Chris Brown’s “Field Notes” is a compelling Ballardian report on life in the Anthropocene edgelands of Austin Texas, and always a great Sunday morning read. I was thrilled to see a new dispatch today & then spat Smoky Earl Grey tea onto my screen when the last paragraph mentioned ME and the herons.

You can find Chris on here @christopher_brown and read FIELD NOTES here: https://open.substack.com/pub/edgelands/p/the-browned-world

#Urbanism #Anthropocene #Edgelands #Texas #Writers #Nature #Heron

Does anyone like this bro-cast on ESPN?

#Texas #Alabama

"To combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a technology that could significantly improve cleanup capabilities compared with current methods."

#US #USA #America #Texas #Oil #Environment

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-oil-capturing-technology-10x-hazardous.html

Texas Electricity Prices

Are you tired of feeling lost in the maze of Texas electricity prices? You’re not alone.

With the state’s unique deregulated electricity market, it can feel like you need a degree in economics to understand your electricity bill.

But here’s the good news: you’ve just stumbled upon your ultimate guide to navigating Texas electricity prices.
#AureFreePress #Texas

https://comparepower.com/texas-electricity-prices/

Did TV Guide end it’s legendary run? Did all of the individual TVs internal channel directories die? Does SEO still really drive this sort of traffic?

#aldotcom #ESPN #GameDay #Colorado #Buffalos #Nebraska #Cornhuskers #Georgia #Bulldogs #THWG #BallState #KansasState #Troy #Trojans #Alabama #CrimsonTide #Texas #Longhorns #CFB

GOP Led State of Despair!

Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.

Spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

Texas electric grid is completely cut off from the US national electric grid
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Texas

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/texas-power-prices-20000-percent-heat-wave-ercot-grid-emergency-2023-9

Texas can keep barrier in the Rio Grande, federal appeals court rules | The Texas Tribune
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/06/texas-border-floating-barrier-buoys-federal-judge-ruling/

#Texas

Court grants temporary stay allowing Texas to keep Rio Grande barriers in place

> A U.S. Appeals Court on Thursday granted a temporary stay allowing Texas to keep in place floating buoys installed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border

> A US judge had ordered #Texas on Wednesday to move the floating buoys in what was seen as a tentative win for President #JoeBiden, whose administration sued the state.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/court-grants-temporary-stay-allowing-231416314.html

Texas Gov Abbot and Florida Gov Desantis think it's hilarious that they give one way bus passes to NYC for immigrants seeking asylum in the US.

How powerful it would be for all the Blue Voters in Texas and Florida to get on a bus for a Swing State, to vote Democratic Party and insure Democratic control of the White House!

#PackSwingStates
#Texas
#Florida
#abbottisadisgrace
#desantisfascism

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/politics/white-house-eric-adams-migrant-crisis/index.html

📚 Texas fights to enact parts of controversial book rating law

"The law, signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on June 12th, mandates book vendors to review and rate books for sexual content under a vaguely articulated standard."

#books #bookstodon #bookbans #texas #FreeSpeech #Censorship

https://howtobe247.com/texas-fights-to-enact-parts-of-controversial-book-rating-law/

@tanyatussing

@DemocracyMattersALot

Corruption, even on a massive scale, never bothered Republicans before. What did Paxton do to bring this level of retribution on his head?

#TexasTribune #Txlege #KenPaxton #Texas

Scum bucket Ken Paxton's impeachment trial began today. Now would be a great time to call and let them know you want Ken gone. #Texas #AG #KenPaxton #GOPCorruption

Federal judge orders #Texas to remove floating barriers aimed at deterring migrants on Rio Grande

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/texas-mexico-border-water-barriers-migrants

@w7voa

These "Rio Grande Border Boys" need to go, too.

#Texas

📷 AP Photo/Felix Marquez, 2021

Live: Ken Paxton impeachment trial | CBS Texas
https://www.youtube.com/live/tVpkHqaJxnI

#Texas #TXSenate #TXAttorneyGeneral

Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in Texas, explained

> The trial represents an opportunity for moderate state Republicans to neutralize the powerful #farright wing that Paxton represents, and the result could help decide the state party’s trajectory in one of the nation’s biggest #GOP trifectas.
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/9/5/23860491/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-texas-trump #KenPaxton #Texas #Republican

#KenPaxton 's Attorney General Office been denying former prisoner Sharif $8,500 in compensation for years -

(a guard destroyed his property) -

Paxton's office has used over $100,000 so far, to deny him $8,500 compensation - the taxpayers of #Texas pay for it all.

his office Did cover the cost of sending us the FOIA'd PDF.

#Paxton is bottomless in trying to hurt those who have the least recourse.

we had a bunch of Texas reporters interested in this story, but they all cooled on it.

Texas braces for historic Attorney General Ken Paxton impeachment trial https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/texas-braces-historic-attorney-general-ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-rcna102239

In the annuls of crooks in history, Ken Paxton is a legend of a crook. He has no ethics or a moral bottom. It is fascinating to follow his crimes.

However, in Texas where corruption runs Texas size by the Republicans, Ken may not have as much trouble as he deserves.

#KenPaxton #Texas #Corruption

For the last several months, any citrus that I've bought tastes overripe. Lemons, grapefruit, limes, oranges; they all taste on the verge of spoiling. I make my own lemonade, but just one bad lemon makes it undrinkable. I even bought a carton of my usual OJ and it, too, tasted near rotten.

I wonder if it's because so many immigrants are being turned away, and since no one else will do such hard work, crops are rotting in the groves.

#Immigration
#Citrus
#Florida
#Texas
#California

This Texas town has about 250 people. It has 50 sworn police officers. https://youtube.com/watch?v=OEmfYQc4eiM&feature=shared

This is #Texas size #corruption. ½ of the 50 cop force has felony, criminal charges, and demotion and discharge from elsewhere. The Chief, who hired the force, himself has record of falsifying his records and criminals misconduct.

I don't know of any 3rd world country thas has more state-sponsored corruption than this. The city mayor doesn't think that there is any problem with it's #police force.