“There’s a political position there, that is applied to the science industry…as things heat up, we sort of move away from the rational discussion that could actually help us get somewhere,” says John Schwartz on the subject of ‘woke capitalism’. #ESGUnderAttack #J310Dawson

“All of these efforts to reign in ESG, of all of them, Texas leads the way,” says John Schwartz, former science writer for the New York Times. #ESGUnderAttack #J310Dawson

“What they’re not telling you, though, is that they’re going to cost Texas tax payers money,” says Chris Tomlinson on tax payers and fossil fuel costs. #ESGUnderAttack #J310Dawson

“It’s the same playbook… ‘Let’s block the federal government from putting regulations on these fossil fuels,’” Jeff Nesbit says on conservative state’s perspective of funding fossil fuel production. #ESGUnderAttack #J310Dawson

“And that’s why we need to invest in hiring more police officers to really crack down against antimaskers,” Alexander Stringer says in support of item numbers 48 and 52 at the Austin City Council meeting on Thursday. #J310Dawson

“Expanding the highway means it becomes increasingly difficult to live here without being able to drive,” Marian Shoenfield said on Thursday in support of Rethink35, a movement fighting the proposed expansion of I-35 through Austin. #AustinCityCouncil #J310Dawson

“We are pressing for people to understand the power and the use of art and veterans,” Glenn Towery advocates for the importance of the Austin Veterans Art Festival on Thursday’s Austin City Council meeting. #J310Dawson

City manager Leslie Pool addressed funding and execution details of the annual Austin Veterans Art Festival. “The Austin Veterans Art Festival will indeed be happening in person and soon,” Pool confirmed at the Austin City Council meeting on Thursday. #J310Dawson

Paul Robbins discusses Austin Energy’s announcement to implement increased fuel prices this fall. “The utility is also hiding key information…Austin Energy has not provided it,” Robbins said at the Austin City Council meeting Thursday. #J310Dawson

Paul Robbins earned some applause after discussing Austin Energy’s plan to implement increased gas prices. “We need an explanation of why Austin’s main gas plant, Sand Hill, was not producing power for most of four months of 2022,” Robbins said. #J310Dawson

Council member Harper-Madison spoke on Urban Renewal’s impact on the Austin area. “If you’d like to know why people call it ‘Urban Removal’, it’s because the city of Austin intentionally displaced 475 working-class households,” Harper-Madison said on Thursday. #J310Dawson

When Takeoff spoke with Rolling Stone in 2015, his lifelong dedication to music was clear. "You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t going to be who I was," said the Migos rapper, senselessly gone today. "I knew I was going to be here.” rol.st/3UdxdHD

Anyone wanna play bananagrams

It’s 1:34pm on a Thursday and I’m gonna give alllllll my secrets awayyyyy

Justice for Thanksgiving ✊🏼

I love Twitter #appreciation

Every single establishment in the Denver airport is out of tissues. Declaring a crisis. #sniffles

It’s our intern Selle’s last day in the office this summer. We are sad to see this Georgia girl head back to Texas for her final year of school, but know she’ll make us dawgs proud. Good luck, Selle, and thank you for everything!

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