Chris Burrows
@bychrisb.bsky.social
Writer, editor, pedestrian, ally.
📍 Austin, Texas
📍 Austin, Texas
How is DePaul going to fit this on a jersey
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How is DePaul going to fit this on a jersey
It finally happened
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September 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It finally happened
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NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
www.propublica.org
July 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
Maybe don't look up the last Pope Leo (XII)
May 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Maybe don't look up the last Pope Leo (XII)
I went to the same college as the pope's mom.
May 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I went to the same college as the pope's mom.
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A majority of Americans say President Trump is a "dangerous dictator" who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.
www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
Exclusive: Most Americans now see Trump as "a dangerous dictator," poll says
It's the latest sign of the president losing support for his immigration and economic policies — issues that largely fueled his election.
www.axios.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A majority of Americans say President Trump is a "dangerous dictator" who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.
www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
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This report from @radleybalko.bsky.social is deeply disturbing and well worth the read: radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
The courage to be decent
The Trump administration wants to make us too afraid to look out for one another. Don't let them.
radleybalko.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This report from @radleybalko.bsky.social is deeply disturbing and well worth the read: radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
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Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk:
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The Tufts Daily - Thursday, March 27, 2025 by The Tufts Daily - Issuu
issuu.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk:
issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...
issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...
I never followed this account (whativotedfor) on Instagram. Suddenly today I am, along with 1 million other people. I have since blocked.
Instagram data says the account has used five other aliases since its creation in 2023, doesn't list them.
Instagram data says the account has used five other aliases since its creation in 2023, doesn't list them.
March 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I never followed this account (whativotedfor) on Instagram. Suddenly today I am, along with 1 million other people. I have since blocked.
Instagram data says the account has used five other aliases since its creation in 2023, doesn't list them.
Instagram data says the account has used five other aliases since its creation in 2023, doesn't list them.
What the fuck. She's grinning.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What the fuck. She's grinning.
The Texas A&M Forest Service fire map has it right.
March 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Texas A&M Forest Service fire map has it right.
Wikipedia doesn't know what year Mikey Madison was born
March 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wikipedia doesn't know what year Mikey Madison was born
Hell yeah, new chants just dropped.
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hell yeah, new chants just dropped.
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1000 kitchens in Sudan closed by the USAID closures. Staggering to think of.
February 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
1000 kitchens in Sudan closed by the USAID closures. Staggering to think of.
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Fox News just said the U.S. doesn't have anything like China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is hilarious. We did. It was called USAID.
February 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Fox News just said the U.S. doesn't have anything like China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is hilarious. We did. It was called USAID.
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Patriotic Americans must get their minds around the idea that mass protests likely will be necessary to stop a Trump-Musk dictatorship. Consider what outrage would get you into the streets. Keep bottled water and snacks handy. But mostly, get psychologically ready to defend your country.
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Patriotic Americans must get their minds around the idea that mass protests likely will be necessary to stop a Trump-Musk dictatorship. Consider what outrage would get you into the streets. Keep bottled water and snacks handy. But mostly, get psychologically ready to defend your country.
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Some recent front pages and articles from the UK media about Trump:
February 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Some recent front pages and articles from the UK media about Trump:
Today I learned of the existence of screaming hairy (!) armadillos (their actual name), and now I need to find one
February 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Today I learned of the existence of screaming hairy (!) armadillos (their actual name), and now I need to find one
Today's Presidents Day protest at the Texas Capitol is easily bigger than the Feb. 5 gathering.
February 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Today's Presidents Day protest at the Texas Capitol is easily bigger than the Feb. 5 gathering.
Texans gathering at the Capitol today to protest ... all of this.
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Texans gathering at the Capitol today to protest ... all of this.
