August 22 • 2025

Aug 22-28, 2025 / Vol. 44 / No. 51

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Chaos at the Capitol: After Texas House Democrats returned to Austin Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced that Dems could only leave the House floor if they received written permission and agreed to round-the-clock law enforcement escorts until the House reconvened Wednesday morning. Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier chose to stay in the House chambers…

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Cats develop dementia in a similar way to how humans develop Alzheimer’s disease. The at sign (@) has different names in different countries. In Afrikaans and Dutch it’s called “monkey tail.” In Armenian, it’s “puppy.” In Catalan it’s named after a Mallorcan pastry, and similarly in Hebrew it’s named after cross-section cut of a strudel.…


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