Author of Donkey Show, an El Paso-Juarez story. Also The Numerati, The Boost, others. Former BusinessWeek writer
Joined January 2008
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24 Sep 2025
from Cervantes' Don Quixote: "The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water" .
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30 Jul 2025
Subscribe to Peak Explorer, for sparkling insights from Jen Winter Craver peakexplorer.substack.com/?r…
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26 Feb 2025
Are there other examples of local/state leaders conducting mass firings without any expression of sympathy for the workers and their families?
I've never seen such a thing in my 15 years covering state and local govt.
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17 Nov 2024
Henry Craver film shooting Colombian parade in NYC. Portra 160 is a Waste of Money (VS. Kodak Pro Image 100) youtu.be/UPIVBittRRY?si=qiDA… via @YouTube
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17 Nov 2024
36 shots at a winner in Bogota. 1 Roll Challenge: Colombian Cosplayers youtu.be/YUhdKLAx5_w?si=-b2x… via @YouTube
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11 Nov 2024
Prediction for Musk-Trump bromance:
1. After being put in charge of efficiency panel, Musk tweets that all can be solved with “reforms” of Medicare & SS.
2. Trump fires him, dubs him “Murdering Musk,” & “Illegal Alien Elon”
3. Musk turns X into 100% anti-Trump propaganda
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20 Jul 2023
“Hi. We noticed you’re struggling to put out journalism after we cut the legs out from under your business model. Perhaps we can talk about selling you a tool that will undermine the journalism that remains?”
20 Jul 2023
New: Google confirms it’s “in the earliest stages” of providing AI-enabled tools for journalists.
nytimes.com/2023/07/19/busin…
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13 Jul 2023
Paris will be changing SUV drivers higher parking fees as a way of tackling what they’re calling “auto-besity.” Size, weight & motor will be taken into account to target “dangerous, cumbersome” vehicles. EVs & vehicles for “large families” will be exempt. theguardian.com/world/2023/j…
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22 Jun 2023
"La dépendance à l'égard de la voiture est le contraire de la liberté. Elle est un échec pour tout le monde, y compris pour les conducteurs."
22 Jun 2023
Car dependency is the opposite of freedom. It fails for everyone, including drivers.
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25 May 2023
Something in the wind? Mosquito management faces new challenges in an era of more extreme weather events. lawnandlandscape.com/article…
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8 Apr 2023
This is what late-stage asphalt addiction looks like. The addict finds increasingly outlandish justifications to feed the addiction, destroying relationships in the process:
austinpolitics.net/txdot-thr…
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6 Feb 2023
Looked up "schmagege," and found this gem from an Isaac Singer story: "And to Miriam he said, 'if you, Miriam, don't take him in hand and make a man of him, then he will be a shmagege forever, and you two can put away your teeth and be prepared to starve'"
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3 Nov 2022
4 of 5 stars to History in English Words by Owen Barfield goodreads.com/review/show/50…
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28 Jul 2022
I'll have more on Celia Israel and NHM's reactions to the Watson housing plan in today's newsletter. Sign up here: austinpolitics.net/plans/dai…
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27 Jul 2022
Mi Vecino, El Cartel I Tráiler oficial I ViX youtu.be/5-pLSVtMUxs via @YouTube con mi colega @KevinRKrause. Gracias #Blackfin @selenagomez
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