Brian Minsker
@bminsker.bsky.social
Astros fan, Deadhead, board gamer, geek, husband of Dr. Barbara Minsker, dog concierge to Buddy. Back in Texas (Dallas) after 40 years in the wilderness. Opinions are my own.
Three years ago, Greg Abbott set up a special court, the 15th Circuit, to hear appeals in cases involving the state and challenges to the constitutionality of Texas laws. It was specifically designed to circumvent the courts in liberal-leaning Austin. Last night, Dems swept all three judgeships.
THIS JUST IN: Democrats have FLIPPED the Texas State Board of Education! This is a monumental win for Texas students, families, and the entire education community in our great state. Congratulations to our incredible candidates!
Fuck off with this @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Sitting in your little NY blue bubble thinking this is just the pendulum swinging back to your side of the aisle. Those of us in TX, GA, and the like have had decades of GOP keeping the pendulum from swinging at all. We want to burn that to the ground
MS NOW@ms.now · 17h ago"The American people don't want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.
100%. Now is not the time for one-way honoring of norms. Now is the time to use the enemy's infrastructure for your logistics.
Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 19h agoGina Hinjosa call Abigail Spanberger and get some CIA advice on how to ruthlessly right size your Board of Trustees and Board of Regents at the UT system.
As I wake up, it is now clear that SCOTX has gone from 9-0 Republican to 5-4 Republican. The 15th Court of Appeals, a court created to channel appeals to a Republican court, is now 3 democrats. We have the first female chief justice in Texas history. It's as shocking as Hinojosa.
Every. Single. County. Overall, a 20.78 point shift from 2024. State-wide race margins of 500K to 1.1M votes. A Blue Texas in my lifetime.
Thanks to Ken Paxton the Cybertruck is now only the second dumbest failure Elon Musk has wasted hundreds of millions on.
Vikki Goodwin declaring victory in Texas Lt. Gov. race. Good riddance to Dan Patrick. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.
Every trans person I know in Texas is texting me about how they don't have to flee right now.
Gina Hinojosa: the first Democratic Governor of Texas in 36 years.
BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called Democrat Gina Hinojosa to concede the governor’s race, according to Hinojosa’s campaign. Hinojosa has defeated Abbott to become the next governor of Texas.
It’s not just Talarico beating Paxton. It’s Abbott losing. It’s Dan Patrick losing. It’s Mayes Middleton losing. It’s Bo French losing. It’s every single statewide race in Texas—including four (of the nine) seats on the Texas Supreme Court. Holy. Shit.
Polls have now closed in most of Texas in the high-stakes midterm election. Our election returns page is live. See results for Texas Senate, plus statewide and local races as they roll in here👉 ebx.sh/doP4Fy
Replace "lasting same-sex attraction" and "identifying as gay or lesbian" with left-handedness or being red haired, and tell me this isn't some massive bullshit.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Times publishing blatant homophobia then. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Happy November! This month Voyager 1 will become the first spacecraft to reach 1 light day from Earth. 🔭 #astro
"A.i." is for fraud and Microsoft is enabling it.
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago“As it stands, if people don’t like what they hear, they can simply turn something off; the system outlined by Microsoft describes an environment where people can instead adjust someone else’s speech to their personal taste.”
The laundry gods have cursed me for my hubris. The fitted sheet collected the flat sheet, 4 pillowcases, and 5 of 6 dryer balls in a tight wad of near-Gordian proportions.
Brian Minsker@bminsker.bsky.social · 2w agoI need to go buy a lottery ticket. I just pulled a fitted sheet out of the dryer and none of the dryer balls or pillowcases were stuck inside it.
Holy shit the Mexico City Dia De Los Muertos parade this year is stunning stuff www.instagram.com/popular/mexi...
We've got a board across the doorway to the front hall so Buddy can't greet the trick-or-treaters, and he is not happy about it. The guest bedroom is shut off too so he can't bark at them either.
