Michael Marks

The latest on the Signs & Portents beat: someone rearranged "READ THE BIBLE" mountain in Terlingua to read "BE LIBERATED"

This technically isn't my thing anymore but a few thoughts on the Miller/Sheets results from someone who was mildly obsessed with the race and is not completely surprised by the result(thought admittedly slightly surprised) #txlege:

30 years ago today i released a song. 🙏🏿🎂❤️

We’re on @TexasStandard time! Just some of the @KUT crew in the newsroom and out in the field for election night.

Talked to a couple of Williamson County voters at the NorthStar Georgetown polling location. Both say they waited over two hours to cast their ballot. “I watched multiple people walk out … they couldn't wait any longer,” one of the voters, Chantel Dupree, told me. @KUT

what are we doing with this headline khou.com/article/news/s…

@thedumbzone that allsups beef and bean iykyk

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Don’t listen to this young men. Be there for the mother of your child and let the rest take care of itself. Those midnight feedings turns into financial freedom because nothing will inspire you more than being a great father.

NEW in @chron: In addition to corresponding with Epstein during interviews to become Baylor president, DOJ emails reveal that Ken Starr hosted Epstein and his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak in Waco, on Baylor's campus in 2012 during Starr's presidency. chron.com/culture/articl…

Amid the mushrooming controversy over the deadly shootings in Minnesota, @GregAbbott_TX 's campaign is offering pro-ICE t-shirts for sale as part of a fundraising strategy. #txlege

New: In a @statesman op-ed, the Republican author of Texas' concealed handgun law @Patterson4TX argues the federal agents were wrong to shoot Alex Pretti. "ICE is needed, but not this ICE. This ICE and its leadership need to go — now." #txlege statesman.com/opinion/outloo…

Sad to hear that an unhoused Austinite died overnight, presumably of hypothermia. No more precip is expected but temperatures will stay low and frozen til Tuesday afternoon, so roads will continue to be a mess. AISD and UT are closed tomorrow. Stay safe and stay home, #atx

Lots of immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis this morning. This man was on his way to work when he was surrounded by immigration agents, and questioned inside an unmarked vehicle. The man is a U.S. citizen and was let go. (Video contains swearing).

For lawmakers and lobbyists, Trump's THC ban means big bucks. Always follow the money. #txlege houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo…

A big pile pecan shells spontaneously combusted in rural Hudspeth County - prompting a local disaster declaration and a cleanup effort. Always something weird in the news in Far Out West Texas: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-11-1…

BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says. apnews.com/article/kansas…

I’m certainly glad they ruined a lot of people’s careers and forced them to defend his actions on the road to this most obvious conclusion

Insects can be a big problem for farmers who grow food. But they have a natural ally. On “Wichita’s Early Edition,” hear how some farmers are turning to bats for better pest control. kmuw.org/podcast/wichit…

The National Weather Service is hiring. Here is part of the application.

The USDA spent $16,400 on the 31-foot banners of Trump and Lincoln that hang from its HQ building in DC, according to records obtained by @washingtonian via public records request. washingtonian.com/2025/08/12/usd…