NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.

Governor Abbott's top campaign consultant is seeking photos of his opponent, Gina Hinojosa, from when she was a teenager in high school - a minor. This is so gross and creepy. Get Abbott out. Vote for @ginafortexas.bsky.social for Governor. She would NEVER seek underage photos of someone. #txlege

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS: “You must follow what my God said.” REST OF AMERICA: “You first.”

Monday breakfast with all seven of the Eastside Orangeys. Start your week off with tails up

Bug’s eye view

Only insofar as the wealth gap in our country has reached satirical levels, producing a daily dystopian reality that provides 30rock style absurdist cut aways on the hour.

Trump is underwater on every major issue:

I’m firmly in favor of each and every one of these guys coming face to face with the public and realizing in real time that they’re unlikable, antisocial goons

Two generations. Same conclusion. Whether you say “book bans undermine critical thinking” or “book bans are giving dystopian nightmare,” the truth is the same: restricting access to books hurts everyone. The freedom to read matters at every age. #FreedomToRead #BookBans #RightToRead

D+11 on a generic ballot probably looks something like 40 seats gained in the House - IF we don’t get complacent. Have you registered to vote yet? Have you double checked to make sure you’re still registered? Do you have any documentation you need to vote? Start planning now.

Greg Abbott is not a king. He doesn’t get to choose who represents Texans: the people do. Today, the Supreme Court of Texas rejected Governor Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s attempt to remove me from office for breaking quorum. #txlege

Attorney General Ken Paxton might need to go back to school. June 1st =/= December 1st. He doesn’t get to change the law if he disagrees with it 🤷🏽‍♀️ SB 8 is clear; the statutory deadline is December 1st. #txlege

America, I'd like for us to make it through an entire year without any Members of Congress going missing. I don't think this is asking a lot.

"Oh no, my dragon hatched while I was away!" You're looking at a crater agate from Argentina, described as "Red Fox agate" or Orellanite. Let's learn something about these amazing earth-dragon eggs & how they form. But first... (📷: The Mineral Collective FB)

Rep. Tom Kean, R-N.J., hasn't voted in the House since March 5. He's expecting to miss another week of work. His office won't say why, expect that it's a "personal health matter." He's running for re-election in one of the most competitive districts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN. Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING RIDESHARE

It’s always hilarious when people who couldn’t make a salad opine about how nobody could eat without their divine presence.

Governor Abbott is using executive power to threaten to defund Grand Prairie unless they cancel a private Muslim community event. He has never previously threatened to cut funding to cities that allow private religious events of any other faith. #txlege

"Compliant." That's how a Texas superintendent described students. And it revealed everything about what this system values. Public schools exist to build thinkers, not followers. Keep asking questions. 👇 youtu.be/3Thi0EA2MlM #TexasEducation #TXlege #PublicSchools

Brought this issue directly to our decision-makers today. #Nurdles leak from plastic manufacturing facilities and pollute our ecosystems, threatening wildlife and human health. #Texas still lacks regulations to control this kind of #Pollution. We need to change that. #TxLege #WaterPolicy #TxWater

I’ve fought my whole life to protect working Texans - as Governor I’ll continue to do just that.

Welcome to Texas, Mr. President.

I always love getting tacos with friends, but today was really something special.

More than 29 million gallons of unbilled water flowed to Quality Technology Services’ data center campus under development in Fayetteville, Georgia, after two industrial-scale hookups went unaccounted for. ground.news/article/data...

🌱 #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport Behold: the 1st Iris I've ever grown (for myself, I've planted some in my mum's garden years ago). This is "Autumn Encore" and I love it. All literature says you can't grow Irises in containers. Turns out, you can - if the container is wide and deep enough.

I followed some bees around my garden for a while today. 🐝 🌺 🌱 #NativePlants

One of the lovely lady Northern Cardinals at the local park. She is not as bold as the Queen of the Boardwalk but she will come quite close to the nature trail.

Fla. voters passed a self-executing constitutional amendment in 2018 ending felon disenfranchisement — but the GOP just ignored the self-executing language & nullified it. You'd almost question, given this ignoring of duly enacted constitutional changes, whether Fla. has a republican form of gov't.

Trans rights are human rights and this administration is an abomination of hate and greed.

He’s not a good president nor was he a good builder

Occasionally, he truth blurts.

#txlege (he's still TXAG so ...)

Name a song with girl in the title but replace with squirrel: Lonely Squirrel California Squirrels Don't Go Squirrel

We're on 90min of a lot of rain! Flash flood warning until midnight for northeastern Bell County. #txwx #centexwx

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Then maybe, ya know, stop acting like villains. #idea

There's a Greg Abbott post about teacher appreciation week (from a photo from 2015) that got promoted to me and all the comments are public school teachers ripping into him. Anyway I appreciate our great public school teachers ❤️ 📝 ✏️ 🍎 🏫 🚌 🎒 📚 🚸 📔 🎓

Everything Brett says here! (spoiler: it's 100% about doing this in community)

8 years ago today, Trump ripped apart the Iran nuclear deal. Now look where we are.

MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.

Everyone should read this today. Another heartbreakingly beautiful piece. ❤️

When I can still remember getting heckled for understanding and appreciating Math & Sciences, the whiplash effect of AI on any progress is frustrating. And depressing.

Kids should be learning that AI output isn’t trustworthy, where it really comes from, and how it’s disrupting our ability to tell what’s real. They shouldn’t be learning that AI will make them more efficient or do their work for them because it can’t. That would be propaganda, not education

Dog owners: oh I prepped for months to adopt! Cat owners: I found him in the trash

for those who need an uplift today 🕷️ via @heymrsbond.com (did I go out and get silly string immediately after with full intention of bringing this poem into my classroom? yes.)

Abandoning workers (displaced or other) for AI seems bad. Yes, I read the article - doesn't help.

New hat #gardening #nativeplants 🌱