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  1. This thread is my only reminder that's there's still a Democratic Party.
  2. We really enjoyed the Monday Jack White show. We were 10 feet from the stage so maybe that helped with the vibe. My favorite show was his Austin Music Hall performance maybe a decade ago.
  3. I noticed in the second page they circled the dash usage. For me that’s a telltale sign that letter was poorly written with AI. For whatever reason, AI loves to use dashes in text it writes.
  4. I don't think timing matters much with this lifetime performance:
  5. I'll wait and let that ETF build up some history to review. Being down -4% while Berkshire is up +7% in the same timeframe doesn't make me want to invest early on.
  6. Bought some BRK-B at the end of the day yesterday since it had dipped like 4% with Buffett's retirement. That's my first foray back into stocks since the first of March. I'm now around 60% GLD, 30% SGOV, 10% BRK-B.
  7. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-troubles-european-business-is-getting-worse-as-sales-slump-in-april-155815479.html Tesla’s (TSLA) troubles in Europe are going from bad to worse. The latest data out of the UK found Tesla registrations (a proxy for sales) hit only 512 new vehicles in April, per the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders auto trade group. That figure is down 62% from a year earlier; meanwhile, Chinese EV maker BYD's (BYDDY) registrations surged over 650% to 2,511 units. Tesla’s UK underperformance follows weakness in other key regions. Germany’s KBA trade group reported registrations dipped 46% in the country to 885. The country is home to Tesla’s only European factory. BYD saw its German registrations jump over 755% to 1,566 units.
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    2025 ACL

    Woof. I would care to see Rilo Kiley, Phantogram, Modest Mouse, and Wet Leg. Of course my kid is making me go to see Sabrina Fucking Carpenter. Fuck me.
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    Austin FC

    Uzuni is straight ass. He had a perfect look at the goal and instead of a committed strike, he touch passes it to the keeper. WTF.
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    Austin FC

    This was one of our worst performances in our history and that’s saying something. A 0-1 score is an insurmountable obstacle for us.
  11. The USL is adding promotion and relegation in two years. In addition, they are going to the proper soccer calendar of AUG-MAY. The USL final already drew better TV ratings than the MLS final. You can buy in to the semi-pro USL League 2 for $75,000 and work your way up to top flight soccer. With a $500M buy in to MLS, no owner wants to risk relegation. MLS will continue to try and fit a square NFL peg in an international soccer round hole and get left in the dust. Eric Wynalda has some good podcasts on it if you want a deep dive into the topic. They’re also on the Golz TV YouTube channel.
  12. Just got home from Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, and Die Krupps. This was great top to bottom. Die Krupps hasn’t played Austin since ‘96 even though Jurgen lives here. They killed it. I would love to see a full set. Nitzer Ebb is always good for just being two dorks on stage. Ministry is only playing Twitch, With Sympathy, and earlier Wax Trax singles on this tour and it absolutely killed. Yeah, Al has to use a vocal track to keep up but the crowd loved it and the reworked versions of the songs were great.
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    Spoon

    I’ll admit that I’ve never really listened to Spoon. They’ve always seemed a bit boring to me. I know their major singles and that’s about it. I just listened to a few albums and my initial impression is that they are an American imitation of Brit Pop. Dunno if anyone who’s been a fan for their entire run hears that.
  14. Going back to the Dobie MS issue...there is another special school board "information only" meeting on Friday to talk about options for Dobie, Webb, and Burnet Middle Schools. Looks like there are now 3 campuses that need to be fixed immediately. So, that's 1,800 kids that will need to be absorbed by A/B campuses. Murchison, prepare your butthole.
  15. Think how much money you will save by having nothing available to buy! MOAR MONEY IN YER POCKET!!!
  16. Finally watched the new episodes. My only complaint would be the inclusion of a couple of alien background characters when Gilroy purposely didn’t include any in the first season. Felt like Disney interference.
  17. Rights to operate the district are sold to the highest bidder. As a private school operated district, there's no longer a need to publish academic performance. Problem solved.
  18. My Lamar 6th grader said that Dobie was all the talk at school yesterday. She said she's ready to go to Colorado if we decide that's best.
  19. I went to the AISD meeting at Lamar last night about moving Dobie MS to Lamar. They gave 3 options: let a charter school run Dobie, close Dobie for good and redraw attendance boundaries, or move them all to Lamar. Really, only #3 is on the table. A few things: 1. Lamar is over enrolled by 200 kids. AISD can't give a number but they think 400-450 kids will opt to enroll at Lamar. That will put the campus 50% over capacity. Not only will the Dobie kids will be sent to Lamar but they have to offer Lamar to the charter school kids that are zoned to Dobie. That could balloon the total number of kids by another 100-200. 2. The Title 1 funding Dobie gets will not follow them to Lamar. Segura said they will provide money. From where? The deficit is 10s of millions. 3. The plan is to put 2 9-classroom modular buildings next to the tennis courts and track. Segura says they can do a site plan, find a contractor with immediate availability, get permitting, do site work, install the buildings, do sewer, water, electric, get inspections, and get a certificate of occupancy within the 3 month timeframe. That's comical to say the least. There are kids sitting on the floor in class at Lamar today because they don't have enough desks. Do you think an ISD that can't deliver 100 desks to school in the first 8 months of school can delivery a huge construction project in 3 months? Get the fuck out of here. 4. Murchison is under enrolled by over 200 kids and has plenty of room for modular buildings. The unspoken elephant in the room on why Murchison wasn't on the table are two fold: 1. Murchison parents would never accommodate Dobie kids and move their kids to private schools. 2. Burnet MS and Webb MS are in the same situation next year and will have to close. They are saving the A/B schools with capacity for the larger middle school closures coming next year. 5. There is zero plan to improve the outcome of the Dobie kids. Their teacher-student ratio is 14:1. At Lamar it's 36:1. It is expected to be over 40:1 even with additional teachers. There are no ESL services at Lamar. 50%+ of the Dobie kids are ESL. Basically, the goal is to take the failing kids and have their performance get lost in an A/B school. Who cares if it drops Lamar to a C or D. That's still passing. No support for these kids is going to happen. TLDR: The whole situation is fucked. They are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. If you are an A/B rated school in AISD, you will be absorbing one to two F rated schools in the next few years. It's a death spiral I don't know if AISD can get out of.
  20. This movie fucks. What a world he built. Honestly, the film was best before the big showdown. I could watch some more Smoke Stack Brothers stories in this universe.
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