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3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Yeah MHS grads can be pretty shitty. MHS + aggy = always awful

Hey now let's not be disparaging my alma mater, of course back in my day we almost all went to UT (at least those that couldn't get into an IVY)

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Good Houston news for a change

  • Apple said it will work with partners to open a 250,000-square-foot AI server manufacturing facility in Houston.
  • The new factory, which is slated to open in 2026, will form part of a $500 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years.
  • In addition to the new Texas facility, Apple said it also plans to hire around 20,000 employees across the U.S. over the period.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/24/apple-to-open-texas-ai-server-factory-in-500-billion-us-expansion.html

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3 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

If you think Apple is investing $500 billion in the next four years I have some oceanfront property in Arizona you'd be really interested in. 

This.  Handing the regime fodder for victorious press releases is great business....more important than the actual business.

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11 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Good Houston news for a change

  • Apple said it will work with partners to open a 250,000-square-foot AI server manufacturing facility in Houston.
  • The new factory, which is slated to open in 2026, will form part of a $500 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years.
  • In addition to the new Texas facility, Apple said it also plans to hire around 20,000 employees across the U.S. over the period.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/24/apple-to-open-texas-ai-server-factory-in-500-billion-us-expansion.html

I would be amazed if they could build a next gen manufacturing facility and have it operational by the end of 2026. As far as I know they haven't broken ground yet, and there's gonna be some major power grid stability issues to onboard such a new heavy load with city power infra being as shoestring (and wildly profitable) as it is

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I think there’s going to be a lot of these fucking things in Texas because of cheap energy. They’re an eye sore and supposed to be pretty loud. 
 

I hope DeepSeek taught our engineers something, and they can make it AI servers smaller. 

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1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

Sounds like Kim Ogg's office fucked up.

Ogg and Garza in Travis County stand as perfect exhibits in the case of "incompetence is not beholden to any particular ideology."  Republican suck-up (yeah, she's a "Dem" -- whatever, that's been discussed ad nauseum, she works with the GOP) and Dem panderer....neither one of them is qualified to run the supply closet at a DA's office, but here we are.

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27 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Ogg and Garza in Travis County stand as perfect exhibits in the case of "incompetence is not beholden to any particular ideology."  Republican suck-up (yeah, she's a "Dem" -- whatever, that's been discussed ad nauseum, she works with the GOP) and Dem panderer....neither one of them is qualified to run the supply closet at a DA's office, but here we are.

At least the good people of Harris County voted Ogg out of office. Travis County voters can’t say the same about Garza.

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On 2/24/2025 at 8:08 PM, Captainant said:

I would be amazed if they could build a next gen manufacturing facility and have it operational by the end of 2026. As far as I know they haven't broken ground yet, and there's gonna be some major power grid stability issues to onboard such a new heavy load with city power infra being as shoestring (and wildly profitable) as it is

 

On 2/24/2025 at 8:11 PM, Ghost of NMAS said:

I’m sure that Apple wants to build a major facility that will be flooded in the dark several times a year

Yeah, big manufacturing sites never have their own generators...or power plants

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HISD Superintendent is a fraud

https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/

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Two months before Miller became an administrator at Sam Houston College Prep, Miles left his role as CEO of TFS and TFS-Texas. TEA had taken over Houston ISD, the state’s largest school district, and tapped Miles to serve as the new superintendent.

Soon after starting at Sam Houston, Miller told the Texas Observer in an interview last year, she noticed something odd about how TFS-Texas ran the elementary school: Some classes the students were taking didn’t match their report cards.

State law requires that Texas school children take social studies—“consisting of Texas, United States and world history, government, geography, and economics”—and receive physical education, including for elementary schoolers a specified amount of daily or weekly physical activity. But, in a written complaint to TEA and interviews with the Observer, Miller alleged the school failed to provide social studies courses, a claim supported by an ex-Sam Houston teacher and TFS documents. Miller also alleged the school did not provide sufficient physical education to all students. She and two ex-teachers described problems to the Observer with the way corresponding grades were recorded.

Texas’ upper elementary school students typically take civics, Texas history, and U.S. history to fulfill social studies requirements. Instead, upper-grade students at Sam Houston took Miles’ “Art of Thinking” course, which TFS officials have argued, in response to Miller’s complaint, fulfills the state social studies requirement but which former school employees described as more of a reading or critical thinking class. 

Additionally, instead of all students taking a traditional physical education class, some took other electives instead. TFS officials have said, again in response to Miller’s complaint, that all students received sufficient physical activity “through a variety of classes” including “physical education, dance, martial arts, team sports, and fitness classes.” But Miller alleged that students in grades three through six did not receive the state-mandated hours of physical activity because these upper-grade students rotated through electives—which included, per a 2023-24 list provided by TFS, at least four classes that appear to lack physical exercise: sketching, photography, sign language, and choir.

Yet, on their report cards, Sam Houston students received grades for “Social Studies” and “Physical Education,” according to Miller and a report card reviewed by the Observer. The teachers who taught the school’s PE classes were required to enter PE grades on behalf of contractors who taught other electives, according to Miller and an ex-PE teacher. TFS has confirmed that certified teachers entered grades on behalf of these contractors.

 

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GSA is selling off 3 properties in Houston deemed not essential to core government services.

GEORGE THOMAS MICKEY LELAND FEDERAL BUILDING

ALLIANCE TOWER

HOUSTON CUSTOM HOUSE (historical place)

Non-core property list

We are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties for disposal. Selling ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces. Disposing of these assets helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions.

Mickey Leland building seems important for Houston:  Houston Passport Office, IRS Taxpayer Assistance, EEOC, immigration court, NLRB offices and Dept of Commerce Export Assistance Center

 
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Mother of 12-Year-Old Threatens to Shoot Up School

 

March 5, 2025 by David Jones

A Texas mother, aged 45, is currently being sought by law enforcement after allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at her child’s middle school in response to her child being bullied. Cicerly Nicole Walker is facing a felony charge of making a terroristic threat, according to court documents.

The incident occurred on January 30, when officers from the Aldine Independent School District Police Department were called to Hoffman Middle School on West Little York Road around 11:30 a.m. The call was in response to an unauthorized person on the school premises.

Upon arrival, the officers were briefed by the school’s assistant principal. He reported that a parent, later identified as Walker, had entered the school without permission and was causing a disturbance. Walker reportedly gained access to the school by following a student through a locked door that had been opened by a school clerk. The clerk, realizing Walker was not authorized to be on the premises, promptly alerted the principal.

Two 12-year-old students provided statements to the police, describing Walker as causing a disturbance by yelling loudly in the school hallway. The situation escalated when Walker entered the school cafeteria and allegedly threatened the students there. According to one of the 12-year-old students, Walker questioned her and others about bullying her child and threatened to return and carry out a shooting at the school. This statement was corroborated by the other student, who also expressed fear for her life.

The students reported that many of their peers were present in the cafeteria when Walker made the alleged threat, causing widespread panic and distress. The school clerk was able to confirm that Walker’s child was a student at the school and provided a photo of Walker. The two 12-year-old students positively identified Walker from the photo as the person who made the threat.

A check of Walker’s name in the police system revealed that she had a previous record, including charges of evading arrest, verbal harassment, driving while intoxicated, and unlawful carrying of a weapon.

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