Travis County co-chair of The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law
Austin, TX
Joined August 2012
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The job prospects of philosophy postgrads have the subject of countless jokes for decades. Nobody's going into a philosophy graduate program of any sort thinking they're gonna get rich doing philosophy.
Unless they are sociopaths and go into medical ethics, of course.
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“In cinematography, the ‘Dutch Angle’ is often used to portray a character’s psychological unease and may represent madness or their unstable mental state.”
There are many things that suck about American politics, of course, but one of them is that I, in Texas, have to be aware that Haley Stevens exists at all.
The 6yo reads pretty well, but like all young readers, struggles with unfamiliar words with non-phonetic spellings, most of which came to English from French.
William's still wreaking havoc almost a full millennium later.
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A Maryland widow spoke out about her husband's death in ICE custody. Three days after the story ran, ICE dated a notice putting her in deportation proceedings. Reprehensible. adn.com/nation-world/2026/10…
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FINAL Auto-Pedestrian Fatality at 8000 N Ih 35 Sb (00:21). Reported pedestrian struck by a vehicle on the proper. #ATCEMSMedics have pronounced an adult patient deceased on scene. Expect #ATXTraffic closures in the area & use alternate routes. No other information available.
I've posted this somewhere on social media on Halloween for 20 straight years. youtu.be/BjMiDZIY1bM?is=RDGD…
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🚨NEW🚨We obtained nearly 200 pages of handwritten testimonies from men in ICE detention in Texas, denouncing allegations of abuse and conditions inside.
They include details of an aggressive ICE arrest, the beating of a man by private guards, substandard conditions, and labor “exploitation” inside.
The packet we reviewed also includes vivid drawings and songs:
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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To be clear, I intend to tell the full story of what happened here—one that is, first and foremost, about the terror inflicted on Umm al-Khair. What happened to @the_andrey_x, @AdeleShoko and me is secondary to the larger story. It will take a little time to put it all together, but it’s coming. And I will be naming names.
🚨 TODAY: Settler-terrorists attacked Andrey, Jasper and me. This video shows the assault.
Andrey was severely beaten and lost consciousness several times in front of police. Despite this, he was denied hospital treatment. He was put in an ambulance—but instead of being taken to hospital, he was taken to a police station.
He is still there, arrested and being denied medical care.
Jasper and I were also beaten. Jasper was then pepper-sprayed and arrested.
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.@the_andrey_x and I were charged with assault, along with five other offenses. After being kept up all night and interrogated for seven hours, we finally saw a judge. He watched the footage and concluded it was clearly a one-sided attack and that we were the victims. His response was to ban us from the West Bank for two months, let the police keep my phone, and bring no charges against the settlers he had just watched attack us.
Hi, I'm free.
Beat up but fine. Police stole my phone. Settlers punched me in the face several times, likely broke @AdeleShoko's wrist and gave @the_andrey_x a concussion. They threatened to shoot us with an assault rifle over and over.
Will tell the full story later, but for now, I just want to be clear about what happened. We witnessed two settlers locking a military gate in Umm al-Khair, blocking the only way to more than twenty Palestinian communities: trapping families inside, preventing students from reaching school and workers from their jobs, blocking delivery of food and access to ambulances, etc.
It's a crime that the military has this ability at all--but last night, we discovered that random settler terrorists also have the key. We confronted them and began asking questions on camera, and they nearly murdered us for it. When the police finally arrived, they arrested Andrey and me and charged us with assault.
The gate is still locked.
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The groundbreaking documentary by Lebanese journalist @radwanmortada about Israel’s pager attacks is now available for English speakers.
3 weeks after it was released, the Israelis looted and then blew up Radwan’s house.
Tomorrow pro-Israel fanatics will release a propaganda film in U.S. theaters about the criminal pager attacks.
Watch Radwan’s movie instead ⬇️
aljazeera360.com/video/10423…