Wednesday morning, in a meeting lasting fifteen minutes and seven seconds, the U.S. government’s Endangered Species Committee overrode the Endangered Species Act (ESA), exempting all oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico (Trump’s “Gulf of America”). deceleration.news/endangered-s...

'Economic development' in the RGV means autonomous warfare cozying up alongside LNG buildout and space colonization as wild spaces are paved and locals increasingly feel the pinch of rising rents and groceries, reports Gaige Davila. deceleration.news/greetings-fr...

On Saturday, millions of people across the United States (and the rest of the world) rose up against “kings” in the United States, shorthand for the chronic oversteps and abuses of a President Donald Trump working to crush dissent and consolidate power. deceleration.news/8-million-st...

San Antonio did not hold back. #NoKings youtu.be/fSL4q7dQVYI?...

#NoKings San Antonio, Texas March 28, 2026 Video dispatch to come at deceleration this week.

'Brownsville officials, of course, love the attention, while many residents near the growing SpaceX shadow are feeling the “Terminator Skynet vibes.”' deceleration.news/super-collid...

“We will sacrifice because we know in future generations, my children, my grandchildren, are going to be in a better space,” —Tracie Mafile’o, Tongan researcher based in Aotearoa deceleration.news/lessons-in-w...

A week of repairing our relationship with #water. San Antonio, Texas. Saturday, March 21, to Saturday, March 28. deceleration.news/events/todos...

Texas Data Center Boom + Todos Agua + Women Leading Drive to Abolish ICE Warehouses are popping up across Texas: Some to fill with mistreated humans, others with a human-displacing consciousness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuE... or on our website: deceleration.news/podcasts/tex...

ICE Watch #2 from Roxana Rojas is Out! All things #ICE and the Deportation-Industrial Complex in #Texas. Let us know what you think! deceleration.news/ice-watch-ho... “Nobody dreams of becoming an undocumented mother.”

“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.” — Kristi Noem deceleration.news/oust-stephen...

The 36th annual International Women's Day rally and march wound through the rainy streets of San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday with revolutionary cries decrying imperialism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy. deceleration.news/revolutionar...

Questionable thumbnail aside, this is a nice article about a paper we just published on how to count heat mortality. From @deceleration.news Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds deceleration.news/heat-related...

Deceleration is growing solutions for an overheating world. But it is our community of supporters who help steer our course via this annual survey and other engagements. ;) deceleration.news/deceleration...

'Looking #Mexican' in the Age of #ICE Brown skin—a metric used by ICE to trigger investigations and detentions—means not that one is an 'invader,' but likely an heir of the continent's original #Indigenous inhabitants. Why don't more claim that inheritance? deceleration.news/looking-mexi...

“Official Texas records captured only about one-sixth of the statistically estimated heat deaths, though this undercounting has improved over time,” concludes a new paper by Andrew Dessler published earlier this month in the journal GeoHealth. deceleration.news/heat-related...

Black Communities Are Building the Future Exploring the new documentary, 'Grasping at the Roots,' from the @cjaourpower.bsky.social. From @shapersyris.bsky.social deceleration.news/black-commun... (Free sub rqrd)

The Resistance is Fertile. deceleration.news/smash-fascis...

"We were stunned to learn that eight #datacenters were already either operational, under active construction, or approved in Round Rock. This would be the ninth." Q&A with Protect Round Rock's Gary Oldham. deceleration.news/round-rock-t...

Beings of the Earth who wish to inhabit a planet with regulated temperatures amenable to survival: Put your claims on hold because the wealthiest and most subsidized industry on the planet isn't done profiting. More: deceleration.news/climate-our-...

What happened to Aliya Rahman is not an isolated incident. It sits within a broader pattern, one rooted in a long history of eugenics, ableism, racism, and systemic violence. A pattern that makes clear: This is a war on disabled people. deceleration.news/war-on-disab...

"But most of French’s online “messaging” has little to do with pipeline safety or gas flaring or any other matter that keeps the petrodollars flowing." This is what he talks about instead: Via @texasmonthly.bsky.social

"The Brownsville area suffers from crumbling infrastructure due to inadequate funding, mishandling of city resources, and various forms of exploitation. ... Climate change impacts, such as flooding and extreme heat, make it worse." From @bekahbot.bsky.social deceleration.news/disaster-kit...

