While Iran's gov't blocks the internet, New York Iranians are helping protesters in Iran by providing VPNs. "They can literally turn it off, kill people and then turn it back on again," said Mani Nilchiani. My latest for the @nytimes #MahsaAmini.

Cloud seeding isn’t new. It dates back to the Dust Bowl era, when Texans desperate for rain took to the skies with silver iodide. Today, it’s still used to "nudge" clouds, but decades later, it’s caught in a storm of conspiracy theories. @TexasMonthly

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RT @lrnlrsn: Many Texans can't remember a Hill Country summer without Crider's. I'm so grateful to the Moores for taking the time to speak….

RT @mikehalltexas: The most haunting story you will read abt the flood. "If I or anyone else had been closer to them, we would have helped….

RT @Forrest4Trees: I spent the last few days trying to make sense of the failures that may have contributed to the TX flood disaster. This….

RT @jaybsauceda: It’s said that humans don’t deserve dogs. It’s also true that dogs (or humans for that matter) don’t deserve to go throug….

“One of the hard parts is that almost every one of these animals that I’m working on, their people are all missing or deceased,” said O’Gan. For @TexasMonthly I rode along with the volunteers rescuing pets from the Texas floods

RT @ben_c_rowen: The devastating lede of @sashavono's reporting from a ride-along with folks saving pets after the Guadalupe flood, for @Te….

"That's why this ban is so unfair," said Reinecke. "You are punishing the people for the acts of their government." @TexasMonthly

June 9 was supposed to be a turning point. After 15 years, Iranian-born Alireza Zolghadri had his U.S. visa interview, only to find it landed on day one of Trump's new travel ban. @TexasMonthly

RT @Longreads: "Though I didn’t know it at the time, I would soon learn that there was something about Jason’s case that transcended the lu….

RT @jasonhickel: Just a reminder that the West destroyed Iran’s progressive democracy in 1953, deposing a leader beloved of the people, and….

RT @Forrest4Trees: NEW from me: A deep dive into why casino gambling and sports betting isn't coming to Texas any time soon. The short an….

Happy Father's Day to all the weird dads, especially mine, who keeps a family of mannequins in his bedroom 😘

RT @jherrerx: We’re seeing the largest de-legalization campaign in U.S. history. I spoke to immigrants affected. They were vetted. They gav….

Trust in the medical establishment is at an all-time low. Alternative health movements (raw milk, MAHA) are culturally ascendant. I tried to make sense of it all at the place with all the answers: Dave Asprey's biohacking conference @TexasMonthly

At Dave Asprey's biohacking conference, held in Austin this May, I had one question for the man who has aspirations to live to 180: "Why would you ever want to live that long?" @TexasMonthly

"Measles shows up first because it’s the most contagious. But with these lower vaccine rates, do you start seeing more mumps cases and more rubella? Do you get polio again?" For @TexasMonthly I spoke with Lubbock's top health official about measles

Along the Texas Gulf Coast, solar farms are displacing an increasingly untenable crop. Some residents don't have a sunny attitude about it @TexasMonthly @Think_Rice @usaricenews

RT @jasmineshaadi: i asked andrea long chu about that ocean vuong review and the desire to self-orientalize . but you'll have to sign up….