he is (For so I know he is, they know he is) A most arch-heretic, a pestilence That does infect the land
The state of public education in Texas hinges on the governor’s race and the stakes are so, so, high. I know so many teachers and parents holding on til the election results to decide to stay or not
The arrest — for using the word "shit" during a city hearing — took place more than a week after the fact. What is going on in Fort Worth?
A Fort Worth podcaster named EJ Carrion was arrested at 3am on Wednesday morning and charged with disrupting public proceedings because he said "shit" during a contentious Tarrant County legislature meeting: www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
Man arrested after profanity at last week’s Tarrant commissioners meeting
Efrin “EJ” Carrion was arrested early Wednesday morning for using profanity in his public comment a week ago.
star-telegram.com
So basic and yet so important, @plainy.bsky.social bringing us actual useful school advice alechecka.substack.com/p/dear-paren...
Dear Parents, These Two Things Would Really Help
Encourage your kid to sleep at night and eat lunch at lunch time
alechecka.substack.com
I didn't know anything about the Artemis II astronauts a week ago and now I would fight my way into Hell for any of them.
Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander
nytimes.com
Looking forward to ICE ending these long lines at TSA checkpoints the only way they know how -- dispersing tear gas and savagely assaulting anyone who's left
Isaac Newton discovers Pink Floyd's Dark Sude of the Moon (1660s)
If you want to go slightly insane about city bureaucracy this article is for you
The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · 8mo agoThe city promoted a modular restroom at Fort Washington Park Park as a prototype for quicker construction. But nearly four years later, the project remains stalled in bureaucratic red tape. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/16/p...
I hear this but it is an ongoing issue with people needing people to win only FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. A messy win is a win. An accidental win is a win. I get wanting people to understand, uh, grid investment and aggregate demand before they want the right thing. But why?
In retrospect it is deeply funny that ten minutes into the three hour wait I talked the dude in front of me into guest speaking at my school and by hour two I was sharing the relationship between Macbeth and Lord of the Rings with my line cohort
Ale Checka @plainy.bsky.social · 8mo agoYall. I voted in Fort Worth and it took just shy of three hours. For a primary!! By hour two, the R line was done, so for the last hour I waited it was just us Dems. Tiring but also convivial and nice being in community - the vibe in line was great
kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it
Hundreds of voters showed up at the wrong polling place after the Dallas County GOP forced both parties to abandon countywide vote centers in the March primary. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
Voter confusion plagues Texas primary in key county
Republicans’ decision to shake up polling locations led to mass confusion in the Texas primary election.
votebeat.org
Yall. I voted in Fort Worth and it took just shy of three hours. For a primary!! By hour two, the R line was done, so for the last hour I waited it was just us Dems. Tiring but also convivial and nice being in community - the vibe in line was great
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
