Carrie (in Texas) 💙♿
@stemgal.bsky.social
MARRIED Texas Aggie Engr, Educator, & Texas Democrat. I post shtuff adoptable shelter dog pics, things my state does & "interesting things".
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Carrie (in Texas) 💙♿
@stemgal.bsky.social
· Oct 21
OMFG if you work in tech support, please eliminate the wording "are you sure you know the difference" from your patter - especially while discussing a technical issue with a female.
1. There are much better ways to ask that.
2. Some of us have actually done your job.
3. See #1
1. There are much better ways to ask that.
2. Some of us have actually done your job.
3. See #1
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
Texas, we have (another) problem. And I don't really care what party he thinks he is.
But will he use the Slap Chop during the campaign?
'ShamWow guy' joins packed race to win House seat in Texas
But will he use the Slap Chop during the campaign?
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Texas, we have (another) problem. And I don't really care what party he thinks he is.
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🗣️ “Dr. McCoul has a long and distinguished record of exceptional teaching and service to Texas A&M…The vilification, trauma, and reputational harm she has endured at the hands of Texas A&M for simply doing her job must be acknowledged and corrected.” 👇
OPEN LETTER FROM THE AAUP–TAMU CHAPTER to Interim President Tommy Williams
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
“Reinstatement is the only just and appropriate remedy.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🗣️ “Dr. McCoul has a long and distinguished record of exceptional teaching and service to Texas A&M…The vilification, trauma, and reputational harm she has endured at the hands of Texas A&M for simply doing her job must be acknowledged and corrected.” 👇
Ukraine, you shouldn't be suffering this 💔
As residents of the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil face bombardment by night, and wreckage by day, they share their anger at an American peace proposal that many say favors Russia above Ukraine n.pr/3KmqMmr
Amid smouldering wreckage, anger at Ukraine peace proposal many consider lopsided
As residents of the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil face bombardment by night, and wreckage by day, they share their anger at an American peace proposal that many say favors Russia above Ukraine
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ukraine, you shouldn't be suffering this 💔
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"We look forward to working with Secretary Noem and the president to protect our communities and strengthen our efforts to combat human trafficking, drug cartels, and violent crime," Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said, praising the immigrant crackdown in her state.
Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"We look forward to working with Secretary Noem and the president to protect our communities and strengthen our efforts to combat human trafficking, drug cartels, and violent crime," Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said, praising the immigrant crackdown in her state.
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Sh*t like this should get attention: it's the intersection of this admin's DEI crap (with Abbott txlege et al support), affordability, and the destruction of American small biz.
www.kxan.com/news/busines...
www.kxan.com/news/busines...
www.kxan.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sh*t like this should get attention: it's the intersection of this admin's DEI crap (with Abbott txlege et al support), affordability, and the destruction of American small biz.
www.kxan.com/news/busines...
www.kxan.com/news/busines...
So, Cruz is gonna run for prez (again) and do zip for his constituents (AGAIN for the quazilionith time and beyond).
Move along, move along ....
Move along, move along ....
I have always wondered who actually listens to this podcast
Forget Joe Rogan. The Next Big Podcast Bro Is in the Senate.
Ted Cruz may see a new path to the White House in today’s changing political-media ecosystem.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So, Cruz is gonna run for prez (again) and do zip for his constituents (AGAIN for the quazilionith time and beyond).
Move along, move along ....
Move along, move along ....
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They are asleep destroying our natural resources in search of an AI dream. Yes, it *can* be helpful/useful in some instances but: do we really need the ability to use ChatGPT or grok everywhere?
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop. n.pr/49BGqEL
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
They are asleep destroying our natural resources in search of an AI dream. Yes, it *can* be helpful/useful in some instances but: do we really need the ability to use ChatGPT or grok everywhere?
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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
– Franz Kafka
– Franz Kafka
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
– Franz Kafka
– Franz Kafka
Our foster pup is WIDE awake drinking water. And now, I'm wide awake listening.
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our foster pup is WIDE awake drinking water. And now, I'm wide awake listening.
Rather interesting article - and yes. Issues have been raised and ignored for at least 40 years. Take THAT, McDuffy. #faa
www.thetravel.com/us-air-traff...
www.thetravel.com/us-air-traff...
U.S. Air Traffic Controllers Reject FAA's $10K "Patriot Bonus" With A Stern Response And Unresolved Shutdown Complaints
Some air traffic controllers feel the FAA's attendance reward is "insulting" for very specific reasons that span decades.
www.thetravel.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Rather interesting article - and yes. Issues have been raised and ignored for at least 40 years. Take THAT, McDuffy. #faa
www.thetravel.com/us-air-traff...
www.thetravel.com/us-air-traff...
