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@jen_rice_ Maybe that ought to be the lead for most news stories on this subject then. Because I agree.

unpopular opinion, so much of the news coverage of primary elections feels so unnecessary. it's hard for me to believe many voters care at all about political fighting. can't help but think what they actually want to know is what exactly candidates will do to fix all the problems

@DugBegley Huh. Did someone forget that US 59 was already dedicated to Lloyd Bentsen?

Not a comment on the honor or the man, but anyone who has a Houston freeway named after them is walking a tightrope. "Yeah, man, I am running about 15 minutes late... El Franco Lee..."

@mattlanza I would expect a geo-useful alert system to occasionally send us some from SW LA. I guess they assume bad guys can't figure out the Sabine River.

Alert fatigue is going to get real. There are necessary instances for this. I’m not sure this was one.

Dear Past Self: You live to see Halloween decorating start before fall semester does.

@gooddog32 @jen_rice_ Listening to KUHF? I'd swear they were running local stuff all morning, including numerous callers they gave up on because their cell connection was so bad

houston needs to have a serious conversation about how to get news & emergency information to people without power/internet

Made this Gulf Coast resident giggle. This "life hack" to save on air-conditioning costs is literally just living where you don't need it at night. cnet.com/home/i-use-cro…

As someone who has some interest in seeing transportation in Houston improve, this seems an opportune time to point out that roundabouts don't need electricity to control traffic.

@mattlanza Thanks, from a resident of one of those no-power neighborhoods.

I can’t do much for the 400k customers still without power here in Houston other than amplify some more serious issues. But I can tell you that over the next 10-12 days the tropics look pretty quiet.

Disturbed by reports of H-Town residents harassing or even threatening contractors. They're mostly out-of-staters just here to work and help us get our power back, not the proper target for frustration. I swear -- some people never had a public-facing job and it shows.

Texas should allow liquor sales on Sundays if there’s a hurricane on Monday #txlege

@adiw1202 You might even say the idea just popped into his head.

@mattlanza It would be markedly less of a big deal if mail-in could be a general option. Otherwise, I agree with you as long as most of us are expected to keep showing up in person.

Hot take...there are way too many elections given the logistics it takes to go vote.

@CritiqueG33k @Didi81_ Karnasas also streams on Twitch and sometimes you might be able to catch them in a collab. I think he also contributed a little voice acting in one of Pearl's YouTube videos in recent years.

@Didi81_ @PearlescentMoon Ah ok ty. So it's not weird I have no idea who he is 😂

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"Happy Leap Day to those who celebrate" might be the epitome of our 2024 vernacular. 🤣

@mattlanza I wonder if there will be any placement deals behind the scenes. I'm skeptical that an app like this would be "neutral" enough to actually be as comsumer-friendly as people are hoping for.

"will also connect users to the streaming apps that broadcast the games." THANK you. This is actually really useful provided it actually does that and has a broad array of streaming apps it will link to.

AccuWeather app's latest update really blew it. Unhelpful notifications are more frequent and come with a new anxiety-triggering sound. So if there's a real local weather warning that comes, I guess I won't hear it....

While it's nice to see continued progress, I'm still waiting for neighborhood ISP offerings that could saturate a Wi-Fi 5 setup.

@GTWScar You're not wrong. Imagine if visitors traveled around theme parks in their own cars instead of as pedestrians. The environmental experience of many design details would be ruined. Recent American cities have ended up mostly wasteland because of the "no one walks" assumption.

Flying ruined the immersion of the game

I'm so out of the loop -- I thought a Stanley Cup was only for a few people that were really good at ice hockey.

@adiw1202 Merry Christmas, Adi!