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Jack T. @UncommonHistory

Chicago native in San Antonio. Fascinated by all sorts of uncommon data, history, and urbanism. City fan, coffee sipper, dog lover, deep dish hands down.

Joined March 2016
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Jack T.@UncommonHistory
21 Jul 2023
If you're in San Antonio and are curious about pedestrian/bicyclist injuries & crashes, check out the dashboard I made! Contains data from 2013-present and has 2 maps: 1. Crashes occurring w/in Council Districts 2. Crashes occurring on bike routes aj-vision-zero.uc.r.appspot.…

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Updated the crash map with January data: aj-vision-zero.uc.r.appspot.… Have some other features in the works that I hope to get out over the next month or so. If anyone has any ideas for something they'd like to see in the dashboard, let me know!
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The removal of US Census Bureau files is clear government censorship and overreach. Everything must be checked for fidelity to a certain ideology feels like a harbinger of things to come across the board
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The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru
@Garrett_Archer
4 Feb 2025
Would someone please tell the Feds to get their act together and put the census shapefiles back online? This is getting ridiculous.
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Things my brilliant sister said recently: - TRT is gender affirming care for men - This DEI bullsh*t cancel veteran preference programs (me, her, and my brother are all vets) - Won't declaring Mexican drug cartels as terror orgs give millions of people viable asylum claims? ♥️
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If you're interested in @COSAGOV elections, follow this election map dashboard I created. Older election data and new features will be added semi-regularly, so stay tuned. jturek.shinyapps.io/san-anto…
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Started a new political data project about a month ago, looking at campaign finance data in San Antonio after hearing about how much $$ RenewSA was putting into the Nov election around the ballot measures. You can check out the dashboard here: cosa-campaign-finance.data21…
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How many more game-changer sports stadiums will it take for San Antonio to realize that they are not the final answer for a revitalized downtown?
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Michael Karlis@MichaelKarlis
21 Nov 2024
McKee-Rodriguez: “I wish that when the Frost Bank Center was dropped into the East Side that this same thoughtful planning went into it.” #ProjectMarvel
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texasmonthly.com/news-politi… Thoroughly enjoyed this article. As someone not from SA, provided good background on political players & power brokers. If you want an example of someone who sells out people to business interests, look at D1

San Antonio Is Booming. Why Is It Still So Poor?

Many parts of San Antonio are flourishing. So why is it still one of the nation’s poorest, sickest, and least educated big cities?

texasmonthly.com
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pourmecoffee
@pourmecoffee
19 Nov 2024
That is so wild, I was just saying I hope Jersey Mike's gets more expensive and shittier in a thousand big and small ways.
The Associated Press
@AP
19 Nov 2024
Jersey Mike's sandwich chain is acquired by private equity firm Blackstone for $8 billion apnews.com/article/jersey-mi…
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Exactly what downtown COSA needs - another hotel. And in an opportunity zone, no less. Temporary housing for visitors with disposable income expressnews.com/business/rea… via @expressnews

Construction starts on downtown hotel that’s tapping Trump tax break

The 171-room Residence Inn by Marriott overlooking Main Plaza in downtown San Antonio is expected to open in mid-2026.

expressnews.com
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jackturek708.com/2023/06/07/… Probably time to update this post from last year...

Taking a Look at San Antonio’s 24 Opportunity Zones

Some exploratory analysis of the demographics and economics of San Antonio's 24 Opportunity Zones.

jackturek708.com
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Current Affairs@curaffairs
6 Nov 2024
There is a common view in politics that progressive policies are unpopular and radical, and that to be electable you have to run to the center. This belief is empirically false.
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Headed downtown this weekend? Take the bus expressnews.com/news/article… via @expressnews

Headed downtown this weekend? Here's what to know to avoid delays.

Thousands of people are expected to be downtown for various events this weekend, and city officials are urging visitors to plan your trip.

expressnews.com
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All this for Double-A minor league baseball... expressnews.com/news/article… via @expressnews

Jefferson: San Antonio splits hairs to justify razing apartments for ballpark

The city-county deal for a new baseball stadium calls for flattening the affordable Soap Factory Apartments. That's not supposed to happen. It's happening.

expressnews.com
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City government is not a business and should not be treated as such. Keep tenure caps. If people want the CM to be paid more, increase the salary of the lowest-paid @COSAGOV employee. expressnews.com/opinion/edit… via @expressnews

Proposition C would restore city’s ability to have high-quality leaders

Businesses wouldn't function with arbitrary executive pay and tenure caps, and neither should the city.

expressnews.com
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I don't think that politics of fear are compatible with constitutional democracy/republicanism nytimes.com/2024/10/01/us/po…

Trump’s Consistent Message Online and Onstage: Be Afraid (Published 2024)

Donald Trump has long used fear as a tool to stir up his conservative base. He’s taking his doomsday approach to a new extreme, predicting World War III and other catastrophes.

nytimes.com
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Tom Morello
@tmorello
1 Oct 2024
Happy 101st birthday to my amazing mom, Mary Morello! I asked her, Mom what are your talents? She replied, “To recognize people have needs and to help them.” Bless you, mom!
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Just finished Antony Beevor's "The Battle for Spain". Great book, incredibly detailed, but also heartbreaking. Incredible passages on infighting and political machinations within Republic forces/military. Guess I'm on a SCW kick, as a Paul Preston book is on tap next
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