Derek Fincham

Law Professor @stcl_Houston

I write about art, antiquities and the law; I teach Legal Research & Writing, Art Law, & Copyright

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded:

"[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."

[Derek Fincham @derekfincham]

@HoustonTX @HoustonPubMedia Wrong. The mayor refuses to answer questions from the paper of record in Houston

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

"It's all sprawl!" It's certainly a lot, and hey, that's how cities always and everywhere boom. But it's also a lot of infill. It's a lot of everything, because Houston defaults to "let people do things," warts and all. This is what real, existing American abundance looks like.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

It's funny, Houston is this supernova of growth, the rare place in the US that is absorbing millions of domestic and international migrants and making them richer, but if you say anything nice about it, e.g. maybe non-zoning is fine, people have a meltdown.

[Jordan Thomas @JRDNLTHMS]

All the City of Houston has to do on the matter is follow the City of Austin's policy.

Instead the mayor and chief of police are holding pressers blaming "young officers" instead of owning the fact that the mayor's policy is designed to foster maximal collaboration with ICE.

[River Oaks Problems @RiverOaksPrblms]

Update: they’re not working.

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

There have been 15 Top 10 games at Allen Fieldhouse where Kansas wasn’t the higher ranked team in the Bill Self Era.

Bill Self’s record: 15-0.

[Brent Bellamy @brent_bellamy]

The #Olympics2026 curling arena is amazing. An outdoor wooden structure built as the main arena for the 1956 Olympics. A roof was built to cover the rink in the 1980’s but it remained open air. For these games, it’s been completely enclosed with a new structure fit into the old.

[Joke of a Mayor @Mayor_Frey_]

This is a lie.

Even if I had ordered this, the MPLS police department would never follow an order from me.

Do better. Go fuck a couch.

[JoeforHouston @JoeforHouston]

Joint statement on Houston’s ongoing collaboration with ICE from Houston City Council District C candidates Joe Panzarella and Dr. Audrey Nath.

[Jose de Jesus Ortiz @OrtizKicks]

Two Rice University freshmen created a website mapping ICE incidents, as @TheRiceThresher chronicles here.

This is great college journalism highlighting the best and brightest at @RiceUniversity .
https://t.co/UVeEOBIbvn

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

[Dan Savage @fakedansavage]

Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Protester: "They say they're coming in to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who bake for us, who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. I can't stop thinking of Mr Rogers. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, and right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

The greatest centerfielder of all-time.

[David O'Brien @DOBrienATL]

I’ve told this story before, but it’s a good time to share it again. Terry Pendleton told me he was standing at the batting cage with Andruw Jones once when we were in San Francisco, and Willie Mays walked up to them and said to Andruw, “You’re the best center fielder I’ve seen.”

[Morgan Cameron Ross @Morgan_C_Ross]

-74% of all insulin used in America comes from Denmark.
-100% of all Ozempic used in America comes from Denmark
-15% of all shipping containers arriving in America come from a Danish company

All 3 are being discussed within Denmark to halt.

[Houstorian @Houstorian]

Today in 2017, City Council approves renaming Dowling St. to Emancipation Avenue. @EPconservancy @HoustonTX

[BikeHouston @BikeHouston]

Turns out there are consequences for canceling street safety projects. https://t.co/mMUqX6A7mP