Investigations editor @TexasObserver.org Author THE SCIENTIST & THE SERIAL KILLER @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social & CODE OF SILENCE—the inside story of the first federal judge to be impeached for sex crimes @BeaconPress.bsky.social www.liseolsen.com
Must-read review by @michellepitcher.bsky.social on the #newbook by @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Texas ObserverIn books, from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: Paul Skalnik was a bigamist and a con artist who passed bad checks and role-played as a successful businessman, and yet a man's life hung in the balance based on his doubtful testimony in a death penalty trial.
Pig butchering, scammer universities and the systematic bilking of the lovelorn. @amandaeyreward.bsky.social explored all that while researching her #newbook Arrivals and Departures www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel... @texasobserver.org #ATX twisted #romance #newnovels
Inside the Dark World of Romance ScammersAn Austin author’s new novel delves deep into the scammer networks that exploit the vulnerable and the lovelorn.www.texasobserver.orgGreat conversation with The Logical podcaster and author Josh Tolley about #investigativejournalism & #truecrime youtu.be/YnKwDdlzwVA - we hung out in his Conroe #Texas studio. Check it out👇🏻
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Mr French FriesCool that we have a step in the right direction, though. go.bsky.app/EdSL3Co
One of many fun surprises in this book about @laurenhough.bsky.social ‘s #roadtrip with her #dog -Woody Guthrie- was her stop in LA to see my intrepid journalist friend @keribla.bsky.social . A great #summerread
Blueskyfriendkeribla.bsky.socialTexas ObserverNew from @liseolsen.bsky.social: An Austin essayist, and her dog, took a 10,000 mile journey across America in the footsteps of John Steinbeck. In her new book, Lauren Hough explores the landscape of a transformed and transforming country ...
The feds crack down on a Black female federal judge over sexual misconduct allegations… apnews.com/article/fede... impeachment for this type of offense has happened only once in the case of US District Judge Sam Kent of #Texas #judicialmisconduct
Impeachment sought against federal judge over alleged sex in chambers, lying to investigatorsRepublicans in Congress are introducing impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta. An investigation found that a federal judge in the 11th Circuit had sex with a police officer at the...apnews.comRich Levy left his mark with #Houston readers and writers @inprint.bsky.social - and told me some funny stories too!
Texas ObserverNew from @liseolsen.bsky.social: Rich Levy, who had an immense influence on Gulf Coast literary life, from his reading series to his unique nonprofit Inprint, is retiring. We look at the many ways he left his mark on Bayou City ...
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Texas authorities are using license plate readers to track immigrants and even investigate abortions. A few cities have rejected surveillance cameras, but networks are already immense. #privacy #immigration @candicebernd.bsky.social @texasobserver.org www.texasobserver.org/license-plat...
As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates Are Fighting BackThe Kyle City Council voted to apply for more state grant money for Flock Safety cameras despite a string of local-level contract cancellations of the booming surveillance company’s services.www.texasobserver.orgThe Gulf of Mexico’s rarest #seaturtles, #whales and other creatures will be harmed by secretive #endangeredspecies rule changes favoring #oilandgas, Environmental groups allege. www.texasobserver.org/trump-god-sq... @texasobserver.org
How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate Endangered Species Along Texas’ Gulf CoastIf left intact, the exemption for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico could forever harm vulnerable species and their habitats.www.texasobserver.orgMike Miles- the state appointed czar of #Houston ISD has seen the business of the charter company he founded balloon under the state’s threats of additional #Texas public school district takeovers www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-f... @texasobserver.org @josephinelee.bsky.social
Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in TexasSome school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.www.texasobserver.orgHow can a database about the missing disappear? Looks like that’s what happened in Arizona- www.theborderchronicle.com/the-dna-arch... #missingpersons
The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has VanishedThe Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.www.theborderchronicle.comListen to @michellepitcher.bsky.social investigate an innocence claim involving a murder, a psychedelic VW and hypnosis podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @texasobserver.org The Unforgiven podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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