Hi everyone. I'm going to share a new #introduction.
I'm a #nonbinary (they/them) movement journalist in my 40s, currently based in Central #Texas. From 2022 until today's layoffs, I was Digital Editor at the @TexasObserver. I've been a writer, journalist and editor since at least 2011, when I got my start on the primordial political blog Firedoglake. My involvement with the Occupy Wall Street movement helped make me a journo and I've always worn my bias on my sleeve.
Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa and husband. When he died of hyperthermia while building #Tesla’s Gigafactory, they didn't tell local officials. @gusbova brings us his last hours in this important new investigation into heat deaths on the job: https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/
In this macro capture, delicate petals of vibrant purple Texas Mountain Laurel flowers reveal intricate details. Each blossom embodies nature's artistry, showcasing the exquisite beauty and graceful charm of this native Texan flora in mesmerizing miniature.
“Just forgetting about it, sweeping it under the rug is not an option. We must have this national conversation. How are we going to deal with long COVID?”
I took this picture earlier this week in the morning. I was sitting on the back porch, putting together a wagon for my son. I looked up and this is what I saw
”At the Legislature, they immediately noticed Molly, because she was so amusing, and so everybody would read the Observer—we probably had 100 percent readership at the Legislature.”
“What I saw was students linking arms, hugging each other while being brutalized by the police. I think the only violence we saw that day was from the police.”
On the #UTAustin campus, activists hold up names of students and educators killed in Gaza, along with facts about the damage war has done to education.
Word is there were at least 65 arrests today at the #UTAustin campus. Jail support called for tonight at the Travis County Jail. #Palestine#Texas#Austin