
A weird week of work and a couple other things you should know.
Welcome back to the Mailbag!
What a strange work week this has been. We had the holiday weekend, in which many of us celebrated Independence Day. Then we had work Monday. Then actual Independence Day, in which many of us celebrated Independence Day. Then a Wednesday that felt like a second Monday, a Thursday that felt like a Tuesday and a Friday that… well, is a Friday, so at least theres that.
If youre confused, no worries. So am I.
Like Garfield, Mondays arent my favorite, and having two of them in a week is less than ideal. Its hard to get in a rhythm on a week like this one. Its fine. Its summertime and were all having fun.
So, lets talk about a thing that matters, a thing that doesnt, and why you should or shouldnt care.
First, in case you missed it, last weekend a newsletter from Texas Tech University was sent out with a story about our legislative success down in Austin.
But we need to be clear that the work isnt done. Come November theres going to be a vote on the Texas University Fund (TUF), and were going to need a lot of support.
TUF isnt just for Texas Tech, but its certainly something we care about greatly. TUF is a way to help schools like Texas Tech, the University of Houston and the University of North Texas enhance their research capabilities.
Now, we know that loyal Mailbag readers (and there may be more than a couple of you) wont have any problem supporting Texas Tech with your vote. Thats a given. But we need to spread the word as well.
And were going to make it really easy on you.
In the newsletter we sent out we highlighted a fraction of the great research being done on campus. People here are trying to change the world for the better. And with that TUF money, theyll be able to do even more.
And thats the message. Its that easy.
The work being done here can speak for itself, so long as people are listening.
Dont worry, well share more great research stories with you throughout the summer and early fall so youll have plenty of examples to show others just how big an impact this university is having.
Now, for the second thing.
Would anybody else like to create a social media platform this week?
Weve got yik yaks and mumbles and toks and tiks and books about faces and grams and tumblers and neighborhoods and Pterodactyls and places where you brag you Reddit and other prehistoric beast names and angry birds and threads and who knows what else.
On a week that already had me confused as to which day it was, the last thing I needed was more information overload on another social platform that will almost certainly anger at least half of the half of the half of the nation that didnt already hate it by the time it was turned on.
Good times all around.
Hey look, in the time it took to write that little 100-word rant seven more social media platforms have been created and six of them are already gone, so it probably doesnt matter.
It got us wondering what we would name a new social network if we just built our own for Texas Tech?
Feel free to shoot some names to the Mailbag Inbox and if we get any good ones, well share.
Anyway, yall have a lovely non-holiday weekend and well get back to normal next week.
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