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aziz @texasvc.com · 09/04/2026
Heart wrenching investigation by @sfchronicle.com @stjbs.bsky.social into the impacts of ICE's decision to ignore guidelines during their detention push and the many who have died as a result: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Deaths during ICE detention now exceed the COVID spike in 2020
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aziz @texasvc.com · 03/04/2026
One of the lasting impacts of the 2020 pandemic is a collapse in Houston's Metro Rail ridership. The Red line lost its stride, while Purple and Green (and Silver BRT) never had a chance.
Ridership plummets for the red line during the pandemic and only partially recovers
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aziz @texasvc.com · 02/04/2026
This story by @yjtorbati.bsky.social for @nytimes.com leaves out a critical detail about the "Law of the Sea" Treaty that the US would like Iran to follow re: The Strait of Hormuz. Like Iran, the US never ratified it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w... www.state.gov/law-of-the-s...
Story from the NY Times talking about the US wanting Iran to follow the "Law of the Sea" which Iran has never ratified.The Senate has never voted on the Law of the Sea despite the urging of 3 Presidents
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aziz @texasvc.com · 30/03/2026
Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the Houston City Council election. I'm personally an Audrey Nath fan but do your research and vote! Tomorrow is the last day!
Map of Houston District C
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aziz @texasvc.com · 23/03/2026
At a certain point they have to just close IAH for the day right?
IAH currently has a 270 minute TSA wait time
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aziz @texasvc.com · 06/03/2026
Because it's Ramadan, I'm mostly nocturnal these days. Where do the cool kids work/study late night in Houston these days?
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aziz @texasvc.com · 17/02/2026
Today is both Mardi Gras for Catholics (the day before Lent), and the day before Ramadan for Muslims. It's also Chinese New Year. laissez bon temps rouler!
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aziz @texasvc.com · 09/02/2026
Perfect. No notes.
A football held by Bad Bunny saying "Together we are America"
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aziz @texasvc.com · 09/02/2026
What was written on Bad Bunny's football at the end of the halftime show?
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aziz @texasvc.com · 16/12/2025
It's been over a year, and I'm still astounded at how terrible Kamala Harris was. Tidbits like this are reminders that Trump didn't win 2024, Harris lost it. Democrats won statewide in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada in 2024. Harris was that bad:
Quote from Politico today on the state of the House midterms: "The very reason Democrats hardly need a blue wave to take back the House this time is that their congressional candidates largely outperformed Kamala Harris in last year’s elections."
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aziz @texasvc.com · 26/11/2025
Truly bonkers stats that should give us pause
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aziz @texasvc.com · 25/11/2025
One the weirdest aspects of the Citizens United Supreme Court Case is that corporations affiliate with political parties. I wonder if professional athletes will start to consider Nike's giving behavior when they compete with adidas? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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aziz @texasvc.com · 23/11/2025
A trip to Paris is a weird mix of technologies. NFC payments aren't widely accepted, with credit card chip + pin as the backstop that American's don't have. It's like the smart phone revolution quietly skipped this part of the world - with eye opening differences. Some of them good - but v different
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aziz @texasvc.com · 01/11/2025
Currently Googling: Can a concussion improve mental performance? #HookEm
Texas quarterback Arch Manning getting a concussion last week
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aziz @texasvc.com · 31/10/2025
It's the time of year where pseudo-intellectuals give their reasons why we should stop changing our clocks, ignoring the fact that we have already tried this and hated it so much, Congress interrupted watergate to go back with veto proof majorities. www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/t...
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The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian
The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of ...
