Reposted by Wells DunbarTexas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Tell us about a natural moment you'll never forget. Maybe it was an unforgettable thunderstorm, a wildlife encounter, a hidden swimming hole, a sunset or a view so beautiful you had to pull over. Record us a voice message at texasstandard.org/talk to hear yourself on the Texas Standard. 042
Reposted by Wells DunbarRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 25/06/2026TBH honestly this is a good place to pitch their ongoing fundraiser for restoration for the paramount and the state theaters www.austintheatre.org/shineon/austintheatre.orgShine On - Paramount Theatre 051
Reposted by Wells Dunbarpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯nytimes.comScores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional 852691701
Reposted by Wells DunbarTexas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Got a screwworm question? Our Michael Marks is answering them in an AMA on r/texas. Get your questions in here: www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...reddit.comFrom the texas community on Reddit: I’m a Texas agriculture reporter that’s been covering the New World Screwworm for over a year. AMA about screwworms.Explore this post and more from the texas community 022
Reposted by Wells Dunbarghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 16/06/2026none of this is true and the place where this is going is potentially very awful 26160561249
Reposted by Wells DunbarTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 15/06/2026Breaking: University of Texas at Austin leaders fired KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott on Monday, a little more than a month after she publicly challenged safety as the reason why much of the public radio station’s inaugural festival was forced off campus.texastribune.orgKUT General Manager Debbie Hiott fired after festival disputeKUT’s Debbie Hiott believes University of Texas officials terminated her because she publicly pushed back against administration claims that the station’s security plans for an inaugural festival were... 14833
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin has fired KUT Public Media General Manager Debbie Hiott, following a back-and-forth fight with UT over the station's inaugural festival last month.kut.orgUT Austin leadership fires KUT General Manager Debbie HiottAn email to staff at Austin's NPR station, addressed from Anita L. Vangelisti, the interim dean of the Moody College of Communication, said the decision was effective immediately. 178
Reposted by Wells DunbarRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The video, via NYT reporter Lauren McGaughy. 782246491
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026BOC albums by bleakness: 1. Tomorrow’s Harvest 2. Geogaddi 3. Inferno 4. Music Has the Right to Children 5. Campfire Headphase Bull market in Inferno bleakness way oversold 000
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Back when Cornyn was AG and I was deep in alcoholism and temp jobs I had a Kelly Services gig at his office. It was around Christmas so they invited us all up a few flights for breakfast tacos. I was desperately hungover and had crammed a whole bacon egg and cheese soon as he walked up to say hi 👋 160
Reposted by Wells DunbarDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay 120111864070
Reposted by Wells DunbarMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Great read, highly recommend. 181266132
Reposted by Wells DunbarGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13/04/2026a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer cannot make management decisions, though, given that zuckerberg can never be held accountable, either, i suppose this counts as a wash 1529548
Reposted by Wells DunbarRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/04/2026And she has since been deported. Link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... 7834471560
Reposted by Wells DunbarPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship. 56149615270
Reposted by Wells Dunbarbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026hell of a week to remember you still haven’t done your taxes 1124830
Reposted by Wells DunbarAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Just one month after Camp East Montana opened, inspectors found 60 violations of detention standards. So watch the admin spin this as somehow an improvement. It's a nightmare. Camp East Montana is a disaster. And the "mega" warehouses would be 3x larger. 4227105
Reposted by Wells DunbarMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 30/08/2025When the czar starts spending a suspicious amount of time micromanaging his palace you know he’s in charge and there are definitely no boyars scheming around 317017
Reposted by Wells DunbarIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 01/04/2026www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this 18177452013
Reposted by Wells DunbarOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I will never get over how effectively this administration convinced people in bad faith that they were fighting antisemitism on campuses just to turn around and do exactly this 411039
Reposted by Wells DunbarTyler King @tyleraking.com · 31/03/2026“At least 37 states offer some sort of financial incentives to businesses building data centers. … Public opposition is on the rise, however, and some states such as Virginia and Ohio are reconsidering whether to keep offering the financial breaks.” Communities across the country are fighting back.ohiocapitaljournal.comData center dilemma: Why money isn’t winning over communities • Ohio Capital JournalAt least 37 states offer some sort of financial incentives to businesses building data centers. Public opposition is on the rise, however, and some states such as Virginia and Ohio are reconsidering w... 331097440
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Some jammin' tunes for this Trans Day of Visibility, courtesy of Dallas' own BALLISTA ballistacotc.bandcamp.com/album/trans-...ballistacotc.bandcamp.comTRANS DAY OF VIOLENCE, by BALLISTA5 track album 121
Reposted by Wells Dunbarghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 31/03/2026whoever wrote that should go back to J-school 51298
