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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 1d

“For all people stop smiling once they get what they’ve been begging for.” —Geese

Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 1d

I mean …

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 1d

Cryptids, dark tourism, and close encounters. Take a wild ride with @asherelbein.bsky.social and @rachelmonroe.bsky.social over at @texashighways.bsky.social.

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Go On a Haunted Texas Road Trip

Travel through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged paranormal activity

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 1d

What is the point of this story?

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have a recipe for that?

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 2d

I think I’m going to make eggplant this wknd. First time. Suggestions ?

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Triumph Books @triumphbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 is out now buff.ly/rsQvB0z

We're pleased to also share this year's honorable mention pieces and urge you to seek out these writers.

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Notable Sports Writing of 2024

JEREMY COLLINS
When My Father Talked About Larry Bird.
Esquire, June 16, 2024

ROBERTO JOSÉ ANDRADE FRANCO
No One Wanted Them to Win: Texas' First Baseball Champions.
ESPN, October 31, 2024

DAVID GAMBACORTA
The Final Penalty
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 9, 2024

DARRELL HARTMAN
Racing's Deadliest Day.
Esses, November 15, 2024

DAVID GAUVEY HERBERT
How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular. The New York Times, October 22, 2024

CHLOÉ COOPER JONES
Loving Him Meant Facing My Greatest Fear.
The New York Times Magazine, April 21, 2024

PAIGE KAPTUCH
This Is Not an Escape Story.
Runner's World, June 5, 2024

LAURA KILLINGBECK
Into the Wind.
Bicycling, May 22, 2024

RACHEL KUSHNER
In the Rockets' Red Glare.
Harper's, December 2024

CONOR NILAND
'I'm Good, I Promise: The Loneliness of the Low-Ranking Tennis Player.
The Guardian, June 27, 2024

ALEXANDER SAMMON
Surfing the American Dream.
Slate, May 23, 2024

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 2d

Because I'm still in love with you

I want to see you dance again

Because I'm still in love with you

On this harvest moon

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 3d

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 4d

This movie blew me away.

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 4d

Middle age conundrum: SNL season opener or The Strokes ACL stream on Hulu.

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Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social · 17d

thanks @hoinski.bsky.social for bringing me in to ruminate on my summers riding horses in Texas, and how they shaped me as a country music fan long (something it took me many years to realize). always fun to get to go personal like this.

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An East Coaster Learns What It Means to Be Country

Summers spent at a Hill Country horse camp served as an apt introduction to Texas

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 5d

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 5d

One of the coolest stories @texashighways.bsky.social has ever published is coming soon, in the November issue, by the one and only @bobby-aleman.bsky.social.

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 6d

Steely Dan, baby

Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 6d

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Longreads @longreads.com · 7d

"A doctor told Alan he had six weeks to live, and two had passed in June when he finally asked his hospice nurse a question he had never before considered: Was there a better way for this to end?"

@milehighrobert.bsky.social for 5280: 5280.com/medical-aid-...

The Coloradans Exercising Their Right To Die—and a Doctor Who Helps Them Find Peace

More terminally ill Coloradans than ever are turning to Denver Health’s Medical Aid in Dying clinic. We spent the summer witnessing the quiet decisions and final moments of those who chose when—and ho...

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 7d

New obsession

Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 8d

You can see the 38.5-foot Catrina, the tallest in the U.S., in San Antonio.

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Catrina | San Antonio Day of the Dead

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 8d

I think this is the first time in like 20 years that we haven’t gone to ACL. Conscious decision. Honestly, I feel liberated.

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 8d

This story is the inspiration for our glorious October cover.

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 8d

From Mexico to San Antonio to Terlingua, @texashighways.bsky.social writer-at-large @katiegutzwriter.bsky.social delves into the history and customs of Dia de los Muertos.

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The Ancient Traditions Behind Día de los Muertos

San Antonio and Terlingua residents honor the dead with reverence and celebration during Dìa de los Muertos

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 9d

"It took me two decades to realize that country music isn’t always something you hear. It’s someone you become. And I became that person on a spotty orange-and-white horse in the dead heat of my preteen summers ..."

--Marissa R. Moss for @texashighways.bsky.social

texashighways.com/culture/an-e...

An East Coaster Learns What It Means to Be Country

Summers spent at a Hill Country horse camp served as an apt introduction to Texas

texashighways.com

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Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social · 10d

Criminal that the NFL allows games to end in a tie.

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