Pablonius Monk πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On), Outtasite Dallasite https://youtu.be/yA-G81xJT3U (by Allen Toussaint)

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Header picture: Big Tex as depicted on animated TV series "King of the Hill"

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Happy birthday Mastodon! πŸŽ‰

From Vivaldi, a big thank you to @Gargron, the rest of Mastodon's team and everyone else who enjoys and breathes life into this corner of the internet!

Here's to 10 more! πŸ₯‚

El Paso is one of the largest cities in Texas – but much of the country still misunderstands it.

Journalist Jazmine Ulloa grew up there. After the 2019 Walmart mass shooting that targeted Hispanic shoppers, she set out to tell a deeper story of the border city she knows. https://txst.us/bnlal9

A terrific new resource for fighting ICE and protesting the companies making millions by serving ICE. https://unplugice.org/
Unplug ICE

Disrupt. Disconnect. Defeat.

Unplug ICE
happy Ides of March. sic semper tyrannis.

On the bright side:

Texas cellphone ban is leading Dallas kids back to the library πŸ“š πŸ“΅

Dallas ISD reports a notable increase in book checkouts across schools.

@dallasnews

πŸ†“πŸ”— https://archive.ph/YJv1N

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2026/03/16/texas-cellphone-ban-is-leading-dallas-kids-back-to-the-library/

#Library #CellphoneBan #JonathanHaight #Dallas #Millennials #GenZ

Surprise, surprise, surprise.
To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/farm-labor-trump-migrant-workers-h2a.html?smid=tw-share
Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers to Help Farm Labor Shortage

As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.

The New York Times

What company do you use for your home internet service?

We're just about fed up with AT&T Fiber.

(Please boost for visibility.)  

πŸ›œ 🌐 πŸ“Ά 🏑

#Poll #WiFi #Internet #Providers

AT&T
15.8%
Spectrum
21.1%
Frontier
5.3%
Other (listed in reply)
57.9%
Poll ended at .

β€œIt has not only saved DART, it has saved regional transportation.”

Behind the plan to save DART: How the transit agency reversed its fate in 120 days

The toughest part was crafting a deal that worked for all of DART’s 13 member cities, not just the ones threatening to leave. Cities were often focused on what was in it for them.

@dallasnews

πŸ†“πŸ”— https://archive.ph/LLVck

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2026/03/14/behind-the-plan-to-save-dart-how-the-transit-agency-reversed-its-fate-in-120-days/

#DART #Dallas #NorthTexas #MassTransit #Transportation #LightRail #Rail #PublicTransit #LillyKersh