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gwen howerton

@kissphoria.bsky.social
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a change would do you good texas culture reporter for @chron.com 🏳️‍⚧️

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 3h
After Kyle Teel burned both of the White Sox ABS challenges in the third inning yesterday, he's already wasted one of their challenges in the first inning tonight
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 5h
After she played in the WNBA, Heidi Burge Horton moved to Houston, where she was a color commentator for the Comets before becoming a longtime youth basketball coach in the Houston area. My obituary for "Coach Heidi," who died this week at 54: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
chron.com
Heidi Horton, Houston basketball coach who inspired Disney film, dies at 54
Heidi Burge Horton, who died this week at 54, played in the early days of the WNBA before moving to Houston.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 7h
just gonna say that one way you might ingratiate yourself to Texas Dems, as a longtime R donor or functionary who sees which way the wind is blowing, is to bring presents when you come across the aisle
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cynthia loves u @lesbiats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i really do think about this at least once a week
quote from a 2001 new york times article about how the toyota hilux has become the taliban's #1 pick for a truck to mount a gun onto:

Toyota's unease at being associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda is evident. In its September statement, the company said, ''Toyota does not have a sales or distribution channel in Afghanistan, and we do not export vehicles to that country.''

Somewhat less laconic was Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week. ''It is not our proudest product placement,'' he said. ''But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability.''
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 7h
It's subtle, but I think John Cornyn and friends are enjoying this. (www.semafor.com/article/10/0...)
“Paxton has always relied on his base and a strong statewide ticket to carry him across the finish line. He’s never played anywhere near this level and doesn’t understand the magnitude of effort being expended on his behalf to try to win this race,” Steven Law, former leader of the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC, told Semafor.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said of Paxton: “Got to be more careful when you run with the big dogs.”
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 7h
whoever decided to split this clip into four separate sound bites that they could drip out to the media knew exactly what they were doing.
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Jacob Ford @unitof.com · 9h
Looking back at “Live grilling in my backyard” ten years later, feat. @bumas.bsky.social of @garbageday.email Fri 7pm theater.jacobford.com
theater.jacobford.com
“Live grilling in my backyard.” at 10 Years: A Symposium
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 8h
a money paragraph from @hooks.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Meanwhile, it’s a little rich to hear Paxton complaining about his own lack of agency. He’s floated upward through the ranks of Texas politics almost effortlessly for twenty years, defeating his haters so easily he would be entitled to believe himself the chosen champion of the Christian god. Trump’s decision to make diesel extremely expensive for no real reason during his Senate campaign is approximately the first real hurdle he’s had to work to get over, and if he’s spending his downtime wondering why . . . well, it’s like they said in the movie, y’know? These are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 9h
this "james talarico has disappeared" thing from Texas Republicans makes me sad. it's so desperate and you can tell none of them even believe it
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11h
jesus christ this guy is such a piece of shit
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 11h
It didn’t make the final story (I could have written like…a book) but Hannah McNair was there on the sideline next to me watching the girls high school final. She knew the names of the Texas Fury players and cheered for them when they made plays. Her kids weren’t playing, she just came in to cheer.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11h
Honestly I hate the state of Florida but I think I'm all in on the Rays. Their uniforms are so good and every guy on their team is kind of awesome.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11h
Honestly really really cool that the Houston Texans org has spent lots of money to help grow flag football for girls in Texas. You never want to hand it to the McNairs, and yet:
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 15h
In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
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Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · 16h
It was a short call, Carlberg said: All the poet would say was she
was "in Iceland," where she was
"listening to the wind."
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13h
My favorite part of MLB playoff season is watching the Yankees yearly postseason exit followed by Derek Jeter and ARod getting sent to Big Papi's Psychic Torture Chamber on the postgame show
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13h
I broke down the current state of the mid terms, the incessant Texas anti-trans ads, and where I'm finding a little bit of hope in all this in my latest video: youtu.be/5AuxDNCVpo8
youtu.be
You Can't Escape Football's Anti-Trans Ads. I Found Their Source
YouTube video by Katelyn Burns
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13h
posts on this website when the onion makes fun of republicans: omg the onion is freaking back y'all. this wins the internet! posts on this website when the onion makes fun of democrats: First Of All Democracy Is At Stake,
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Maeca Art COMMISSIONS OPEN @maecaart.bsky.social · 15h
Metroid Dread
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: We built a thing that lets you try to spend Elon Musk’s trillion dollars www.wired.com/story/spend-...
wired.com
Spend Elon Musk’s Money
What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.
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andyzipp @andyzipp.bsky.social · 13h
Mindy McCready also referred to Clemens as a physical monster.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14h
trump referring to roger clemens as a "Physical Monster" is killing me
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 23h
Last words of Jamaal Howard, who was executed tonight in Texas:
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Is there enough evidence?” [shot of almost an entire body of a Yankees fan over the fence]
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Yankees gotta start banning their fans from the games in the postseason
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The “check engine” light on your dashboard @aklingus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hitting baseballs for a living is so funny because he didn’t even hit it “that far” and yet he knew on the crack of the bat that this baby was gone bsky.app/profile/ding...
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every single guy behind home plate at Yankee stadium looks like Alan Dershowitz
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UPDATE: SCOTUS will not stop Texas from killing Jamaal Howard today. Justice Jackson noted she would have granted a stay of execution.
(ORDER LIST: 610 U.S.)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026
26-5773
(26A470)
HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
IN RE JAMAAL HOWARD
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death
presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.(ORDER LIST: 610 U.S.)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026
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CERTIORARI DENIED
JAMAAL HOWARD V. TEXAS
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death
presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is
denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Justice Jackson would grant the application for stay of
execution.CORDER LIST: 610 U.S.)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026
MANDAMUS DENIED
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IN RE JAMAAL HOWARD
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death
presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is
denied. The petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
me, a person who has never hit a postseason home run: ryan vilade got lucky on a pop up come on
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sebulba talking about vinyl and early 90s backpack rap.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tonight Texas is going to carry out the first lethal injection in the nation since Christa Pike's botched execution. apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com
Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
A Texas court has refused to halt the planned execution of a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All my Austin media friends are reporting that they got press credentials to Ben Shapiro's UT event and then when they showed up they were denied entry
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 08/10/2026
Rotoworld’s headshots are somehow always some combination of: too blurry, too sharp, cropped too tight, cropped too loosely. looks like shit, it’s one of the best accounts on here
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chloe @laughingandsmiling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can’t sit around thinking “what if I transitioned sooner?” Me personally I would’ve been on Tumblr posting “yep! frylock is canon transgender :3”
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J.P. Hoornstra @jphoornstra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the top IG comment is a banger
Jose Canseco to John Rocker on IG: "F you and your birthday"
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Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comics @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: The Captive Castaways

