Texas Progressives talk hypocrisy and NIMBYism

It's nice that an old lignite coal mine is being rehabbed into a giant community garden, but what tax breaks, and waivers from liability, is NRG getting?

It's nice that Guadalupe River tubers and people already resident there are concerned about Dry Comal Creek. But, even as the story makes clear that many residents already there are trying to pull the ladder up behind them, how environmentally pristine are current tubing levels?

Rural Texas is losing more volunteer firefighters? I've long thought Louisiana had the answer, with paid parish-level fire departments working along side of parish-level EMS.

At the Monthly, Chris Hooks takes a deeper dive on Roland Gutierrez. 

Off the Kuff covers the first lawsuit filed against the anti-trans gender-affirming care ban.

 SocraticGadfly talks about Zelensky as the new Yeltsin.

I always thought the dreamy Don Huffines was the queen of Highland Park or places around there. But, in a rich-catering piece, the Monthly says it's this Allie Beth.

A bandage on a bullet wound is probably right on describing all urban Texas efforts to mitigate worsening summer heat while we do nothing about climate change.

And, on that issue, the state continues to add renewables, but due to ERCOT's crappy grid, can't always use them well.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project posted a letter the project is sending to every Democrat running for municipal office in Houston in 2023.

No Labels pretending to be a centrist party when most its talking points are already mouthed by the centrist Democratic Party.

The Current relays a weird conversation between comedian Tom Segura and our cringey junior Senator, Ted Cruz.

In the Pink Texas is not impressed by radicalized political mamas.

The Austin Chronicle notes a forthcoming 30th anniversary celebration of Dazed and Confused. 

This blogger knew what splooting was without having to consult The Bloggess.