Senior Storytelling Editor @StraightArrow__ | Raised by @NewhouseSU @StamAdvocate @HoustonChron & @Hou_Landing | Now raising 3 littles | 90% Caffeine + 10% Sass
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When I met Jessie Jacobs this summer, she desperately needed her home to be repaired due to catastrophic Harvey damage from 6 years ago.
Now, I am *so pleased* to report, the state is taking action. Jessie's house will be rebuilt.
A story of resilience:
houstonlanding.org/she-fell-…
She was building her dream home. Then came a data center’s ‘minor’ power plant on a shortcut permit
A must read, this morning from @KeatonPeters, for @StraightArrow__
san.com/cc/she-was-building-…
Is there a "best street in Houston" to check out Halloween lawns?
Asking for a 4yo, who wants a Mama Outing, but does not want to be too-too scared.
Can someone pls explain to me how my twins got so big? They are just babies and will be forever, no?
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Police presence in Texas schools has swelled.
So has the number of kids referred for prosecution.
Playground scuffles or threats that might otherwise yield suspensions were instead handled by police — routing thousands of 10-13 y/os to the justice system nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/te…
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Prolonged elevator outages at D.C. schools, often because of delays in parts needed for repair, have in some cases led staff to carry disabled students or colleagues in a “human elevator” up and down stairs for weeks. w/ @aangieoh washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
The Talarico rumors were proven false. But is that enough to put a conspiracy theory to rest in 2026? The question is relevant in races across the US, in which false claims have gained currency in an election cycle that could flip Congress.
san.com/cc/does-the-truth-tr… @mkeierleber
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Democratic Senate candidate in Montana says a sitting governor offered her a job if she would drop out of the race. wapo.st/4zjrCnM
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Congrats to my Houston folks...you finally made it to Fall Day!
We declare it to officially be Fall Day in Houston! Our morning low of 65° took us there, and although it won't last, we have a nice stretch of weather thru the weekend. More warm/humid weather to come before (maybe?) a stronger front. Matt has details: spacecityweather.com/space-c…
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did a dog write this
A surprising new study finds that people who sleep near their dogs don’t experience disrupted sleep. If anything, the University of Toronto researchers discovered, we humans are the ones disturbing our dogs’ sleep. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
“He succumbed to the illness that he had tried so hard to understand,” his daughter Sara Sedgwick Brown said in an interview. “Like many joyful, funny people — they are that way because they know the alternative very deeply.”
nytimes.com/2026/10/02/books…
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This investigation by ProPublica ...
"No one from any of the states asked us about our backgrounds or qualifications. .. No one questioned what we plan to teach or how we would measure whether students are learning.
And yet we could enroll students in two states right now, if we wanted to. Arkansas even suggested ways our school could accept public money through the state’s voucher-style program."
propublica.org/article/propu…
