DMc
@danmcaoa.bsky.social
Marine Geologist, Dad, Husband, News Junkie, Music, Books, Cooking, Travel, History, too.
Seems smart to go right to the political case. If you lost your election to a non citizen, wouldn’t you challenge it? Why not? They knew that birthright citizenship in the 14th amendment said what it said. Full stop. Thanks A. Frost and colleagues for this.
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Seems smart to go right to the political case. If you lost your election to a non citizen, wouldn’t you challenge it? Why not? They knew that birthright citizenship in the 14th amendment said what it said. Full stop. Thanks A. Frost and colleagues for this.
‘If you see Miss Caroline, tell her I’m doin’ fine.’ #RIPJoeEly youtube.com/watch?v=cv_j...
Because of the Wind (Live)
YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic
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December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘If you see Miss Caroline, tell her I’m doin’ fine.’ #RIPJoeEly youtube.com/watch?v=cv_j...
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Wonderful to join my former Houston Chronicle team last night to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing! Congrats Sharon Steinmann, Raj Mankad and Leah Binkovitz!
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wonderful to join my former Houston Chronicle team last night to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing! Congrats Sharon Steinmann, Raj Mankad and Leah Binkovitz!
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Condolences to the families of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, and a fast recovery to Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who was shot trying to stop the shooter. Anti-semitism is a scourge.
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Condolences to the families of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, and a fast recovery to Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who was shot trying to stop the shooter. Anti-semitism is a scourge.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
Beautiful day in Austin today.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Beautiful day in Austin today.
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happy bday German writer Heinrich Heine, b.1797.
"Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."
"Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
happy bday German writer Heinrich Heine, b.1797.
"Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."
"Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."
Good grief. Heaven help us.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Good grief. Heaven help us.
Years ago in Austin, being repeatedly forewarned by the waiter, I ordered the Tiger Cry, max spice level. The entire kitchen staff came out to watch me eat it.
We just ordered Thai food and I got level 2 spicy and I am in PAIN. I'm SO white
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Years ago in Austin, being repeatedly forewarned by the waiter, I ordered the Tiger Cry, max spice level. The entire kitchen staff came out to watch me eat it.
True. Texas is leading renewables for the greenback dollar and not the green new deal. Funny how these roads converge…
On the afternoon on Nov 2, solar and wind supplied 71% of the grid. Over 30M people live in Texas.
On the afternoon on Nov 2, solar and wind supplied 71% of the grid. Over 30M people live in Texas.
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
True. Texas is leading renewables for the greenback dollar and not the green new deal. Funny how these roads converge…
On the afternoon on Nov 2, solar and wind supplied 71% of the grid. Over 30M people live in Texas.
On the afternoon on Nov 2, solar and wind supplied 71% of the grid. Over 30M people live in Texas.
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It's hard to hate on Texas Tech too much. Because they have a total West Texas trash coach, a bunch of salt of the earth goober fans, and are fueled by just the dumbest oil money on the face of the planet. It's like if Aggie was actually fun. -OS
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's hard to hate on Texas Tech too much. Because they have a total West Texas trash coach, a bunch of salt of the earth goober fans, and are fueled by just the dumbest oil money on the face of the planet. It's like if Aggie was actually fun. -OS
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
I have a bunch of stations across the US and Canada, other favorites are out of Portugal and the Azores, but my standout favorite is Radio Babel out of Montevideo, Uruguay. Eclectic jazz, classical, with lots of bandoneon!
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I have a bunch of stations across the US and Canada, other favorites are out of Portugal and the Azores, but my standout favorite is Radio Babel out of Montevideo, Uruguay. Eclectic jazz, classical, with lots of bandoneon!
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In Texas, many censorship challenges are brewing. Please keep showing up for your public and school libraries! We need community in Victoria, Salado, Hays, New Braunfels, Abilene, Seguin and more! Contact us or @txfreedomread.bsky.social to help!
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In Texas, many censorship challenges are brewing. Please keep showing up for your public and school libraries! We need community in Victoria, Salado, Hays, New Braunfels, Abilene, Seguin and more! Contact us or @txfreedomread.bsky.social to help!
Trump knows what’s “criminal” and what isn’t. Good for Trump for freeing an investment manager just 11 days into a 7 year prison sentence. So what if he paid dividends from his investor’s money in a Ponzi scam and his investors lost their life savings? They should have known better- losers! /s
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump knows what’s “criminal” and what isn’t. Good for Trump for freeing an investment manager just 11 days into a 7 year prison sentence. So what if he paid dividends from his investor’s money in a Ponzi scam and his investors lost their life savings? They should have known better- losers! /s
Thanks AI! You have a 93% success in predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder as shown by the area of a bicycle wheel between the seat stays and the chain stays! Well done!
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thanks AI! You have a 93% success in predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder as shown by the area of a bicycle wheel between the seat stays and the chain stays! Well done!
It is Thanksgiving prep day. What’s on your turntable, be it digital or analog? For me it is Jonathan Edwards, early early Jerry Jeff, Nanci Griffith, Kimmie Rhodes, Don Walser, Tony Rice and David Grisman’s Tone Poets. You? youtube.com/watch?v=UtId...
Athens County
YouTube video by Jonathan Edwards - Topic
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It is Thanksgiving prep day. What’s on your turntable, be it digital or analog? For me it is Jonathan Edwards, early early Jerry Jeff, Nanci Griffith, Kimmie Rhodes, Don Walser, Tony Rice and David Grisman’s Tone Poets. You? youtube.com/watch?v=UtId...
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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The consequences of building in Houston-area floodplains are particularly stark, experts said, as Houston’s suburbs boom, pushing new construction into jurisdictions that often have more lax regulations and fewer resources to enforce them.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The consequences of building in Houston-area floodplains are particularly stark, experts said, as Houston’s suburbs boom, pushing new construction into jurisdictions that often have more lax regulations and fewer resources to enforce them.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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It is the inconvenient truth. The other is that renewables keep the prices down. Solar and wind set the daily market rate. Natural gas has to grudgingly sell at the same rate. Here is the Texas grid on Nov 2, 2 pm. 71% of the electricity came from solar and wind!
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It is the inconvenient truth. The other is that renewables keep the prices down. Solar and wind set the daily market rate. Natural gas has to grudgingly sell at the same rate. Here is the Texas grid on Nov 2, 2 pm. 71% of the electricity came from solar and wind!
All the way with LBJ! I am up for a Burns documentary while still waiting on Robert Caro.
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
kenburns.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
All the way with LBJ! I am up for a Burns documentary while still waiting on Robert Caro.
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...