Ex-newspapers, now alumni comms. Texas Aggie '94. I write a lot about Texas A&M and its history: linktr.ee/aggiejournalist. Known to emit Muppet noises. https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3mawh3ycnh223We're having a leisurely holiday rewatch of "Lonesome Dove," and I just had to step into the bathroom for a minute to blubber over Deets. Damn ol Larry McMurtry anyway 😊 📷 Deets marker from the show; Bose Ikard marker from this good blog post: https://www.yallogy.com/p/on-the-death-of-deets26 Dec 2025 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawh3ycnh223https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3marmn7uvrc2mMerry Christmas Eve! Here's a tiny little clip of "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" as read by RC Slocum himself, a few years ago 😊🎄🎅25 Dec 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3marmn7uvrc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m7y7wi6ujs2c@pjmatt.bsky.social idk if you've seen the Knives Out movies... but if you have, what am I missing? People seem to think these are genius-level. I've got to be missing something14 Dec 2025 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7y7wi6ujs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m3usulyeyk22@linkerm.bsky.social i'm in the archives and looking at your original print of this! I thought you'd like to see 😊 I was hoping there'd be a notation about which year, but haven't been able to confirm23 Oct 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3usulyeyk22https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m3dd3tkfk22zCongrats to the nearly 5,000 Aggies getting their Aggie Rings this week! Here's a little physics experiment from @aggienetwork.bsky.social -- @tamu.bsky.social's Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova helped us explain the phenonemon, and that's my hand doing the spinning 😊16 Oct 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dd3tkfk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m35zp7gv722jRe-upping this since we have lots of new Aggies this semester 😊 The maroon stripe on this College Station Whataburger was the chain's first "college colors" display in the country! Story link in next post ⬇️14 Oct 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35zp7gv722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m2uv4tyhyc2j"Ball 6" in fall exhibition ball! Aggies up 3-0 over TCU11 Oct 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2uv4tyhyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3m2ufd3qxqc2hAs Texas A&M prepares to lay our Reveille IX to rest today, here are some words written about the first Reveille after she passed away in 1944, as the cadets training to go to war stopped to grieve for their little black-and-white mutt:10 Oct 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ufd3qxqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3ly2mgbjca227I made a guide to Texas A&M Corps uniforms! tx.ag/CorpsGuide Get ready for gameday 👍 #tamu #gigem #corps #texasaggies05 Sep 2025 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2mgbjca227https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lwpq2q6mis2yLo, the tailgate tents are beginning to sprout19 Aug 2025 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpq2q6mis2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lwhss7zarc2xThe math for Hullabaloo rumble strips works on ANY size vehicle! tx.ag/RumbleStripMath15 Aug 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwhss7zarc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lwf273of522hNorthgate's looking a little different, if you've been gone over the summer (the short building in the middle is Chimy's)14 Aug 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwf273of522hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lvt5sva43227"If Aggies do it twice, it's a tradition" is a much older sentiment than I realized! This is 1947 😊 (specifically, Feb. 7, 1947, in the Battalion. howdy from the archives!)07 Aug 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvt5sva43227https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lugxwxdfs22zTraffic is rising in College Station... the students are returning and it's all coming back!21 Jul 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugxwxdfs22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3ltzzgfa6ok2walgorithm please bring me more video of happy otters15 Jul 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzzgfa6ok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3ltpozwhnos2pWhen the algorithm figures out you're more likely to click on maroon clothes #gigem11 Jul 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpozwhnos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lsek36ofg22d"Murderbot" was written by an Aggie! 🤯 https://www.kbtx.com/2025/05/21/texas-am-grads-sci-fi-series-murderbot-adapted-tv/24 Jun 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsek36ofg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lsck6wczr223Sleepy summer at Texas A&M will be over before we know it! 😊 🐟 Fish Camp: July 21-Aug 10 🛋️ Apartment leases turn over (“sofas on the curb” season): Late July-early Aug 📦 Dorm move-in: Aug 19-23 👍 Howdy Week: Aug 20-26 📚 1st class day: Aug 25 🗣️ Midnight Yell: Aug 29 🏈 1st home game: Aug 30 vs. UTSA23 Jun 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsck6wczr223https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lqs4gfsmdc2ySo happy that I'm getting Miss Reveille's raincoat into the July issue of Texas Aggie magazine 🥰🐾 Keep your eyes peeled in July for our "Guide to Corps Uniforms"!04 Jun 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs4gfsmdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lqpqcpmdqc2qAggie-owned Schoepf's BBQ expanding to Georgetown 😊👍 https://www.chron.com/food/article/texas-barbecue-schoepfs-belton-georgetown-20358846.php03 Jun 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpqcpmdqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lqpn2d52d22dHowdy from the archives, Aggies! Love this fall 1949 ad in the Batt 😍 Top "hillbilly" records in 1949 would have included Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold and Ernest Tubb 🤠 Conveniently located at the "North Gate"!03 Jun 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpn2d52d22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lq62i74a4k22Congratulations to Aggie-owned/operated Truth BBQ, LJ's, Stiles Switch and Teddy's for again making the @texasmonthly.bsky.social Top 50 BBQ Joints list! Below is our 2022 list of Aggie BBQ joints; LMK if any of the new BBQ places in TxMo's list are Aggie-owned!27 May 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq62i74a4k22https://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lpxnydx74c2gNew from me: Because I am a John Wayne/John Ford cavalry trilogy nerd! What order do you watch them in? This article has four chronologies (real history, film order, short stories, internal dates) PLUS how to tell if John Wayne is the same character in all of them 🤠 https://sues-news.com/2025/05/25/chronology-of-ford-wayne-cavalry-trilogy/25 May 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxnydx74c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aggiejournalist.bsky.social/post/3lpkwf4an2c25We've already begun adding names to the Muster Roll for 2026. As this year continues, all Aggies' help is requested to assist friends and family with Muster information when and if needed. Here is your toolkit: https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/163412/help-a-friend-or-family-with-aggie-muster-information/20 May 2025 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:hmddj6l5c7cybittfbunbf77/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkwf4an2c25