Cutter W. González
@cutterwgonzalez.bsky.social
Texan, geographer, musician. Co-host @urbanatxreads.bsky.social. Digital strategy @welcomingneighbors.us. PhD student @txst.edu. Alum @uh.edu.
Hi, I work in housing. This is a number they simply made up! Don’t believe them. Thanks.
Peter Navarro: "Here's the statistic I want every American to understand -- 1% increase in rents for every 1 million illegals that cross our border. In the four years of Biden we had 20 million, so rents went up nationally 20% because Joe Biden left that border open."
February 20, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Hi, I work in housing. This is a number they simply made up! Don’t believe them. Thanks.
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"you look happier"
thanks i took the bus here
thanks i took the bus here
February 18, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"you look happier"
thanks i took the bus here
thanks i took the bus here
Loving Texas means fighting for all of Texas. @jamestalarico.bsky.social knows that, speaks on that, acts on that. He’s a fighter who stands on strong ground.
Early voting is happening NOW; Election Day is 3/3. Let’s send Talarico to the U.S. Senate.
He’s a Texas legend in the making.
Early voting is happening NOW; Election Day is 3/3. Let’s send Talarico to the U.S. Senate.
He’s a Texas legend in the making.
February 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Loving Texas means fighting for all of Texas. @jamestalarico.bsky.social knows that, speaks on that, acts on that. He’s a fighter who stands on strong ground.
Early voting is happening NOW; Election Day is 3/3. Let’s send Talarico to the U.S. Senate.
He’s a Texas legend in the making.
Early voting is happening NOW; Election Day is 3/3. Let’s send Talarico to the U.S. Senate.
He’s a Texas legend in the making.
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My grandfather helped liberate the concentration camps. I was brought up to recognize institutionalized evil. This is institutionalized evil.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
My grandfather helped liberate the concentration camps. I was brought up to recognize institutionalized evil. This is institutionalized evil.
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Leftist voting discourse is a great example of online discourse polarization. A bunch of liberals did sincere Get Out The Vote posts and now there’s a subset of the online population that sneer at voting reflexively and have to come up with a moral justification for it.
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Leftist voting discourse is a great example of online discourse polarization. A bunch of liberals did sincere Get Out The Vote posts and now there’s a subset of the online population that sneer at voting reflexively and have to come up with a moral justification for it.
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A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
And for those looking to correct this insanity, some wisdom on how to advocate for change: rss.com/podcasts/the...
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
And for those looking to correct this insanity, some wisdom on how to advocate for change: rss.com/podcasts/the...
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The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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THE @jeffspeck.bsky.social is joining us Thursday, 2/12 at 6:30 PM at St. David's downtown. This can't-miss event is FREE with RSVP!!
UAR is proud to collaborate with The Little Gay Shop to provide books for this event! ♥️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/jeff-speck...
📚 thelittlegayshop.com/collections/...
UAR is proud to collaborate with The Little Gay Shop to provide books for this event! ♥️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/jeff-speck...
📚 thelittlegayshop.com/collections/...
Jeff Speck: Toward a More Walkable Austin
Urban planner Jeff Speck shares how Austin can become more walkable, including by converting one-way streets to two-way.
www.eventbrite.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
THE @jeffspeck.bsky.social is joining us Thursday, 2/12 at 6:30 PM at St. David's downtown. This can't-miss event is FREE with RSVP!!
UAR is proud to collaborate with The Little Gay Shop to provide books for this event! ♥️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/jeff-speck...
📚 thelittlegayshop.com/collections/...
UAR is proud to collaborate with The Little Gay Shop to provide books for this event! ♥️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/jeff-speck...
📚 thelittlegayshop.com/collections/...
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New in Academe: "How Academic Workers Have Reenergized the Labor Movement" by Gary Rhoades: www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
New in Academe: "How Academic Workers Have Reenergized the Labor Movement" by Gary Rhoades: www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
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BREAKING: Refusing to look at your email does NOT force the email to go away! It just stays there! Like it's waiting for you! In fact, refusing to look at your email account appears to create even MORE email!
This is a crisis, and nobody seems to do anything about it.
This is a crisis, and nobody seems to do anything about it.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
BREAKING: Refusing to look at your email does NOT force the email to go away! It just stays there! Like it's waiting for you! In fact, refusing to look at your email account appears to create even MORE email!
This is a crisis, and nobody seems to do anything about it.
This is a crisis, and nobody seems to do anything about it.
Loved getting to talk about the new messaging guidance on parking reform with these two expert communicators!
Some toplines:
1️⃣ PSA: Problem-Solution-Action
2️⃣ Make trade-offs clear
3️⃣ Use local stories! They’re out there!
Some toplines:
1️⃣ PSA: Problem-Solution-Action
2️⃣ Make trade-offs clear
3️⃣ Use local stories! They’re out there!
🚗 Parking reform is notching wins in communities of all sizes, politics, and geographies.
@sightline.org's Anna Fahey and @parkingreform.org's Daniel Herriges have researched the way effective parking reform campaigns message to win. 🏆 Hear what they learned on The Stoop — out now!