Reposted by Wells DunbarAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 8967582114
Reposted by Wells DunbarSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Not that Dems need to be more hawkish or anything but they should absolutely run on “they wasted billions of dollars, munitions, and lives to produce one of the greatest strategic failures in American history” 331616342
Reposted by Wells Dunbarleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026FROM: sales@nike.real-account .com TO: kashmoneymillionaire@gmail .com SUBJECT: EXCLUSIVE OFFER!!!!! Dear Mr. Patel, Nike is excited to offer you a new line of Air Jordans!! These EPIC shoes feature the FBI logo along with the text "FEMALE BODY INSPECTOR". Click the link below to claim your shoes 173458491
Reposted by Wells DunbarJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Trump is reportedly considering sending ... lemme rub my eyes here ... 10,000 (!) more U.S. troops to the Middle East because of the war he started with Iran www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...huffpost.comTrump Admin Contemplates Sending Additional 10,000 U.S. Troops To The Middle East: Report 126529
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Austin's anarchist bookstore (Monkeywrench Books) says former Red Guard members – self-styled Maoist revolutionaries – are trying to organize again. They've been described as abusers and cultists. This 2023 Daily Beast article runs down the allegations: web.archive.org/web/20231030...web.archive.orgEx-Members of the Red Guards Maoist Clique Say It Was a ‘Cult’Red Guards made a name for itself with provocative protests that targeted other groups on the left. A year after its implosion, ex-members say they were part of a coercive gang. 120
Reposted by Wells DunbarCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Tech press spent 20 years telling you this guy was a genius and now we're here lmao 942751
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 25/03/2026youtu.be/GTJ3LIA5LmAyoutu.beMr. Show - Blow Up the MoonYouTube video by Laser Time 010
Reposted by Wells DunbarJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 25/03/2026Another day, another violation of academic freedom in Texas. This time a university is firing a philosophy professor owing to complaints about an off-campus talk he gave on the Israeli-Palestine conflict...dailynous.comTexas State Fires Philosophy Professor Over Off-Campus Talk on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict - Daily NousIdris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for violating his constitutional rights after they told him he would h... 261309485
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The BBC gathered several Epstein survivors to have them talk and commiserate. Two of them describe the 'dark' and 'eerie' feelings at his New Mexico ranch, now owned by TX GOP comptroller candidate Don Huffines: www.bbc.com/news/article... 032
Reposted by Wells DunbarVikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Again in things you could not waterboard out of me: 626652
Reposted by Wells DunbarZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 24/03/2026oh shit oh fuck I don't have nearly enough Robux to bribe these ICE agents. 1254341019
Reposted by Wells DunbarMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Incredible scene: Travelers wait on hours-long security line at George Bush International Airport in Houston while Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” blasts through the speakers. (video shared directly with me) 43345701299
Reposted by Wells Dunbaramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 23/03/2026ICE agents are here at Houston Hobby airport (HOU). 2420980
Wells Dunbar @wellsdunbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Houston's Hobby airport (not GWB International) the only Texas airport with ICE at TSA, per CNN reporting 010
Reposted by Wells DunbarCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinementapnews.comWorms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention centerWhen ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed. 29269704102
Reposted by Wells DunbarRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers 234104243454
Reposted by Wells DunbarJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The Iran war has caused the gravest energy shock of all time, the head of the International Energy Agency warned, adding that it could take six months or longer to fully restore oil and gas flows from the Gulf. www.ft.com/content/0952...ft.comIran war is the greatest threat to global energy ‘in history’, warns IEAAgency’s head Fatih Birol says recovery of oil and gasfields in Gulf region could take more than six months 211563
Reposted by Wells DunbarThe “check engine” light on your dashboard @aklingus.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I have said this before and will say it here: if, for God knows whatever reason, you have not seen this clip before, you may think you are ready for what occurs but you are not youtu.be/K2_SvX4PEbU?...youtu.bewalker told me I have aidsYouTube video by bill billings 12665186
Reposted by Wells DunbarMia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 20/03/2026this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE) www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...theverge.comGoogle Search is now using AI to replace headlinesLet us know if you see more. 7829531293
Reposted by Wells DunbarDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Here's Harold Meyerson on the Cesar Chavez legacy that was already tarnished and is now obliterated: prospect.org/2026/03/19/c...prospect.orgCesar Falls - The American ProspectWith the horror of the revelations of his sexual predations, an already tarnished icon collapses. 0348
Reposted by Wells DunbarPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 18/03/2026defector.com/lets-catch-u...defector.comLet's Catch Up On The Hilarious Afroman Defamation Trial | DefectorAfroman, once world famous for his song about being high (though I always preferred “Crazy Rap” myself), has emerged as a new kind of internet folk hero in the aftermath of an incident in 2022 with Ci... 4469