Tejas Quarterly
@tejasquarterly.bsky.social
An online journal exploring the question: What is Texas?
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
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“y’all…growth ain’t enough”
Texas has had higher GDP growth and a lower unemployment rate than most states since the pandemic.
But it is also the state with “the most people in financial distress.” This ranking came as a surprise to a lot of people — but not to Texas native @kedseconomist.com 🎥
But it is also the state with “the most people in financial distress.” This ranking came as a surprise to a lot of people — but not to Texas native @kedseconomist.com 🎥
July 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“y’all…growth ain’t enough”
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We launched @thebarbedwire.bsky.social a little more than three months ago. Excited to share our first-ever long-form investigative feature. Hope you’ll give it a read.
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/11/w...
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/11/w...
Who Owns the Dead? Inside a Texas Family’s Fight to Honor Its Ancestors - The Barbed Wire
EXCLUSIVE For most of her life, Lulu Francois believed her family history was a mystery lost to time. That changed when, during a Christmas gathering seven years ago, an aunt revealed she sometimes v...
thebarbedwire.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:27 PM
We launched @thebarbedwire.bsky.social a little more than three months ago. Excited to share our first-ever long-form investigative feature. Hope you’ll give it a read.
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/11/w...
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/11/w...
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For all the folks new to bsky, check out this project I’m working on.
At this point, it’s just me and a little bit of advice/input from family. If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to contribute to any aspect of an online publication, hit me up in the DMs.
At this point, it’s just me and a little bit of advice/input from family. If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to contribute to any aspect of an online publication, hit me up in the DMs.
We are hoping to do a soft launch sometime in Q1 of 2025.
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
November 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM
For all the folks new to bsky, check out this project I’m working on.
At this point, it’s just me and a little bit of advice/input from family. If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to contribute to any aspect of an online publication, hit me up in the DMs.
At this point, it’s just me and a little bit of advice/input from family. If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to contribute to any aspect of an online publication, hit me up in the DMs.
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We are hoping to do a soft launch sometime in Q1 of 2025.
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
November 9, 2024 at 3:10 AM
We are hoping to do a soft launch sometime in Q1 of 2025.
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
We will be sad to see Jen leave Houston and the Lone Star State…she has been a true friend to all Texans with her excellent reporting over the years. Best of luck, Jen!
some news: i'm leaving the chronicle. i have absolutely loved being part of the houston community (both online and IRL) and getting to know many of the people who care about this place as much as i do. 🧵
November 20, 2024 at 9:54 PM
We will be sad to see Jen leave Houston and the Lone Star State…she has been a true friend to all Texans with her excellent reporting over the years. Best of luck, Jen!
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Texans: like and pin the #txlege feed & tag your posts about it to have them show up there bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Texans: like and pin the #txlege feed & tag your posts about it to have them show up there bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Here's a map of the 10 ecological regions that make up Texas overlaid on a map of the counties of Texas. It's interesting to see the county where you live or where you grew up and which region it's in. I grew up in Bell County, right on the line between the Cross Timbers and the Blackland Prairie.
November 17, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Here's a map of the 10 ecological regions that make up Texas overlaid on a map of the counties of Texas. It's interesting to see the county where you live or where you grew up and which region it's in. I grew up in Bell County, right on the line between the Cross Timbers and the Blackland Prairie.
We are hoping to do a soft launch sometime in Q1 of 2025.
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
November 9, 2024 at 3:10 AM
We are hoping to do a soft launch sometime in Q1 of 2025.
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
In our first issue, we’d like to invite people to submit an essay addressing the question:
“What is Texas?”
Who would you like to hear from?
What notable Texans should we reach out to?
Feel free to submit your own essay!
For the record:
Tejas Quarterly is as of yet still more of an idea than a concrete publication, but even we recognize how important it is for any publication, young or old, to stand for truth and justice. In this election, the only ethical choice is a vote for Harris/Walz.
Tejas Quarterly is as of yet still more of an idea than a concrete publication, but even we recognize how important it is for any publication, young or old, to stand for truth and justice. In this election, the only ethical choice is a vote for Harris/Walz.
October 26, 2024 at 12:15 AM
For the record:
Tejas Quarterly is as of yet still more of an idea than a concrete publication, but even we recognize how important it is for any publication, young or old, to stand for truth and justice. In this election, the only ethical choice is a vote for Harris/Walz.
Tejas Quarterly is as of yet still more of an idea than a concrete publication, but even we recognize how important it is for any publication, young or old, to stand for truth and justice. In this election, the only ethical choice is a vote for Harris/Walz.
One image of Texas is that of an oil and gas state. This is an image widely known and promoted by leaders of the state.
But Texas is also a significant wind energy state, an image much less recognized and perhaps at odds with the oil and gas image.
But Texas is also a significant wind energy state, an image much less recognized and perhaps at odds with the oil and gas image.
Today I learned that there are several US states that don't have ANY onshore wind farms. I think many Europeans take for granted the role that wind farms play in our energy systems.
