Meta will move staff to Texas to counter bias. Good luck in Austin. wapo.st/4j9su7n

Meta will move staff to Texas to counter bias. Good luck in Austin, writes Peter Holley of Texas Monthly. wapo.st/4juSmLd

Trump Burger Used to Be for MAGA Fanatics. Now It’s an International Tourist Destination. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Luxury Student Apartments Are Turning College Into a Resort for the Wealthy, via Peter Holley texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

“If someone says they live in a certain building, other students. . .know that they’re kinda ballin’.” Across Texas, wealthy students are saying goodbye to dorms and hello to a lifestyle that their parents could only dream of. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Do gang members often have rainbow ribbon tattoos celebrating Autism Awareness?

This weekend, Cybertruck drivers will gather in Central Texas for the second-ever Cybertruck Rodeo. Read Peter Holley's scene report out of last year's event (complete with flamethrowers) here: texasmonthly.com/being-texan/te…

At the second annual Cybertruck Rodeo in Central Texas, drivers said they’re confused that the public doesn’t appear to separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

From Texas Monthly: It Was Already One of Texas’s Strangest Cold Cases. Then a Secretive Figure Appeared. by Peter Holley Thousands of online sleuths dug into Jason’s disappearance—but one seemed to know more than anyone else. #Longreads #Longform texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

This is the weirdest story I've read in a long time. I loved it. I'm fascinated by Texas, true crime, and the internet. This has all three. Bravo to Peter Holley on this one. texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

"Though I didn’t know it at the time, I would soon learn that there was something about Jason’s case that transcended the lurid intrigue that tends to drive interest in viral crimes." #longreads Texas Monthly Peter Holley texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

"Texas Monthly" has long been the king of state pubs and Whoa! This Peter Holley story delivers like nothing has in years: a missing kid, aliens, meteor showers, drugs, evangelism, and social media contagion. It's Close Encounters meets The Crucible. texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

Congrats to Peter Holley, whose @texasmonthly piece won the Audience Award this week: texasmonthly.com/true-crime/jas…

Edition #79 features great long reads from: Peter Holley Max Chafkin John Tozzi Alessandra Schade Amit Katwala Tom McTague Forrest Wilder Susan Dominus Megan Greenwell Joe Bernstein Paula Mejía longformprofiles.substack.com/p/edition-79-l…

"We're beginning to see the first signs of hope." Texas Monthly's Peter Holley has been in Kerrville since July 5th and has seen a community coming together to rebuild. More coverage on our site.

“In many cases, items were already infused with symbolic meaning. But amid tragedy, some of those objects—like a bracelet made by a lost camper or an aged photo of a grandparent along the river—have transformed into priceless treasures.” —Peter Holley 🩶 texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…