#texas
Lupinus texensis in monochrome blue!
#Bluebonnet #Texas #Flower #Blue #Monochrome #FediGiftShop #Wildflower #photography #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #AYearForArt
IT'S HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1443549513/dramatic-bluebonnets?ref=listing_published_alert
And HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dramatic-bluebonnets-windy-craig.html
Report: Former #Texas governor sabotaged #JimmyCarter in #Iran hostage crisis
Former Texas Gov. #JohnConnally (R) met Middle Eastern leaders in 1980 to convince Iran to delay releasing American hostages — part of an effort to sabotage then-President Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign, according to a New York Times report.
#RonaldReagan's subsequent presidency ushered in a conservative era. If Carter had secured the release of the hostages, he might have won instead.
Every time I see a tent on sale I think "I don't camp but what if I need to huddle for warmth in my own home again" because I live in #Texas
Schießerei vor der #Lamar High School in #Arlington, #Texas. Laut Polizei sei ein Schüler getötet und ein weiterer verletzt worden. Der Verdächtige Schütze soll Student sein und wurde in Gewahrsam genommen.
📰 In #Texas, a child's #gender is a "State Affair."
Monday, the Senate State Affairs Committee advanced a Bill to ban therapies that major medical groups recommend for kids with #genderdysphoria. Lt Gov #DanPatrick has made the bill a priority [because he's a hateful bigot].
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/20/texas-transender-kids-puberty-blockers-legislature/
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson to star in comedy series set in Texas
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-comedy-17843768.php
#texas #tv #woodyharrelson #matthewmcconaughey #appletv #comedy
A podcaster dove deep into a 20-year-old case and is raising evidence that the man Texas is set to execute in April may actually be innocent.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/news/article/ivan-cantu-scheduled-execution-tx-maintains-17849822.php
'He has a battle rifle': In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s AR-15.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/uvalde-shooting-police-ar-15-17849289.php
One of West Texas' most popular "glamping" sites is partnering with an Austin-based 3D-printing company to create futuristic new rooms.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/life/travel/article/marfa-el-cosmico-3d-printing-17845809.php
A Gerstaeckeria cactus weevil on its prickly pear host. Texas.
#Texas does not require permit to carry firearms. #GunControl #schoolshootings
Core Scientific Bankruptcy Judge Approves Transfer of Over $20M of Equipment to Its Exclusive Energy Negotiator - Core Scientific had stopped paying Priority Power Management in May 2022. - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/20/core-scientific-bankruptcy-judge-approves-transfer-of-over-20m-of-equipment-to-its-exclusive-energy-negotiator/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #corescientific #bitcoinmining #miningcenters #bankruptcy #finance #energy #texas #news
We have bats in our belfry. Mexican free-tailed bats to be exact...
https://www.kut.org/austin/2023-03-20/bats-congress-avenue-bridge-animal-advisory-commission
Cliff Lake and downtown Dallas skyline in the distance - digital painting
#lakecliff #park #lake #reservoir #park #dallas #dallastx #dallas #dallascounty #texas #downtowndallas #dallasskyline #cityofdallas #skyline #skyscrapers #glassbuildings #modernbuildings #reuniontower #observationtower #buyintoart #ayearforart #artwork #artforsale #beautifuldallas #dallasart #texasart #dallaspanorama
“I’ve been mad since I was a kid. Our father could have taught us how to fish, you feel?”
Clarence Brandley was wrongfully convicted by an all-white jury. His search for justice inspired a new law ... but he never saw compensation before his death. His family still holds out hope.
From the March/April issue of Texas Observer magazine:
https://www.texasobserver.org/clarence-lee-brandley-death-penalty-wrongfully-convicted/
(📸 Photos by Meridith Kohut)
(CW: Rape, Murder)
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #Texas #Houston #Prison #TXlege #HumanRights
Texas companies resumed 2022 PAC donations to Jan. 6 election objectors they had cut off 😡
Some even boosted giving to lawmakers who sought to block President Biden’s electoral certification.
#CitizensUnited #Texas #AmericanAirlines #Cheniere #ATT #ValeroEnergy #ExxonMobil #USAA #DallasNews #Jan6 #ByJosephMorton
The continued intentional cruelty of Texas Republicans, this time forcing a woman to risk her life carrying an unviable fetus to term.
