The Cyber Rodeo Wrangle from Far Left Texas

The stars at night
Are big and bright

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📷: @JoeTegtmeyer #Tesla #CyberRodeo pic.twitter.com/NsKbqG6YzN

— Tony Perez (@pereztony) April 7, 2022

#cyberrodeo #tesla Elon in his element @Tesla Austin Gigafactory opening party. pic.twitter.com/1atEsshWFI

— Vinny Lingham (@VinnyLingham) April 8, 2022

As I mentioned near the end of Tuesday's Climate Wrangle, whether America's foremost plutocrat and his latest Giga-venture is good for Texas and for the planet is to be judged at a later date.

Curious about the local impact of going electric? An #EV switch in Houston would save 3,000 lives and avoid 130,000 asthma attacks in the city alone. #txenergy #txlege https://t.co/x7azk3TfKi

— Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (@TxETRA_TX) March 31, 2022

Don't ever forget that it's always about the money, no matter how much they pile up.

And don't put COVID in your rearview mirror yet.

This New COVID Variant Is the Most Unpredictable One Yet. My comments/interview with ⁦@thedailybeast⁩ https://t.co/UO4wEjUB0q

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) April 4, 2022

I have too many social injustice posts, and I'm including some cops and Republicans behaving badly among them.

It wasn't enough for John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to vote against the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson; they -- along with nearly all of their fellow shitheels -- had to stage one last performance.

Ted Cruz and other Republicans walk out during applause for Ketanji Brown Jackson https://t.co/UzgXEFLGhN

— Laredo Morning Times (@lmtnews) April 7, 2022

Supreme Court politics is the pettiest.

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws, @AP reports

TX has the highest rate of women w/out prenatal care during their 1st trimester and ranks 2nd worst for the proportion of children in poverty who are uninsured. #txlege https://t.co/z6xygUgB6r

— Allie Morris 🌟 (@MorrisReports) April 7, 2022

Sister Helen Prejean’s message to Louisiana, Texas and other conservative states seeking to truly become pro-life: Ban executions. Don’t just pass abortion restrictions. #lalege #txlege #abortion #prolife #executions #deathpenalty https://t.co/746g6Xsz2O via @theadvertiser

— John Gravois (@Grav1) April 7, 2022

April 27 Execution Date: Melissa Lucio was condemned to die by a prosecutor running for office and used her to win. He is now in prison for extortion. .@innocence#SaveMelissaLucio#ClemencyNowhttps://t.co/jdr4e2DzJD

— Quaker | Join/Start Mutual Aid Grps | Cancel Debt (@QkrSocialist) April 7, 2022

More than a dozen protesters have sued Austin Police for use of the so-called less-lethal ammunition, which include either foam rounds fired from a 40 mm launcher or bags filled with lead pellets fired from shotguns. https://t.co/os3gno1bAd

— KUT Austin (@KUT) April 6, 2022

Good morning, #ICYMI, this is the full video of me getting the leaf blower treatment from the Spring Valley Mayor Pro-Tem. The town’s Police Chief, Loyd Evans, is on paid leave for self-approving $300K in OT since 2020.
Story 👉🏼👉🏼 https://t.co/xgqqtCwgHp

#abc13 Video 👇🏼👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/eFWoP1HAiu

— Miya Shay (@miyashay) April 7, 2022

The #WarOnDrugs impacts all of us. But we're often presented with myths about what it's for and who it affects. The facts: #NPHW #NPHW2022 #DrugPolicy pic.twitter.com/QrL7iCDTjj

— Texas Center for Justice and Equity (@TexasCJE) April 7, 2022

Fiesta’s nefarious history comes back to remind us to acknowledge how this festival, so saturated in Mexican iconography and color, got started. It was decidedly anti-Mexican, columnist Elaine Ayala writes. https://t.co/9TpViLTq78

— San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) April 7, 2022

Months ago, I started my research on San Antonio's history of redlining and racist policies that cut off the city's Latino and Black residents from opportunity & set generations into a cycle of poverty.

The result is a story that changed me. (🧵)https://t.co/Ni0irNCiz9

— Maddy Skye (@MaddySkye) April 7, 2022

#txlege wanted 10% of $ for state water plan projects to go to rural communities. But they've only gotten 0.17%.

Many rural areas don't apply due to lack of technical expertise, inability to take on large amounts of debt, and other barriers... https://t.co/miO82AhZyQ

— Erin Douglas (@erinmdouglas23) April 7, 2022

Last in this segment, from yesterday's TCEQ hearing regarding a permit for a small batch concrete plant in the Aldine neighborhood on Houston's north side (read the entire thread).

It's 10 p.m. and people are still cheering each other on as they oppose this concrete batch plant. No one has supported it. Alma Arteaga explained how the community has been looked down upon. "Come on," she said. "You can do better." She invited them to open a grocery store. pic.twitter.com/lyKeFw1UMd

— Emily Foxhall (@emfoxhall) April 8, 2022

Now close your laptop and put your phone in your pocket and go touch some grass.  You have Fiesta in San Antonio, the Art Car Parade in Houston, and a hundred thousand other things to enjoy offline this weekend, all across this big beautiful state. Don't start any fires.

A huge swath of Far West Texas has been formally designated as a “dark sky reserve,” a recognition of the long-running work of astronomers and others to protect the region’s nighttime skies from light pollution. | via @MarfaRadiohttps://t.co/VfeldzM8Ug

— KUT Austin (@KUT) April 7, 2022

More than a thousand years after Indigenous Texans began brewing yaupon, the tea—and its aggressive holly plant—is everywhere.https://t.co/Hp88ca8DRx

— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) April 2, 2022