HeyJaredBayou City Sludge
A newsletter about what our Houston representatives are doing in the Texas legislature. And whatever else. By Sara Cress, noted person.
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Learning how to ignore (opens the original)
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I am currently reading How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell. Published in 2019, it was written in the aftermath of the first Trump election, when many of us were feeling exhausted and confused and constantly being tazed by the chaos of each day. <source type
Nine years ago today (opens the original)
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I told my therapist that today was the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey flooding our house. The remarkable part is that it was an afterthought. I haven’t been haunted by flashbacks or dreams about floods, which afflicted me for years after the flood.<img alt="
News from the dead of campaign season (opens the original)
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I have been having a rough time lately. I’ve had a cold/bronchitis for coming on two weeks, which is awful on its own but also means I haven’t been able to work out in two weeks, and that very negatively affects my mental health. And then after a couple of months of dreading it would happen, I lost a long-term freelance client last week due to leadership changes and a fundamental disagreement about what nonprofit social media should look and feel like. That takes away a good chunk of my yearly i
1.2 million Texas voter registrations are in "suspense" (opens the original)
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Who is bankrolling Alex Mealer? (opens the original)
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Since we can only vote once this fall, and we can only attend so many rallies that make us feel slightly better, and we can only register so many voters, what else CAN we do in these horrible, hot days of relentless summer? We can dig into fundraising reports and shame some companies and rich people for donating to MAGA candidates! <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dzBV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
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