Christopher Hooks
@hooks.bsky.social
Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse.
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Many thanks to @hooks.bsky.social for this terrifically thoughtful review of Jeff Roche's THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER. @texasmonthly.bsky.social subscribers, this one will be in the print issue in your mailboxes very soon!
How West Texas Created American Conservatism
A new book says a handful of eccentric characters in our most remote region changed America forever.
www.texasmonthly.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Many thanks to @hooks.bsky.social for this terrifically thoughtful review of Jeff Roche's THE CONSERVATIVE FRONTIER. @texasmonthly.bsky.social subscribers, this one will be in the print issue in your mailboxes very soon!
There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott
Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.
www.texasmonthly.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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one of the most gripping films i've ever seen. feels far shorter than its runtime.
Criterion Channel just added CARLOS. It's in 3 parts, but the parts are longer than the original mini-series parts, making it the longer full-length film version (340 minutes total).
Want to watch with me?
www.criterionchannel.com/carlos
Want to watch with me?
www.criterionchannel.com/carlos
Carlos - The Criterion Channel
CARLOS, directed by Olivier Assayas, is an epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twenti...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
one of the most gripping films i've ever seen. feels far shorter than its runtime.
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Love this @hooks.bsky.social story about how Texas Republicans are embracing everything they once hated about California: Health food, trial lawyers and film industry slush funds.
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www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Right-Wing Lawmakers Are Trying to California Your Texas
The right wing used to hate lawsuits, the nanny state, and the film industry. It’s learned to embrace them as a means of cultural influence.
www.texasmonthly.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Love this @hooks.bsky.social story about how Texas Republicans are embracing everything they once hated about California: Health food, trial lawyers and film industry slush funds.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Full article (still an unsolved mystery!) by @hooks.bsky.social
www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the...
www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the...
Amphibious Assault
The case of the missing salamanders.
www.texasmonthly.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Full article (still an unsolved mystery!) by @hooks.bsky.social
www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the...
www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the...
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As with anything to do with this Musk vanity project, @hooks.bsky.social’s piece on its real human and environmental costs is a must-read. Gift link - www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/o...
Opinion | Try Living in Elon Musk’s Company Town (Published 2024)
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May 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
As with anything to do with this Musk vanity project, @hooks.bsky.social’s piece on its real human and environmental costs is a must-read. Gift link - www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/o...
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"...as a freelance magazine journalist, I am a blue-collar manufacturing worker in a collapsing industry that no amount of tariffs can fix. My day-to-day has become a Rust Belt of the mind, and there is nothing left for me in the West. Off I go." - @hooks.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"...as a freelance magazine journalist, I am a blue-collar manufacturing worker in a collapsing industry that no amount of tariffs can fix. My day-to-day has become a Rust Belt of the mind, and there is nothing left for me in the West. Off I go." - @hooks.bsky.social
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This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
I went to Greenland to try to think through one of the strangest aspects of Trump's second term: His love of the 19th century newrepublic.com/article/1947...
May 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I went to Greenland to try to think through one of the strangest aspects of Trump's second term: His love of the 19th century newrepublic.com/article/1947...
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This by @hooks.bsky.social, about Trump's Greenland fixation, is a thoughtful musing on his second term and this moment of frenetic ferment in American politics. "Why are the Americans doing this? My worry is that the answer is simple: We're bored." newrepublic.com/article/1947...
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This by @hooks.bsky.social, about Trump's Greenland fixation, is a thoughtful musing on his second term and this moment of frenetic ferment in American politics. "Why are the Americans doing this? My worry is that the answer is simple: We're bored." newrepublic.com/article/1947...
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Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
Words by @hooks.bsky.social
Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
Words by @hooks.bsky.social
Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
Words by @hooks.bsky.social
Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
Words by @hooks.bsky.social
Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social
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We sent @hooks.bsky.social to Greenland and he came back with a story about imperial folly, the return of the 19th century, and just what Donald Trump and his cronies are really up to there. It's the best thing I've read about Trump's second term newrepublic.com/article/1947...
