Reposted by gwen howertonCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 3hAfter 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 0194
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 5hAfter 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.comHeidi Horton, Houston basketball coach who inspired Disney film, dies at 54Heidi Burge Horton, who died this week at 54, played in the early days of the WNBA before moving to Houston. 04313
Reposted by gwen howertonghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 7hjust 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 1240639
Reposted by gwen howertoncynthia loves u @lesbiats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i really do think about this at least once a week 610520
Reposted by gwen howertonJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 7hIt's subtle, but I think John Cornyn and friends are enjoying this. (www.semafor.com/article/10/0...) 25312
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 7hwhoever decided to split this clip into four separate sound bites that they could drip out to the media knew exactly what they were doing. 17859145
Reposted by gwen howertonJacob Ford @unitof.com · 9hLooking back at “Live grilling in my backyard” ten years later, feat. @bumas.bsky.social of @garbageday.email Fri 7pm theater.jacobford.comtheater.jacobford.com“Live grilling in my backyard.” at 10 Years: A Symposium 022
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 8ha money paragraph from @hooks.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... 0368
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 9hthis "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 2403
Reposted by gwen howertonAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 11hIt 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. 2161
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11hHonestly 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. 1190
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11hHonestly 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: 2321
Reposted by gwen howertonAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 15hIn 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.comThe NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen GirlsThe sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you. 411105217
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13hMy 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 41077
Reposted by gwen howertonKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13hI 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/5AuxDNCVpo8youtu.beYou Can't Escape Football's Anti-Trans Ads. I Found Their SourceYouTube video by Katelyn Burns 09718
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13hposts 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, 544966
Reposted by gwen howertonAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13hNEW: We built a thing that lets you try to spend Elon Musk’s trillion dollars www.wired.com/story/spend-...wired.comSpend Elon Musk’s MoneyWhat’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself. 2248
Reposted by gwen howertonandyzipp @andyzipp.bsky.social · 13hMindy McCready also referred to Clemens as a physical monster. 071
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14htrump referring to roger clemens as a "Physical Monster" is killing me 1151
Reposted by gwen howertonKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 23hLast words of Jamaal Howard, who was executed tonight in Texas: 610021
Reposted by gwen howertonRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Is there enough evidence?” [shot of almost an entire body of a Yankees fan over the fence] 417126
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Yankees gotta start banning their fans from the games in the postseason 0915
Reposted by gwen howertonThe “check engine” light on your dashboard @aklingus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hitting 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... 1121
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Every single guy behind home plate at Yankee stadium looks like Alan Dershowitz 4537
Reposted by gwen howertonChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026UPDATE: SCOTUS will not stop Texas from killing Jamaal Howard today. Justice Jackson noted she would have granted a stay of execution. 26214
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026me, a person who has never hit a postseason home run: ryan vilade got lucky on a pop up come on 2241
Reposted by gwen howertonChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sebulba talking about vinyl and early 90s backpack rap. 722312
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Tonight Texas is going to carry out the first lethal injection in the nation since Christa Pike's botched execution. apnews.com/article/texa...apnews.comTexas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injectionA 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. 0228
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All 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 25911
Reposted by gwen howertonLuke Knox @lukeknox.me · 08/10/2026Rotoworld’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 1375
Reposted by gwen howertonchloe @laughingandsmiling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Can’t sit around thinking “what if I transitioned sooner?” Me personally I would’ve been on Tumblr posting “yep! frylock is canon transgender :3” 1171
Reposted by gwen howertonJ.P. Hoornstra @jphoornstra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the top IG comment is a banger 1128033
Reposted by gwen howertonOut of Context Mickey Mouse Comics @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 29/01/2026 77102822656
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026two 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!!! 1246441
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026leaked 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." 3527
Reposted by gwen howertonelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October 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... 524343
Reposted by gwen howertonKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/10/2026I talked with the incredible @kissphoria.bsky.social about her reporting on Instagram banning queer bars all over the country. youtu.be/wKIgdlpGN3kyoutu.beWhy Instagram Keeps Banning LGBTQ Bars (ft. Gwen Howerton)YouTube video by Katelyn Burns 319857
Reposted by gwen howertonKit 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.comReport: Texas bans more than twice as many school books as FloridaIn comparison, 27 states did not ban a single book during the 2025-26 school year. 13625
Reposted by gwen howertonRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In 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.comTexas 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. 3119194
Reposted by gwen howertonRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is a very good analysis of the Texas GOP's white supremacist-adjacent future, via @hooks.bsky.social. Read:texasmonthly.comTexas Republicans Might Finally Lose. Will They Learn Anything?This November could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism. The state GOP is adrift. 110222
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Making my editor watch Youtube Poops during our weekly meeting 2180
Reposted by gwen howertonInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Probably a good sign for Ken Paxton's campaign that someone/s in it love secretly recording him 0563
Reposted by gwen howertonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Horrifying: 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.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 17242611619
Reposted by gwen howertonAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I disagree; he is clearly a lib who just doesn’t want to get publicly involved 14813
Reposted by gwen howertonKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes I really enjoy listening to all the ways that judges can politely ask the state "r u rly serious tho" 49612
Reposted by gwen howertonVarun Shankar @byvarunshankar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Meet the new Rockets' coach helping Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun's shooting www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rocke...houstonchronicle.comClient ChallengePlease enable JavaScript to proceed. 032
Reposted by gwen howertonspookily 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.” 05511