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Sarah Thurmond

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Native of Del Rio, Texas. Proud cat mom to Lola. Freelance editor/writer, web and events editor for Texas Highways, alum of Austin Monthly, Tennis, SI.


Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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I mean, there was Covid. Did that factor into the study? #justsaying

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Yes! Was just wondering if it is more than usual!

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Controlling a group of people still seems like hate to me.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Is there a more frustrating player to watch than Ben Shelton?? #wimbledon

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Why do they hate the poor so much? And you know these are families. Only unborn children matter to them.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Happy to see Paolini go through but, gosh, Madison Keys. 😭😭😭 #wimbledon

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SanMarcos 🍉🍒🚤🏭 Meme thief's avatar SanMarcos 🍉🍒🚤🏭 Meme thief @sanmarcos.bsky.social
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I didn't realize the Republican party of SC had purged its State Senate of women in the primary. This is the perfect example of a vertical command structure. Fall perfectly in line or you're gone. Welcome to Russia. It's how they roll there.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM3L...

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Rybakina destroying Wozniacki in the first set of their match at #wimbledon is a thing to behold. She is on 🔥

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Every pundit fretting over Biden’s age should mention that he could be a walking corpse and electing him would still be the only way to protect abortion rights.

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In a crash course in global statecraft, Keir Starmer, Britain’s first Labour prime minister in 14 years, will fly to Washington this coming week to attend a NATO summit. A week after that, he will play host to 50 European leaders at a security meeting at Blenheim Palace.

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Rishi Sunak concedes defeat after a historic loss that saw some of the Conservative Party's biggest names lose their seats in resounding fashion.

“The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight. I take responsibility for the loss,” he says

Read more: bloom.bg/ukelection

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SpaceX can't find paying customers for more than half its current launches, which it has to fill with satellites for its money-losing Starlink internet service. Scale has brought lower launch costs but not more viable space-based businesses to pay for them, and doubling down won't change that.

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Texas Highways has a whole new look for its 50th anniversary! My piece on Uvalde’s cut-out roadside oddities by artist John Cerney is included in the new issue. Check it out!

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race

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Pablo Saavedra Garfias's avatar Pablo Saavedra Garfias @dunklewolke.bsky.social
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As a child it was cool to think that oil is a kind of dinosaur soup, but this is pure fantasy. “For some strange reason, the idea that oil comes from dinosaurs has stuck with many people" but is a #myth. Oil forms when trillions of tiny algae & plankton in the sea died, & sank to the sea bottom 🧪🎢⚒️

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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To which the doctors/hospitals should respond: I hope the AG is not sowing doubt in our figures just to make a political statement.

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Sad to hear this news about Michael Corcoran. He contributed stories to Texas Highways’ website regularly. He was our go-to writer for anything music. He knew the subject matter so well. 😢 www.statesman.com/story/news/l...

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Lance Ellisor's avatar Lance Ellisor @ellisor.bsky.social
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if you need a break from the news, try this Nextdoor post from my city, Austin

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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What about my cat, Lola? She can impersonate a lamp, which is the only qualification you need to be POTUS these days.

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Richard Whittaker's avatar Richard Whittaker @rmwhittaker.bsky.social
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If you stay home this November, or "protest vote," I will find you in whatever internment camp we're both in and ask, politely, how that worked out for you.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Trademarking this: HumAIns, AI-generated humans being used in ads, commercials, TV shows, films, etc.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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I'm no lawyer, but I kinda understand what they're trying to differentiate here. However, what if a POTUS makes up a "national security" excuse to, say, assassinate an opponent?

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I have a feeling the pro-life folks just think it’s all good since she survived her nightmare. “What’s the problem? She’s fine. No one’s dying because of abortion bans.” Blah blah blah

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BREAKING: Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into what experts are calling an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean.

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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SURGE in turnout in France so far. Turnout at 5pm is 59% of registered voters (orange line). That's already higher than the *overall* turnout in the 2012, 2017, and 2022 elections. (Note: polls projected this; not necessarily indicative of a surprise in overall vote share.)

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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He needs to ignore the bully Trump. Focus on his accomplishments and the next four years. Swat away anything Trump says with “felon say what?”

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Dave Hutchinson's avatar Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social
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I’m not sure there’s anything you can say about a society that wants to protect kids from Anne Frank’s Diary but won’t protect them from guns.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

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Corey Brickley Illustration's avatar Corey Brickley Illustration @coreybrickley.bsky.social
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Okay so to be clear we are destroying power grids, the livelihoods of actual humans beings, and communication/research infrastructure for the sake of an algorithm that converts stolen data into unreliable stolen data and consistently loses millions of dollars. Just to be clear

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Kristin Gorski's avatar Kristin Gorski @kristingorski.bsky.social
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A real loss. Where else can such a history & archives be found? It's both local to Seattle & global. Surprised that there weren't more will & funds to preserve this! www.geekwire.com/2024/fans-up...

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Carl T. Bergstrom's avatar Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com
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My kid checking out Bluesky for the first time: [unironically] "So it's just like regular social media except no one uses it?"

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Nothing to see here, folks, just Dems eating their own again.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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When does a stereotype become a stereotype? Because having a history of sexual misconduct seems very stereotypically white male Republican to me.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Not that anybody asked but here's my take: Dems have a man down, and instead of rallying around him and getting behind him, they want to kick him to the curb. A lack of confidence shows weakness and an inability to handle a bad situation and keep fighting. Dems give up while the GOP keeps fighting.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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It's his super power! He's No Shame Man, able to bully his way into office, leap over any law that stands in his way, sidestep constitutional rights, fly in his big private jet without a care in the world, and outlive us all!

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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Ha! Well, it wouldn't matter because Trump has clearly made a pact with the devil to live to be 100 despite being obese and an unhealthy eater.

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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You think Biden pulled a Trump and appeared at a debate with Covid?

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Sarah Thurmond's avatar Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social
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So all those people who stopped the election process by breaking through barriers, injuring security guards, smashing windows, breaking down doors, destroying property, and terrorizing our elected officials did nothing wrong?? Somebody help me understand how this is OK in America?

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If SCOTUS doesn't make you angry enough to overlook Biden's faults I don't know what to tell you.

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Jamison Foser's avatar Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social
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Trump, Who Incited Insurrection After Losing In 2020, Refuses To Say He Will Accept Outcome of 2024 Election there's your fucking headline.

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