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An aerial view of a massive, long white data center building surrounded by rows of cooling infrastructure in the dusty red dirt of Lubbock, Texas.
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Google Invites Lubbock to Discuss Data Centers, Forgets to Leave Any Seats for the Actual Community

Nothing says “grassroots community transparency” quite like an exclusive, sold-out luncheon held at a stadium…

May 21, 2026
A view from inside a Chevy truck driving past a massive field of wind turbines under an overcast West Texas sky.
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Don Quixote Wins: Feds Freeze West Texas Wind Projects to Protect Our Precious Radar (and Oil)

The U.S. Department of Defense has apparently decided that the greatest threat to American national…

May 18, 2026
Texas Governor Greg Abbott wearing a blue plaid suit and a bright orange tie, looking intensely serious.
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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…

May 8, 2026
Corpus Christi City Hall on March 17, 2026, basking in the sun while the city's reservoirs sit at a pathetic 8% capacity.
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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…

April 29, 2026
A man in a tan shirt and tactical pants stands in a desolate, dry West Texas landscape looking over a muddy creek bed under a cloudy sky.
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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…

April 22, 2026
Two men in caps standing in front of a massive, high-tech control console inside a Texas cotton gin with large Lunmus machinery processing white cotton fibers.
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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”…

April 21, 2026
A man in a maroon shirt and baseball cap stands in front of a drilling rig under a clear Texas sky, symbolizing the state's desperate search for resources.
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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…

April 19, 2026
ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas and PUCT Chair Thomas Gleeson looking confused at a weather map while discussing power grid forecasts they admit are wrong.
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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…

April 18, 2026
Diana Padilla standing in her farm office in Harlingen, Texas, surrounded by educational posters about Moringa and agriculture.
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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…

April 16, 2026