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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 3h

2x World Cup champion, Olympic bronze medal winner & fan fav Christen Press announces her retirement from soccer. She will retire at the end of the season after an extraordinary career on & off the field - including a crucial role on the fight for equal pay. Thanks, Christen 🖤

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 11h

I hate getting indigestion when I’m trying to sleep especially when it wakes me up. Makes my anxiety spiral

Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 15h

Evil Dead 2 is so goofy it’s amazing.

a close up of a man 's face with blood on it and the word groovy .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with blood on it and the word groovy .

media.tenor.com

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 19h

This is a very scary bit of information. Think about this - no actual money. Worse, the centers rely on taking advantage of and destroying small communities with pollution (increasing health problems) and use of clean water (creating shortages).

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 1d

The former president noted that Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz and other Republicans had attacked him a decade ago for overseeing routine military exercises in Texas. bit.ly/3KLGDLg

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23h

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless "Untitled (How Does It Feel) " music video, has died.

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died.

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Cutter W. González @cutterwgonzalez.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a doctoral student at TXST.

The feeling on campus is worse than you imagine. Faculty afraid to speak, grad students feel like they could lose their entire futures if they draw the university president’s ire, undergrads openly worrying about the complete loss of a fundamental right.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

This is how people will die

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 1d

Ken Paxton gave the hospital an Oct. 27 deadline to provide a written explanation of steps the hospital is taking to ensure its policies are in line with state law. bit.ly/4olSTRd

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh brewers dang

Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

Well heck that’ll put them to sleep pretty quickly lol

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

Hahahahahhahah omg I did not sleep well last night

But yes that is very true. They’re right behind mockingbirds

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

He had no clue what happened either

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

They did do something nice in 2015 lol

My husband, a rangers fan, is actively rooting against the jays

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what I’ve read. Just a couple weeks.

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june 🧛‍♀️ @juneever.green · 2d

Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1992).

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

Damn

Travis L. Brown @travislbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Texas A&M RB Moss to miss ‘significant period of time’ due to injury www.kbtx.com/2025/10/13/t...

Texas A&M RB Moss to miss ‘significant period of time’ due to injury

The injury to Moss’ ankle is unrelated to the season-ending knee injury he suffered last season or any other issues he’s fought through this year, Elko said.

www.kbtx.com

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 1d

I see the blue jays are going to be of no help again

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS:

The Texas A&M police department confirms to Extra Points that the sandwich in question was “a pimento cheese” sandwich.

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 3d

look I know journalism is a dying industry

but I want sandwich details goddammit

Capt. Silky @nowbacktome.bsky.social · 3d

If you still have Twitter the TAMUpolice account is gold during the games. Case in point dude had a water jug of whiskey and a BAC .337 how was he not dead?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 2d

I love my new little pen holder ☺️

Variety of pens, pencils, highlighters and scissors in a mini Lowe’s blue bucket on top of a desk

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 2d

Why has it been looking so hazy outside lately?

Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 2d

Went there once by myself for a World Series game. Paid a crazy cover, waiters were rude, and food was very expensive.

Then his politics started showing and I was like eh yeah not going back

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Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 2d

I also have dyslexia

It’s hard to get a grip on my anxiety sometimes

Laura Falco @falcol.bsky.social · 2d

Discovered I have health anxiety (aka hypochondria) and not just general anxiety and some days are really hard to get a gripe and tonight is one of those nights.

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