Environment
The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
It turns out the “Texas Miracle” Governor Abbott keeps preaching about is actually just a high-stakes trade: we give Silicon Valley our remaining groundwater, and…
The Great Texas Thirst: Corpus is Out of Water, and Lubbock is Just One Dust Storm Away from Joining Them
While we’re all busy complaining about the latest pothole on Slide Road, our neighbors down…
Ted Cruz Saves West Texas From the Imminent Threat of Having Too Much Nature
Our favorite part-time resident and full-time soundbite machine, Ted Cruz, is back to save us…
Socialism for Me, But Not for Thee: Lubbock Farmers Beg for Cotton Handouts
In a move that will surely surprise absolutely no one who understands how “free markets”…
Texas Water Board Asks for ‘Public Input’ on Our Impending $174 Billion Dust Bowl 2.0
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) just dropped the draft for its 2027 State Water…
ERCOT Predicts We’ll Need 400% More Power by 2032, Then Immediately Admits They’re Basically Just Guessing
In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever tried to turn on…
Trump Kills $7M Grant Because Apparently Learning to Farm is “Too Woke” Now
Meet Diana Padilla, a woman from Harlingen who had the audacity to think that teaching…
The Annual Sacrifice: Lubbock Celebrates Spring with Yet Another Massive Pallet Fire
Welcome to another beautiful day in the Hub City, where the wind is blowing at…
Expansionist Delusions: Lubbock Lawmakers Want to Manifest Destiny into New Mexico’s Dust
Because apparently, 268,000 square miles of tumbleweeds and orange traffic cones isn’t enough to satisfy…
Screwed: Sid Miller Warns of Flesh-Eating Larvae Creeping Toward the Border
Our favorite cowboy-cosplaying Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, has officially entered “The Sky is Falling” mode,…