Award-winning community college prof, writer, editor, historian of TX Jews and the Galveston Movement. Alte kaker in training.
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)
Recall that “you’re not allowed” doesn’t mean you will be jailed or sued or prohibited; it means that other people will exercise their First Amendment rights in response to yours, to express their views and defend their neighbors.
But that violates Free Speech Culture.
BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico:
“I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.
That’s why I'm supporting you.”
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I'm not sure if the best answer is expanding the court, anti-gerrymandering legislation, or a constitutional amendment requiring fair elections.
That's why I think we should do all three.
One Supreme Court session ends, another hurricane season begins.
It's like Amity Island electing a shark.
He says that as though it would be a bad thing.
“The current curriculum describes German Texans as farmers and immigrants but glosses over their history as radical freethinkers and secularists who helped to redefine our state.”
As an actual Texas abortion rights reporter (and lifelong Texan) I assure you this take is severely flawed. Not only does it underestimate the popularity of abortion rights, it reinforces the centrist fallacy of acquiescing to Republicans to gain power –– reality shows "compromises" do not work.
Today's debate is about AI, Zotero, and citations. I'll just say: probably my favorite part of @draftingthepast.bsky.social is when @katecarp.bsky.social talks to each author about how they work and they all say "my way is nuts, don't do it." What I've learned is everyone is nuts, so just do you.
