Reposted by ETX GovMicah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026never seen a more "why should I change, he's the one who sucks" court filing in my entire life 1142647 426
Reposted by ETX GovAlex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/10/2026I have now moved from 0% op to 90% chance there's at least some sort of government involvement here 2765 76
Reposted by ETX GovMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/10/2026"At what point does gun violence personally affect every single American?" writes John Kelly, a parent of an Annunciation School student.bit.lyOpinion | As an Annunciation parent, the school shooting in Oregon feels painfully familiarAt what point does gun violence personally affect every single American? 25314 53
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026"Cool guys who don't look at explosions but may have been involved " 010 1
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Was gonna say they just added you to a list, but I think they probably already had you on it. 120 2
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026This week went by fast. I guess painting every night will do that. Moving in this weekend. 5 YO and wife start skating lessons. And 4 YO gets his tonsils out on Monday. Poor thing. But this will hopefully make a big difference in his regular bouts of strep, some of which set off the seizures. 150 5
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026You really see it in the main discourses of the day. It's all folks at each other throats instead of goofier stuff like it largely was over the summer. Can't figure out what's changed though, the news seems to be improving for us tbh 220 2
Reposted by ETX GovCarrie 💙🐾💜 @stemgal.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Bexar, Hays, Travis & Williamson are among the counties now trying to process registrations before early voting begins Monday. BTW our SoS is appointed by the Governor. 075 7
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026It's kind of amazing there isn't a Bob Ross museum somewhere. Or at least a Bob Ross room at a museum. 130 3
Reposted by ETX GovJonathan Rigsby @ridetrips.bsky.social · 16/10/2026A bunch of the original Bob Ross paintings were up for auction recently. I would have bought them and donated them to a museum for display to the public. 4373 37
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026In HS I wanted to redo a truck for my first car, bought an F100. Never got it particularly roadworthy, but a few years ago my parents sold it back to the guy I bought it from because he finally had a good enough job and time to restore it. I'd probably buy that back. And my grandpa's truck too. 120 2
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/202625 mil I will not have a regular job and could learn. But then I'd probably also have other hobbies. 110 1
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Oooh, I know. One of these and similarly aged truck to pull it. 271 7
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Idk, any suggestions @slamastack.bsky.social? I need expert advice. 200 2
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026We should raise 30k and see if it changes someone's life. I'd hate to voluntold anyone else for a public experiment like this so I will be the first guinea pig to see if 30k can change my life. 040 4
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Oh no! parade.com/news/fifa-pe...parade.comFIFA Peace Prize Could Be Scrapped After Donald Trump ControversyFIFA is reviewing its Peace Prize after Donald Trump received the inaugural award, with officials weighing whether to scrap it or introduce stricter rules. 060 6
Reposted by ETX GovDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 16/10/2026This story is becoming the Spiderman pointing meme if every version of Spiderman was somehow the equal-first worst person in the world. 430456 304
Reposted by ETX GovNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I think the real finding from surveys like this is that a lot of self-pitying rich people don't know what "paycheck to paycheck" means. If you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on voluntary expenditures like prep school tuition, you don't count. finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...finance.yahoo.comMore than a third of Americans earning over $500,000 say they’re living paycheck to paycheck, Goldman Sachs findsNearly half of $500K-plus households pay only the minimum on their credit cards, and 80% have put off a major financial goal—more than middle earners on both counts. 321454213 1.5K
Reposted by ETX GovMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16/10/2026*freddy mercury voice* Scaramucci, Scaramucci, will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me (Zacharia) Zacharia, (Zacharia) Zacharia, Figarooooo 1764134 764
Reposted by ETX Govghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I swear to god so much of this is literally just people confusing measles and chicken pox 1793511473 3.5K
Reposted by ETX GovKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026this should be her only campaign ad 391702214 1.7K
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Was happy to see that obituary. She was such an asshole. 030 3
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026A month picking blueberries. Blueberry picking is not a long season to begin with, but it was raining one morning, picked for several hours, and the asshole owner decided to scream at me because "we can't sell wet berries'. They wash their berries before packaging. 150 5
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026I'm not particularly worried about Flanagan losing, but I can see how Tafoya would fire up GOP voters. 010 1
Reposted by ETX GovChris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 16/10/2026lol the San Juans have 14,100% of their average snowpack right now (it's because the baseline this time of year is basically nil, so any snow creates stupid numbers like below) 19511 95
Reposted by ETX GovJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Since there’s an opening for press secretary, I know a great candidate who’s not only a lawyer, but a neurosurgeon, a Grammy-winning recording artist, and the inventor of the Post-It Note. 403638420 3.6K
Reposted by ETX GovDru Stevenson @drustevenson.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Maybe the new law school opening at University of Austin could offer her a faculty position 151 5
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Throwing Hegseth under the bus and blaming the Iran debacle on him would be a good move for Trump. Interesting he doesn't take it. 250 5
Reposted by ETX GovJean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026White House announces plans to replace Katie Zacharia with a vintage Big Mouth Billy Bass retrofitted with on device AI. Its BassGPT model answers every question with a context-appropriate response selected from an extensive database of slurs compiled by three broccoli haired racists from DOGE. 46813 68
Reposted by ETX GovJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Michele Tafoya following her debate today: "There is no excuse for the spike in crime that we have seen here in Minnesota that has families and parents and businesses worried." Violent crime in Minnesota dropped 9.3% last year and murder was down 25%. This year, homicides have dropped another 25%. 1426172 261
Reposted by ETX GovTW @twesq.bsky.social · 16/10/2026lol yeah man all those socialist engineers at nasa and the space force and all those communist weapons manufacturers at Redstone Arsenal 6487 48
Reposted by ETX GovMicah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026called it babystatic.klipy.comCaptain Holt Brooklyn Nine NineAlt: Captain Holt Vindication gif 536023524 6K
Reposted by ETX GovEmily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The time period to make a Scaramucci joke on here is only like one Zacharia, so get it all out folks. 14811123 811
Reposted by ETX GovProblematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 16/10/2026If you bought Oracle stock one year ago today, you'd be down almost 60% right now 1285 28
Reposted by ETX Govmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026thinking about all those times white house reporters said on background that the reason biden got bad press coverage was because karine jean-pierre was unprofessional 349063 490
Reposted by ETX GovDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Laura Loomer polishing off her CV, ready for a new career path. 281 8
Reposted by ETX GovSnowden St. @snowden.st · 16/10/2026Again, many progressives in Congress were some of the quickest to endorse Kamala, and before her Biden. This is because they knew how to play ball, and Biden was the most labor-friendly WH Democrat in more than half a century 519431 194
Reposted by ETX GovShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I deeply resent right wing govts everywhere for forcing me to learn the names of people that aren't even relevant long enough for me to ever need to know them 15109891 1.1K
Reposted by ETX GovSOTUS @steamboatusa.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Holy shit we got a new Scaramucci LMAO 161 6
Reposted by ETX GovBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Welp. That lady's got plenty of time to study for the bar exam now. 521715 217
Reposted by ETX GovRyan Ritter @ndtex.gamin4aven.org · 16/10/2026I feel bad for our country, but this is tremendous content 1171 17
Reposted by ETX GovMicah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026using the 49-day measurement for a Truss, a Zacharia would be 0.143 Trusses 846063 460
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Damn Peggy, go after her for saying "see what part of the constitution they will uphold" 010 1
ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026Here's the job for Tafoya. She'd be good at it* *From a Trump standpoint. 041 4
Reposted by ETX GovCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Katie Zacharia has been fired as White House Press Secretary after five days. That’s half a scaramucci. Five days is now a zacharia. 331017126 1K