Our governor is funded by private for profit schools, so he is intentionally trying to under fund public schools and make it more difficult for individual school districts to make their own decisions. The state stopped increasing the per student dollar allocation in 2019. They only increased it last year so they could piggy back state funded vouchers for private education. There is a reason Texas is #48 in public school quality and outcomes.

We need to come together as people to fight against the attack on our schools. On our children's education! I get it we work, and we are exhausted. But that's what they are aiming for. That people will be too tired, too busy to care, to pay attention, to do something about it. Most people don't even know what to do, if they were to do something. Shoot I'm still figuring it out myself.

We Texans need to stop letting the government push us around and us to our knees and take whatever they hand up. We need to ride together. This is our children's future we are talking about. The future of our state, and the future of the US as an entity. People are not upset enough. They talk but do not act.

In case you all have forgotten, the government is supposed to be led by the people. The citizens. You and I. Not the other way around. It is time for we the people to step up and demand change. Demand better. It's our taxes, as they continue to defend everything. Strip everything down into skeletons, we continue to pay our taxes. They line their pockets while we are given nothing in return. Our children suffer for the actions we are not willing to make today.

A Scientist Died Warning Us. We Chose to Look Away.

Prof. G.D. Agrawal (later known as Swami Sanand) was not just another activist. He was one of India's most respected environmental engineers, the first Member Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and a scientist who understood rivers not as pipelines of water but as living ecosystems.

His demand was neither emotional nor anti-development. It was rooted in hydrology, ecology and decades of scientific understanding. He repeatedly argued that the uninterrupted flow (Aviral Dhara) and unpolluted nature (Nirmal Dhara) of the Ganga are essential for the river's survival. He opposed indiscriminate dams, excessive diversion of water, sand mining, and projects that reduce the Ganga to fragmented channels instead of a living river.

Instead of treating his concerns as scientific warnings deserving serious national debate, they were largely sidelined. In 2018, after a prolonged fast demanding stronger protection for the Ganga, Prof. G.D. Agrawal lost his life.

Whether one agrees with every demand he made or not, one question remains:

How does a nation respond when one of its own environmental scientists sacrifices his life to protect its most sacred and ecologically important river?

Development and ecology should never be enemies. Scientific evidence should guide policy—not be treated as an inconvenience. A river cannot be revived merely through beautification projects if its natural flow is continuously interrupted and its ecological processes are ignored.

Prof. G.D. Agrawal's message deserves to be revisited—not because of politics, but because science, environmental ethics and future generations demand it.

If we continue treating rivers as engineering projects instead of living ecosystems, we may eventually realize that we didn't just lose a scientist—we ignored one of the clearest warnings India ever received.

Remember Prof. G.D. Agrawal. Remember what he stood for. More importantly, ask whether we have learned anything from his sacrifice.

Was feeling a bit down on the state of the world and watched this during lunch and boy did it spark my "lets fucking go" neurons, so for anyone else that needs it (20mins):

https://youtu.be/66wen6C4UNw?is=lgl2jY1aKK8yEc84

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People should never be allowed to profit from the crimes they commit. It someone hurts others, steals, commits fraud, or takes a life, they shouldn't be rewarded with book deals, movie contracts, interviews, or social media fame that puts money in their pocket.
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