A teenage girl in Texas died after jumping out of a moving car while she was in the middle of an argument with her mother. Maddison Taylor was pronounced dead at around 9: 00 p. m. local time on Monday night following the tragic incident, which took place on the Interstate-45 North Freeway in Houston, […]
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Texans regret opting into power plan that remotely raises thermostat temps
Enlarge (credit: Grace Cary / Getty Images) Some Texas residents who opted into programs that remotely raise thermostat temperatures during heat waves regretted that decision last week. Power companies in multiple states offer promotions to enroll users into services that let the companies remotely adjust smart thermostats’ temperatures by a few degrees when energy demand […]
Texas Valedictorian Goes Viral After Secretly Swapping Graduation Speech To Denounce ‘Dehumanizing’ Abortion Laws!
This Texas valedictorian had the best high school graduation speech ever… Paxton Smith initially planned to talk about media consumption in her preapproved commencement address at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas. But when the day came, the teen secretly switched the speech and instead pulled out one she wrote about a very important topic: […]
Why Entourage Star Adrian Grenier Walked Away From Hollywood & Moved To Texas
It’s hard when you think of Adrian Grenier not to think of Vincent Chase, his movie star character from Entourage, upgrading mansions and being driven to premieres by his crew. But whatever part of Adrian’s IRL lifestyle resembled that is gone now. It’s been a decade since the HBO hit ended, and in that time acting has taken […]
Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe
Enlarge / A worker repairs a power line in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Texas’ days-long power outages during last February’s deep freeze almost stretched into weeks or even months thanks to a string of failures at “black start” generators. More than half of the state’s […]
Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway
Enlarge / Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign on February 18, 2021, in Killeen, Texas. A winter storm brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office knew of looming […]
Minnesotans furious that they have to pay for Texas’ deep-freeze problems
Enlarge (credit: Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Texas’ deep freeze didn’t just disrupt natural gas supplies throughout Lone Star country—its effects rippled across the country, extending as far north as Minnesota. There, gas utilities had to pay $800 million more than they anticipated during the event, and Minnesota regulators are furious. “The ineptness and disregard […]
Consumer Reports shows Tesla Autopilot works with no one in the driver’s seat
Enlarge (credit: Sjo / Getty) Last Saturday, two men died when a Tesla Model S crashed into a tree in a residential neighborhood. Authorities said they found no one in the driver’s seat—one man was in the front passenger seat, while the other was in the back. That led to speculation that the car might […]
Texas School Board Karen Can’t Even Finish Her Anti-Mask Rant Before Getting Arrested!
Karen has hulked the f**k out!! An anti-mask Texas school board candidate got put right back in her place earlier this month when she was arrested by police in the midst of an anti-mask rant. For real, y’all, this video (below) is WILD!!! Related: Ree Drummond’s Nephew Arrested For DUI One Month After Collision! It […]
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New naming rights mean stoners are gonna show up to Texas ballpark… and be severely bummed out Read more…