"'The problem with aging, deteriorating water systems is like a series of small economic cuts that, over time, really amount to a meaningful wound to the state's economy,' said Jeremy Mazur of Texas 2036." A $320 billion wound. #txlege #txwater newswest9.com/article/news/p…

Well done.

Despite significant rainfall in Central #Texas, storage in Buchanan (56%), Travis (42%) & Canyon (47%) reservoirs is unchanged as #drought impacted soils absorbed the runoff. Thus far Edwards Aquifer spring discharge is little changed. #txwx #atx #satx

A good friend wrote a great little letter to Texas austinchronicle.com/columns/2025-0…

Love creates order.

🚨 JUST IN: The Texas House of Representatives passed Rep. Cody Harris's HJR 7, proposing a constitutionally dedicated revenue stream — up to $1B/year — for the Texas Water Fund. 💧 Next: The Senate. If passed, Texas voters will vote yay or nay in November. #txlege #txwater

We’re big fans of explaining Austin Light Rail. So of course we had a table at the spring KUT Austin ATXplained event. If we missed you and you’re curious about light rail, you can watch our explainer video on YouTube: youtu.be/gk2_FWCHz-o?si… #YallAboard

"Intuition is the ultimate congregation of information that is not intellectualized but arrives as a calming and felt experience. It brings in the sharpness of what is right and not right." Yung Pueblo

Here's a very pointed statement tonight from the Pentagon Press Association, in full: May 23, 2025 There is no way to sugarcoat it. Today’s memo by Secretary Hegseth appears to be a direct attack on the freedom of the press and America’s right to know what its military is

Never a more important time than *right now* to support public media. If you value your local PBS and NPR stations — and there are none better than Austin PBS KUT Austin — make your voice heard. Shout from the rooftops. Let's preserve these beloved civic institutions #txlege

"Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves." Thich Nhat Hanh

These Colorado public lands could be eligible for sale under Republican budget bill denverpost.com/2025/06/17/col… via The Denver Post

Outdoor Alliance would like express gratitude to Idaho lawmakers Jim Risch and Senator Mike Crapo for opposing the sale of public lands in the 'Big Beautiful Bill' that is currently working its way through the Senate. lmtribune.com/local-news/ris…

Crested Butte, Colorado USA. Horns were honking. Due process under the law. Liberty AND Justice for all. Protect and expand public lands. We may not be too old a nation but we all know these things are right. Let’s go forward together with the best of what got us here.

Much of the land U.S. Forest Service is responsible for (shown in green) protects the source of clean drinking water for millions of people. Protecting this land from the impacts of private development was a reason for creating forests in the first place. danielrothberg.com

1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history. 2) Kills solar industry, raising prices 3) almost a trillion dollar cut to Medicaid 4) nursing homes shutting down 5) energy shortages 6) 4.5 trillion in NEW DEBT. — I promise you this bill is worse than you think.

The four Republicans who opposed the plan were Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy of Montana as well as Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho. While opponents acknowledged the housing shortage as a serious problem, they rejected a public lands sell-off as a solution. 👏x4

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

Stay prepared during storms! Texans are encouraged to explore the resources on TexasFlood.org, which includes info about emergency prep, flood risk, & more. Or set up notifications that will alert you when water is rising in a river near you: map.texasflood.org.

Trump says he will fire the labor statistics chief after the jobs report shows his tariffs are hurting American workers. This is like getting the teacher fired because you got a bad grade.