Mickey, covered in chains, looks down at a tube that rolled over to him, Opium written on the side.

Mickey: Good gosh! Opium!
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
two months ago there was no tgirl baseball in texas. on a whim i started something in houston, wondering if anyone would come. now there's a league in dallas and a group getting formed in Austin. I could cry!!!
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
leaked audio reveals ken paxton wasn't that big of a Bionicle fan: "I didn't like that you can't reuse the parts for most of your builds. I never understood that."
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October 7 is a very serious date and mocking or downplaying it is really insensitive Anyway, here’s Netanyahu with an AI Lego video about October 7 x.com/israelipm/st...
Lego showing 3 lego men with green headbands killing lego people
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/10/2026
I talked with the incredible @kissphoria.bsky.social about her reporting on Instagram banning queer bars all over the country. youtu.be/wKIgdlpGN3k
youtu.be
Why Instagram Keeps Banning LGBTQ Bars (ft. Gwen Howerton)
YouTube video by Katelyn Burns
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Kit O'Connell (🏳️‍🌈Big & Bright Queerdo👽) @kitoconnell.com · 07/10/2026
"Texas didn't simply lead the nation in book bans. It lapped the field. Texas reported nearly 8,200 book bans in 2025-26, more than twice as many as Florida, the nation's No. 2 leading state, with just over 3,200 book bans. 27 states did not ban a single book during the 2025-26 school year."
chron.com
Report: Texas bans more than twice as many school books as Florida
In comparison, 27 states did not ban a single book during the 2025-26 school year.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In which Texas Republicans refer to Muslims as "infestations" and argue that "we basically have to make it so uncomfortable for them that they want to leave."
houstonchronicle.com
Texas Faith Fest speakers propose plans to make Muslims ‘more uncomfortable’
At Texas Faith Fest this year, speakers suggested policies that would limit Muslim religious practices and reshape the government's relationship with religion.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a very good analysis of the Texas GOP's white supremacist-adjacent future, via @hooks.bsky.social. Read:
texasmonthly.com
Texas Republicans Might Finally Lose. Will They Learn Anything?
This November could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism. The state GOP is adrift.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Making my editor watch Youtube Poops during our weekly meeting
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Probably a good sign for Ken Paxton's campaign that someone/s in it love secretly recording him
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I disagree; he is clearly a lib who just doesn’t want to get publicly involved
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes I really enjoy listening to all the ways that judges can politely ask the state "r u rly serious tho"
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Varun Shankar @byvarunshankar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meet the new Rockets' coach helping Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun's shooting www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rocke...
houstonchronicle.com
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spookily scarily pitt girl 👻🎃👻 @opg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Take up space wherever and whenever you can. And try to have a good time doing it.”
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