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We sent @hooks.bsky.social to Greenland and he came back with a story about imperial folly, the return of the 19th century, and just what Donald Trump and his cronies are really up to there. It's the best thing I've read about Trump's second term newrepublic.com/article/1947...
For the June issue of The New Republic, I went to Greenland and Denmark to think through Trump’s annexation obsession, Trumpworld’s love of the 19th century, why my country keeps hitting itself in the head with a hammer, and the world‘s best bar (Daddy’s, in Nuuk)
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
For the June issue of The New Republic, I went to Greenland and Denmark to think through Trump’s annexation obsession, Trumpworld’s love of the 19th century, why my country keeps hitting itself in the head with a hammer, and the world‘s best bar (Daddy’s, in Nuuk)
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This from @hooks.bsky.social is a rip-roaring piece of magazine journalism like from the old days. And yes, the @newrepublic.com sent him to Greenland! And he did reporting while there! newrepublic.com/article/1947... via @newrepublic.com
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This from @hooks.bsky.social is a rip-roaring piece of magazine journalism like from the old days. And yes, the @newrepublic.com sent him to Greenland! And he did reporting while there! newrepublic.com/article/1947... via @newrepublic.com
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"So many Americans live in a demon-haunted world, with unreal dangers in every corner." @hooks.bsky.social
You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Ken Paxton Thinks He’s Found the Cause of Our Growing Stupidity: Fluoridated Pokémon Toothpaste
The attorney general alleges Crest and Colgate are “encourag kids to ingest fluoride toothpaste” with their marketing. It’s the latest in the Texas GOP’s war on nonexistent threats.
www.texasmonthly.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"So many Americans live in a demon-haunted world, with unreal dangers in every corner." @hooks.bsky.social
You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
On Pulitzer announcement today, remember that journalism still matters. It will always matter. For example, I just found out I’m cited on the German Wikipedia page for the Philly cheesesteak
May 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
On Pulitzer announcement today, remember that journalism still matters. It will always matter. For example, I just found out I’m cited on the German Wikipedia page for the Philly cheesesteak
Park Slope trip report: there’s a Lambo outside and a private party inside my empanada loca
April 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Park Slope trip report: there’s a Lambo outside and a private party inside my empanada loca
Wanna hear something crazy? Eggs are cheaper in Greenland than they are in the U.S. No chickens within ~1,000 miles. Bottom row is $4.78 for 15
March 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wanna hear something crazy? Eggs are cheaper in Greenland than they are in the U.S. No chickens within ~1,000 miles. Bottom row is $4.78 for 15
my friends made a short documentary that raises a lot of questions youtu.be/8m78pjnAtNI
Wife Liker (a short film)
YouTube video by Eli Black
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March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
my friends made a short documentary that raises a lot of questions youtu.be/8m78pjnAtNI
[trying to order food at a restaurant] um, unfortunate this is paywalled
February 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
[trying to order food at a restaurant] um, unfortunate this is paywalled
Breaking: kalebhorton.ghost.io/good-lord-i-...
Good Lord, I Found an Episode of Art Bell with Merle Haggard
This sounds like a parody of something I would post specifically. You’re completely right. Spiritually, I made it up. But it’s real somehow: I found an episode of Coast to Coast AM where Art Bell inte...
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February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Unbelievable. After fifteen years of continuous warfare and the expenditure of tens(?) of millions of dollars to halt it, the Texas House has once again elected a Republican speaker with more Democrat votes than Rs. 85-56, Dustin Burrows wins.
January 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Unbelievable. After fifteen years of continuous warfare and the expenditure of tens(?) of millions of dollars to halt it, the Texas House has once again elected a Republican speaker with more Democrat votes than Rs. 85-56, Dustin Burrows wins.
The 89th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off today. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Texas Legislature Is a Mess. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Look Away.
A guide to making sense of the most nonsensical body in the nation.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The 89th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off today. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...