The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is a brief history of the Chisholm Trail: The Civil War pretty much bankrupted Texas, leaving the state impoverished. The stories of suffering during that time are hair raising. The only real asset that Texas had was its huge surplus of longhorn

"Texas! Margaret! Texas!" ---- The last words of Sam Houston

In the last 65 years, Texas A&M has spent 9 weeks ranked in the Top 3. Texas has spent 10 weeks ranked in the Top 3 just this season. #AggieFactRivalryWeek

Did you know? The 1876 Texas Constitution named Texas A&M a "Branch of the University of Texas." Twice, the Legislature passed an amendment to separate the two, but both times failed the statewide vote. Therefore, constitutionally, Texas A&M is *still* a branch of UT Austin.

Been waiting 3 years to post this. Never forget when A&M athletic director flew out to SEC Media Days to prevent Texas from joining the SEC 💀

.Jeff Leach

.Randalls a great way to make people hate going to your store is to have digital coupons. Especially when they don’t work. Cokes are $10 and with coupon $4.77. Coupon doesn’t work and check out person can’t make it work. Hello H-E-B

L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned Mayor Karen Bass (D) last month the $17+ million she cut from the department's budget "severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires"

Looks like we're going to a 2nd ballot. Burrows leads but didn't make it to 76. Waiting for official announcement #txlege

We need a fifth major where everyone has to play balls bought at Goodwill. “Rory’s playing a Spalding range ball but don’t count him out because it looks like Scottie Scheffler is down to something called a ‘Golden Arm’ that somebody’s grandfather dunked in a creek in 1968.”

Ladislao Catalina"L. C." Castro, a native of Austin, Texas, during gunnery training in the United States in 1943. Months later, he would be flying combat missions in a B-24 over Germany. Castro became a staff sergeant and joined the crew of the "T-Bar," a B-24 Liberator, as an

RIP to a radio and Tulsa legend, Roy D. Mercer himself... Brent Douglas... open up a can o' whoopass and pour one out for an American original! #howbigaboyareya

These monsters must be stopped 🚲 ❌

This was once a very important part of my life.

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that? RFK JR: “I never said that.” KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.” RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

Things that aren’t linked to cancer despite influencers and media clickbait claiming they do: Artificial sweeteners Food dyes Microwaves, cell phones, and body scanners Glyphosate Parabens GMOs Seed oils 1/

I reached "peak Texas" earlier this afternoon. I went to H-E-B , got myself some Earl Campbell hot links, put 'em on the grill, wrapped them in tortillas, and washed them down with some Big Red. Shown here: Earl with some of his sausage circa 1991.

It's the 39th anniversary of Thornton Melon doing the Triple Lindy for Grand Lakes University. Back to School (1986)

Her mother is a famous right wing antivax antisemitic transphobic conspiracy theorist who pressured her into not getting chemo, if you want to see exactly where this ideology leads

I pretended to be a walk-on once. He actually did it. Congrats Marshall Landwehr! #ChadPowers premieres Sept. 30 only on Hulu.