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Alison Cook
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Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Restaurant critic for the Houston Chronicle.
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Happy #InverteFest! Every year for Xmas my dad sends me cicada molts and adults he found the previous summer. This year I decided to make him lighted ornaments with them! 🪲

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HARRIS COUNTY STATEHOOD NOW!

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Is it too late for the Mayo Yule Log?

Miracle Whip Mayo ad for a log made of Mayo with nut exterior and Dole pineapple ring center flecked with whatever those green and red fake cherries are. Yummm
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From my sister in Vermont:

Extremely thick woolen slipper socks knitted in blue and green yarns, with a sticky note reading, “They’re for when the Texas power grid fails again.”
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This made me laugh. Somewhere the Allen Brothers are smiling, too.

A sign reading, “A bespoke urban village along Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas.”
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In Lacock where I am so envious of this massive cat topiary, perhaps a tribute to the sentient cat theory of Stonehenge. Or, simply a tribute to their own cat. May have to do something like this back home.

A hedge leading to a massive topiary cat. Along the hedge is a red car for scale. A house is in the  back.
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Imagine getting rid of half your education reporters during a time of massive upheaval in the education system across the board from lower, secondary, and higher ed. During book bans, free speech restrictions, and the failures of No Child Left Behind all piling up.

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Shortly after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago, a longtime employee quit his job. Days later Trump started calling him personally, asking why he left, and others reached out to let him know Trump thought he was a “good guy.” Why the attention? He’s a core Jack Smith witness

Exclusive: Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates be...
Exclusive: Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates be...

Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump’s private club quit his job.

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Alison Cook
@alisoncook.bsky.social
Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Restaurant critic for the Houston Chronicle.
657 followers862 following617 posts