transgender Chuck Tingle, author "Pounded in the Butt By My Own Butt", buys Texas governor's website to prove love is real Thom Dunn

crime More than 20 Texas cities and towns have been taken hostage by ransomware Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Rule of Capture: Inside the martial law tribunals that will come when climate deniers become climate looters and start rendering environmentalists for offshore torture Cory Doctorow

books Houstonites! Come see Hank Green and me in conversation tonight! Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Insider sources say Apple is shutting its east Texas stores to escape the jurisdiction of America's worst patent court Cory Doctorow

Business Vehicle surveillance company's "free" deal turns Texas cops into bill-collectors Cory Doctorow

music Watch Native American rock band Redbone perform "Come out and get your love" (1974) Elías Villoro

fast food In-N-Out Burger is headed East! David Pescovitz

law Trans rights map of USA shows where the law is headed Elías Villoro

quentin tarantino Django Unchained at 10: an observation and celebration of the first hour  Lee Keeler

Comics "Please Say It!" is a sweet new webcomic about coming out in the 80s Thom Dunn

Blaire Erskine Hell House parody: Don't pet that dog 'too good'! Jennifer Sandlin

Gov. Greg Abbott Ad against Gov. Abbott's strict abortion law in TX is creepier than any Twilight Zone — because it's real (video) Carla Sinclair

texas Texas social workers told to keep investigations of trans kids' families secret Rob Beschizza

Citizen Science Citizen scientists take on the scourge of the nurdle A.E. Gómez

texas Texas church turns Hamilton into Christian play followed by anti-LGBTQ sermon (video) Carla Sinclair

jerks Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis Jason Weisberger

politics Alex Jones' phone contains 'intimate messages with Roger Stone,' says Sandy Hook lawyer Rob Beschizza

politics Stable Texas lawmaker aims an AR-15 at his own foot while daring Biden Carla Sinclair

Normal tourists DOJ requests J6 criminal Guy Reffitt be sentenced to 15 years in prison Mark Frauenfelder