Activist, Investor, Little League coach, Cognitive dissonance about wine
Austin, TX
Joined October 2017
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Carson C Block retweeted
Austin politicians are wasting out tax dollars and we need to stop them
$1m+ on a logo!!?
Audit them and follow @SaveAustinNow
Ley’s name and shame these grifters and bums!!!
Why Austin voters stopped trusting City Hall with their money - and want Proposition I.
1. 67 of 151 annual performance expectations by hired vendors were missed.
2. $1.08 million for a new Austin city logo.
3. Austin government staff could not provide requirements/needs for >half of "consulting contracts".
4. ~150 solo lunches charged to a City card.
5. ~$980,000 in fraudulent vendor transactions from a single employee.
saveaustinnow.com
The inmates really do run the asylum in California. The whole governing apparatus there needs to go.
There’s so much irony to rural opposition to data centers. In 2016, there was a wake up call that rural America has been left out of progress and is pissed. In 2016, the world’s most successful companies are convinced that humans are on the cusp of…1/2
Austin City Council is proposing raising property taxes by close to 20%. But per the below, ATX spending seems way too high. According to @SaveAustinNow ATX Mayor Watson admits ~50% of increase will go to the [Homeless Industrial Complex].
Of the ~$103K raised so far by “Love Austin PAC”, the main PAC supporting the ballot measure, ~$67K appears to come from organizations that would benefit from increased public spending on the Homeless Industrial Complex
services.austintexas.gov/edi…
This tragically illustrates the problem with the failure to punish crime in CA and other Dem-led states. This guy kills 6 passengers in his minivan while driving drunk. Based on his rap sheet, in the 1990s CA, he likely never would’ve been able to do this.
Unlike CA, which has imposed a 1% mental health services surtax on personal incomes above $1 million p.a. since 2005. This has obviously done so much to reduce the population of mentally ill living on the streets of CA cities…Oh wait.
Trump and JD have cut OVER $1 TRILLION in mental health funding including:
- $1 trillion in Medicaid, the nation’s primary funder of mental health services
- $1 billion from school mental health programs
- $1.1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- $1.81 billion in National Institutes of Health mental health-related grants
Having recently been in CA, I think one of the most visible signs of CA’s government not representing the typical resident is the non-stop proliferation of bike lanes while removing parking and car lanes. Only 1% of LA County residents commute by bike. So why does this continue?
A commonly held belief regarding our day-to-day lives is that icing an injury helps healing. Increasingly, research is showing that cold impedes healing, while heat improves it. I just came across this recent piece adding to that body of work: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
I’ve been wondering whether failing spectacularly in fund management leads to online porn addiction (OnlyFans) or whether it’s caused by the same underlying pathologies. Thoughts?
19%Spectacular failure leads
81%Same underlying pathology
228 votes • Final results. @FT What is the source / basis for the statement “In Tehran — a city of 10mn — the strikes on houses of senior regime officials hit residential areas, resulting in significant civilian casualties, including women and children” in this article: on.ft.com/43WhzqD
Quick poll question, if you will. When considering impacts that AI could have on the job market in 10-15 years, do you see science or social studies as being more important in K-5th education?
15%Social Studies
51%Science
34%Equally Important
345 votes • Final resultsA quick education poll if you please. In K-5th grades, which is more important: Social Studies or Science; or, are
they Equally Important?
10%Social Studies
51%Science
39%Equally Important
527 votes • Final results
Carson C Block retweeted
#ValleyFire #CreekFire #ElDoradoFire If fire comes too quick to #evacuate and you're stuck, OR if you're preparing #evacuation bc you're in a warning or are worried, please see linked thread for what to do! Cell service often goes out. Take your pets! 🔥💚xitter.cf/ChaliceGarden/status/1…
#SoCo Health Officer, whose county is prohibited from opening schools in the fall due to infection rates, sees no need for more business closures. When this generation of school kids attain lower HS graduation rates than their parents, remember these decisions @NorthBayNews