Chart from windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/321
Chart from windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/321
October 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
One image of Texas is that of an oil and gas state. This is an image widely known and promoted by leaders of the state.
But Texas is also a significant wind energy state, an image much less recognized and perhaps at odds with the oil and gas image.
But Texas is also a significant wind energy state, an image much less recognized and perhaps at odds with the oil and gas image.
With a judge blocking the execution of Mr Roberson for now in response to a subpoena from House Republicans in the #txlege, we will soon see whether Attorney General Ken Paxton values justice over executing a man in a very pro-death penalty state.
A rather stunning development that runs counter to the idea of what it means to be a pro-life Republican in Texas.
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
Quorum Report: In historic bid to halt execution, Chairman Leach subpoenas death row inmate
Leach and Harrison make joint motion -- supported unanimously by Committee members -- to subpoena Robert Roberson to testify in front of the House Criminal
quorumreport.com
October 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
With a judge blocking the execution of Mr Roberson for now in response to a subpoena from House Republicans in the #txlege, we will soon see whether Attorney General Ken Paxton values justice over executing a man in a very pro-death penalty state.
The roles/responsibilities of Texas sheriffs have changed dramatically over time, especially for sheriffs in large urban counties. It is a far more professional and administrative position now than in the days of cattle rustling and dueling gunfighters.
Bolts learned that the sheriff of Fort Worth is flouting the state law that requires investigations into deaths under his custody.
And that this is happening while jails shockingly surge under his tenure. boltsmag.org/jail-crisis-...
And that this is happening while jails shockingly surge under his tenure. boltsmag.org/jail-crisis-...
North Texas Sheriff Running for Reelection Faces Grief and Anger Over Rising Jail Deaths
Advocates and families of people who died in the Tarrant County jail have called for outside intervention and the resignation of Sheriff Bill Waybourn. He
boltsmag.org
October 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The roles/responsibilities of Texas sheriffs have changed dramatically over time, especially for sheriffs in large urban counties. It is a far more professional and administrative position now than in the days of cattle rustling and dueling gunfighters.
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All of his appeals have failed. His conviction involves discredited science, and the lead investigator says “there is no evidence of a crime, much less a capital crime.” The U.S. Supreme Court — and Gov. Greg Abbott — are running out of time to save him.
Short of a Miracle, Robert Roberson Will Die in Hours. Legislators Are Trying to Stop It. - The Barbed Wire
With just hours left before he’s put to death, all appeals to delay Robert Roberson’s impending execution have thus failed. One last brief filed to the U.S. Supreme Court — and a novel strategy from s...
thebarbedwire.com
October 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
All of his appeals have failed. His conviction involves discredited science, and the lead investigator says “there is no evidence of a crime, much less a capital crime.” The U.S. Supreme Court — and Gov. Greg Abbott — are running out of time to save him.
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“The speaker’s race is over with.”
From yesterday: The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.
From yesterday: The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.
Speaker Boxing: Is Phelan Failin', or Will the Far Right Fall Short Again?
The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.
www.texasobserver.org
October 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
“The speaker’s race is over with.”
From yesterday: The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.
From yesterday: The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.
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The Dover Quartet presents the Southwest premiere of Woodland Songs by Chickasaw Nation composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate as part of the The Chamber Music Society of FW's season. I interviewed him about his work and life for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. www.star-telegram.com/entertainmen...
www.star-telegram.com
October 17, 2024 at 1:48 PM
The Dover Quartet presents the Southwest premiere of Woodland Songs by Chickasaw Nation composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate as part of the The Chamber Music Society of FW's season. I interviewed him about his work and life for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. www.star-telegram.com/entertainmen...
A rather stunning development that runs counter to the idea of what it means to be a pro-life Republican in Texas.
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
Quorum Report: In historic bid to halt execution, Chairman Leach subpoenas death row inmate
Leach and Harrison make joint motion -- supported unanimously by Committee members -- to subpoena Robert Roberson to testify in front of the House Criminal
quorumreport.com
October 16, 2024 at 11:43 PM
A rather stunning development that runs counter to the idea of what it means to be a pro-life Republican in Texas.
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
What does justice mean in Texas? What does it mean to be pro-life in Texas?
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OMG- my state is trying to kill me (covers weather, allergies, and politics)
What comes to kind when you hear the word “Texas”?
October 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
OMG- my state is trying to kill me (covers weather, allergies, and politics)
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What comes to kind when you hear the word “Texas”?
October 14, 2024 at 3:31 PM
What comes to kind when you hear the word “Texas”?
What comes to kind when you hear the word “Texas”?
October 14, 2024 at 3:31 PM
What comes to kind when you hear the word “Texas”?
Let us know: editor (a t) tejasquarterly (d o t) com
What's something you think non-Texans should know about Texas?
June 11, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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What's something you think non-Texans should know about Texas?
June 11, 2024 at 1:03 AM
What's something you think non-Texans should know about Texas?
June 9, 2024 at 1:13 AM