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Road to justice: How Brian Middleton became Fort Bend DA Fort Bend County District Attorney Brian Middleton's journey from a traffic stop to leading a diverse county with a focus on equity and justice.

Proud of my cousin, Brian Middleton, Fort Bend County District Attorney! defendernetwork.com/people/dn-ne...

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Literally. Like they were cutting steak. And it was NOT WORKING.

Those numbskulls who were talking smack about Zohran Mamdani eating with his hands made me remember the time I was at a Mexican restaurant in SoHo in NYC and these people at the table next to me were eating tacos with a knife and fork.

It was….something.

The irony of "I'm concerned but I have to trust that he means well" as an orientation toward finding an opponent for Susan Collins

I already knew, but the Nazi tattoo thing really hammers home that a lot of folks that identify as democrats just don’t have a will or enough common sense to fight racism. Y’all, you don’t accidentally get and keep a Nazi tattoo you dingbats.

Hi friends! I am now officially a #BANAlumniAmbassador. I will be sharing updates from the Black Alumni Network Board to give UT Austin Black Alums a look into how they can get involved with students & current campus happenings. Check out the student updates page here: tinyurl.com/BANUpdates

Did Mamdani turn out this way because his dad is Mahmood Mamdani and his mom is Mira Nair or is it because of four years at Bowdoin, where Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair are almost certainly on several syllabi

News at 11

Always a pleasure to be in conversation with @djrothkopf.bsky.social. And yes, the Trump admin’s AI deregulation is something of a mirage. Link below for the full conversation about this and more.

if you see this, post a vampire that isn't dracula

if you see this, post a vampire that isn't dracula

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe Landslides, fallen trees, and numerous power outages were reported ahead of the storm, with officials in Jamaica cautioning that the cleanup and damage assessment would be slow.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

Follow live updates.

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S.

They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support.

The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

Consider this: maybe BOTH Lily Allen and David Harbour are terrible people.
Two things can be right at the same time….

Y’all know I’m a longtime fan of UK Rap, Grime, and I love the Skepta collab with Fred Again.

BUT.

Skepta’s lyrics….some of them, a lot of them…YIKES.

Can blame that on being British….

Also I’m so so excited to see Little Simz in Austin week after next.

Mariah Carey shares new video:

“It’s not time yet.”

The Islamophobia is just so lazy, predictable & desperate.

He eats with his hands! Yeah, bitch, tell me how you eat a burger & fries again?

He called his dad's cousin an aunt! Duh. I've never met any brown person who says stuff like, that's my 1st cousin once removed. That language feels hostile.

Faculty group urges Yale to reject potential Trump compact offer In a Thursday email addressed to the Yale community, Yale’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors urged faculty members to ask administrators to reject a possible compact from t...

“In the last ten months we’ve seen dozens of attempts from the White House to impose an ideological agenda on U.S. colleges & universities. Our AAUP Chapter, together with national AAUP & many dozens of chapters across the country, recognize the danger it poses to academic freedom.”

#DefendHigherEd

Thank you for this reporting on @texaspublicradio.bsky.social’s Petrie Dish, @bonniepetrie.bsky.social.

The rhetoric on the right about empathy is not only frightening, confounding and incomprehensible it’s also dangerously and scientifically inaccurate.

Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...

The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

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8 years (and a few days) ago I did a Twitter thread about how "We Danced Hard AF in the 90s." That thread led to #MusicSermon.
In honor of my pastoral anniversary (ha) last week, sharing two of the playlists that most capture the #MusicSermon spirit.

1. li.sten.to/wedancedhard...

318,000 Black women were pushed out of the US workforce in last 3 months resulting in a $37 billion decrease in GDP.

Much of this is related to the federal administration’s job cuts which have disproportionately impacted Black women as Black women are more likely to work in the public sector.

YouTube video by Jamie Woon - Topic Heavy Going...

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Jamie Woon is BAAAAACK!!!

It’s been so long and I’m so glad!

youtu.be/3dHxjUl-NaU?...

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Serious question: What’s the difference between a chicken finger and a chicken tender?!

it is unacceptable for ANYONE to be disappeared. if your solidarity doesn't include sex workers then fuck off.