John Schwartz
@jswatz.bsky.social
UT Austin journalism professor; former NYT, WP. he/him.
I use antlers in all of my decorating.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I use antlers in all of my decorating.
Hangin’ with the bison at Woolaroc in Oklahoma.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hangin’ with the bison at Woolaroc in Oklahoma.
Pflugerville has 80,000 people, but it's a small town. My wife and I are canvassing for a mayoral runoff and picked up voter info cards. We mentioned a voter who had been reading attacks on our candidate, Doug Weiss. Doug said: next time you're with someone like that, call me. I'll talk to them.
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Pflugerville has 80,000 people, but it's a small town. My wife and I are canvassing for a mayoral runoff and picked up voter info cards. We mentioned a voter who had been reading attacks on our candidate, Doug Weiss. Doug said: next time you're with someone like that, call me. I'll talk to them.
I love everything about my electric Mini, especially passing up gas stations. But Texas makes me pay an extra $200 to renew my registration.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I love everything about my electric Mini, especially passing up gas stations. But Texas makes me pay an extra $200 to renew my registration.
Still life with menudo. Life is good, y’all, and even better if you can meet a friend at Joe’s Bakery for breakfast.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Still life with menudo. Life is good, y’all, and even better if you can meet a friend at Joe’s Bakery for breakfast.
I meant those open-flame bathroom wall units
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I meant those open-flame bathroom wall units
When I attended UT as an undergraduate and lived in West Campus, the “resort living“ that I experienced could only be considered the “last resort.“
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When I attended UT as an undergraduate and lived in West Campus, the “resort living“ that I experienced could only be considered the “last resort.“
Holy crap, guys, the Kryptos auction broke $400K with two hours to go!
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Holy crap, guys, the Kryptos auction broke $400K with two hours to go!
A quick “covering the environment“ reunion at the Texas Tribune Festival. My students ROCK, y’all.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A quick “covering the environment“ reunion at the Texas Tribune Festival. My students ROCK, y’all.
Thank you, Catherine Coleman Flowers, for an incredible conversation about social justice, environmental equity, sewage and hope at the Texas tribune festival!
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you, Catherine Coleman Flowers, for an incredible conversation about social justice, environmental equity, sewage and hope at the Texas tribune festival!
Wonders of the morning commute.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wonders of the morning commute.
a sentence I did not expect to ever write
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
a sentence I did not expect to ever write
I was not expecting to see a caricature of me from a 1984 comic strip by @samhurt.bsky.social in the latest issue of Texas Law Magazine, but life is full of wonders.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I was not expecting to see a caricature of me from a 1984 comic strip by @samhurt.bsky.social in the latest issue of Texas Law Magazine, but life is full of wonders.
Great to see my former student Rushton Skinner back stateside after two years of kick-ass reporting in the British Virgin Islands. Took him to Dirty’s, of course .
Now somebody hire this guy!
Now somebody hire this guy!
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great to see my former student Rushton Skinner back stateside after two years of kick-ass reporting in the British Virgin Islands. Took him to Dirty’s, of course .
Now somebody hire this guy!
Now somebody hire this guy!
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ll try again tonight, but for now the northern lights are about as real in Pflugerville as the Marfa lights.
My grandson likes the label maker.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My grandson likes the label maker.
This is what happens when you cut funding for public education.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is what happens when you cut funding for public education.
When you dig into the battery drawer and it’s like commerce archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
When you dig into the battery drawer and it’s like commerce archaeology
This is GALVESTON. The Gulf is blue! What is happening?!
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is GALVESTON. The Gulf is blue! What is happening?!
This may be the most frenetic and pathetic backpedaling yet. Instead, they're going to teach it phenomenology?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This may be the most frenetic and pathetic backpedaling yet. Instead, they're going to teach it phenomenology?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
At what point did I age into being “Mr. John”? No matter. Thanks, guys.
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
At what point did I age into being “Mr. John”? No matter. Thanks, guys.