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fionag11@sysad.org
Fiona

"It might seem that these two events are completely different — one was a winter storm that caused a blackout by knocking out the natural gas supply, while the other one is a hurricane that knocked out the power distribution system. But the root cause of these two incidents is actually the same." #Privatization #Texas #outage
http://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/07/why-is-texas-grid-is-such-bad-shape.html

Why is the Texas grid is such bad shape?

Texas blacked out.  (Its grid is separated from the rest of the USA.) From The Climate Brink The Texas grid, run by ERCOT, has had a rough...

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joyce_donahue@diasp.org
Joyce Donahue

More deep shit from the shittiest shithole state

#texas #deathpenalty

The state of Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by major pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead from an in-state, compounding pharmacy with a history of more than a dozen safety and cleanliness violations, NPR has learned.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/g-s1-9016/unmarked-cars-and-secret-orders-how-a-pharmacy-prepared-drugs-for-texas-executions

Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions

NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients

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janet_logan@diasp.org
Janet Logan 🏳️‍⚧️

The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth | National Museum of African American History and Culture

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.
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Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day. Although it has long celebrated in the African American community, this monumental event remains largely unknown to most Americans.

As someone born and raised in Texas, I knew the significance of Juneteenth from about high school on. Back in my day, Texas History was a required course, and it included that fact. Intellectually, I know that's not true for most folks, especially white people not from Texas. Here's a bit of (largely unknown) history to explain the Federal (and Bank) Holiday this Wednesday.

#Juneteenth #Texas #Emancipation

The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth

Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...

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artsound2@diasp.eu
HU Art Sound

Because it's all a power-trip-theater for the mentally numb

Charges dropped against all 57 arrested in connection to UT-Austin pro-Palestinian protest

All charges have been declined against the 57 people arrested in connection to the Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas.

The Travis County attorney's office said all 57 arrests, which were all criminal trespassing charges, lacked probable cause.

County Attorney Delia Garza, whose office handles misdemeanor cases, told the American-Statesman on Thursday that her office agreed with defense lawyers that there were "deficiencies" with the probable cause arrest affidavits, which are the documents filled out by law enforcement to justify an arrest. At that time on Thursday, 46 of the 57 had charges declined. ...
Rest of article: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2024/04/26/ut-austin-pro-palestinian-protest-charges-dropped-against-all-57-people-arrested/73468467007/
#palestine #protest #austin #texas

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lester_bangs@pod.mttv.it
virgil

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Elon #Musk entwickelt mit seiner Firma #SpaceX am Rand von #Texas #Raketen , die die Menschheit zum #Mars bringen sollen. Das Testgelände lässt jetzt schon #Umweltprobleme und #Zerstörung zurück

#taz #streeck

https://taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!6001741/

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3 … 2 … 1: Umweltzerstörung! Start einer „Starship“-Rakete in Boca Chica im März 2024

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Elon Musk entwickelt mit seiner Firma SpaceX am Rand von Texas Raketen, die die Menschheit zum Mars bringen sollen. Das Testgelände lässt jetzt schon Umweltprobleme und Zerstörung zurück

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ramnath@nerdpol.ch
ramnath

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https://freemantv.com/economic-armageddon-mel-mattison/

It sure sounds like the #Apocalypse is near. During the #eclipse, trucks can't drive through #Texas and New York is locking down there prisoners. NASA is not only launching rockets at the moon's shadow; they are launching another rocket at a solar flare from Alaska!

Earthquakes hit Taiwan and New Jersey as the planets align for the solar eclipse. A #plague of cicadas are about to erupt and Israel is sacrificing red heifers! What could go wrong? #How will this all affect the economy? Are we also looking at an Economic Armageddon? What would that look like?

The Deep Economic State, Central Banks, The Bank For International Settlements and The Conspiracy Behind It All. How The World’s Most Powerful Central Bankers have met in Secret for almost 100 years planning this Reset. How Quantum Computing could hack the World’s Encryption and bring down the dollar.
#freeman #freezone

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click
nowisthetime

Look at the SIZE of this #solar #panel #farm. (Jeez.) And look what happened.
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https://t.me/ZandVchannel/106186

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#Huge #Hailstorm in Damon, #Texas #Destroys Thousands of #Acres of #Solar-Farms
A hailstorm hammered thousands of solar panels at a Fort Bend County farm with emergency crews investigating, and neighbors worried whether any chemicals were leaking.
Large solar farm panels are commonly made of compound cadmium telluride - most home panels are made with silicon and don't contain dangerous chemicals.
No doubt the taxpayer will pick up the tab for damage.