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hookem2010

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  1. The administration continues to fuck conservation in any way possible. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/13/muleshoe-wildlife-refuge-donald-trump-texas/
  2. This is a hilarious hypothetical for someone slashing medical research funding. Next you're going to tell us that Trump could put an end to pedophilia and the libtards will just cry about Trump surveilling our bedrooms.
  3. Get in touch with the Shark Whisperer and free dive with some tigers. Looks like great fun.
  4. A person so insane even Trump's inner circle had to tell him to stop hanging out with her.
  5. But things are about to turn around, right? Right?!?!?
  6. As a guy with a 3 and 1 year-old, I can confidently say that I'm in the worst shape of my adult life.
  7. Unacceptable risk to national security, letting dying brown kids into the country for medical care. Fortunately Loomer, a person who somehow has sway in our government, put an end to it! https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-gaza-laura-loomer-medical-visas-hospital-1235410184/
  8. For going to back-to-back semifinals, having a Manning at QB and being ranked #1, I feel like everyone, including some of this board, is kind of dismissing the likelihood of this being a dominant team. Who knows what will happen, but choosing anybody but Texas to be THE Team this year seems to be the trendy pick.
  9. Looks like essentially all of the summer reports are from around the Tower and Town Lake, occasionally Hornsby. They are definitely around outside of breeding season, usually passing through. American kestrel is the falcon that may be around a little more year-round, but they are also not very common from June-August or so.
  10. Kirk is a catch-22. Yes, that condensed, creepy, smarmy little face is asking to be punched. But any subsequent change in his appearance couldn't be anything but an improvement.
  11. Anecdotal, but in one of my now regular arguments with my parents since reestablishishing contact, my Dad did acknowledge that Paxton and Patrick specifically are clowns that he wouldn't vote for again. How does he not see that the average R, especially in Texas, is 99% as bad? Not sure. Small victories, I guess...
  12. The fucking losers the Rs latch onto as their thought leaders is truly insane.
  13. Hmmm, I wonder where the cartels get a bunch of their guns that make them such an issue to begin with...
  14. Yes, not in great numbers. But there's been a female who has attempted (unsuccessfully, at least as of a couple years ago) to nest on the Tower. So a rare breeder, but they certainly pass through during migration with some regularity.
  15. Straight to the parents. Thanks!
  16. Just a J6er urging insurrectionists to kill cops now working for the DOJ. Super normal. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/nx-s1-5493197/doj-trump-jan-6-defendant-jared-wise-capitol-riot
  17. Can't afford to fund the NPS, but can have the army corps of engineers adjust river flow at the VP's whim so he can get his kayak on. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels
  18. Yea, but that covers 2.5% of the annual increase to the ICE budget. You really think mRNA vaccines help people 1/40th as much as those heroes in masks?
  19. I finally went to a purple martin party. They're at the shopping center with Target at 45/35. Probably a couple hundred thousand birds roosting in a handful of trees before moving down to South America. It's a pretty crazy sight and a bigger event than I knew. There were probably 300+ people watching them come in with Travis Audubon hosting an information booth. Highly recommend.
  20. We went to Lake Irwin to start the day and just hung out for a while, before making our way over to Gothic, where we hiked to Judd Falls. The toddler faceplanted on the trail almost immediately, but quickly recovered. I probably ended up carrying him half the hike while my wife had the baby in a backpack, so we're pretty beat now. I would recommend either location, particularly Lake Irwin. Trek home begins tomorrow. Shucks.
  21. I think increasing elevation 3,000 ft every day or two has done a decent job acclimating them, since we stopped in Lubbock for a night on the way out. Just fighting the dry skin and lips, or unsettling red eyes in my case. My 3 year-old told me unprompted my eyes were scary the other day.
  22. Baby woke up at 4, so we hit the trail at the base of the mountain at dusk. Once everyone else woke up and ate, we took a trail up Snodgrass. Other than not being a fan of horse shit on the trail, the 3 year-old managed to do the 1.5+ miles all on his own. Other than looking like the highest person in Colorado thanks to the dry air and early wakeup, things are going surprisingly smoothly and enjoyable with 2 little ones.
  23. The Hell scene from Fantasia was terrifying. A neighborhood kid with an October birthday always had the scariest parties. IT and Salem's Lot, in particular the scene where the kid vampire floats up to the window, fucked my shit up for years.
  24. Royal Gorge was a hit with the 3 year-old. I managed to spot a golden eagle on the ride but missed the bighorns some other people saw. Finished the night at Bristol Brewing in the old Ivywild School. Taking a piss in a kid's urinal with elementary school murals on the wall is an odd feeling. We drove Monarch into Crested Butte today, and caught their weekly summer concert series. Especially after central Texas suburbia in the summer, this place is fucking idyllic. Baby enjoyed the show.
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