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Bill Shirley

@bshirley.shirl.com
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Houstonian, cyclist, voter, board gamer, YIMBY urbanist, iOS dev, hypnagogic podcast listener. ♌︎ 🤘 bsky #23,719

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
Reminder: Hegseth's "no beardo" policy is just his not-so-subtle way to push out Black troops.
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If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid
Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 6h
crass "It's part of a broader effort by President Trump to buy continued Republican control of the House and Senate via promises of direct government payments to voters." Trump administration begins mailing $500 Affordable Care Act “refund” checks - CNBC buff.ly/9kWRwuu
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Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who benefits — CNBC
The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance, and right before the midterm elections.
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 9h
Texas voters after comparing Greg Abbott's positions on affordability, education, data centers, Flock cameras, ICE, Big Bend, and about 100 other things to Gina Hinojosa's
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 30/09/2026
good job, Bing #microsloth
Bing knows the Astros lost today, and the series record is at 0-1,

but 🎶 the sun’ll come out, tomorrow 🎶 and the series will be even again at 0-0
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 29/09/2026
why is Altman on my TV-at-work-CNBC?
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump: Russian asset or Chinese asset?
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 26/09/2026
#hookem called it
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NakedPastor @nakedpastor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If your religion doesn't make you more kind, what good is it?
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 26/09/2026
UTSA-Colorado State is exactly the kind of "defense optional, kickoff coverage also optional" slopfest that great nations are built upon
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 26/09/2026
I feel a disturbance in the force. It’s showing up in the ABC audio channel. 🍊 Palpatine is in the house. #hookem
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 26/09/2026
the only listing i see for Houston is in The Woodlands i won’t break my 2 decade boycott of Montgomery County
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 25/09/2026
I've seen the red-vented bulbul over a dozen times in my yard over the years, but i've never got a good picture (dark birds, and it's typically evening). This is no the case for other people in my neighborhood.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 25/09/2026
you're recurring reminder that Elon is a White Nationalist buff.ly/tiThzSR
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Tesla goes to trial over racism claims against Black workers at 'plantation'
California's civil rights agency takes Tesla to trial over claims Black workers at its Fremont plant faced slurs, a 'plantation' label, and lower pay.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
Do I want… * iPhone 18 Pro, or * iPhone Duo, or * Snapmaker U1 (and a battery puck for my iPhone 15 Pro) … welcome to my First-World-Problems GoFundMe
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
shut up, Elon buff.ly/aiztajX
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Musk pitches 200-mph Austin-San Antonio ‘Hyperloop’ tunnel, again
Elon Musk says the Boring Company will build a 200-mph hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio. He's made versions of this promise for a decade.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
hear me now and believe me later, Trump's Folly will be the cause of global recession buff.ly/iKsKBRl
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As diesel hits $10/gal., rumors swirl that stations are running out
Last week, a number of diesel stations in California appeared on social media with the prices pinned at 9.99 –...
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
“November’s midterms present Americans with big decision over country’s future,” Fox News’ chyron claims, main graphic adding “Trump’s top accomplishments [include] restoring nine military bases to [previous Confederate] names and updating dietary guidelines.” is it? a big decision?
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
Slate’s Jim Newell says “Beto O’Rourke lost by a modest 2.6 points, the closest a Democrat has come to winning a Senate or governor’s race in Texas in modern memory.” it’s official: my memory is ancient
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 24/09/2026
get Trump and his lickspittle Texas supporters out of Big Bend buff.ly/ejTWSFY
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Lawsuit filed over land takings for Big Bend wall | Off the Kuff
This one by homeowners.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 23/09/2026
Fine example of how the american auto market is failing americans… buff.ly/OdTicKN
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BYD upgrades top-selling small electric SUV with more range, now starting at about $11,000
BYD introduced the upgraded Yuan Up, sold overseas as the Atto 2, with more range and a lower starting price....
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 23/09/2026
five days: “The APY on your Savings account has changed from 3.40% to 3.50% on September 23, 2026.”
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 23/09/2026
Tesla's (car-shaped) robots continue their killing spree. buff.ly/uwCW2Ks
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Tesla's record month: 4 fatal Autopilot and Full Self-Driving crashes
July 2026 set a record for Tesla driver-assist crashes: 236, including 4 fatal ones the public never connected to Autopilot or FSD.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 23/09/2026
Tesla thinks it can do self-driving. It can't do self-navigation, though. buff.ly/3OdaMxC
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Tesla Cybercab turns 10-minute Austin trip into 70-minute detour
A Tesla Cybercab rider in Austin says a 10-minute trip to the Domain became a 70-minute detour because the robotaxi still can't use highways.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 19/09/2026
You aren’t getting pardons; he wants you buried in the tomb with him.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 19/09/2026
The president has regressed to lacking object permanence. He hasn’t been sleeping, he’s been closing his eyes to hide. 🙈 Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House - The Washington Post buff.ly/hSIq4OB
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Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House — The Washington Post
The president has a history of feuding with news organizations and has at times tried to ban them and their journalists.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 19/09/2026
Extropians 🙄
