gwen howerton
@kissphoria.bsky.social
texas culture reporter for @chron.com
native texan, aggie, astros fan, ⚧️
not related to the actor
📍houston
native texan, aggie, astros fan, ⚧️
not related to the actor
📍houston
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gwen howerton
@kissphoria.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Austin police investigating assault of trans woman, bystander
One person was left with a broken jaw and a concussion.
www.chron.com
I spoke to the trans woman who was assaulted at Barton Springs in Austin this weekend.
Despite everything, she said that the bystander who stepped in and the support she's gotten makes her believe Austin is "a safe space for people like me."
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Despite everything, she said that the bystander who stepped in and the support she's gotten makes her believe Austin is "a safe space for people like me."
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
isn't this a plot point in Ace Combat
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
isn't this a plot point in Ace Combat
what's so funny here is hes the second online personality to run against John Carter after Valentina Gomez, the "don't be weak and gay" lady also
Reminder that the Shamwow guy running for Congress was arrested in Miami Beach after an alleged violent altercation with a sex worker.
www.foxnews.com/politics/sha...
www.foxnews.com/politics/sha...
'ShamWow' guy files to run for Congress in Texas as Republican candidate
"ShamWow guy" Offer Vince Shlomi files to run for Congress as a Republican in Texas, aiming to unseat incumbent John Carter in the crowded GOP primary race.
www.foxnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
what's so funny here is hes the second online personality to run against John Carter after Valentina Gomez, the "don't be weak and gay" lady also
"Texas is America’s most advanced example of what happens when you mix our famous racism and self-mythologizing with a fatal dose of internet poisoning and unrestrained capitalism. We sit in our gleaming new homes, fingering our weapons, aiming at enemies that exist in our minds."
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Texas is America’s most advanced example of what happens when you mix our famous racism and self-mythologizing with a fatal dose of internet poisoning and unrestrained capitalism. We sit in our gleaming new homes, fingering our weapons, aiming at enemies that exist in our minds."
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Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
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The most ascendant version of America is, unfortunately, in Dallas. I went there to see our future.
Part one: The megachurch.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Part one: The megachurch.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The most ascendant version of America is, unfortunately, in Dallas. I went there to see our future.
Part one: The megachurch.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Part one: The megachurch.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
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“The world says ‘discover yourself.’ But Jesus said, ‘deny yourself!’” Graham thundered. Yet is Prestonwood Baptist denying itself? Has it denied itself its manicured campus, its gleaming buildings, its fitness center, its media company, its budgets, its empire?
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“The world says ‘discover yourself.’ But Jesus said, ‘deny yourself!’” Graham thundered. Yet is Prestonwood Baptist denying itself? Has it denied itself its manicured campus, its gleaming buildings, its fitness center, its media company, its budgets, its empire?
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I want to know who the hell is choosing a dinner plate here
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I want to know who the hell is choosing a dinner plate here
i got a labubu. they're pretty cute ngl
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i got a labubu. they're pretty cute ngl
prayers up to KD
Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant will miss Monday's game in Phoenix and Wednesday's contest in Golden State tending to a family matter, sources tell ESPN.
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
prayers up to KD
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i’m too stoned for this level of ventriloquy
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
i’m too stoned for this level of ventriloquy
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This makes perfect sense when you remember at least half of the States congressional delegation are carpetbaggers
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This makes perfect sense when you remember at least half of the States congressional delegation are carpetbaggers
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NEW: Since its inception, suburbs have paid into Dallas Area Rapid Transit to get transit service. Now, four Dallas suburbs want to leave DART. It's a redux of the late 80s and 90s - but as it expands, the revolt could tear Texas' biggest transit agency apart. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
A suburban exit could be Armageddon for North Texas public transit
North Texas suburbs want to leave DART. It could tear the entire system apart.
www.chron.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW: Since its inception, suburbs have paid into Dallas Area Rapid Transit to get transit service. Now, four Dallas suburbs want to leave DART. It's a redux of the late 80s and 90s - but as it expands, the revolt could tear Texas' biggest transit agency apart. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
You can do anything you want in Texas.
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
You can do anything you want in Texas.
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A Muslim activist tried to tell Texas education leaders about a growing wave of Islamophobia. Some of them called her a terrorist.
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
She Wanted to Speak on Anti-Muslim Bigotry. She Was Labeled a Terrorist Leader.
Shaimaa Zayan, who works for the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, urged the Texas State Board of Education to reconsider its curriculum changes.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A Muslim activist tried to tell Texas education leaders about a growing wave of Islamophobia. Some of them called her a terrorist.
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
A dispatch from the front line of the battle to Christianize public schools:
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His pinned tweet is for a transphobic parody song called “Woke Busters,” featuring anti-Muslim bigot Valentina Gomez
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
His pinned tweet is for a transphobic parody song called “Woke Busters,” featuring anti-Muslim bigot Valentina Gomez
NEW: Since its inception, suburbs have paid into Dallas Area Rapid Transit to get transit service. Now, four Dallas suburbs want to leave DART. It's a redux of the late 80s and 90s - but as it expands, the revolt could tear Texas' biggest transit agency apart. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
A suburban exit could be Armageddon for North Texas public transit
North Texas suburbs want to leave DART. It could tear the entire system apart.
www.chron.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW: Since its inception, suburbs have paid into Dallas Area Rapid Transit to get transit service. Now, four Dallas suburbs want to leave DART. It's a redux of the late 80s and 90s - but as it expands, the revolt could tear Texas' biggest transit agency apart. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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for a little weekend read, I wrote about the Houston - Chicago "Bean" wars, and the interesting connection between our cities two Anish Kapoor sculptures www.chron.com/culture/arti...
The time that Houston and Chicago went to war over 'Bean' sculptures
Can we make the Houston Bean just as famous as Chicago's, please?
www.chron.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
for a little weekend read, I wrote about the Houston - Chicago "Bean" wars, and the interesting connection between our cities two Anish Kapoor sculptures www.chron.com/culture/arti...
rewatching season 5 of stranger things they're all so mean to their friend who is good at basketball
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
rewatching season 5 of stranger things they're all so mean to their friend who is good at basketball
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NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
is arch manning good or bad? no clue
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
is arch manning good or bad? no clue
TCU - UH is a great uniform match up
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TCU - UH is a great uniform match up
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TRUMP: This guy was pretty interesting, though. He's actually figured out the laws that dictate, well, everything — history,
sociology, politics, morality, everything! It's all in a book called "Kapital."
EDDIE MANNIX, CAPITOL PICTURES: That right.
TRUMP: Uh-huh! With a "K."
sociology, politics, morality, everything! It's all in a book called "Kapital."
EDDIE MANNIX, CAPITOL PICTURES: That right.
TRUMP: Uh-huh! With a "K."
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
TRUMP: This guy was pretty interesting, though. He's actually figured out the laws that dictate, well, everything — history,
sociology, politics, morality, everything! It's all in a book called "Kapital."
EDDIE MANNIX, CAPITOL PICTURES: That right.
TRUMP: Uh-huh! With a "K."
sociology, politics, morality, everything! It's all in a book called "Kapital."
EDDIE MANNIX, CAPITOL PICTURES: That right.
TRUMP: Uh-huh! With a "K."
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.