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aziz @texasvc.com · 15/10/2025
Folks who don't go to college are critical of the concept of college.
chart showing 48% of Democrats have a college degree while 31% of Republicans do.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 15/10/2025
"Never short a cult"
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“—and what do we call prisoners who are children and haven’t been charged with anything?” is a textbook example of why imprecise language makes bad journalism
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aziz @texasvc.com · 14/10/2025
I'm very thankful that so many were released today. If you were an Israeli soldier pulled from a tank during a battle, you were a "hostage" and if you were a Palestinian child seized by the IDF without charge you were a "prisoner." I'd love to understand that logic @nytimes.com @nbcnews.com
Most of the released prisoners were residents of Gaza who were detained without charge during the war, including women and children. They were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where such large crowds gathered that the buses could barely move down the street.an Israel Defense Forces soldier, was kidnapped from his tank while defending the Nahal Oz base. Earlier this year, his family released video of his capture in an effort to draw attention to his case amid concerns about his health.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 13/10/2025
Watches and wearables are finally good enough that I can start going places with completely empty pockets. That's pretty incredible progress!
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aziz @texasvc.com · 13/10/2025
Absolutely bonkers detail from today's ceasefire signing:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined his invitation.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 12/10/2025
The Aggie uniforms today are driving me crazy. White helmet with white stripes, but cream numbers and cream pants. Who designed these crimes against design?
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aziz @texasvc.com · 08/10/2025
We're in the middle of a wild societal experiment
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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Why is Mayor Whitmire breaking the one part of Metro that didn’t need fixing? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Why is Mayor Whitmire breaking the one part of Metro that didn’t need fixing?
Without explanation or warning, Houston changed downtown and midtown traffic signals so that the Red Line light rail is often stuck at red lights.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 06/10/2025
In the wake of polling last week that showed Democrats viewing Israel through the same lens as apartheid South Africa, multiple leading Democrats are publicly disavowing AIPAC. Today's latest example is McMorrow in Michigan, but it's becoming hard to track all of the pledges.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 06/10/2025
I know folks are really bummed about the keys to CBS News being tossed over to a new-media startup, but "network news" has been dead for a very long time. This is just the tombstone.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 05/10/2025
There's always next year
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aziz @texasvc.com · 01/10/2025
We all joke about Israel being the 51st state, but it was Qatar all along: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The US regards any attack on Qatar as an attack on the US itself
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aziz @texasvc.com · 27/09/2025
Like AM radio and newspapers, it's fascinating to watch the death rattle of broadcast net affiliates. Down 66% since the pre-pandemic high, and basically at its 1994 IPO price. Half of their shrinking revenue is from recarriage rights - ie checks in the mail from cable comps because of a 1992 law.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 23/09/2025
If you invested $1 in Sinclair in 1995, you would have $1.08 today. Share price is down 66% since the pandemic.
chart showing Sinclair Broadcast Group share prices since IPO in 1995
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aziz @texasvc.com · 22/09/2025
Companies currently have 3 choices on certain types of employment. Pay an American $200K a year, Pay an H1-B $100K a year, or offshore for <$50K a year. Many companies choose the H-1B option. If we tax the H1-B option $100K a year, which of the remaining two options do you think they will choose?
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aziz @texasvc.com · 22/09/2025
A tangible impact of the UK recognizing Palestine is that it is now illegal for UK citizens to join the IDF under the Foreign Enlistment Act: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 20/09/2025
Your regular reminder that owning a pet dog has the same carbon footprint as driving an extra full size car
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aziz @texasvc.com · 18/09/2025
How dead is linear television? Most watched episode by year: 1983: M*A*S*H 106 million 1993: Cheers 84 million 1998: Seinfeld 76 million 2004: Friends 53 million 2025: Tracker 17 million
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aziz @texasvc.com · 08/09/2025
Ug, so now I have to sleep early? Researchers analyzed the sleep and exercise habits of 20K adults with wrist trackers...Adults who habitually were in bed by 9 p.m. got about 30 more minutes of physical activity in the following day than those who went to bed at 1 a.m. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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aziz @texasvc.com · 04/09/2025
I'm reading "The Power Broker" right now, and just read the section about Robert Moses fighting with Mayor LaGuardia about building a park in Harlem, and finally relenting and filling it with Iron Monkeys and...wow. Just dumbfounded that they took 50 years to remove: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/n...
