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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nearly 2,000 HISD teachers were not fully state-certified at the end of last school year. KPRC news wanted to know where those teachers work. They found some of the highest numbers of uncertified teachers are at schools already facing major challenges. youtu.be/sU-iqdZZhjQ?...
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Where are uncertified teachers being placed in Houston schools? | ENOUGH
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nearly 2,000 HISD teachers were not fully state-certified at the end of last school year. KPRC news wanted to know where those teachers work. They found some of the highest numbers of uncertified teachers are at schools already facing major challenges. youtu.be/sU-iqdZZhjQ?...
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Where are uncertified teachers being placed in Houston schools? | ENOUGH
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas DMV offices failed to process tens of thousands of voter registrations for months. “Early last week we saw a huge influx of DPS applications in the online voter registration portal that our counties use. Those are backlog applications dating back to probably last October.” #txlegep
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 23/09/2026
Texas DPS failed to send voter registration applications to county election officials. Via @votebeat.org
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
It’s not known how many applications have been unprocessed. Counties will receive a backlogged surge less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 deadline to register for the Nov. 3 election.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heard enough of crooked Texas politicians & racists? Get registered 1) Visit VoteTexas.gov 2) New voters: Fill out a form, print, mail it in (No online reg in TX) 3) Older voters: Check your status or address via DPS site 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗠𝗼𝗻. 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟱𝘁𝗵
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not the first time Bo French has made racist comments. When he chaired the Tarrant County (Ft Worth) Republican Party, he used anti-gay slurs online and said controversial things about people of Jewish and Muslim faiths. #TxLege
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14/09/2026
25 years after the tragedy at the World Trade Center, the Trump administration has denied survivors, first responders, and their families efficient access to their earned Social Security records and benefits.
A graphic with a photo of firefighters at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. The text says, "9/11 SURVIVORS ARE STILL WAITING. SICK FIRST RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, AND FAMILIES SEEKING 9/11 COMPENSATION HAVE FACED DELAYS BECAUSE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EARNINGS RECORDS. SOME SEVERELY ILL CLAIMANTS AND GRIEVING FAMILIES HAVE WAITED 12 TO 18 MONTHS."
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not the first time Bo French has made racist comments. When he chaired the Tarrant County (Ft Worth) Republican Party, he used anti-gay slurs online and said controversial things about people of Jewish and Muslim faiths. #TxLege
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LUNACY: From 1960 to 1973, the US federal government invested $25.8 billion into the Apollo moon landing program, which is about $320 billion in today’s dollars. If Trump gave every adult US citizen $5000, that would cost the treasury $1.2 TRILLION. 🤯
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is Houston now Heusten?! #HISD school parents find AI produced teaching material spelled it that way. And thats far from the only problem found in teaching materials purchased by TEA’s state takeover managers. #txlege #txed 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀, 𝙏𝙀𝙓𝘼𝙎 Time to register to vote. ⏱️ • Visit VoteTexas.gov • New voters: Fill out a form, print, mail-in • Veteran voters: Check your status & update address via DPS 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟱𝘁𝗵 #NFL #NFLKickoff
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Science Fiction often anticipates our future. And this episode of Star Trek, ‘The Day of the Dove,’ sure seems to have tapped into what social media has become. And it aired decades before we ever got online. See what you think. #StarTrek60 #StarTrekDay Key scenes 👇
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick wants the same machinery that put HoustonISD under state control now wired into school library shelves. Local control by districts, once GOP gospel, could soon be swept away by a single book shelving error. Via @HoustonChron #TxLege #TxEd
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Et tu, Fox News?” You know its bad when even friendly FOX owned news affiliates inside Texas won’t cover for Ken Paxton’s crooked ways.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🚨 ALERT 🚨TEXANS 🚨 ALERT🚨 Texas quietly suspended 1.2 million voters (6% of y’all) cause they think you moved. And since this is Texas, you can’t register or easily update it online, like 42 other states. Today is Saturday, so get to a library for a registration card, & maybe checkout a banned book
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On Tuesday morning Houston and Tennessee were feuding online about old slights on and off the gridiron. By the afternoon though we all agreed on this. RIP Dolly #Texans
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/08/2026
DOJ Develops Pathway To Restore Gun Rights To Felons theonion.com/doj-develops-pathway-t…
“Everyone deserves a second chance to hurt people.”