#Texas #RepublicanCruelty #abortion
https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-abortion-law-means-woman-continue-pregnancy-despite/story?id=97918340
Austin planning to hire a full-time bat scientist.
https://www.kut.org/austin/2023-03-20/bats-congress-avenue-bridge-animal-advisory-commission
From last week: Meet the women behind the #abortion information website that's under attack by the #Texas government: https://www.texasobserver.org/plan-c-abortion-pill-medication-censorship-documentary-sxsw/
#documentary #film #movies #SXSW #ReproductiveHealth #health #healthcare #censorship #TXlege
Calgary Stampeders sign standout Texas DL Ray Thornton, one other
Texas and the rise of Imperialist Capitalism. It's long past the time that Texas should be divided into 3 or more US States.
This one US State is responsible for more damage to the United States reputation over 150 years than Trump could ever dream up.
American Terrorism has deep roots in all the Southern States but Texas has been empowered by oil.
"An area of mountain forest larger than the state of Texas has been lost since 2001, with the amount disappearing each year accelerating at an “alarming” rate, a study warns."
#US #USA #America #Texas #Environment #Wildlife #Biodiversity
MIT Technology Review
Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills online. Here are some resources we recommend.
https://counterpoint.org/2023/03/20/texas-restrict-access/ #Abortion, #HB2690, #Mifepristone, #Pregnancy, #Republicans, #SB1440, #Texas
The takeover will replace elected officials with a state-appointed "board of managers" as Gov. Greg Abbott tightens government control over schools.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3zpy/texas-just-seized-one-of-the-largest-school-districts-in-the-country
#schools #texas #education #greggabbott #BookBans
Even tiny bugs love the bluebonnets.
#Bluebonnet #Flowers #Nature #botanical #Texas #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #photography #Art
and HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/texas-bluebonnet-and-bug-windy-craig.html
Un taxi autónomo circula en sentido contrario por las calles de Austin, EEUU
La policía intercepta un taxi autónomo que circulaba en sentido contrario
En España aún no ha llegado ningún taxi autónomo, como tampoco es habitual encontrarse con vehículos del futuro. Sin embargo, algunas ciudades de Estados Unidos ya están dando permisos a ciertas empresas, para que al tráfico hab
https://todotaxi.org/taxi-autonomo-circula-sentido-contrario-por-austin/
#Internacional #Texas #🇺🇸EE.UU.
The American sycamore trees are getting their spring leaves.
#tree #sky #blue #monochrome #sycamore #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #photography #Texas #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #leaves
FIND IT HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1442770955/blue-and-white-american-sycamore?ref=listing_published_alert
And HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-and-white-american-sycamore-windy-craig.html
Bravo for the new approach to addressing homelessness linked to serious mental illness and addiction as promoted by Governor Newsom and Senator Eggman in California! Honoring the civil liberties of those who have lost touch with reality contributes to hundreds of homeless deaths annually on the streets of Austin, Texas. It is beyond time to try something new.
“What we see on our streets — those who are the most ill — should not be at the back of the line. We know they’re the most difficult to treat but they should be at the front of the line and these types of innovations that we’re doing now does just that.” - Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, California
#MentalHealth
#Addiction
#Psychiatry
#Homelessness
#California
#Austin
#Texas
https://www.yahoo.com/news/newsom-proposes-2024-ballot-measure-130000841.html
@ErinInTheMorn made a chart of safe and unsafe #US states for trans people.
The states with the most #trans protections are #California, #Colorado, #Connecticut, #Hawaii, #Illinois, #Massachusetts, #Minnesota, #NewMexico, #NewYork, #Oregon, #Vermont and #Washington plus #WashingtonDC
The states with the worst active #AntiTrans legislation are #Alabama, #Arkansas, #Florida, #Georgia, #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Mississippi, #Oklahoma, #SouthDakota, #Tennessee, #Texas, and #Utah
https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/march-anti-trans-legislative-risk
Texas plans to take over the majority Black and Hispanic Houston Independent School District; Mississippi is proposing creation of a separate court system for city of Jackson with majority black residents; Florida is trying to ban any references to diversity, equality and inclusivity. This is beyond racism and is facism at worst. https://newsone.com/4538683/texas-houston-school-takeover/
#Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse #BLM #Socialjustice #USpolitics #Racism #Facism #Diversity #Inclusivity #Education #Texas #Mississippi #Florida
Even grass that has gone to seed is beautiful if you really look.
