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Alison Cook

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Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Lapsed restaurant critic, newsletter writer at https://alison-cooks-htown.ghost.io

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I knew you would meet the challenge. πŸ‘Ή

01.11.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please send formula for the Iron-eyed Albatross,

01.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also there was a kid dressed as Squid Kid who was bitterly offended because β€œeveryone keeps calling me an octopus.”

01.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This might win Halloween 2025.

01.11.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dateline: Houston

01.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic πŸ‘Ή

01.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So good:

01.11.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same over here. I wonder what’s up?

01.11.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every day now.

01.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Northeast El paso rankings just shot way up in my book after we approached this house where they were grilling burgers for whoever came up

01.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

31.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11915    πŸ” 3528    πŸ’¬ 449    πŸ“Œ 193

My son (5) when he gets in trouble.

31.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1380    πŸ” 190    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 3

I know this fascist shit is doomed when I see late 50s and early 60s white guys in their Costco Shopping Finest screaming β€˜fuck you’ in DHS officers’ faces

31.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2966    πŸ” 660    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 28
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Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

So @jeremybmerrill.com scraped the Kennedy Center's ticketing website daily for several months. He, @travismandrews.bsky.social & Shelly Tan found that this season's sales are the lowest since the pandemic, as the Trump effect keeps patrons away: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

31.10.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

They don’t expect to ever have fair elections again. They feel untouchable and are acting that way.

31.10.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing is surprising these days, but the milquetoast wife of American Goebbels threatening disappearance of a journalist should be garnering more attention.

31.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt

31.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6190    πŸ” 1436    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 31

Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as β€œminimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness

31.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1260    πŸ” 333    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 8

You are too kind, Dwight, πŸ‘Ή

30.10.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions β€” not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

29.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16397    πŸ” 6422    πŸ’¬ 376    πŸ“Œ 383

There could be!

26.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A row of crepe-paper trimmed taco piΓ±atas with yellow curlicues represented the shell, and curlicues of matte brown, shiny green and shiny red representing the meat, lettuce and tomatoes.

A row of crepe-paper trimmed taco piΓ±atas with yellow curlicues represented the shell, and curlicues of matte brown, shiny green and shiny red representing the meat, lettuce and tomatoes.

Not ready to see Christmas decor at the superstore today, but I made an exception for these holiday taco piΓ±atas πŸ‘Ή

25.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Ah.

β€œMellon, the 77-year-old … who poured $30 million into 3 GOP super PACs in 5 months, wrote that black people were β€˜even more belligerent’ after the expansion of social programs in the 1960s and 1970s and that Americans who rely on government assistance were β€˜slaves of a new Master, Uncle Sam.’”

25.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 435    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 13
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Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada

Last month, playing tape of Charlie Kirk's words was enough to get people fired for the new category of anti-Kirkist hate speech.

This month, playing tape of Ronald Reagan's words is enough to spark a presidential tantrum and diplomatic breakdown.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

24.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1091    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 17

I really hope a future Democrat turns the White House ballroom into a soup kitchen.

23.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer for I'll have what she's having clinic day on November 8th. People who sign up can receive well woman exams IUDs, nexplanon, or vasectomies. Registration happens at IHWSH.org 

These services are free to anyone in the Houston area that works in food and beverage, from cafeteria workers and fast food workers to bartenders to restaurant staff.

Flyer for I'll have what she's having clinic day on November 8th. People who sign up can receive well woman exams IUDs, nexplanon, or vasectomies. Registration happens at IHWSH.org These services are free to anyone in the Houston area that works in food and beverage, from cafeteria workers and fast food workers to bartenders to restaurant staff.

Houston Friends: I'll Have What She's Having, is putting on another free reproductive health and long acting contraception clinic day. These services are available to Houston area workers in the hospitality industry. If you know someone who could benefit from this, please do share.

23.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Ouch

23.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for all the grotesque stereotypes in this ad it’s the shot of Mamdani throwing rice into his mouth while running down the street I find most disturbing, maybe because it feels like genuine A.I. racism rather than an A.I. following racist instructions

23.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty much.

22.10.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

20.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1437    πŸ” 371    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 163

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