Patrick
@patrickjharris.bsky.social
Fort Worth, TX | TCU | pop culture, technology, and whiskey enthusiast | occasionally make things
When it hits at :47
just turn it on and make something.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
When it hits at :47
Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
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Incredibly, red states keep finding new ways to fall behind while blue states route around the damage that comes from MAGA policies.
September 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Incredibly, red states keep finding new ways to fall behind while blue states route around the damage that comes from MAGA policies.
Just give Alexandra Petrie a Pulitzer already. "Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow."
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just give Alexandra Petrie a Pulitzer already. "Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow."
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when it comes to voting and civil rights: play fair or don't play at all. on the Texas Dems enjoying their Italian beef:
www.star-telegram.com/opinion/brad...
www.star-telegram.com/opinion/brad...
Texas Republicans are cheating. Democrats’ best option is not to play | Opinion
When it comes to voting and civil rights, play fair, or don’t play at all.
www.star-telegram.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
when it comes to voting and civil rights: play fair or don't play at all. on the Texas Dems enjoying their Italian beef:
www.star-telegram.com/opinion/brad...
www.star-telegram.com/opinion/brad...
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They finally made the milk from that hotel
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They finally made the milk from that hotel
Me, watching the Minecraft movie: This is the plot to the Lord of the Rings.
June 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Me, watching the Minecraft movie: This is the plot to the Lord of the Rings.
Em dashes are cool
The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on
For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
June 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Em dashes are cool
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VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.”
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.”
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
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Greed can be very costly.
Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing
Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing
May 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Greed can be very costly.
Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing
Some would put themselves at a disadvantage to make sure you have nothing
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
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TCU is the first team not named USC or UCLA to win the beach volleyball national title.
May 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
TCU is the first team not named USC or UCLA to win the beach volleyball national title.
Filmland 9 year old bourbon: Sweet, lightly smoky with a sharp alcohol notes up front. Dark fruit and a dry spice on the finish that doesn’t linger. Okay pour, not worth the price. Snazzy label and branding
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Filmland 9 year old bourbon: Sweet, lightly smoky with a sharp alcohol notes up front. Dark fruit and a dry spice on the finish that doesn’t linger. Okay pour, not worth the price. Snazzy label and branding
Because "vouchers" aren’t intended to "cover" the cost. They subsidize private schools, allowing them to increase their tuition faster than the subsidies grow. This is what happened in other states. You need to call them subsidies, not vouchers. Vouchers sounds nice but it’s false.
Tuition at many Fort Worth private schools is higher than proposed voucher amount: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...
Tuition at many Fort Worth private schools is higher than proposed voucher amount
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CAS_nolancatholic-9-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CAS_nolancatholic-9-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1" />The Texas Legislature is ironing out the details of an education savings account program. Here’s how many private schools in Fort Worth are covered.
fortworthreport.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Because "vouchers" aren’t intended to "cover" the cost. They subsidize private schools, allowing them to increase their tuition faster than the subsidies grow. This is what happened in other states. You need to call them subsidies, not vouchers. Vouchers sounds nice but it’s false.
My company needs a Choreography and Merriment Department
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My company needs a Choreography and Merriment Department
Greg Abbott would destroy curb cuts in the name of DEI.
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Greg Abbott would destroy curb cuts in the name of DEI.
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Pretty soon the question will shift from, “Where are the democrats?” to, “Where are the generals?”
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Pretty soon the question will shift from, “Where are the democrats?” to, “Where are the generals?”
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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
@startelegram.bsky.social please send this lit to your editors
Trump cancels cancer research
Trump policy hides emerging diseases from public
Trump HHS shutdown wastes TK in taxpayer $
Trump HHS shutdown costs TK to local economies
Trump holds emergency disaster aid to Americans hostage
Trump arrests citizens&veteran w/proof of status
Write these stories.
Trump policy hides emerging diseases from public
Trump HHS shutdown wastes TK in taxpayer $
Trump HHS shutdown costs TK to local economies
Trump holds emergency disaster aid to Americans hostage
Trump arrests citizens&veteran w/proof of status
Write these stories.
January 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@startelegram.bsky.social please send this lit to your editors
If people are surprised by what’s happening in our very real fascist dystopia, they shoulda read the book, Project 2025, because it’s all there like a flippin' how to manual.
January 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If people are surprised by what’s happening in our very real fascist dystopia, they shoulda read the book, Project 2025, because it’s all there like a flippin' how to manual.
Turned off Apple AI today after it semi hallucinated that Trump pardoned his family. Like, c'mon.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Turned off Apple AI today after it semi hallucinated that Trump pardoned his family. Like, c'mon.
Watched Moonraker. James Bond goes *pew pew*
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Watched Moonraker. James Bond goes *pew pew*
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re: the value of this bowl game sponsorship —> Pop-Tarts sold 21 MILLION more toaster pastries in the eight weeks following the 2023 game than it did the eight weeks prior to the game. https://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/the-pop-tarts-bowl-is-cooking-in-year-2-literally
The Pop-Tarts Bowl is Cooking in Year 2. Literally.
The most viral bowl game in college football last season is upping its game this year - in part by turning its trophy into a real toaster. Here's what we know about what to expect when Miami and Iowa...
www.nbcsports.com
December 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
re: the value of this bowl game sponsorship —> Pop-Tarts sold 21 MILLION more toaster pastries in the eight weeks following the 2023 game than it did the eight weeks prior to the game. https://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/the-pop-tarts-bowl-is-cooking-in-year-2-literally
Leeds!
December 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds!