The first time I saw tacos nestled in a heart-shaped box was in 2020 on the Netflix series Gentefied. The show focuses on one Mexican American family’s struggles to save their taqueria…
Tech Crunch – Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes
On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He’d just led a $9.5 million seed round for OurSky,…
Texas Monthly – Hell Hath No Fury Like the Luka-Less Mavs Fans
Late on Saturday night, as Mavericks fans reveled in Deep Ellum, sipped cocktails in East Dallas, or downed Modelos in Oak Cliff, the NBA team sent its fans spiraling into basketball despair…
KTSM News – Short on time, El Paso city manager sets out to find funding for Downtown deck plaza
EL PASO, Texas (EL PASO MATTERS) — The City Council on Monday directed the city manager to produce a report identifying plausible funding sources for the Downtown deck plaza – including public funds outside…
Texas Monthly – Two ‘Friday Night Lights’ Stars Reunite for a D.C.-Set Thriller
TVZero DayNetflix, February 20Texan Jesse Plemons reunites with his Friday Night Lights costar Connie Britton in this six-episode limited series about a former U.S. president (Robert De Niro) who is pulled out…
The Border Chronicle – What Is Texas’s Operation Lone Star, and What Happens If Trump Makes It a National Model? A Podcast with Texas Civil Rights Advocate Bob Libal
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper looks over the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico Border on March 23, 2021 in McAllen, Texas. Texas DPS troopers are taking part in Operation…
Tech Crunch – Spotify reports its first full year of profitability, adds 35M monthly active users
On Tuesday morning, Spotify announced its fourth-quarter earnings, marking its first full year of profitability since its inception 17 years ago. The operating income for the quarter reached a record €477 million…
Texas Monthly – All Loud on the Western Wear Front
In less than a decade, Ben and Bonnie Kennimer have gone from teaching themselves hat making and clothing design to customizing looks for some of music’s biggest stars. Their eponymous Western-wear label,…
Texas Monthly – Gloria Smith Goes Down Home
Gloria Lawsha Smith had a lot of friends when she was growing up in Fort Worth’s Southside neighborhood, an African American part of town. It was the sixties, and many of them…
Tech Crunch – Team behind Twitterrific launches a multi-feed app called Tapestry
After Elon Musk took over Twitter, the company blocked third-party clients in 2023, including ones like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Fenix. Iconfactory, the company behind Twitterrifc, on Tuesday is finally launching its multi-feed…