@sightline.org's Anna Fahey and @parkingreform.org's Daniel Herriges have researched the way effective parking reform campaigns message to win. 🏆 Hear what they learned on The Stoop — out now!
Let's Talk Parking Reform! | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Anna Fahey and Daniel Herriges discuss the importance of parking reform in housing advocacy. The conversation covers a three-step messaging framework: defining the problem, illustrating solutions, and...
rss.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Loved getting to talk about the new messaging guidance on parking reform with these two expert communicators!
Some toplines:
1️⃣ PSA: Problem-Solution-Action
2️⃣ Make trade-offs clear
3️⃣ Use local stories! They’re out there!
Some toplines:
1️⃣ PSA: Problem-Solution-Action
2️⃣ Make trade-offs clear
3️⃣ Use local stories! They’re out there!
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The United States has more Spanish speakers than any other country in the world except Mexico. The Spanish language and Latin American culture are fundamental parts of American culture. Bad Bunny’s halftime show was as American as any other.
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The United States has more Spanish speakers than any other country in the world except Mexico. The Spanish language and Latin American culture are fundamental parts of American culture. Bad Bunny’s halftime show was as American as any other.
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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BLUESKY WON SPORTS IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA DIVORCE
lol Twitter is down
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
BLUESKY WON SPORTS IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA DIVORCE
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Sunny beat me to the very next statement I was going to make.
The whole performance wasn’t about the triumph of the individual, but the collective effort and joy that that elevates all of us out of oppression.
They literally danced their way through and out of the history of colonialism TOGETHER.
The whole performance wasn’t about the triumph of the individual, but the collective effort and joy that that elevates all of us out of oppression.
They literally danced their way through and out of the history of colonialism TOGETHER.
Okay so a thing I LOVED about that is how, whereas so many halftime shows kind of elevate the star above the other dancers/extras—often literally—that was like the exact opposite, he was *with and among* the people around him
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Sunny beat me to the very next statement I was going to make.
The whole performance wasn’t about the triumph of the individual, but the collective effort and joy that that elevates all of us out of oppression.
They literally danced their way through and out of the history of colonialism TOGETHER.
The whole performance wasn’t about the triumph of the individual, but the collective effort and joy that that elevates all of us out of oppression.
They literally danced their way through and out of the history of colonialism TOGETHER.
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This, I think, was really the point.
Inasmuch as he dialed in the intersectional history of colonialism across the Americas (the diversity of performers wasn’t an accident and you can’t convince me otherwise) he REALLY dialed in the history joy as a revolutionary act.
Inasmuch as he dialed in the intersectional history of colonialism across the Americas (the diversity of performers wasn’t an accident and you can’t convince me otherwise) he REALLY dialed in the history joy as a revolutionary act.
I’m throwing “thriving” in there because that show was as much a celebration of all that we are as it was an indictment of everything that America thinks it is.
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This, I think, was really the point.
Inasmuch as he dialed in the intersectional history of colonialism across the Americas (the diversity of performers wasn’t an accident and you can’t convince me otherwise) he REALLY dialed in the history joy as a revolutionary act.
Inasmuch as he dialed in the intersectional history of colonialism across the Americas (the diversity of performers wasn’t an accident and you can’t convince me otherwise) he REALLY dialed in the history joy as a revolutionary act.
Not letting the MAGAs get away with it, proudly being a menace
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Not letting the MAGAs get away with it, proudly being a menace
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Never thought this piece from 2017 would apply to the Super Bowl halftime show but here is some FURTHER READING
The Racist Supreme Court Cases That Cemented Puerto Rico’s Second-Class Status
The devastation wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria has reawakened many Americans to the existence of Puerto Rico as well as the archaic laws and...
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Never thought this piece from 2017 would apply to the Super Bowl halftime show but here is some FURTHER READING
I am in academia and in advocacy. I’ve worked private sector and government.
Academics are by far worst about not responding to emails—categorically different from others.
This would inexcusable in any other industry! Not least because it is unprofessional, but also because it’s comes off rude! 😵💫
Academics are by far worst about not responding to emails—categorically different from others.
This would inexcusable in any other industry! Not least because it is unprofessional, but also because it’s comes off rude! 😵💫
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I am in academia and in advocacy. I’ve worked private sector and government.
Academics are by far worst about not responding to emails—categorically different from others.
This would inexcusable in any other industry! Not least because it is unprofessional, but also because it’s comes off rude! 😵💫
Academics are by far worst about not responding to emails—categorically different from others.
This would inexcusable in any other industry! Not least because it is unprofessional, but also because it’s comes off rude! 😵💫
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NEW: Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions.
In their Friday night ruling, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
Law Dork:
In their Friday night ruling, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
Law Dork:
Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, new, and harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
www.lawdork.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
NEW: Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions.
In their Friday night ruling, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
Law Dork:
In their Friday night ruling, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
Law Dork:
Seeing this woke production about how fascists are bad on the stages of Greg Abbott’s University of Texas!!
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Seeing this woke production about how fascists are bad on the stages of Greg Abbott’s University of Texas!!
