A few of the reasons Austin NewsGuild is striking today:

I can’t stress enough that **100%** of the Austin NewsGuild is on strike today. That means every full-time reporter, photographer + all other union-eligible Austin Statesman journalists have pledged to strike. Join us in solidarity at our picket at the Congress Bridge at 11 a.m. ✊

The world is on fire so I stress-bought some lip gloss. Think Taylor Swift will hire me as a songwriter?

The soup is on the uncle. The celery stalks at midnight.

The "Lady Bird" trailer is out NOW! You can find it on your favorite podcast platforms. 💜 pod.link/1691909208

I hate to see Kathleen McElroy leave UT but am thrilled she has this opportunity.

A Heat Advisory will be in effect for Austin from this afternoon through September

Some personal news: I’m now a grandma 🙄😼

Happy Father’s Day to the amazing @robquig and the other father figures in my life.

Here’s your Austin weather report for the week of … forever.

And summer doesn’t officially start till tomorrow.

Makes sense we’d have a potential Russian coup on this, the birthday of my son whose childhood nickname was inspired in part by Vladimir Lenin.

Wow. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent.

My Mom’s yelling “shame on you!” at the TV as they show pictures of the Supreme Court justices.

The secret to a long and happy marriage is having the same journalism pet peeves.

NEW: Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then watered down the offer after “DEI hysteria” #txlege #txed texastribune.org/2023/07/11/tex…

I can’t begin to express the anger I feel for my friend Kathleen, who is an amazing journalist and student advocate.

Texas A&M put a prof on leave for allegedly criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a talk. ⁦Dawn Buckingham⁩ daughter was in the class. Buckingham called Patrick. He called ⁦⁦Texas A&M System⁩. Within hrs, prof was on leave. W/ James Barragán 🌟⁩ texastribune.org/2023/07/25/tex…