Gary Borders
@garyborders.bsky.social
Longtime East Texas journalist, editor and photographer; co-operator of Three Geese Farm, a hobby farm, with my wife, Dr. Julie Teel-Borders; woodworker; politically progressive in a deep-red area. Find my work at garyborders.com.
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Click on the link above to read the latest post. Facts actually do matter.
Click on the link above to read the latest post. Facts actually do matter.
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Click on the link above to read the latest post. Facts actually do matter.
Click on the link above to read the latest post. Facts actually do matter.
Click below to read the first in a series about a return to my native New England.
A Week on Purgatory Cove
Outside Boston, One Town Blends Into Another
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August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Click below to read the first in a series about a return to my native New England.
That's me in the cap, with our dog Sandy and little brother Scott, circa 1960. I was 5 when I made the mistake of uttering the F-word in front of my mother. Click on the link to find out what happened and read my thoughts on the increasing coarseness of our society.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
That's me in the cap, with our dog Sandy and little brother Scott, circa 1960. I was 5 when I made the mistake of uttering the F-word in front of my mother. Click on the link to find out what happened and read my thoughts on the increasing coarseness of our society.
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A spark of blue hope in a deep-red region. Click below to read my latest Substack post and subscribe for free.
'No King's Rally Brings Hope
Even in deep-red East Texas, hundreds of protestors came out
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June 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A spark of blue hope in a deep-red region. Click below to read my latest Substack post and subscribe for free.
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A painting of a sign painter, by a sign painter. Click on the link above to read about my dad, once East Texas's finest sign painter.
A painting of a sign painter, by a sign painter. Click on the link above to read about my dad, once East Texas's finest sign painter.
June 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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A painting of a sign painter, by a sign painter. Click on the link above to read about my dad, once East Texas's finest sign painter.
A painting of a sign painter, by a sign painter. Click on the link above to read about my dad, once East Texas's finest sign painter.
Click on the link below to read my latest Substack post on the assault on public broadcasting.
The Assault on NPR & PBS
MAGA goes after public broadcasting
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June 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Click on the link below to read my latest Substack post on the assault on public broadcasting.
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Mimosa tree blossoms mean summer has arrived in East Texas, despite what the calendar indicates. Click on the link above to read the latest post.
Mimosa tree blossoms mean summer has arrived in East Texas, despite what the calendar indicates. Click on the link above to read the latest post.
May 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Mimosa tree blossoms mean summer has arrived in East Texas, despite what the calendar indicates. Click on the link above to read the latest post.
Mimosa tree blossoms mean summer has arrived in East Texas, despite what the calendar indicates. Click on the link above to read the latest post.
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The chickens have come home to roost at Three Geese Farm. Click above to read the latest piece.
The chickens have come home to roost at Three Geese Farm. Click above to read the latest piece.
May 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The chickens have come home to roost at Three Geese Farm. Click above to read the latest piece.
The chickens have come home to roost at Three Geese Farm. Click above to read the latest piece.
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RFK Jr. Still Turning a Deaf Ear to Science
Is this who we really want in charge of the nation's health?
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May 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The only federal agency funding libraries, museums and archives has been gutted, while American taxpayers fund Trump's golf outings to the tune of $26 million thus far. Click below to read my latest Substack post.
Poseidons and the Price of a Library
Agency funding nation's libraries, museums and archives is gutted
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April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The only federal agency funding libraries, museums and archives has been gutted, while American taxpayers fund Trump's golf outings to the tune of $26 million thus far. Click below to read my latest Substack post.
We have a bumper crop of what we (likely mistakenly) call Scottish Thistle here at Three Geese Farm in East Texas.
April 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We have a bumper crop of what we (likely mistakenly) call Scottish Thistle here at Three Geese Farm in East Texas.
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The view from our front porch as spring erupts with waves of pollen here in East Texas. Click on the link above to read my latest piece.
The view from our front porch as spring erupts with waves of pollen here in East Texas. Click on the link above to read my latest piece.
April 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The view from our front porch as spring erupts with waves of pollen here in East Texas. Click on the link above to read my latest piece.
The view from our front porch as spring erupts with waves of pollen here in East Texas. Click on the link above to read my latest piece.
Read my latest Substack piece on how LibGen pirated one of my books, along with many millions of others. An Atlantic writer develops a search tool to help one find out if your work has been swiped.
Ahoy, Ye Book Pirates!
Shadowy website that pirates millions of books and articles used to train at least some generative AI models. Atlantic writer's search tool indicates LibGen stole one of the books I once wrote!
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March 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Read my latest Substack piece on how LibGen pirated one of my books, along with many millions of others. An Atlantic writer develops a search tool to help one find out if your work has been swiped.
NYT's Frank Bruni reviews the clowns in the circus cabinet.
Opinion | Trump’s Crackerjack Cabinet Is a Fiasco Foretold
Pete Hegseth & Co. weren’t chosen for their competence.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
NYT's Frank Bruni reviews the clowns in the circus cabinet.
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circular firing squad time.. Dems are on the right track www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat | CNN Politics
Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending pote...
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March 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
circular firing squad time.. Dems are on the right track www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
This, from another of my conservative favorite writers.
Opinion | If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign
A defense secretary intentionally using a civilian app to share sensitive war plans without noticing a journalist was in the chat would be egregious.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This, from another of my conservative favorite writers.
Amateur Hour when the circus is in town.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Amateur Hour when the circus is in town.
It's Crazy Town!
Opinion | How DOGE is making government almost comically inefficient
It’s as though “efficiency” isn’t the actual goal.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's Crazy Town!
My latest post reflecting on the pandemic, five years later. Please consider subscribing for free.
5 Years After COVID-19, We're Still at Risk
Scientific research is foolishly being relegated to the dustbin
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March 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A double rainbow here at Three Geese Farm.
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A double rainbow here at Three Geese Farm.
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"Mr. Kennedy’s focus on unverified treatments has frustrated some doctors in Gaines County, who have been trying to explain to patients that there is no antiviral for measles and that they have little control over which patients suffer serious symptoms..."
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Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Mr. Kennedy’s focus on unverified treatments has frustrated some doctors in Gaines County, who have been trying to explain to patients that there is no antiviral for measles and that they have little control over which patients suffer serious symptoms..."
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Cutting Foreign Aid Kills People
The Doge Boys Continue to Sow Chaos
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March 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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March 6, 2025:
March 6, 2025
This morning, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters reported that the Trump administration is preparing to deport the 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and have temporary lega...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM