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  1. 💡 #Chevron and #Microsoft make a 20-year plan to power a data center in West Texas, assuming both companies and the internet still exist by then. Meanwhile, the article itself collapses under the weight of its own importance, delivering nothing but error codes and existential dread. 🤖🔥
    chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q2/c #DataCenter #WestTexas #TechFuture #HackerNews #ngated

  2. An AI #tech boom. A glittering new library. A city of public art and philanthropy, that's resisted far-right politics (so far).

    Abilene's easy to overlook and not easy to summarize, and it's changing fast: texasobserver.org/abilene-art-

    #Texas #culture #AI #art #WestTexas

  3. As Big Bend area border walls move forward, local landowners gear up for a fight

    "Advocates are rushing to help landowners with legal aid in sparsely populated rural areas along the Rio Grande in the path of the border wall. The federal government’s efforts to contact landowners about the project has hit a snag due to complicated land ownership."

    #Texas #TheBorder #WestTexas #TransPecos #BorderWall

    texasstandard.org/stories/big-

  4. Hype for the Furure 139O: Crane County, Texas

    Overview Crane County is located modesty to the east of the Pecos River within the State of Texas in the United States of America and is home to the Museum of the Desert Southwest.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 139N: City of McCamey, Texas

    Overview The City of McCamey is a small city in and the county seat of Upton County, Texas, where the community serves as the county seat. Upton County is located in the broader region known as West Texas and positioned along United States Routes 67 and 385. The current community is designated the “Wind Energy Capital of Texas” and is associated with a local Mexican restaurant at Elena’s kitchen.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  6. Hype for the Future 138J: City of Stanton, Texas

    Overview The City of Stanton is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Texas, located in the eastern Permian Basin area and within the region known as West Texas. Today, the community is situated primarily along the Interstate 20 corridor to the east of the City of Midland, with State Highway 137 serving the perpendicular direction.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  7. Hype for the Future 138/284: Sanderson, Texas

    Overview Sanderson is an unincorporated community within Terrell County, Texas, serving as the county seat and accessible along United States Route 90 at the southernmost end of United States Route 285.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  8. Hype for the Future 137G: Trans-Pecos Counties in Texas

    Introduction The westernmost counties in the State of Texas are associated with the international border with Mexico to the south and southwest as well as the internal state line with New Mexico to the north. Today, the community is situated to the south of the Carlsbad area in New Mexico but to the north of communities typically in the Mexican States of Chihuahua and Coahuila. At the western edge of the State is the City and County of El Paso, opposite the larger Mexican city of Ciudad […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  9. Hype for the Future 137F: Southeastern Llano Estacado

    Overview The following post content is intended to specifically focus on the central portion of the north-south portion of the New Mexican state line, where the “Staked Plain” extends to the south of the primary Great Plains surrounding both sides of the 100th Meridian in the United States of America. Communities covered in the area include Muleshoe, Morton, Plains, Denver City, and Seminole. Each community in the region contains a significant cultural history, whether based on mules in […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  10. Last week: Older residents in the small town of Ozona are thriving. Here's the unique way that wind energy is keeping retirees close to home, and giving them a better quality of life. texasobserver.org/rural-west-t

    #energy #sustainability #ClimateChange #environment #WestTexas #rural #news

  11. From our friends at Grist: In Ozona, older adults are thriving. The Crockett County government has created a strong network of senior services, and ensures that they are supported with the help of some powerful new neighbors—wind companies. texasobserver.org/rural-west-t

    #energy #environment #WestTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #aging

  12. From Grist, in partnership with the Observer: Older residents in the small town of Ozona are thriving. Here's the unique way that wind energy is keeping retirees close to home, and giving them a better quality of life. texasobserver.org/rural-west-t

    #Energy #politics #USpol #news #ClimateChange #environment #WestTexas #Texas

  13. From Asher Elbein in our magazine: “This assumption that rattlesnakes must simply be exterminated reaches its bloody culmination in the ‘rattlesnake roundup.’ ... Since 1958, the most famous of these has been held in the West #Texas town of Sweetwater.” texasobserver.org/consider-the

    #WestTexas #nature #animals #wildlife #politics #USpol #history #photography

  14. #hiking #guadalupe #westtexas
    The high elevation forest, and once again was filmed by friend. Listen to his breathing, it was no joke!

  15. #hiking #guadalupe #westtexas
    Il nostro gruppo in cima alla montagna. Stavo usando il telescopio da campo, per vedere gli altri monti in New Mexico.

  16. #hiking #guadalupe #westtexas
    Some pictures taken from the summit. Two members of our group took small naps after the 5 hour hike to tallest point in Texas. The formation that looks like a mitten is El Capitan, not the “real” El Capitan in California.