Simon
@simontrose.bsky.social
Living the dream in Montrose. Mostly Houston stuff, bike commuting, energy, bad takes. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
A Democrat wasn’t supposed to win this gerrymandered district. But Leticia Gutierrez could — and should. | Endorsement www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Republicans gerrymandered CD-9. But Democrat Leticia Gutierrez should win it.
Gutierrez grew up in this area and stayed. Alex Mealer has been living in the Heights.
houstonchronicle.com
So, lets see what this object is after all these years...place your bets :) (for the uninitiated, one camp thinks it's an Lockheed Electra, yes THAT L-10 Electra of a certain Mrs. Earhart, others think not so much..) Source: www.archaeologychannel.org/taraia/ More: heritagetac.org/programs/tar...
Austin ISD would need 50% of parents at two middle schools to sign a petition to prevent a state takeover. Parents representing just 11% of Burnet students and 2% of Webb students had signed as of Friday. The signature deadline is Oct. 15. austincurrent.org/2026/10/09/a...
Austin PTAs back Burnet, Webb closure petitions
Organizers of the petition must climb from 11% support at Burnet and 2% at Webb to more than 50% by Oct. 15.
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A pumptrack by the beach in Galveston would be a great enhancement. Maybe that would push Houston to build its first pumptrack? www.galvnews.com/opinion/edit...
Galveston's pump track proposal deserves traction
Galveston needs to get pumping on a pump track along Seawall Boulevard.
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Here are my notes for the Houston city council meeting on October 7, in which the mayor overrode the controller to use drainage funds for car washes. emilytakesnotes.com/2026/10/08/o...
Houston City Council Meeting notes for October 7, 2026
Notes on the Houston City Council Meeting on October 7, 2026, including a new anti-homelessness initiative and the mayor overriding the controller
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Instead of sending me 10 mailers, you could send me one saying you donated $5 to charity instead of sending me 9 more mailers.
Darth Maul now narrates USCSB videos 😅 Sam Witwer has taken over from Sheldon Smith as the latter retires from voice acting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiQ...
Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky
YouTube video by USCSB
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Surface parking is an untapped gold mine of value, especially city-owned lots. Here’s the surface parking acreage within Houston city limits. Some of the city’s most valuable land is parking lots generating little property tax and near-zero sales tax. Your taxes subsidize those lots downtown.
Hey Houston if you haven't seen them yet, the huge alebrije sculptures at Discovery Green are amazing.
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Texas school takeovers: Share your experiences and questions
We’re examining how state takeovers affect Texas students, families and educators. Share your experiences or questions to help guide our reporting.
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„[Musk] admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project and to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
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TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · last mo.Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio
At some point it becomes obvious that Carney is posting endless “hanging with my bros” world leader editionto make T angry.
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · last mo.Our history makes us friends. Our values make us Allies. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon makes us neighbours. 🇨🇦🇫🇷
When Blue Bell's ice cream killed ppl they concealed the fact and kept selling their product. After that episode, IMO it's journalistic malpractice to keep promoting their every new product like some fun news story w/o ever mentioning it. To me, they've lost all benefit of the doubt.
Fans have been begging for this Blue Bell flavor. It's back.
It pays homage to a treat that was discontinued in 2015.
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We are hiring for two Fall paid internships at 15 hours a week helping with research & education on the problem of traffic crashes in Texas and possible solutions. One position will focus on data & GIS & the other will focus on policy analysis & communications. farmandcity.org/2026/09/17/f...
Farm&City is hiring two Fall 2026 interns – Farm&City
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Thanks to Whole Foods weekly cheese selloff, I enjoyed Cowgirl Creamery Mt Tam for the first time. I thought I was eating butter and Google informed me I am…
Here are my notes for the Houston city council meeting on September 16, 2026. Highlights include an update on the HISD takeover of Grimes Park and budget woes at the parks department. emilytakesnotes.com/2026/09/10/s...
Houston City Council Meeting Notes: September 9, 2026
Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on September 9, 2026, including public comment, council member comments, and spending.
emilytakesnotes.com
Good thing tariffs can’t stop the flow of Canadian Indie music. New Land of Talk coming this year… youtu.be/C7C8o0weAeU
Land of Talk - 4:44 [Official Video]
YouTube video by Saddle Creek
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I bet the Kennedy Center could fix their financial woes by letting this guy do a residency. youtu.be/FcUeQW3tSq0
Stephen Colbert on the Emmys, His Wife Hating His Beard & Gifting Jimmy His Captain America Shield
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Facts worth repeating: It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S. publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...
Counting up the costs of coal
Regular readers know that WVU’s Dr. Michael Hendryx has done work on that issue (subscription required), reporting that:
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu
Ummm... how did this car get onto the I90 multi use path? Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
