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gwen howerton

@kissphoria

console cowgirl | texas culture reporter for @chron.com | Houstonian trans, not related to the actor

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markwayne you have soiled your britches in front of your mamaw for the last time goddammit

06.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i can't stop saying "markwayne, git over hur"

06.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

"The Rangers were Davis’ plaything when he sought a World Series, and they are his ideological cudgel now that he’s captured it. That plenty of people in and around the organization may not endorse those choices is immaterial."

06.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

smoke rises from the oklahoma capitol building. a new Markwayne has been chosen.

06.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've been thinking about the Rangers' decision to display One Riot, One Ranger, and what it says about who this team is for. So I wrote about that. It's a big ol' bummer.

www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

05.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 9
2007 photo of Barry Bonds signing autographs for fans at spring training. i'm sitting next to the group in a yellow shirt, looking unimpressed

2007 photo of Barry Bonds signing autographs for fans at spring training. i'm sitting next to the group in a yellow shirt, looking unimpressed

19 years ago today, my lack of enthusiasm ruined this AP photo of Barry Bonds

06.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Molly Jolly will become the president of the Los Angeles Angels on April 6.

06.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

if you would like to crowdfund my attempt to win an oversized squirtle at the rodeo for journalism my venmo is @kissphoria lmfao

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my one goal for the houston rodeo this year is to win an oversized squirtle

06.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greater Minnesota schools felt the fear as ICE presenceΒ surged While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some...

While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some Minnesota small towns since January.

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Shohei Ohtani's grand slam, as called in Japan:

06.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 17

*ice T law and order SVU voice* wait, olivia, i think i've heard of this. it's called looksmaxxing. these young guys get obsessed with hitting themselves in the face with hammers for likes and subscribes on twitch

06.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*ice T law and order SVU voice* captain, look at this. they're called truscum in the community, and whoever our jane doe was, she was one of them.

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i've met paul wall and he actually looks just like this IRL too

05.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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thinking about paul wall in def jam icon (2007)

05.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Donald Trump won't even endorse you but sure the Republican party will decimate the fillibuster for you

05.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Breaking: Ken Paxton says he'll drop U.S. Senate bid if Valve releases Half Life 3 right now

05.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Breaking: Ken Paxton agrees to drop Senate bid if thing that won't happen happens

05.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think it's a coincidence Talarico and Mamdani cobbled together basically the same demographic coalition in two very disparate areas of the country, and both present coherent worldviews not defined solely by Orange Man Bad

04.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

i love being tagged about this lmfao

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's called the money plane

05.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the ominous music starting when he says "it's called the money plane" is so fucking funny to me

05.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

in an uber from an event, my driver was complaining about the iran war driving up gas prices. i asked what he thought. he said "I'm totally against it, we don't need another war like Iraq and Afghanistan. Besides, we can just snipe the bad guys we don't like now. We don't need to do all this."

05.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

bruh

05.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah like nobody made him take a questionaire.

05.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the punditry on the james talarico "god is nonbinary" thing is going to make me go insane

05.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Classic "swing tackle if we draft someone, possible starter if we don't" contract.

05.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i mean, i'm trans. i'm accutely aware of that.

05.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

good read

05.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

respectfully, putting stuff like this in my mentions is extremely annoying. i'm a texas journalist. i was born and raised here. get out of my replies with this "i will never visit texas" shit. i don't care!

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