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<rss version="2.0"><channel><link>https://bsky.app/profile/magegordon.bsky.social</link><title>@magegordon.bsky.social - </title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/magegordon.bsky.social/post/3m5ckzyisxk2y</link><description>My latest, for @san.com:&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 Nov 2025 21:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:tlsgriwp37ftohnltnow4pvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ckzyisxk2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/magegordon.bsky.social/post/3m4cbmxnaws2f</link><description>What happens when our true-crime obsessed society decides there&#39;s something worth investigating?&#xA;&#xA;My latest story for Straight Arrow News looks into the mystery and misinformation surrounding the bodies in #Houston&#39;s bayous:&#xA;&#xA;https://san.com/cc/when-social-media-cries-serial-killer-the-case-of-houstons-bayou-bodies/</description><pubDate>29 Oct 2025 01:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:tlsgriwp37ftohnltnow4pvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4cbmxnaws2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/magegordon.bsky.social/post/3lwwq6sg2dk2g</link><description>For my latest Straight Arrow News report, I sifted through thousands of AC maintenance requests filed with #Houston ISD in recent summers to understand what happens when kids return to schools with struggling AC systems during the hottest days of summer.&#xA;&#xA;https://san.com/cc/as-the-school-year-starts-earlier-ac-systems-struggle-to-keep-up/</description><pubDate>21 Aug 2025 20:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:tlsgriwp37ftohnltnow4pvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwq6sg2dk2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/magegordon.bsky.social/post/3lvlnz22qi22g</link><description>For my latest story, I ventured out to a new &#34;green&#34; cemetery west of Houston. 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Not 90,000 volunteer shifts - 90,000 actual people. &#xA;&#xA;More on their need for volunteers &amp; how Houstonians can help, in my latest story. 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