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Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone. (Published 2023)
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aziz @texasvc.com · 31/08/2025
I love college football allowing foreign language name plates on uniforms. Kudos to @notredame.bsky.social and @wmuhumanities.bsky.social for leading the pack here!
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aziz @texasvc.com · 30/08/2025
My favorite teenagers are playing football today! #Hookem
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aziz @texasvc.com · 29/08/2025
New $400K Cadillac sedan set to compete with Rolls Royce: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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An Electric Caddy With Rolls-Royce Aspirations
GM is betting that the Cadillac Celestiq, with its ultraluxurious customizable design and striking silhouette, will become a coveted electric limousine in the new gilded age of the hyperwealthy.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 29/08/2025
Your regular reminder that The Heisman Trophy is named after Rice University Football Coach and Athletic Director John Heisman: www.nytimes.com/1927/12/05/a...
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COACH HEISMAN RETIRES.; Announces Resignation at Rice, Which Will End 36-Year Career. (Published 1927)
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aziz @texasvc.com · 26/08/2025
The world today is very different than the world I grew up in. In some ways it is better, in others it is worse. My personal life has never been better, but I've never been more anxious. I suspect this is true for a lot of folks.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 25/08/2025
Does anyone have a decent explanation for why film posters and media never line up the star names with the photos?
A movie poster for Eden with five names above the wrong five stars
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aziz @texasvc.com · 05/08/2025
So in the UK it is apparently ok to talk on speakerphone in literally any setting. Just had dinner at a Michelin⭐ restaurant and the couples on both sides were both on speakerphone which is wild to me. Earlier today person next to me on the train, and later during a tour. Wild.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 30/07/2025
New Polling on US/Israel is jaw-dropping. No matter how you ask, there is a 40 point gap between young adults and elderly. That kind of a demo split is unheard of. I looked through every poll in Gallup history and the only analog was interracial marriage. news.gallup.com/poll/692948/...
Poll asking multiple questions about American attitudes about Israel, all showing a 40 point gap between young adults and 55+ adultsHistoric polling on Inter-racial marriage showing ~40 point gaps in 1991 and 2002, but minimal gaps after
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aziz @texasvc.com · 30/07/2025
omw to London
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aziz @texasvc.com · 30/05/2025
The world isn't ready for the sheer volumes of realistic looking bullshit that AI is unleashing on us: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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aziz @texasvc.com · 29/05/2025
This is absolutely bonkers. Major airlines now charge almost 2x the price for buying a single ticket over paying for 2 passengers. It's a mechanism to suss out business travelers vs leisure: thriftytraveler.com/news/airline...
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New Delta Pricing Quirk Charges Solo & Business Travelers More
On select routes, Delta has begun charging solo passengers more per ticket than they do for groups of two or more. Is it real? And ... why?
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 25/05/2025
Women’s soccer players who evacuated Afghanistan in 2021 are now in Houston. Abandoned by FIFA, they are fighting to rebuild their team. www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/dynam...
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These Afghan women’s soccer players fled the Taliban. They found home in Houston
Women’s soccer players who evacuated Afghanistan in 2021 are now in Houston. Abandoned by FIFA, they are fighting to rebuild their team.
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aziz @texasvc.com · 19/05/2025
Countries that allow free speech are increasingly rare. Some truly insane examples from India, where the mildest speech can land you in prison: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/w...
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Modi’s Government Cracks Down on Dissent Over Pakistan Conflict
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aziz @texasvc.com · 19/05/2025
I just shotgunned the first 5 books in the "We Are Legion, We are Bob" series by @dennisetaylor.bsky.social in 2 weeks and really loved them. Can't wait for the next 5 books to come out!
"Yes, there will be more Bobiverse books. I’ve set myself a nominal goal of ten books, but there’s nothing magic about that number and it is subject to change" from Dennis Taylor's blog
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