a highly stylized crown of bees

Coffee, trails, nerd stuff

[Matt Angle @LSPmatt]

.@GregAbbott_TX is so full of crap. He has overseen more than 13,000 Flock cameras activated in TX. Less less than 4 months ago, he slammed Austin for ending it's flock contract. His appointees approved a DPS contract w/ Flock for $28.5M. "Pause" means until after the election.

[Pablo De La Rosa @pblodlr]

In the Rio Grande Valley, the city of Brownsville voted last night to remove the 444 acres from its city limits that SpaceX is currently looking to purchase from a private owner. Residents were overwhelmed by the speed of the deal and how it happened. https://t.co/N9eazZ8G9o

[The Last Farm @TheLastFarm]

Those people in Nepal were killed by fossil fuels

[Gus Bova 🗒️ @gusbova]

It hasn't gotten the same attention, but wall construction has been also proceeding in South Texas in sites that Congress had explicitly protected.

This includes federal refuge land that many local stakeholders consider a treasure

[Gus Bova 🗒️ @gusbova]

This won't get the same reaction as bulldozers in Big Bend, and I get it. But right now steel bollards have already gone up on one side of the Santa Ana refuge in South Texas: https://t.co/o37ENVpOBx

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: DHS IS BULLDOZING THE MOUTH OF SANTA ELENA CANYON.

DHS waived every single environmental law, now they’re butchering the most iconic part of Texas’ crown jewel national park. All happening the day after a massive protest right here and on the morning CNN left. This is an indefensible attack on Texas’ natural heritage.

Footage by Natalie Newman. Available for media use w/ credit.

[David Finfrock🇺🇸 @DavidFinfrock]

This is unforgivable.

[Hey Jo🤍 @joe_jo9]

‘We’re just getting started’ might be the funniest thing Greg Abbott has ever posted. After 11 years as governor and 30 years of Republican control, that’s not a slogan. It’s a confession. Thirty years in charge, and he’s acting like they just inherited the job. 🤣🤣🤣

[panzón blanco𓂆 @StrawHatYakub]

I will say with my entire chest that the transphobes who lament about trans people playing in sports, if they were to have grown up in the 40’s/50’s, would *absolutely* be against racial integration in sports. It’s the same arguments, just a different coat of paint

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply. pass it along and live más comrade

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

They want you to believe your voice doesn't matter.

Yet in just the last few days:

-LAPD canceled its Flock contract.

-Meta cancelled Muse Image AI after privacy outrage.

-One of the largest planned U.S. data centers was killed (PW Digital Gateway) by local opposition.

The surveillance state isn't inevitable.

It advances when people are apathetic.
It retreats when people fight back.

Public pressure works. Keep pushing.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Entering month 6 of the Mamdani mayorship of NYC and Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, and Murder is down an astounding 21%.

And he did so without "Adding 5000 new cops" to the streets. Instead, he's invested in public safety with free childcare, accessible infrastructure, and better funded schools and libraries. He's proven once again that if we want safer communities, we must invest in People—not Punishments.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

fuck these guys

spurs in 5

[Adam Carlson @admcrlsn]

In the open seat TX HD 41 Democratic runoff, Julio Salinas (who was endorsed by Bernie Sanders) has defeated Seby Haddad (the conservadem Hidalgo County machine candidate) — in what might be a sign of a changing of the guard in Rio Grand Valley Democratic political power dynamics.

This is a Trump +2 / Biden +13 / 84% Latino district. It’ll be an interesting test case of whether a populist progressive can win a swing district.

[De Disco @ArcasDeDisco]

You know what would be "tough on crime"?
living wage
fully funded schools
guaranteed access to healthy food
affordable housing
universal health and child care
care instead of incarceration for people with substance use disorder and mental illness

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

We have the money.

[tabitha arnold @thetolerantweft]

when I get scared about the future I remember that I’ve surrounded myself with people who would break their last piece of bread in half if they saw I had nothing to eat. money comes and goes, but no one can take solidarity away from you

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

Draft dodger is willing to sacrifice working class kids. How charitable of him.

[Lavita Alize Jenkins @DJMissMilan]

Shenae is facing a tough battle with metastatic breast cancer and needs our help. She’s unable to work and struggling to cover basic needs. Your support can make a real difference in her life. DONATE 🫂🫶🏽https://t.co/A7oSvhc4NX

[Reynaldo Leaños Jr. @ReynaldoLeanos]

🧵Story time... 10 years ago, during the Obama administration, I did my first ever ride along with Border Patrol agents along the Rio Grande in south Texas' #RGV

I had just graduated from undergrad a few months before and this was one of my first...
https://t.co/YVT2oNo6A4