From May to August last year, Corpus Christi's #Bitcoin mine consumed 11,563,000 gallons of water, according to utility records that the Observer previously obtained via a local resident’s public information request.
Now the city is refusing to share the latest data. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#cryptocurrency #tech #water #CorpusChristi #politics #USpol #Texas #GulfCoast #drought #news
From Candice Bernd: As Corpus Christi faces an ever-deepening #water crisis, in response to the Observer’s public information request, the city is refusing to release the latest 2026 records of a local cryptomine’s water usage. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#crypto #tech #environment #ClimateChange #drought #GulfCoast #Texas #politics #USpol #news
In our magazine: Larry Callies founded the Black Cowboy Museum in 2017, but he's long since run out of room.
Now, even as diversity and history are under attack elsewhere, he's building a museum 10 times larger with full support of his local government. www.texasobserver.org/black-cowboy-museum-history/
Laughing Gulls cut through the blue over Bolivar Roads, with the Gulf Coast sky doing half the storytelling behind them. 🪶
📍 Galveston–Port Bolivar Ferry, Galveston, TX
📸 Canon R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
#Birds #BirdPhotography #LaughingGull #GulfCoast #TexasBirds #WildlifePhotography
I loaded some new roving from the mill in my shop, if you're into that sort of thing. 😉 #FiberArts #HandSpinning #Wool #GulfCoast
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Last week: Al Green was a fighter past his prime, and Houstonians finally chose a new direction. But a post-Voting Rights Act world means that intraparty fights over Black representation are just beginning. https://www.texasobserver.org/christian-menefee-al-green-runoff-voting-rights-act-south/
#midterms #voting #news #politics #USpol #Texas #GulfCoast #SCOTUS
Gulf Coast Multifamily: Green Shoots Emerging as We Approach 2027
By Sean Dreznin Damon Powers photography After nearly two years of elevated interest rates, slower transaction volume, insurance volatility, and a historic wave of new apartment deliveries across Florida, the multifamily market along the Gulf Coast is beginning to show encouraging signs of stabilization. While challenges remain, several key indicators suggest that Pinellas, Sarasota, and Manatee Counties may be entering the early stages of a healthier operating environment as we move […]
From @josephinelee, co-published by @ProPublica: In #Texas, it doesn’t take much for the state to take over public school districts. Meanwhile, recent state laws have made it harder for these districts to challenge the education commissioner’s “final and unappealable” decision to take them over. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-school-takeovers-charter-austin-fort-worth-houston/
#politics #USpol #education #Texas #GulfCoast #schools #news
The state education agency took over four additional districts this spring, installing leaders linked to Houston’s state-imposed superintendent, Mike Miles, including two who worked for his former charter school network.
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