Ah, great point!
23.02.2026 12:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ah, great point!
23.02.2026 12:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love all these bike racks on the train from BWI to DC! (Itβs Sunday night, so not surprising theyβre not in use right now).
22.02.2026 23:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Instead of βdestroying virgin land, Texas can locate new data centers and other high-tech industries at retiring coal plant sitesβ which have βland, transportation networks, and most importantly, vital infrastructure and high-voltage grid connections.β www.archpaper.com/2026/01/texa...
28.01.2026 12:56 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Wind and solar producing 1/3 of electricity in ERCOT right now, with batteries charging to use later.
25.01.2026 17:32 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1FYI you have a typo in the transcript- itβs spelled βpriseβ
11.01.2026 20:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some good news - there were three times as many EVs on the road in 2024 than in 2020.
07.01.2026 16:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Proud to have our big state parks victory profiled in the New York Times (yes, Iβm still on X) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
28.12.2025 19:34 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Harry Truman doesnβt get enough credit for the Berlin airlift and confirming that American might would stay in Western Europe as long as necessary to preserve democracy there. You can easily imagine a President abandoning Europe after WWII, feeling like the US had done enough.
23.12.2025 04:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
San Antonio has one of the best greenway trail systems in the country β and itβs still growing. Over the past 25 years, the greenway trail system has expanded to over 103 miles.
Learn more about the Howard Peak Greenway Trail: bit.ly/48ZCD20
βοΈ+π½οΈ: Priscilla Aguirre
WWII government propaganda poster to get people to conserve resources. What kind of message would work today to accomplish the same goal?
15.12.2025 14:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βWe fight, get beat, rise, and fight againβ - American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene
06.12.2025 01:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A new initiative from the Texas A&M Forest Service could allow landowners in areas struck by natural disasters to claim up to $80,000 to plant more trees on their property
04.12.2025 12:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
TIL about the Barrage Balloon Brigade. This all African-American force protected troops storming the beaches of Normandy by preventing enemy aircraft from flying close enough to bomb or fire from overhead. The cables anchoring the balloons also entangled planes. Pretty cool!
30.11.2025 16:22 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recent rains make it ideal to sow wildflower seeds, thin irises, remove unwanted seedlings, and time lawn care for Texas yards.
28.11.2025 13:00 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The latest books my 10 yr old daughter checked out of the library. She says she now wants a how-to manual for protesting. π
27.11.2025 14:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is our world now :(
18.11.2025 14:15 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Perhaps unpopular opinion- Cybertrucks are ugly and Iβd never buy one, but theyβre all electric, so I respect their drivers more than I do of gas guzzling SUVs.
17.11.2025 19:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βPanels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.β
08.11.2025 14:51 β π 138 π 27 π¬ 3 π 3
Friday (11/7) #bcstx topped off at 87Β° -- the THIRD WARMEST in 143 years of record keeping.
π΄ Unusual, near-record warmth made at least TWICE as likely due to human-caused climate change.
This trend? Already playing out in real-time
β’ 2023 & 2024 β tied #1
β’ 2022, 2018 β tied #3
Weβll miss you, Speaker Pelosi! Thank you for all you did for the climate. (Photo from 2007)
08.11.2025 14:17 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Zavala Elementary PTA is working to raise $7500 this year to support our sweet little east Austin school. We need new chairs for the library, we want to restore some of the field trips which were cut this year in a budget-saving measure, and more. Can you pitch in? Thank you!
19.10.2025 15:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0ποΈ A massive new state park, spanning 54,000 acres, could soon reshape outdoor life in Texas. Here's where: bit.ly/3WxVTha
09.10.2025 14:01 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
Sunset at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas
Second largest canyon in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only to the Grand Canyon.
Also the site where the last Indian wars in Texas were held, Comanche & Kiowa vs. US Cavalry.
Photo from: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2024
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
If you like Caddo Lake State Park, you can thank Lady Bird Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor. In 1934 Thomas donated to the state about two-thirds of the land (some 385 acres) composing the park.
This lovely photo taken by Louis Vest.
I led most of my TX colleagues in opposition to Trump's recent effort to deny and unravel basic climate science.
Preventing EPA from acknowledging that greenhouse gas emissions harm our health will prevent us from maintaining modest climate action or taking necessary steps to cut emissions further.