Jeremy Morales, Muffin Tester
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 23/08/2026
White supremacists are using the federal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center to claim their extremist views were right along. How they’re turning the indictment into a tool to spread their ideas and recruit new followers:
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White supremacists spin a Justice Department indictment against a hate-monitoring group to legitimize extremism and expand recruitment
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
As Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick returns to condemning library books, (as a distraction from data centers, water resources, and school & health funding) check out the award winning documentary “The Librarians” streaming on PBS. Link in the thread🧵 #TxLege #TxEd www.pbs.org/independentl...
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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Extreme heat is a global health crisis that’s changing life as we know it.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 15/08/2026
School districts across the region largely improved in the Texas Education Agency’s latest A-F accountability ratings. Six districts earned A’s, including Tomball ISD, where every campus received either an A or B. bit.ly/4bSuAGD
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 17/08/2026
As weapons become increasingly autonomous and artificial intelligence displaces human decision-making, wars are easier to start and harder to control. It’s time to rethink just war theory accordingly. Read for free: foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/14/a...
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AI Is Changing Military Morality
Just war theory was developed over centuries—and now must adapt to a new era of technology.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The state takeover of Texas’ largest school district was triggered by just ONE school. Yet 3 years in, #HISD’s state appointed managers have not made a concentrated effort there? A Wheatley HS teachers online plea goes viral from the epicenter of TEAs flailing intervention.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Galveston County is asking the Texas Supreme Court to deny a petition to block new maps for the November, arguing that nothing in state law explicitly prohibits the county from changing district maps at the last minute. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Texas county defends plan to swap voting maps between primary and November election
A win for the county could embolden other Texas jurisdictions to tweak election maps after seeing primary results in order to boost partisan advantages in the general election.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 10/08/2026
Catholic sisters are playing a key role among clergy and other religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations and vigils at ICE field offices and processing centers in places like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — and in Ohio.
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‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE offices
In Ohio, they're playing a visible role among religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations after mostly Springfield-area Haitian residents were summoned to report to immigration enforceme...
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Houston Teachers Flee TEA Managed Schools: Public records obtained from #HISD and compiled by former district parent show dozens of campuses reached the equivalent of at least half of each school’s listed teaching staff leaving during the 2025-26 school year. #txed www.chron.com/news/houston...
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“They should be looking to get money somewhere so these students can eat. A hungry child cannot learn.” Under new SNAP rules, fewer #HISD students are eligible for free lunch this year. The district says changes forced it to stop universal free lunch at 33 schools. #TxEd youtu.be/dVQ6VhsP0SQ?...
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Enrollment decline, lunch cuts, bus routes Houston ISD begins school year with new changes
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NPR @npr.org · 06/08/2026
The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration. n.pr/4byyTGX
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Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children
The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
WE CAN DO THIS. VOTE.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
‘We believe students were moved into this less rigorous course to artificially inflate campus accountability ratings, at the expense of student learning. It’s a loophole that state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles is exploiting at an unprecedented scale.’ www.texasobserver.org/the-houston-...
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The ‘Houston Miracle’ Shell Game
How Houston ISD’s takeover regime inflated school accountability ratings by systematically holding back certain students
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Happy 50th Birthday to Houston’s Life Flight @MemorialHermann. 🎂🚁🎂🚁🎂🚁🎂🚁🎂 Trauma care air medical transport for critically ill & injured patients in the greater Houston area. Founded in 1976 by Dr "Red" Duke, crews perform about 4,000+ missions each year. [📺 circa 2016] youtu.be/hJ6ea1U_VWc?...
