Regina Lankenau

A woman stands with a bouquet of flowers and her child. México, 1954 | Werner Bischof

"Nearly five years." Investigative journalism takes years and years. The investment is immense, and always worth it, and, in the era of "hot takes" and ephemeral "content," rigorously reported journalistic work is needed more than ever. We must keep supporting investigative journalism. From @mannyNYT, lead reporter of the blockbuster piece on Cesar Chavez ⤵️

DeLillo on the movies (1982)

It’s like watching the Mona Lisa being painted.

Mexico City 1969 Rene’ Burri

“Then he said he was going to buy the book with cash so nobody could trace the purchase to him and exploit his interests for commercial purposes” Bill was fuckin cookin

There's nothing like the final days of a Texas primary: Candidates barnstorming the Great State, desperate attacks, poll greeters cussed out, police reports, divorce proceedings, DUI arrests, porn addiction revelations, murder allegations, signs vandalized, screwy polling, etc

my takeaway from the super bowl ads is that the entire american economy is being propped up by AI, weight loss drugs, cryptocurrency and gambling

Today @CatoInstitute published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew

Can't recommend enough this piece from @cd_hooks on the madness at Texas A&M. I'm proud to work at a place that still publishes some truly great magazine journalism. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

This whole article gave me a kind of spiritual despair I haven’t been able to shake since reading it days ago

Recomiendo este excelente artículo del NYT. Harrington sostiene que están formando a una generación para vea videos cortos y piense poco. Con el tiempo, aumentará la desigualdad social. Los hijos de ricos leerán textos profundos y complejos, y los de pobres leerán poco y muy mal:

Ray Bradbury has some advice for you. You should follow it. from Zen in the Art of Writing

Haukur Sigurdsson captured this photo of cross country skiers looking like musical notes.

Trump told NYT he wants comprehensive immigration reform that "possibly" includes path to citizenship "If the Democrats would do it, I’d do it. I’d love to have a comprehensive immigration policy, something that really worked. It’s about time for the country to have it" nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/…

"'AI' is not your friend. Nor is it an intelligent tutor, an empathetic ear, or a helpful assistant. It can not 'make up' facts, and it does not make 'mistakes'. It does not actually answer your questions. Such anthropomorphizing language, however, permeates the public discussion of so-called artificial intelligence technologies. The problem with anthropomorphic descriptions is that they risk masking important limitations of probabilistic automation systems, which make them fundamentally different from human cognition." Important essay by @emilymbender and @NannaInie. Link below.

@bfeather450 @HoustonChron thank you!

@relankenau your piece in today’s @HoustonChron is genius. Congratulations!

On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes