JMR
@jamesfortexas.bsky.social
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freelance writer covering art, the built environment, culture, people and politics, mostly in texas. quorum report’s newsclipper.
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How did it look on the Rothko campus? Was excited to see how they interact with each venue
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We loved getting to showcase this revolutionary theater making the rounds in Texas:
I learn so much from you about sculpture!
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
dude. there are 8 billion people on Earth, plus countless NGOs doing good things, meaning a lot of people and groups are nominated for the prize. stop.
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A group of former tenants has organized the first rent debt strike in U.S. history. They are refusing to pay back unjust debts to Equity Residential, a corporate landlord accused of widespread misconduct. I wrote about their campaign for @prospect.org. prospect.org/infrastructu...
Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord
The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.
prospect.org
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Fellow Texans, here's a link to prepare for the elections this November.
Texas has some constitutional amendments up for a vote Nov. 4. Here’s my summary: If you’re wealthy, the state promises to protect your fortune forever. If you’re poor and accused of a crime, Texas promises to protect the public from you. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/07/t...
Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It?
Among 17 potential constitutional amendments, voters will be deciding the fate of corporate welfare and inherited wealth.
thebarbedwire.com
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simcity 2000: cd collection, print ad, imagery (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/2313/si...
I wrote about the innovative art fair/exhibition Texas Vignette , running through today in the Dallas Design District, for @texassignal.bsky.social. It's free. Lots of parking. Artists get 100 percent of sales. Go. texassignal.com/texas-vignet...
Texas Vignette Returns For A Seventh Year
A groundbreaking woman-only artist art fair runs again this weekend in its new permanent facility in the Dallas Design District
texassignal.com
so this new compact for higher ed will just make all universities into reactionary grifts like the university of austin and the new new college of florida. cool
I barely built my humble town in Sim City 2000 and already the National Guard took over.
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alamo plaza hotel courts, shreveport, louisiana, 1982
under her tutelage at a grifter right-wing think tank she called for abolishing agriculture subsidies: www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/u...
www.texaspolicy.com
this is the same department who on the day of a looming shutdown emphasized her government agency canceled “woke” grants supporting ”transgender ideology” while also not noting multiple farm bill provisions also expired
Why must we produce most of our own food? What hemisphere does she think her winter produce comes from?
Rollins: "It's Biblical - we've got to produce our own food. The president has talked significantly about the importance of onshoring our manufacturing. We also have to onshore our food. We have over the last decade begun to import more than we export, whether it's citrus or berries or even meat."
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Carthage, once a powerful ancient city, faces a new existential threat: climate change. Rising seas, saline winds and erosion are visibly damaging its Unesco-listed ruins, including the Baths of Antoninus and Punic Port.

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or go to the kennedy school. isn’t that a thing has beens do?
kennedy’s primary to markey may have been the best thing to happen to him, who was otherwise a little known white geriatric. his messaging as a progressive and anti-establishment incumbent. he also defeated a more conservative congressman in the primary when the seat opened up. moulton should pass.
ok actually this would be funny
Representative Seth Moulton is seriously considering a 2026 primary challenge to Senator Ed Markey, several sources told the Globe.
that was not in my playbook.
Ok but what if Jimmy Kimmel is raptured
didn't think so! I should've caught it. I also just came out as someone who reads The Hill.
KXAN and KXAS? I only know of Austin broadcast media because of the QR newsclips lol