The silence of many Houston officials on the redistricting scheme, an assault on the voting rights of the people they represent, speaks volumes

convinced the local obsession with this empty slogan is a symptom of carbrain/too much time stuck in traffic

anyone know what happened with this? why is dasean jones not on the may 3 ballot? www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/ele...

some highlights from houston hands off

remember when the nyt website was a bunch of headlines and when you clicked on a headline it took you to an article? I miss that

Not just Houston, but like, downtown Houston and some of the blackest neighborhoods in the city.

can we please stop holding protests at city hall on a weekend or holiday? one of the reasons the immigration protest two months ago was so powerful was that it met houstonians where they are: on the freeway, at restaurants and in hermann park

DINO Mayor John Whitmire will take time to listen to Republican donors but not his own constituents, who he labels “paid activists” when they don’t agree with him. I don’t think a recall effort is the perfect solution but I do think it might remind him who he works for: recallhouston.org

If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

shameful

AND HOUSTON WAS THERE

Every Dem should be doing this right now. What we’re experiencing now is that political capital is for. If you can’t burn your political capital when the opposition is trying to destroy everything that upholds a liberal democracy, what are you waiting for?

mayor whitmire and metro board chair brock (his appointee) quoted two days apart in the chronicle about the need for getting homeless people on to transit and keeping them off of it. so which is it @cityofhouston.bsky.social?

east montrose has a coffee shop again (a good one at that) 🤠 go support little dreamers during their soft launch

this beautiful idiot is 7 today 🦗🩷

it’s not just about montrose boulevard. it’s about a community being denied its democratic representation. if he can do this to montrose, he can do it to your neighborhood.

If you care about building a safer and more beautiful corridor to Buffalo Bayou, tomorrow is your last chance to demand the Montrose TIRZ Board vote NO on the city’s dangerous redesign of the Montrose Blvd Improvement Project. 6:30p at the Havens Center or on Zoom montrosehtx.org/meeting/febr...

me daring the cars to run me over when stepping onto a crosswalk

let’s not forget that sam houston would have HATED this

what a beautiful day in houston, texas

no one tells you how much other people’s trash you will touch when you become a parent

“Oh, that’s what that was for” - the American public over the next few weeks

the irony of “gulf of america” is that in spanish “américa” refers to the continent, so if anything the new name is more inclusive.

when someone’s fb profile photo is from 1975 you know they’re about to invite you to sign their minimum lot size petition

rip marvin zindler you would have loved rats in the marijuana

tonight! come feel some hope again.

We want a Montrose Blvd that’s safer to walk, roll, and drive. Join tonight on Zoom or in person to demand a shared use path and no lane widening montrosehtx.org/meeting/dece...

moms in my normally apolitical neighborhood moms fb group are all commiserating about wanting more kids but being afraid of getting pregnant again in texas. these “pro-life” policies are not only hurting those already pregnant, they’re discouraging eager couples from even trying.

been thinking a lot about (clinging to) these words from @annagalland.bsky.social from her interview with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. yes things are bad and we should prepare for more bad things, but it would be foolish to assume we know where we’re heading.

I'm really excited to share some news about our @propublica.org @texastribune.org collaboration!! In the new year, we will be launching a new initiative to work with five newsrooms in the state to cover an issue of importance to Texans.

To create the future we envision for Texas, it’s going to take work in and outside the Capitol. I am so excited to announce the launch of something big tomorrow. Let’s get ready to organize, y’all.

love stumbling upon houston deco. how did I go so long without knowing the clarke & courts building on w clay? (annoyingly rebranded “tribeca lofts” by some developer)

5 dollars to the first reporter to start asking whitmire about this. Any pressure from city council?

new montrose library looking good 🌞 opening dec. 14

buy a radio for emergency info when power/internet go out. get involved with the community and help each other. subscribe to local news so you know what is happening where you live. keep your favorite stuff high up when a storm is coming. and please remember to vote ❤️

my corner of montrose is getting both a new library and coffee shop in the weeks to come. throw in a shared use path on montrose blvd and the anti-car activists’ disgusting vision for the neighborhood will be complete 🥲

would love a count at the top of starter packs so I know what I’m getting into

having experienced the 2016 election in dc, it’s been surreal to be in houston this past week where the vibe feels largely indifferent (and in some cases jubilant). on repeat in my head is “meu caro amigo” by chico buarque, written in 1976 under brazil’s military dictatorship 🧵

the majority of montrose residents want safer, more walkable streets. see letters here from parents, organizers, an architect, and other neighbors being ignored by the montrose TIRZ in favor of whitmire’s dangerous redesign. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

tomorrow texas lawmakers begin filing bills for the upcoming legislative session that kicks off in january. we'll start to see what's next for texas. bluesky #txlege nerds unite

I recently discovered the playground the cool parents hang at and now can’t stop dragging my son there to recruit people to speak at TIRZ meetings and I think I’m starting to get an idea of the kind of parent I’m going to be