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A crowded row of Lubbock citizens sitting and listening intently during a public meeting inside the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center banquet hall.
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Silicon Prairie or Signs of the Apocalypse? Lubbock Freaks Out Over AI Data Centers

Our visionary city leaders are desperate to turn the Hub City into a tech mecca,…

July 16, 2026
A group of corporate executives and local officials wearing white hard hats use ceremonial shovels during the groundbreaking event for the Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock campus in Abernathy, Texas, with large yellow excavators and an American flag visible in the background.
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Project Caprock is Bringing AI to Abernathy, Because What Our Power Grid Needed Was More Homework

Just what the South Plains needed: more digital infrastructure to power the global supply of…

July 2, 2026
A extreme close-up of a blowfly perched on a green leaf, representing the New World screwworm threat facing Texas livestock.
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Great News, Lubbock: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Devouring Texas Cattle, and the Feds Are Fresh Out of Horny Flies

The New World screwworm is officially in Texas, giving West Texas ranchers a horrifying new…

June 24, 2026
An aerial view of the Meta Platforms data center complex under construction on a massive 1,000-acre site in far Northeast El Paso, near the Texas-New Mexico state line. The image shows heavy machinery, cranes, concrete foundations, and a large grid section covered in yellow vapor barrier sheets, captured on March 12, 2026.
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Data Centers Are Coming to Suck Lubbock Dry, But Hey, At Least We Get a Town Hall Meeting!

Well, look who wants to move to the Hub City and drink all our water.…

June 24, 2026
SDA Secretary Brooke Rollins speaking at a podium with a USDA logo during a press conference about the New World screwworm outbreak, flanked by men in cowboy hats.
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Flesh-Eating Maggots and Horny Flies: Just Another Tuesday in Lubbock

Oh, fantastic. Just what West Texas needed to round out its charm portfolio: flesh-eating maggots.…

June 19, 2026
A Texas Panhandle rancher wearing a cowboy hat stands in a wide, grassy pasture looking at a small herd of black cattle under a cloudy sky.
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Great News, West Texas: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Here to Ruin Your BBQ

Just when you thought living in West Texas couldn’t get any more dystopian—what with the…

June 16, 2026
Three small, adorable puppies sitting closely together on a concrete floor while being gently petted by two people, highlighting pets at risk during the Texas screwworm outbreak.
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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Arrived in West Texas, But Don’t Worry, Experts Say We Have Fly Swatters

Just when you thought living on the South Plains couldn’t get any more glamorous, the…

June 12, 2026
Governor Greg Abbott speaking intensely into a microphone at a campaign event, surrounded by onlookers.
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Shocking Twist: Abbott Discovers ‘Regulation’ Isn’t a Dirty Word Now That AI Data Centers Are Set to Melt the Grid

Well, feather my nest and call me a prairie dog, because the unthinkable has happened.…

June 10, 2026
A photograph of a line of mixed-breed cattle and numerous pigeons gathered and feeding together at a metal trough in a working feedlot. A weathered white sign with red text 'B4' is prominent in the foreground.
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Flesh-Eating Maggots Outsmart Texas Bureaucracy in Record Time

It takes a special kind of comedic timing to look completely foolish on a federal…

June 9, 2026