NEW NEWSLETTER ALERT ICE Watch #1: Weaving a New World in the Twilight of Fascism's Sunset The roots of today's assault on immigrant communities and people of color reach back to much earlier abuses. deceleration.news/ice-watch-le...

‘Days and Nights of Love and War’ was written by Dr. H.H. Coyotl and read here by Roxana Rojas. Watch for her new newsletter ICE Watch to drop at @deceleration.news tomorrow. youtu.be/2xRxUnAHNG8?... Comunicado callejero: desde la Calle Commerce para el pueblo

Humankind didn't evolve in heat like this. Heat that is increasingly claiming lives. So how can we cool down our cities and keep more people safe? Full podcast: deceleration.news/podcasts/bil...

DECELERATION #PODCAST 40: Liam Ramos Freed, Gaige Davila on #GulfCoast Fights, Defeating Climate Behemoth, More Federal Judge Biery's words freeing Liam Ramos from detention... deceleration.news/podcasts/lia...

#ICE Buys Massive #SanAntonio Warehouse As Detained Population Approaches 75,000 Numerous lawsuits and judge’s orders have dogged ICE detention centers in recent months, with one federal judge comparing a facility outside #Chicago to a “concentration camp.” deceleration.news/ice-buys-mas...

Our Winter 2026 Creative Review is out! From Boca Chica at Texas’s tip to the migratory flyways linking Eagle and Condor, writers and artists from TX and beyond share their love, grief, and rage for the fragility of our oceans and the coral reefs they shelter. deceleration.news/sea-of-creat...

The criminalization of journalism is a key component of escalating fascism. We must denounce the charges against Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, and denounce the targeting of journalists more broadly at every turn. Here's a statement from our Movement Media Alliance: movement-media.org/statement-fr...

The struggle against ICE has picked up in Texas since the killings of legal observers in Minneapolis and transporting of 5-year-old Liam Ramos to CoreCivic’s Dilley family detention center. deceleration.news/abolish-ice-...

Wailing screams inside Dilley Detention in Texas Saturday as hundreds of detainees are said to be protesting treatment of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos of #Minneapolis and standing in solidarity with the general strike in Minnesota. #strike #ice #immigration #news

In the state of Texas, private property is king. But every once in a while even an enthroned interest gets deposed. #water #wastewater #propertyrights #texas #news #pollution #hillcountry #sanantonio #politics deceleration.news/lennar-contr...

Wailing screams inside Dilley Detention in Texas Saturday as hundreds of detainees are said to be protesting treatment of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos of #Minneapolis and standing in solidarity with the general strike in Minnesota. #strike #ice #immigration #news

Has US Fascism Moved From a Theoretical Debate Into an Urgent National Crisis? We must look past the headlines and evaluate the Trump administration’s trajectory against the historical markers. deceleration.news/trump-fascis... Via @truthout.org

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s #Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price. deceleration.news/a-small-oil-... Via @insideclimatenews.org

Also: We're turning 10?! youtu.be/nM_iuliS18E?...

The screams of help from Anna Brauch, in Minnesota on 1/8/26, as they broke her hands and violently forced her into the back of a ICE vehicle. May those men NEVER know an ounce of peace.

Watch ICE agents brutally detain local MN artist Anna Brauch — she was later released and taken to the hospital bc ICE AGENTS BROKE MULTIPLE BONES IN HER HAND. This must stop now. #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky #PoliSky #MedSky

Glad to see people noticing that the work of violence workers is, in fact, political violence.

These anti-Nick Shirley flyers have gone up around South Minneapolis — person who took these pictures said they are all over.

2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 31 people who died in custody www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.

"Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch."

This is (at least) the second time an ICE agent has used these exact words in the past two days — "Did you not learn from what just happened?"

Rising heat, billion-dollar disasters, and punishing pollution linked to fossil fuels are responsible for millions of deaths per year and threatening the habitability of the planet. So what do we win in this war for oil? deceleration.news/trump-climat...

From the mouth of our favorite indie trans news site to your ears/heart:

It's not your imagination. Decembers are getting hotter in Texas. Fossil fuels are to blame.

I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able