solidarity and apologies friend. chuck and you and others were rad before you entered, and hampshire was better because of y’all.

Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic

pour one out for hampshire college. this fucking sucks.

A Layered Intimacy: Rashid Johnson at The Modern Experiencing Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers is such an emotional journey you need to go to therapy afterward.

Wrapping up my week is my review for Arts and Culture Texas of Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers at the The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. It's this month's cover story. artsandculturetx.com/a-layered-in...

Ben Stevenson, a legend in choreography who led Texas Ballet Theater, dies at 89 Ben Stevenson taught and inspired generations of dancers in Fort Worth and around the globe.

I wrote an obituary for the Star-Telegram of the late Ben Stevenson, who transformed Houston Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater into international powerhouses and made an indelible mark on countless students and audience members. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...

I had no clue it was created to counter IPS!

seconding this.

Frank! I’m flattered! i hope to continue to impress. Thank you for reading and following

3/3 Clips are here: muckrack.com/jamesfortexa.... And message me here or by email: james(dot)journo(at)gmail(dot)com. I'm immediately available for work.

2/3 I'm a journalist of 15+ years who has written on almost every beat you can think of for alt weeklies, daily newspapers, national and regional magazines, trade journals and in higher ed I've also been an editor and staff writer.

1/3 I'm looking for a few longterm contract journalism and content writing gigs, preferably focused on but not limited to the built environment and cultural life in Texas. #journalism #freelancejournalism

The IOC's New Policy Isn't Really a Trans Story Every headline says the IOC banned trans women from the Olympics. The athletes who’ll actually be barred are cis women who’ve never heard of the SRY gene.

The AP's story on the IOC's new policy mentions that it "also restricts" athletes like two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya. That word "also" is doing a lot of work. New piece on who this policy is actually about: www.readtpa.com/p/the-iocs-n...

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floa...

It’s a region that’s historically been difficult for wall-building presidents, but the Trump administration’s present plans for new and replacement fencing would finish sealing off the Rio Grande Valley: www.texasobserver.org/trump-border...

The Notebook They Didn’t Want You to See Discover Louis Kahn’s last notebook—revealing his final year, creative process, and unseen sketches. Read the full story now.

Sue Ann Kahn waited 16 years to publish one of her father's notebooks. It just so happened Louis Kahn's final one of the most interesting. Me in Architect Magazine. www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-n...

Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.

The “main goal” of the Iran War may have changed, reports Washington Post: “Israeli officials said securing the [Strait of Hormuz] for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.”

Just seen "thee/thou" pronouns in bio for the first time, delighted by the idea of Quakerism as gender

Bringing out the mood light and it’s only March. 40 degree weather swings are evil

#WHM
Women have only been able to work at the professional levels of construction engineering for about the past 120 years.
For SHB Kathleen Butler was project manager in Sydney & Scotswoman Dorothy Buchanan was in the design team doing calcs for the southern span at Dorman Long's offices in London.

congrats on all the new work notre dame school of architecture, michael graves and david schwarz
www.archpaper.com/2026/03/us-d...

All the pre-approved NYC ADU designs (got to go for one that finesses the chunky roofline) housing.hpd.nyc.gov/adu/library

Kimbell Art Museum’s new curator is considered a rock star in the field Known for thinking outside the box, the new curator is described as a great complement to the Kimbell staff.

For the Star-Telegram: The Kimbell Art Museum hired a new chief curator. Emerson Bowyer, a specialist in 18th and 19th British and French art, is considered by his peers to be a rock star in the field.

www.star-telegram.com/entertainmen...

Welcome to the NFL Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · March 6 · 1h 1m

Welcome to the NFL, James Talarico
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The existence of a Markwayne suggests the existence of a Matthewwayne, a Lukewayne, and a…. holy shit, and a Johnwayne.

I have no clue how little I slept this week and what happened but I have one more gig this morning then am going into hiding. Which, as one person pointed out yesterday, I'm hiding from work in order to do other work.

North Texas dinosaur park at center of fight over massive data center A sprawling data center proposal sparks growing backlash in North Texas.

Massive data center and associated power plant planned upstream from Dinosaur Valley State Park sparks outcry www.chron.com/life/wildlif...

Me in @archpaper.com: To understand Total Environment’s decision to enter the U.S. market through this development in Frisco requires understanding a fast-growth city where land and low taxes have accelerated its development.
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Rothko Chapel’s Broken Obelisk Still Symbolizes MLK’s Dream February 28 marks 55 years since Broken Obelisk was put on the Rothko Chapel grounds, quickly becoming one of the city’s most famous landmarks. The Chapel will be celebrating with a variety of speaker...

"We have here both a chapel and a monument, a place for worship and a memorial to a great leader. The association of these two remarkable sites should tell us over and over again that spiritual life and active life should remain united."

Modernist 79th Street dry cleaners featured in film 'Ali' and Chance the Rapper's video set to close The closing creates an uncertain future for one of Chicago's most unique modernist sites — an absolute showstopper of a building with its original sign, neither of which are under city landmark protec...

My architecture column today. "Pride Cleaners closing creates an uncertain future for one of Chicago’s most unique modernist sites — an absolute showstopper of a building with its original sign, neither of which are under city landmark protection."

Why Tariffs Aren’t Shrinking the U.S. Trade Deficit Exporting countries are sticking to their economic models, frustrating U.S. hopes that levies can fix imbalances.

President Trump’s tariffs are cementing global trade imbalances, with the U.S. trade deficit in goods reaching a record $1.24 trillion in 2025.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

How malls can become the midtowns of the future Mall and office park redevelopments are a generational opportunity to create new nodes of urbanity.

The midtown model of urban development — mixing homes, offices, stores and civic institutions within a walkable radius — is as old as cities themselves. The mall/ office park model was a half-century aberration.

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