Dr. Glasses

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Significant street flooding near the TMC on Main & Fannin. Traffic circle has standing water. Stay safe #houston #Beryl

Just had an interesting phone convo with Kristin Hook - D running against Chip Roy in TX 21. Not my district, but I’m curious if there’s any polling data on the likelihood of flipping that seat. My guess is highly unlikely. Any insights @kleinman.bsky.social?

Houston’s anti-anything but cars mayor, John Whitmire is doing his best to hide a report showing the clear success of the 11th street road diet/bike lane project. www.axios.com/local/housto...

City of Houston draft report touts 11th Street's successwww.axios.com The project has drawn skepticism from Mayor John Whitmire.

The dream

"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution."

What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics visitors to Paris will get a lookwww.nbcnews.com Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.

Sipping a martini, listening to Sufjan, and ruthlessly marking up an article I’m reviewing for a journal.

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A Democratic lawmaker in Texas voted for legislation targeting LGBTQ people. She just lost her re-election race overwhelmingly in a Dem primary. The winner, Lauren Ashley Simmons, is LGBTQ herself, and a labor organizer. t.co/ZX0mWK3xuv

Lauren Ashley Simmons declares victory over Texas Rep. Shawn Thierry,…t.co The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a test of whether Democratic lawmakers who do not fully support LGBTQ+ causes can remain in good standing with their own party’s voters.

Finally got out to the beer garden @blueheronfarm.bsky.social to meet Jeremy.

It’s been about a year with my Mustang Mach-e and I could never go back.

we're one month into this hyundai ioniq 5 and it is...incredible? it's comfortable, it drives and handles like a dream, the range is as promised (and honestly a little more), and the interior on the mid-range trim is very nice. also there's a ton of trunk space. i have, thus far, no complaints.

Shout out to Tiny Champions for serving up college nostalgia along with our pizza tonight. Portishead’s Dummy (whole album) followed up by Jeff Buckley.

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All this private equity talk on the timeline makes me want to remind everyone that Bob's Red Mill and King Arthur's Flour are employee owned.

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This is why hockey is my favorite sport

"The World is Ending," from the new Phosphorescent record is definitely going to be played in a pivotal scene in season 3 of The Bear.

Made this in advance for dinner tomorrow. Taking a lot of effort not to devour it all tonight. The smoky ham and chicken stock brings it to a new level. www.ansonmills.com/recipes/454

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Israeli doctor says detained Palestinians are undergoing ‘routine’ amputations for handcuff injuries

Israeli doctor says detained Palestinians are undergoing ‘routine’ amputations for handcuff injuries, Haaretz reports | CNNwww.cnn.com A doctor at a field hospital for detained Gazans at Israel’s Sde Teiman army base has described “deplorable conditions” and “routine” amputations due to handcuff injuries, according to an exclusive re...

post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or Alice In Chains

post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains

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“This is not a normal war. The war in Ukraine has killed 500 kids in two years and the war in Gaza has killed over 10,000 in less than five months. We have seen wars before but this is something that is a dark stain on our shared humanity.”

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gazawww.theguardian.com IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive

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Evidently “nuke them all” from a congressman is a metaphor but “river to the sea” from college students is a plan for genocide. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Michigan GOP Congressman Suggests Using Nuclear Strikes Like ‘Hiroshima’ in Gazawww.rollingstone.com Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) suggested during a town hall meeting on Monday that nuclear strikes should be used to end the Israel-Hamas war.

John Whitmire sucks so bad.

Reports confirmed that Houston Public Works put a temporary pause on projects that would reduce vehicle lanes and add bike lanes www.chron.com/news/houston...

Is Houston's 11th Street remodel next on mayor's chopping block?www.chron.com The $2.4 million redesign of a Houston Heights street might be the next reversed infrastructure project in Whitmire's administration.

Got in late from Mexico City & of course dinner was at Hughie’s. Not even close to the best Vietnamese in Houston but it’s close & fast & has a crazy selection of craft beer. As the 11 year old said, “Hughie’s is our checkdown.”

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Took a bigger than expected hit this year so if you're in a better financial spot and want to chip in here's a one day only 40% off subscription for a year of Hell World :) www.welcometohellworld.com/money-for-bo...

Just paid my taxes 😔. Love chipping in for the eternal death machine.

Welcome to Hell Worldwww.welcometohellworld.com

An Americano in CDMX

The new Eric Bachmann live recording is amazing.

Aw. My friends really do know me.

Same. Hearing a “progressive” friend who posts daily supporting Biden tell me he didn’t have sympathy for Palestinians and that they were all part of a “sick culture” broke me this weekend.

Despite my cynical nature and the types of things I write about, I have always thought people are generally good on balance. You sort of have to think that to keep going. I don't think I do anymore though.

Maybe not the most traditional pairing, but I’ll take it. Spanish vermouth & soda with HEB cheeseburger chips.

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“We heard Shifa’s only nephrologist, Dr Hammam Alloh, when he said to an American interviewer “we are being exterminated”, shortly before he was killed along with much of his family.” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

We started a group chat to help fellow doctors in Gaza. Then it went quietwww.theguardian.com Chat became a lifeline for a doctor fighting to save his patients injured by Israeli attacks near and against the hospital itself