Sunday, May 22, 2022
Remarkable thread about segregation in an area of Texas famous for producing top athletes
"The magic of all this segregation is that Highland Park residents pay a school property tax rate ~10% ***less*** than Dallas residents do — but their tax base means they still get to spend 78% ***more*** per student than Dallas schools can."
Today's funny posts
For anyone who wants to get lost in the amazing world of pimped-out ambulances -- and cars and trucks and, yes, even minivans -- it's a literal business in the Dominican Republic and that it exists makes my heart full: https://t.co/aIm4n850yz
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 21, 2022
Picked up from my wishlist, " Then We Came to the End: A Novel" is $1.99 today at Amazon
Winner of the Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award
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One of the Best Books of the Year
Boston Globe * Christian Science Monitor * New York Magazine * New York Times Book Review * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Time magazine * Salon
Shin Godzilla attraction in the rain; Disorienting views of Times Square, Hong Kong, and Macau
The giant Shin Godzilla zipline attraction during a rainy day in Japan. pic.twitter.com/lpUVuVKH1C
— Kaiju News Outlet (@KaijuNewsOutlet) May 20, 2022
Saturday, May 21, 2022
"Powerful judge in Texas' smallest county...charged with cattle theft"
NBC:
Lawmen came to remote Loving County, Texas, on Friday to arrest the county judge, a former sheriff’s deputy and two ranch hands on one of Texas’ oldest crimes — cattle theft.
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the scion of a powerful ranching family
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For decades, a handful of prominent families in Loving County have feuded bitterly for control of the local government, with the [judge's] finally largely coming out ahead. [He] has served as the judge for more than 15 years. His sister is the county clerk. His cousin’s husband is the county attorney. His nephew is the constable.
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he presided over a period of unprecedented growth, as fracking boomed in the Permian Basin, feeding money into the county’s coffers
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