#Grass #Macro #Nature #Green #Texas #Photography #Art #Artists #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt
IT'S HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1442392401/annual-bluegrass?ref=listing_published_alert
And HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/annual-bluegrass-macro-windy-craig.html
📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷
An exterior detail of the Fort Worth Alliance Airport Air Traffic Control Tower (Albert Halff Associates, 1992), Fort Worth, TX.
#FortWorth #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #Corner #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
Republicans are complete trash.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1632?s=1&r=36
@alyssam_infosec *nodds in agreement*
The only worse thing I could imagine is literally doing such an event in #Florida or #Texas if not overseas in #KSA, but since those making decisions are most likely cisbinary gay and lesbian people, they don't give a f**k...
Another #silentsunday #morning where I'll still by posting so maybe not that silent after all if you have your notification sounds turned on. Here is your daily #mantra
"I am #thankful for living to see another #sunrise and I will use this #gift to help everyone I can."
#Photography for #today was on the way to Diboll, #Texas. Time to go home today.
Lawsuit: Cop pulled over driver for #TikTok livestream—and shared driver’s ID
#Texas man suing now fears identity theft after his personal info was shared.
#Police #Privacy #IdentityTheft
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/
This is one of my favorites of mine. It's so cheerful!
#Roses #flowers #StillLife #Orange #Colors #light #photography #Texas #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #AYearForArt
IT'S HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1442078451/loud-orange-roses?ref=listing_published_alert&variation0=3352695299
And HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/loud-orange-roses-windy-craig.html
First they tried to ban immigrants from China from buying homes in Texas. Now they’re trying to ban their kids from going to college.
#SayNoToSB147 #HB4736 #TexasLege #AsianAmerican #Texas #USPol
The white supremacist autocracy advances in Texas with a hostile takeover of the state’s largest school district.
https://apnews.com/article/houston-schools-texas-takeover-eae680bec5fbd3b419c2583fb850d42e
Here’s a collection of words that I never thought would be written. The rest stops along I-30 between Texarkana and Dallas, Texas are really nice! Little wildlife history kiosks, walking paths, playgrounds and a pond. And clean restrooms! And #PokemonGo! #TravelTips #Texas
A fun filled morning #morning to you all from the middle of nowhere #Texas. Today's activities will be filling thousands of easter eggs with candy and then heading to a 5 year olds birthday party at a trampoline park. Just remember...breathe. Here is your #daily #mantra
I am thankful for living to see another #sunrise and I will use this gift to help everyone I can.
#photography for #today is something a little different again. I saw this #car on the way down here. I never though I'd actually see #ToyStory play out IRL. Looks like they did some series fighting because the back of the car is all messed up too! (license plate digitally removed).
#silentsaturday #saturdayvibes #saturday #car #movie #pixar #philosophy
#Texas officials announced on Wednesday that they would be taking over #Houston's #PublicSchool district, which is the eighth-largest in the #UnitedStates deepening existing tensions between local Democratic leaders and the #Republican majority-held statehouse.
#TEA #Education
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-isd-texas-state-takeover-wheatley-high-school/
Outside groups, as well as some guy with a big Facebook following, were successful in driving up hate and anger over a trans kid existing (resulting in the child and their family leaving the state).
Then, outsiders moved into town so they could run for the board.
And every board member already there got investigated for any indication they were even remotely associated with Democratic beliefs.
Those who did, were threatened and SWAT’d until they left. #education #news #politics #texas
On school boards, such as this one in #Texas, culture wars stoked by misinformation and bigotry impact kids to their very core.
What happened in Dripping Springs? Well, a town of neighborly people who initially welcomed a trans kid being allowed to use the bathroom at school, shortly became a battlefield for the soul of the community. And outside funding/influence from far-right groups caused it. #news https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/campaign-to-sabotage-texas-public-schools/
The new far-right overlords of #Odessa #Texas also promised to cut government waste, claiming that the previous council had awarded no-bid contracts or spent egregiously.
Yet the day after firing an attorney and city manager, they signed a $300,000 contract with a shady right-wing company called T2 Professional Consulting that many believe is tasked with finding ways to fire more people.
