?

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@GallaherOtto 🙂

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Not everyone is a quick-witted & eloquent extrovert.

Many people have gained their knowledge through quiet, slow, deep discussions.

I fear we are actively driving the potential contributions of these quieter experts out of society

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“Texas came dead last in the share of births without prenatal care in the first trimester…

Texas also came in above average for…births…”preterm,”…

All of this contributes to…babies who are not healthy enough to survive in the womb and outside of the womb,” Burgess said.”

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@JasonVaughn Texas came dead last in the share of births without prenatal care in the first trimester…

Texas also came in above average for…births…”preterm,”…

All of this contributes to…babies who are not healthy enough to survive in the womb and outside of the womb,” Burgess said.

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@JasonVaughn “The 2023 scorecard, which uses most-recently-available 2021 data, does not include data to reflect the implications of abortion restrictions or bans that states enacted after the fall of Roe vs. Wade in June of last year.”

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@GallaherOtto @chiproytx 😏

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@JasonVaughn @SouthlakeIndep1 @GlennPStory What’s the difference between life and personhood? Are there people who are pro-life but anti-personhood or vice versa?

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@dukecannonbaby @r_bondi @dtwilson117 @DonHuffines @Texas_Taxpayers I wasn’t intending to offend-I was just curious if the original statement at the beginning of this thread was true, that rents will decrease if property taxes are eliminated

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@dukecannonbaby @dtwilson117 @DonHuffines @Texas_Taxpayers Do you plan to lower rents if property taxes are eliminated? Would you lower it by the amount of property taxes you currently pay?

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A year later, looks worse

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@JasonVaughn Sorry you’re going through all this. Hope you and your passengers made it through OK.

Getting ripped off when you’re vulnerable is terrible.

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@DrJBhattacharya Genuine questions-How would focused protection have worked? Isolate older and immuno-compromised people?

How drastic would the isolation have had to be? Bubbles with their own filtered air supply?

How early was there evidence that focused could work?

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@InezFeltscher I don’t think mass shootings hold national attention.

Even in 2017, I remember the Las Vegas shooting fading in about a week overtaken by Harvey Weinstein.

The cover-up and misinformation in Uvalde has been absolutely inhumane but even most Texans don’t follow.

[Doug Gladden @DougtheLawyer]

Let's talk about self-defense in Texas.

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@JasonVaughn If they return as temporary appointees, they cannot be expelled again (according to the current rules).

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

Senate passes #SB23, creating a 10-year mandatory minimum for gun crimes, on a nearly unanimous final vote, 30-1. This was a big @DanPatrick priority on which he campaigned. #txlege