US/Austrian dual citizen who grew up in Austria, now living in Houston.
Houston, TX
Joined May 2018
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I sent this picture in to the city, asking them to reduce lane width by 1 ft each (from 12ft to 11ft) so that they could expand the sidewalk on the bridge from 2.5ft to 4.5ft. Response "most strollers will fit, widening sidewalk is not feasible". AADT is 8000.
I decided 4 months ago to leave all social media, signed out everywhere, because it was just too time consuming and exhausting and I wanted to be focused on my kids not find myself distracted all the time. It worked, I'm so much happier. Give it a try. Signing off again 😁
AustrianInHOU retweeted
ICE / CBP executed a man who was trying to help a woman in distress.
He was maced. He was assaulted. He was shot at about 14 times.
He never reached for his weapon.
He was a licensed CHL.
He was murdered by a federal agent.
AustrianInHOU retweeted
“Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd”
This @Suntimes photo.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
AustrianInHOU retweeted
If John Whitmire actually cared about “waste and duplication,” he’d stop wasting millions of taxpayer dollars tearing out working infrastructure…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
George Retas, U.S. Army Veteran and U.S. citizen detained by ICE for three days.
$1000 says no one gets a reprimand much less gets fired.
We are in an authoritarian state. Just because it isn’t happening to you or people who look like you doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Watch the interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=Fykx6Fsu…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
If he *actually* cared about waste and duplication then why is he making public works spend millions of taxpayer dollars to remove already built infrastructure?
AustrianInHOU retweeted
The first @HoustonChron editorial board endorsement of the 2025 election: Houston needs someone on City Council willing to stand up to the mayor
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
Once again, the government taking stakes in private companies to expand its control is closer to textbook socialism than anything we saw during the Biden administration. Would be nice if more of the GOP’s socialism hawks would say so.
Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
National conversation: The U.S. spends way more building transit than other nations and we need to figure out how to lower our costs and improve efficiency.
Houston conversation: The mayor is making the light rail stop at red lights and won't say why.
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
AustrianInHOU retweeted
Why is Mayor Whitmire breaking the one part of Metro that didn’t need fixing? | Editorial
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Once more an overgrown, unmaintained property finally receives a yellow notice from the city. OH WAIT: this lot is the @HouPublicWorks SW water treatment plant. The city of @HoustonTX is now issuing violation notices to itself. 😂😂😂 Can't wait to check if it is mowed by Oct 8.
AustrianInHOU retweeted
If this is how ICE will treat your elected officials in a hospital while being videotaped, imagine the brutal force they are using elsewhere when no one is watching. This is a blatant attack on due process and constitutional rights.
AustrianInHOU retweeted
Jackboot thugs.
We have entered an Anti-Constitutional police state.
You will be asked by your grandkids one day. What did you do? What side were you on?
These guys wouldn’t make the cut for any LEO. They’re Twitter warriors with Punisher tats and too many Yetis
AustrianInHOU retweeted
It’s with very good reason that we highlight the successful approaches of European cities whose enlightened drug policies have successfully reduced drug OD fatalities AND drug-related harms to public order.
👉 ALL OF THEM employ a ZERO TOLERANCE approach to drug-related public nuisances;
👉 ALL OF THEM employ police dispersing tactics — including custodial arrests and drug confiscation — to shut down open-air drug scenes; and
👉 80% OF THEM expel nonresidents for drug-related lawlessness. (3/5)
AustrianInHOU retweeted
Today we raced the Red Line. We moved through downtown, stopping at every red light, and still tied the train. Transit should always beat walking. Why change what's worked for 20+ years?
Sign our petition today + demand traffic signal priority: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
ALT Transit users crossing the Race the Red Line finish line.
ALT Close up of the Race the Red Line participant bib.
ALT Group photo of the transit riders who participated in the Race the Red Line event.
AustrianInHOU retweeted
In 18 years as an ER doc, I ask about immigration status about as often as I ask about insurance—which is never
My job is to respond to the person in front me, as if neither immigration or insurance matters
Because in that moment, neither of those things matter
So tell me, what do Americans want me to do when the person dying before me is undocumented? Let them die?
And what if they’re uninsured? Check that they’ve paid their monthly dues before I check their pulse?
We should stop making this an argument about providing emergency care to certain populations
And start asking how it reflects on us all if we’re truly willing to withhold care in those moments of emergency, just because of what a piece of paper might or might not say
AustrianInHOU retweeted
In this raid, they dragged naked children out of their homes and put them into U-Haul vans. And now they're bragging about it.
U.S. citizens had their doors smashed down and were forced into handcuffs and held outside for hours. Senior citizens held outside, their homes trashed.
This is what MetroNow could and should be. They could test this concept on the university line for a tiny fraction of the cost of what the full BRT build cost would have been. @METROHouston