Here's another springy bluebonnet photo! Even though the forecast low is 44° here in Austin ...
#ArtMatters #Bluebonnet #Flowers #Nature #botanical #Texas #TexasHillCountry #AYearForArt #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #photography #Art
IT'S HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/two-bluebonnets-windy-craig.html
When it comes to #Odessa #Texas, the strategy involved unopposed candidates and promises of a leaner government.
The truth is it’s a mayor and cronies who want a religious city-state. One of their first actions was to impose the strictest anti-#abortion laws anywhere in Texas.
Then they tried to fire a judge who disagreed with raising fines on kids with alcohol.
A far-right group sponsored by the county GOP has taken over the majority of the city council as well as the mayorship in #Odessa #Texas.
They claimed they were there to “clean up” a government that wasn’t listening to its people.
But when they started firing longtime public servants, they did so while illegally barring public comment—turning a council meeting into a show trial. #News #Politics https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/right-wing-cabal-took-over-odessa-municipal-government/
I want to share this again because I think its important. There are #trans people of all ages in #Texas and they (we) need your #solidarity.
And an important reminder that it's never too late to come out. Thank you to April Ortiz for this moving essay. I recognize so much of myself in your words. https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan/ via @TexasObserver
#transgender #LGBTQIA #HumanRights #ComingOut
From Monday: “Even if you have the ability to go somewhere else and do this training, there’s still not the same guarantee that you’ll be able to get the volume of procedures that you need.”
Where once #Texas OB-GYNs in training could commute to a clinic to learn about #abortion, now that training is a plane ride away, or totally unavailable. Calli McMurray explains how this puts lives at risk:
https://www.texasobserver.org/abortion-training-in-texas-is-vanishing/
#ReproductiveHealth #health #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #HumanRights
Today, the second part of @stevanzetti's investigation into extremist groups masquerading as grassroots, social justice organizations.
This formerly Black-owned, progressive newspaper has re-emerged as a "pink slime" media site that launders conservative #propaganda:
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-dallas-express-your-go-to-source-for-right-wing-astroturf-news/
#extremism #media #Journalism #racism #politics #Dallas #Texas #USpol #TXlege
Good morning, friends! Let's all have an amazing Friday!
#Pink #Rose #flower #Nature #botanical #Macro #Texas #Photography #photo #Art #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt
FIND IT HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lush-pink-rose-windy-craig.html
MISSION SAN JOSE BY PAMELA WILLIAMS
Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions and was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s
Digitally painted original #photo
You can find this on prints and various other products here: https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/10857-mission-san-jose-pamela-williams.html
#SharePamsArt #POTD #Photography #photographyIsArt #PhotoOfTheDay #DigitalArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Art #smile #TheArtDistrict #mission #sanantonio #texas #church #artist #followfriday
This is a wild geranium, also known as a carolina geranium. It is tiny, probably pinky fingernail size.
#Wildflower #Weed #Flower #Spring #Nature #botanical #Photography #Art #Texas #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #AYearForArt
IT'S HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/carolina-geranium-windy-craig.html
Window Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas. February, 2017 #Photography #blackandwhite #bw #landscape #desert #mountains #bigbend #bigbendnps #texas
Rope out sequence of a tornado near McLean, Texas on a big hype May chase day in 2017. This was a picturesque tornado that was witnessed by half of the storm chasers in the country, but this rope out sequence remains the most interesting piece of this tornado. It was a classic case of an occluded mesocyclone being left behind by its parent storm which had raced off to the northeast. #weather #tornado #texas #science #nature
"Before, I felt like I had to water myself down so that I could just make some money. Now, I just do what I do. I do myself. And I do it on the screen. Everything I do is for me now."
