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In a 78 page ruling, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez found that a key part of the Texas 2021 omnibus voter legislation is confusing, vague, overly broad, violates freedom of speech along with the 14th Amendment and there is no actual problem of illegal vote harvesting.

"Witnesses were particularly uncertain about how to interpret the terms “physical presence” and “compensation” — neither of which is defined in the statute — and how the Canvassing Restriction impacts organizers’ ability to provide voting assistance during their in-person interactions with voters," Rodriguez wrote.

Under the ruling, the Texas Attorney General’s office can no longer conduct investigations based on the provision. The AG’s office cited it when it recently conducted a series of raids on the homes of Latino voting rights activists and a Democratic candidate for the Texas House. The lawsuit brought by multiple Texas voting rights organizations asked for relief from several parts of SB1. But Saturday’s ruling only concerned the state’s attempt to block assistance with absentee ballots.

 

If you've never been to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, I would definitely recommend it.

This new addition is geared towards kids, but it sounds like what will be called the Baker Martin Family Garden will be a super cool place to visit once it is completed.

The garden is woven with teaching moments, enhancing the Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s philosophy of nature play, Richardson said.

The garden has a solar system theme, with Earth, Venus, Mercury and Mars exhibits featuring misters to cool people off and create rainbows that children can enjoy, Richardson said.

The last planet featured in the garden is Jupiter. The area around Jupiter will include a shade structure with musical instruments and play equipment that represent galaxies.

The garden also will include more terrestrial features, such as native Texas plants, a plateau and bodies of water.

“We have gone on missions to go out and find the plants that you would see at Big Bend,” Richardson said.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Are there ever any articles that aren’t disingenuous posted in this community?

 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/19940073

I don't like beer and I don't generally eat the food at the state fair, but I might make a trip for this.

Thanks to @[email protected] for the original post on Mastodon

 

I don't like beer and I don't generally eat the food at the state fair, but I might make a trip for this.

Thanks to @[email protected] for the original post on Mastodon

 

The times that I do play the game, the world is always full of people, but I have to bet that a majority of this is coming from a small amount of people using the shop. What a crazy amount of money.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

This hits very close to home. I’m completely different around people I know well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Greetings from Johnson County!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have not yet read this one. Would you consider it a good read?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

People have a bad habit of downvoting communities they see in the All feed, when they should either just block the community or scroll passed it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Sorting by new for me brings up threads that are hours old, so it isn't just you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have an answer to your pronoun question, but hearing somebody else’s voice in the log jumped out at me as well. If it has happened before, it is pretty rare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't expecting Wesley, but I enjoyed how he was used this season. Considering he was able to fling the Enterprise to a different galaxy with his mind, I didn't see anything in this season that bothered me regarding his "powers".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure exactly what I thought was going to be behind the mid 20th century vault door, but it certainly wasn't Wesley Crusher. I didn't hate it either. Was the sweater that he was wearing one that he wore in TNG? It seemed very familiar.

The Loom are terrifying. We've seen "getting erased completely from history" before with the Krenim time weapon (VOY: Year of Hell), but this version seemed so much worse to me.

I loved the bit regarding all the separate realities, including the "oops you aren't supposed to know that" regarding the mycelial plane.

Seeing Janeway take on the Loom by herself in a shuttle reminded me of her taking on the macrovirus in VOY: Macrocosm.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

What a ride these two episodes were.

A few of my favorite moments:

  • Gillian (the whale!) piloting the ship through the wormhole
  • Wesley finally calling his mom, but then showing up behind her as a surprise
  • The tie-in to the Picard synth attach at the end where the crew reacts to seeing the Mars attack on the news
  • Janeway pushing to continue some scientific and humanitarian missions

I do have a question though. I have been getting "these two people seem to want to get together vibes" in between Chakotay and Janeway starting in the episode "Cracked Mirror". Was this just wishful thinking on my part?

Speaking of relationships, were holo-Janeway and the Doctor flirting?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want to make sure that I understood what was happening in the scene where the turbo lift door opens and they see an alternate reality... Those were the Enderprizians from "All the World's a Stage", right?

Since we never got a mirror universe episode in Voyager (not counting "Living Witness"), I enjoyed Mulgrew and Beltran getting to give us a quick glimpse of what it would have been like.

I loved the callback from Chakotay regarding the events from the VOY episode "Shattered".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I will say that the Voyager-A is a beautiful ship and I hope we get to see more of her.

 

@[email protected] is joining for a Prodigy "Preludes" watchalong, as well as an AMA afterwards to promote season 2 of Prodigy.

Message on Mastodon.

Time: 9PM ET

I'll leave it for you to get the Discord link from his message just in case it is changed before tonight.

 
 

I know a lot of people love Alamo Drafthouse, but my experiences with the one south of downtown Dallas were never great.

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