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40 Years of Memorial Hermann Life Flight
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Undeserving rich. "It’s also based on a perception that the “undeserving poor” are exploiting the system, but I think we exaggerate the degree to which it is the poor rather than the rich who get away with manipulations." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
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Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Based on current data the CDC has received reports of over 19,200 cyclospora cases (with most not yet confirmed), which is just further proof that slashing funding at the CDC and FDA, while making monitoring of cyclospora optional, was an explosively shitty idea.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/07/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Forcing employers to offer some kind of transparency and even feedback to potential employees would help correct the power imbalance and make the process of looking for a job feel at least slightly more human,” Jessica Grose writes.
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Opinion | The Hunt for a Job Has Never Been Worse. These Applicants Are Fighting Back.
A.I. is destroying the application process for employers and potential employees. We need to fix it.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Federal US Attorney for Texas southern district is repeating ICE's claim that Lorenzo Salgado moved his van into reverse after stop. But video from nearby shows no movement after it stopped & ICE approached. Did ICE agent shoot because Salgado had to shift past REVERSE to putVE vehicle in PARK?!
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Federal US Attorney for Texas southern district is repeating ICE's claim that Lorenzo Salgado moved his van into reverse after stop. But video from nearby shows no movement after it stopped & ICE approached. Did ICE agent shoot because Salgado had to shift past REVERSE to putVE vehicle in PARK?!
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
HOUSTONIANS… WE GET THE JOB DONE! On this #713day, as we ask questions about proper immigration enforcement, let’s recall the irony of being a city named after an illegal immigrant.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
HOUSTONIANS… WE GET THE JOB DONE! On this #713day, as we ask questions about proper immigration enforcement, let’s recall the irony of being a city named after an illegal immigrant.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A gift from Temu, I guess? Only 11 stars and stripes.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The fight America wants to see. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/06/2026
Rachel Accurso — Ms. Rachel, to her millions of online followers — made her first visit to Congress with handwritten letters and drawings by children whom have been, or remain, in ICE custody at the nation’s only family immigration detention center. wapo.st/3QE2qYr
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Oliver Schopf @oliverschopf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Disarmament exorcist dst.at/cartoons @derstandard.bsky.social @cartoonmovement.com #Pope #LeoXIV #encyclical #AI #Michelangelo #satire #cartoon
With his encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS Pope Leo XIV warns to "disarm" the AI. The spark should under no circumstances jump on the human.
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Cartoon Movement @cartoonmovement.com · 27/05/2026
Hope is still alive! Today’s cartoon by Nahid Maghsoudi. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #freedom #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression
Cartoon showing a kite emerging from a hole in the ground. The hole has bars in it, suggesting an underground dungeon, and is in the shape of a speech bubble.
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Cartoon Movement @cartoonmovement.com · 26/05/2026
The mural. Today's cartoon by @cartoonistzach.bsky.social. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #pollution #cars #traffic #greenwashing
Cartoon showing a viaduct in a city filled with polluting cars. Trees are painted on the pillars holding up the viaduct.
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Today marks 4 years since the Uvalde school shooting. • 19 students & 2 teaches forever marked absent. • 21 grieving families. • 21 empty desks. • An entire country still wounded by tragedy — yet paralyzed by politics. #TxLege 📺@LivesRobbed
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Today marks 4 years since the Uvalde school shooting. • 19 students & 2 teaches forever marked absent. • 21 grieving families. • 21 empty desks. • An entire country still wounded by tragedy — yet paralyzed by politics. #TxLege 📺@LivesRobbed
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“The US state has essentially been captured by a business group that puts its own interests above those of the nation.” The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
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HOUmanitarian @houmanitarian.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The US moon landing demonstrated our technologically standing as a nation. But in recent years that exceptionalism has done little to advance our civic standing. Thus @Astros4America is launching a recommitment to science, evidence-based decision-making, public service, & the rule of law.
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