Last week from Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News: Researchers in #Houston found that 90% of new petrochemical facilities will be built in places with high concentrations of people of color and poor families. https://www.texasobserver.org/petrochemical-expansion-harm-communities-of-color-study/
#energy #OilAndGas #politics #USpol #news #environment #pollution #racism #GulfCoast #Texas
The Pulitzer-winning Investigative Reporting Workshop teamed up with the team at The Barbed Wire to trace the #history of anti-trans legislation such as bathroom bills, and found it traces back to the 2014 right-wing attack on #Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance. https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/anti-trans-laws-houston-ordinance-bathroom-bill/
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #trans #transgender #GulfCoast #Texas #news #law #HumanRights
“The process of the dumping, the siting, has not changed over these 45 years that I’ve been studying this. America is segregated and so is #pollution.” https://www.texasobserver.org/petrochemical-expansion-harm-communities-of-color-study/
#politics #USpol #Texas #news #environment #pollution #ClimateChange #OilAndGas #GulfCoast
New from Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News: Researchers in Houston found that 90% of new petrochemical facilities will be built in places with high concentrations of people of color and poor families. https://www.texasobserver.org/petrochemical-expansion-harm-communities-of-color-study/
#OilAndGas #plastic #energy #environment #pollution #politics #USpol #Houston #Texas #GulfCoast #news
Net fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. Pass Christian, Mississippi
#theGulfofMexico #Christian #Mississippi #GulfCoast #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Last week, from Lise Olsen: Gu's dream of an academic future in #Houston ended in an airless limbo room where the lights never dimmed and the temperatures hovered at around 60 degrees. Instead of entering school, he's now banned from re-entering the U.S. For 5 years. https://www.texasobserver.org/targeting-international-students-texas-trump/
#ICE #immigration #fascism #education #politics #USpol #news #border #Texas #GulfCoast
Just combing some #wool on this very dreary, cold, rainy day. We've had 1.60 inches of rain in the last 36 hours. Brr... 🌧🥶
Oh my eyes! 🙈 SO. BRIGHT. 😜
#HandDyed #Wool #Locks #Dyeing #FiberArts #GulfCoast #NoFilter
Okay, my little shop is now live! Be kind. 😊
#GulfCoast #Wool #fleece #yarn #CombedTop #knitting #crochet #FiberArts #NeedleFelting #HandSpinning #FediMarketplace #FediMarket #ForSale #FediGiftShop #ArtForSale
This is all I've gotten done today. Time to ply, but probably after dinner. I'm hungry!
Preview: new #yarn from the mill!
It's been almost 10 years of selling #GulfCoast #fleece, #CombedTop, & #yarn & people keep asking me if I have an online shop. I promised my coach I'd have one made by Halloween! 😮😬 I always say, better late than never! 😅
So, I am building a little shop on my website... 😊 Stay tuned!
I'm also picking up my new (sock) yarn from the mill this weekend, which will be available in my shop in the near future! #knitting
Aaannnddd, you will also find some of my #HandSpun in the shop as well...☺
New from @josephinelee: Each year, 1000s of students apply for a seat at one of the top performing magnet high #schools in Houston. But that opportunity could end under a proposal to turn 7 of #Houston ISD’s top high schools into private partnerships. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-magnet-hspva-private-charter-tea-takeover-mike-miles/
~230 yards/5 oz. (No. 4) 100% #GulfCoast #Wool #HandDyed #HandSpun #Yarn.
$40 "adoption fee" + shipping.
#FediMarketplace #FediMarket #ForSale #FiberArts #Knitting #Crochet
Last week: “Are we rushing to do this? Is this going to be properly considered? How do we know if we’ve selected the right partner or if we’re just selling off our #schools?” https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-magnet-hspva-private-charter-tea-takeover-mike-miles/
#Houston #politics #USpol #GulfCoast #education #news #Texas
Previously: When Kendrick Sampson eventually launched BLD PWR, he was looking to merge activism and education with pop culture, inspiring others to fight for a cause while being creative—and having a good time. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-actor-kendrick-sampson-political-engagement/
Last week, from @josephinelee: Each year, 1000s of students apply for a seat at one of the top performing magnet high schools in #Houston. But that opportunity could end under a proposal to turn 7 top high schools into private partnerships. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-magnet-hspva-private-charter-tea-takeover-mike-miles/
#GulfCoast #news #politics #USpol #schools #capitalism #education
Yesterday, from @josephinelee: Institutions like #Houston's storied public school, the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, might no longer be open to everyone under a new plan for magnet #schools which has education advocates up in arms.
https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-magnet-hspva-private-charter-tea-takeover-mike-miles/
New from @josephinelee: Each year, 1000s of students apply for a seat at one of the top performing magnet high #schools in #Houston through an open-enrollment lottery system. But that opportunity could end under a proposal to turn seven of Houston ISD’s top public high schools into private partnerships. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-magnet-hspva-private-charter-tea-takeover-mike-miles/
Here is my costume this year - I went as myself - a wench! 😆 Happy #Halloween!
This is the cowl/hood I #HandDyed and crocheted this year. The dusty rose accent is #handspun. It is entirely made of #GulfCoast #wool off the backs of my sheep and is heavy and super warm!