For Trevante Rhodes of 'Moonlight' Fame, Acting Was Plan B:
https://www.texasobserver.org/trevante-rhodes-of-moonlight-fames-acting-career-was-plan-b/
"In middle age, I'm forced to recognize that nothing short of being who I am will resolve my profound inner confict. The word 'transition' is terrifying but, however catastrophic the process of coming out may be, I'll not be much good to those I love if I'm burned out, incapacitated, or dead."
https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan/
Severe storms will form in the early-mid afternoon hours along a crashing cold front and will quickly move east. Most of the severe weather threat should be centered east of I-35 this afternoon and evening with damaging hail and wind gusts and a low tornado threat. #oklahoma #texas #okwx #txwx #weather #severeweather
https://www.tornadotitans.com/severe-weather-risk-today-on-eastern-parts-of-region-3-16-23/
White Texans dissolving local government to assert control over black Texans:
"the Texas Education Agency will replace Superintendent Millard House II and the district’s elected board of trustees with a new superintendent and an appointed board of managers"
https://apnews.com/article/houston-schools-texas-takeover-eae680bec5fbd3b419c2583fb850d42e
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#racism #Houston #Texas #BLM #education #uspolitics
Despite being exposed as bogus, some #Texas right-wing organizations keep coming back from the dead. No one knows who is funding them.
Texas Observer Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti uncovers the gory details in his new report:
https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-has-a-problem-with-zombie-astroturf-groups/
#Dallas #nonprofit #news #USpol #politics #extremism #Republicans #TXlege
Happy Friday Eve! Everyone have an amazing Thursday!
#Carnation #flower #heart #art #DigitalArt #Masking #Photography #Art #Texas #SpringIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #BuyIntoArt
FIND IT HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/carnation-heart-windy-craig.html
⚠️ The leaders of the #Houston Independent School District, the largest school district in #Texas, will be replaced by a new board appointed by the state Commissioner of Education, the district said Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/us/houston-independent-school-district-texas-takeover
“I wanted to honor the providers as people. They’re not anti-family. They’re about taking care of people and meeting people where they need to be met.”
In the new #documentary Plan C, showing at #SXSW, director Tracy Droz Tragos illuminates the struggle to ensure people can access #abortion medication, even as info sharing is under fire from #Texas. @sarahutch visited with Droz Tragos and site co-founder Amy Merrill: https://www.texasobserver.org/plan-c-abortion-pill-medication-censorship-documentary-sxsw/
“What good does it do?”
Miss Violet answers, “a small stack of clean, dry clothes could transform a soul.”
Drawing on 60 hours of interviews with #homeless residents, this unique production transmutes daily life and hardship into art.
New from correspondent David Theis: https://www.texasobserver.org/a-houston-opera-about-the-unhoused-inspired-by-the-streets/
(Edit: Typo)
#Houston #culture #HumanRights #inequality #poverty #unhoused #Texas #opera
Tomorrow: A risk of severe storms seems apparent tomorrow across Oklahoma and Texas (mainly the eastern half). Large hail and damaging winds will be possible with storms that may be ongoing as already as the morning, but a low tornado threat is also apparent. #weather #Oklahoma #Texas #okwx #txwx
https://www.tornadotitans.com/low-tornado-risk-tomorrow-3-16-23/
A decades-long fight for high art is also a fight for organized labor in the state’s second-largest city. Senior Staff Writer @gusbova takes us inside the struggle to build a unionized symphony for San Antonio ...
From the March / April 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-symphony-philharmonic-union-labor/
(📸 Photo by Matthew Busch)
#Texas #culture #Music #SanAntonio #unions #labor #news
US Border Patrol agents in #Texas have thwarted a human smuggling attempt that was using a belly dump truck. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/laredo-sector-border-patrol-assisted-human-smuggling-attempt-utilizing
It's time for another lost storm chase on your feed -- for this one we are going back in time to a day I've not revisted in some time. On this June in the Panhandle storm chase, the risk was a modest one but the results were monster lightning, intense HP structure, and a tornado near Spearman. Watch at the link: https://youtu.be/nPT_ZM-Mlyg #weather #stormchasing #texas #supercell #tornado
Kicking off our coverage of #SXSW, @gusbova reviews Deadland, a story of the #border that's far more than it first appears. What begins as an action film about racist patrolmen quickly deepens into something more disturbing:
Spring is a-popping in southeast #Texas, these are from this past weekend, driving though the #wildflower country between Houston and Austin. Thought it might be too early for much color but the blooms are coming out, especially the bright orange Indian Paintbrush, aka Castilleja or Prairie Fire. And of course the TX state flower the Bluebonnets. Looking like it might be a really good year, should be peaking next 2-3 weeks.
#flowers #flowerphotography #photography #nature #NaturePhotography