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Democrats scored big in school board races across Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio — flipping dozens of seats.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Democrats scored big in school board races across Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio — flipping dozens of seats.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
Perhaps our Governor should focus more on this - and less on inventing "terrorist" groups. #txlege
Texas received a grade of "D" in the annual report card on maternal and infant health outcomes from the national nonprofit March of Dimes.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Perhaps our Governor should focus more on this - and less on inventing "terrorist" groups. #txlege
Today was Day One with our new foster. I weighed him before we left - 100 lbs (Last puppy I adopted - 5 lbs)
Below, a pic from our car ride home: he eventually decided to sit on me. Yikes! After dinner, a show and several potty breaks, he sleeps. I think. #dogsofbluesky #mastiff #foster
Below, a pic from our car ride home: he eventually decided to sit on me. Yikes! After dinner, a show and several potty breaks, he sleeps. I think. #dogsofbluesky #mastiff #foster
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Today was Day One with our new foster. I weighed him before we left - 100 lbs (Last puppy I adopted - 5 lbs)
Below, a pic from our car ride home: he eventually decided to sit on me. Yikes! After dinner, a show and several potty breaks, he sleeps. I think. #dogsofbluesky #mastiff #foster
Below, a pic from our car ride home: he eventually decided to sit on me. Yikes! After dinner, a show and several potty breaks, he sleeps. I think. #dogsofbluesky #mastiff #foster
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My email tells me "Would you like a cup of coffee?" is leaving N*tfl*x on Dec 14, so if you're looking for a good actually low-key slice-of-life kdrama, this is your time! I was just thinking about rewatching it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My email tells me "Would you like a cup of coffee?" is leaving N*tfl*x on Dec 14, so if you're looking for a good actually low-key slice-of-life kdrama, this is your time! I was just thinking about rewatching it.
They really hate democracy don't they.
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
They really hate democracy don't they.
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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We took on the case of a couple who had been detained during their green card interview. This was a couple who had been married for decades and never spent a single night apart. After being detained, they were immediately separated and sent to 2 different detention centers.
Thousands and thousands of people are in this situation; giving up their cases and accepting deportation because they can't bear being in jail any longer.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
In many ways, that is a major point of detention.
Don Lupe shared that one detained man who volunteered to be deported due to unbearable conditions had to wait months.
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
“This is a business and it is all about money,” Don Lupe said. “There are a lot of things that are inhumane. It is more beneficial for [the business] for him to be in prison.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We took on the case of a couple who had been detained during their green card interview. This was a couple who had been married for decades and never spent a single night apart. After being detained, they were immediately separated and sent to 2 different detention centers.
Things "War on Terror" brought us:
Really REALLY bad graphics. Example ⬇️
Really REALLY bad graphics. Example ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Things "War on Terror" brought us:
Really REALLY bad graphics. Example ⬇️
Really REALLY bad graphics. Example ⬇️
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Revealing piece from Bruce Bartlett explaining how even back in the 1980s, the Heritage Foundation understood how to play the news media in ways other think tanks didn't:
brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
![Heritage also understood that time-pressed reporters were already adopting the horrid he-said/she-said style that plagues journalism today. If we got wind that some world-class Brookings scholar was due to release a book on, say, national health insurance that made an original contribution to knowledge in the field, someone at Heritage would quickly draft a short paper rehashing the same old talking points attacking national health insurance that had been around forever and release it the same day as the Brookings study. More often than not, we would get a story in the Washington Post the next day saying little more than this: “Today the Brookings Institution published a book, 3 tears in the making, advocating national health insurance, and the Heritage Foundation released a report on the same subject saying it would bankrupt the nation and lead to a deterioration in health quality.” Reporters never distinguished between the quality of one study and the shallowness of the other; they both got conflated and prevented the other side from getting traction on an issue.[vi] This method still works today.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiabn6zsn47fjy7fdtsz56sqyl22sg6werwfjmgi3f7tbemrfyucna@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Revealing piece from Bruce Bartlett explaining how even back in the 1980s, the Heritage Foundation understood how to play the news media in ways other think tanks didn't:
brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...
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The European usage of "American" in its foodstuffs is one of the delights of living here. American Sauce like nothing I've known in the USA; American Brownies, which are the dryest cake squares you can imagine; and American peanut flips, which are... like cheese puffs, but with peanut dusting.
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The European usage of "American" in its foodstuffs is one of the delights of living here. American Sauce like nothing I've known in the USA; American Brownies, which are the dryest cake squares you can imagine; and American peanut flips, which are... like cheese puffs, but with peanut dusting.
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The D/FW and Austin chapters of the Council On American-Islamic Relations or CAIR has sued to strike down Governor Abbott's inflammatory declaration that they are part of a terrorist organization. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com/article/texa...
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The D/FW and Austin chapters of the Council On American-Islamic Relations or CAIR has sued to strike down Governor Abbott's inflammatory declaration that they are part of a terrorist organization. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com/article/texa...