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 18/09/2026
the federal loan rate went up 1/4%, how long till the Apple Card Savings account goes up?
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 18/09/2026
“give us another chance, or give us another few years to continue working on the amazing things that we’ve been doing…” -VP JD [like destroying the economy here and abroad, extending the white nationalist agenda, and supporting all Trump-Family grifts] President isn’t his title, Don is
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The tsunami is heading east. For years, Saskatchewan has not changed the clocks. Half is on standard time, half is on daylight savings time Now BC Alberta and Manitoba have committed to year-round daylight savings time. Ontario, the ball was in your court.
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Manitoba adopts permanent daylight time after survey suggested overwhelming opposition to clock changes | CBC News
Manitobans no longer need to remember to spring forward or fall back one hour on their clocks, after the province said Thursday it will adopt permanent daylight time.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 17/09/2026
waking up to a vomiting dog and a lack of balance due to a visitation by carbon monoxide leads to a coda on my vacation of whirs and beeps and moans while vitals taken every four hours, and a blood draw at 3am time-clocks my night
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Speeding doesn't actually save you meaningful time. All it really accomplishes is aggressively increasing the chances that you kill yourself or someone else outside your vehicle. It's a mathematically flawed, entirely selfish risk.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 16/09/2026
The chimeras of fall have arrived. Get in my mouth pumpkin snickerdoodle muffin.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 15/09/2026
Netflix got early access to the iPhone Duo and showed they have competent iOS devs. So, when will they let those devs make their Apple TV app work in the ecosystem like much smaller companies have been doing for years? No Netflix shows in the Apple TV queue still.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 15/09/2026
Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman to fly in space, on August 19, 1982, aboard Soyuz T-7. She flew nearly 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, in 1963.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 15/09/2026
Crook's gonna crook. And we don't need him as our Senator! buff.ly/ZHzi0os
offthekuff.com
Of course Paxton is fudging his financial disclosure report | Off the Kuff
This is who he is.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 14/09/2026
“And Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chips juggernaut Nvidia, said the new round of fear was ginned up by the cybersecurity industry.” -NYT Huang will end up being one of those at fault in our history books, if we have them.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 14/09/2026
One of the many small wins. "So everyone is trying to get off coal, for good reason. And when I say “everyone,” I mean everyone – even the owners of the plants subject to these orders have made filings opposing the orders." buff.ly/MX1ESaP
electrek.co
Court blocks Trump from forcing open a dead coal plant that no one wants open
The Department of Energy has wasted over half a billion dollars keeping retiring plants open when they're not even producing electricity.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 14/09/2026
buff.ly/oE411fh "It’s like they just don’t give a crap." The Fifth Circuit doesn't give a crap. They're ideologues and bigots.
offthekuff.com
Fifth Circuit again rejects DREAM Act intervention effort | Off the Kuff
It’s like they just don’t give a crap.
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Texans, you get the privilege of enthusiastically voting against ghouls like this in November Don't fuck it up. Send a message to the taintlords
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 13/09/2026
I was pissed off, but i was never downtrodden. 🤘 🏈 Texas v Ohio State (i was a little relieved, if confused, when i got exposed to the offensive Ohio political ads instead of the offensive Texas political adds.)
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/09/2026
An Iranian friend told me about their sorrow when American bombs fell on their universities. But then, my friend explained, they looked at what was happening to US universities—and realized they got off easy by comparison.
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No13Seed Jim 🤘 @hornintheozarks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ted Cruz showed up to "support" the Texas Longhorns. It appears is curse has been maintained.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 12/09/2026
Texas Republicans are the party of A.I. slop. buff.ly/7hlOVpT
offthekuff.com
Republicans go all in on AI slop ads | Off the Kuff
I have three things to say about this.
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 12/09/2026
President Bush: "acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith" meanwhile President Trump stokes hatred of Muslims and many others "This year, however, the hate feels louder than it has ever been, more entitled and more brazen." buff.ly/Qi6HP7p
inthesetimes.com
9/11/2001: I Was a Freshman in Alabama, I Wore a Hijab
Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, Gowayed writes that "the hate feels louder than it has ever been, more entitled and more brazen. I’m terrified of what the coming decades will bring."
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
All y'all who take the MoPac toll lane today will get a $5000 check! Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 11/09/2026
@mattlanza.bsky.social i’m having massive breathing issues in galveston, with sneezing and coughing. the air quality information left me wanting more details (and said it was “good”) do you have any more detail?
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 11/09/2026
“Republican midterm convention provides Vance center stage moment as party faces midterm risks” -AP headline yet another bus for JD to throw himself under (because being a human is hard for him)
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 10/09/2026
I commute, grocery shop, and visit friends' places on my cargo e-bike… buff.ly/vuaMU8f
electrek.co
This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car
I’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of...
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Bill Shirley @bshirley.shirl.com · 10/09/2026
"the EVs that the US auto industry [makes] are overly large, overly expensive, and generally retrofit onto gas-vehicle designs that don’t properly leverage the advantages of EV powertrain packaging" buff.ly/Y4hcfLB
electrek.co
Alliance for Automotive Innovation begs Congress to stop automotive innovation
The main US auto lobby group begged Congress to ban more-advanced Chinese EVs as it desperately seeks to keep milking America with trash cars.
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