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Sasha von Oldershausen

@sashavonawesome.bsky.social

Staff writer @texasmonthly.bsky.social Words in NYT, Harper's, the Atlantic, Oxford American, the Believer Center for Fiction fellow

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Lauren McGaughy@lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week, @sashavonawesome.bsky.social attended the premier of Matthew McConaughey's first movie in five years. Here's her dispatch. Come for the fun asides about life and his career. Stay for what he had to say (or not) about the border wall in Big Bend. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/s...

A Sweaty Texas Night at Barrel O’ Fun with Matthew McConaughey

The city celebrated one of its favorite Texas movie stars with a cinema bearing his name, ahead of the release of “The Rivals of Amziah King.”

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Lauren McGaughy@lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 4w ago

A corrido’s reach was constrained by geography, radio DJs and the recording industry. Now a new corrido can be recorded and shared across platforms like TikTok and YouTube within hours. Check out @sashavonawesome.bsky.social first byline for the NYT Texas team! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

ICE Killed Him. A.I. Helped Turn Him Into a Folk Ballad, Fast.

A.I. is helping people write corridos within hours, accelerating a tradition of memorializing tragedy through song.

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Patients reported strange gurgling sounds in their throats, painful hiccups, and a deathly fear of vomiting. "If you just know the questions to ask,” Dr. Bastian said, "the diagnosis just announces itself in neon lights and fireworks.” @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

I Can't Burp. Each Day Brings Painful Bloating. Is Botox the Answer?

It might sound funny, but the inability to belch can be a crippling problem. Desperate, I found a community of others who shared my mysterious malady—and a potential cure.

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Ben Jacobs@benjacobs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Near deafening cheers of “USA, USA” in the room at CPAC as Reza Pahlavi tells the crowd “imagine Iran going from “death to America’ to ‘God Bless America.’”

Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Why are people who've never been to Big Bend going to tell us how to solve a crisis that doesn't exist?" In far West Texas, landowners say a proposed border wall could upend their lives--and they're struggling to get answers. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

In the Big Bend Region, Border Wall Construction Comes for Private Lands

Residents of the remote area are grappling with letters threatening construction and a lack of clarity from the government. For some, their livelihoods could be at stake.

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Jeff Nichols is one of the most accomplished independent filmmakers in Texas today. But he hadn't ever actually shot a film in Texas - until now. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Behind the Scenes on the Set of the Star-Studded Tecovas Film

Lauded Texas director Jeff Nichols pays homage to some of the best movies ever made here with the help of Michael Shannon, Ryan Bingham, Hassie Harrison—and the voice of Sissy Spacek. It's the directo...

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Viola lost count of the friends he’s lost to suicide—many of them veterans. He credits ketamine with bringing him back from the edge. Not everybody gets to grow old, and we do," he said. “So that’s a blessing.” www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Texas Acted to Make Ketamine Therapy for Depression Safer. Some Say That Could Cost Lives.

Many providers of the psychedelic mental-health treatment expect to close if a newly clarified state regulation is enforced.

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Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · last yr.

The IRS says churches can endorse politicians. The result will be an intensification of American religious polarization — and some $8 billion in political donations to be routed through churches, which are already tax-exempt and have almost no financial disclosure requirements. My latest:

The IRS Says Churches Can Endorse Political Candidates. In Texas, Many Already Were.

A decades-old rule prohibited politicking from the pulpit. Without it, some worry churches could become “linchpins to sway elections.”

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · last yr.

Cloud seeding isn’t new. It dates back to the Dust Bowl era, when Texans desperate for rain took to the skies with silver iodide. Today, it’s still used to "nudge" clouds, but decades later, it’s caught in a storm of conspiracy theories. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

A West Texas Cloud Seeder Debunks Those Conspiracy Theories

Why there’s no scientific basis for blaming the longtime drought-fighting practice for the tragic Central Texas flooding.

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · last yr.

“'One of the hard parts is that almost every one of these animals that I’m working on, their people are all missing or deceased,' said O’Gan." For @texasmonthly.bsky.social I rode along with the volunteers rescuing pets from the Texas floods www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Riding Along with the Volunteers Rescuing Pets from the Guadalupe Flood

Kerrville and Austin Pets Alive have rescued many dogs and cats whose owners and homes have been lost.

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · last yr.

June 9 was supposed to be a turning point. After 15 years, Iranian-born Alireza Zolghadri had his U.S. visa interview, only to find it landed on day one of Trump's new travel ban. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

An Iranian Father Spent 15 Years Trying to Immigrate the Legal Way. Then Trump’s Travel Ban Kicked In.

A Dallas-area architect has waited nearly fifty years to be reunited with her brother, who remained in their home country while the rest of the family settled in Texas.

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · last yr.

Trust in the medical establishment is at an all-time low. Alternative health movements (raw milk, MAHA) are culturally ascendant. I tried to make sense of it all at the place with all the answers: Dave Asprey's biohacking conference @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Tell Me, What Is it You Plan to Do with Your Technologically Elongated Life?

Our medical system is broken. Could the answer lie in depriving our bodies of oxygen and exposure to subfreezing temperatures?

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Sasha von Oldershausen@sashavonawesome.bsky.social · 2y ago

Texas's effort to restore the bighorn sheep to its historic range had been hailed as one of the greatest success stories in North American wildlife conservation. That is until a deadly outbreak of disease showed up @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/travel/bigho...

Texas Conservationists Have Gone to Extremes to Save the Desert Bighorn Sheep. Now They’re Facing Their Biggest Obstacle Yet.

A heroic effort by scientists and hunters has revived the Texas bighorn sheep population, even as new threats loom.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago

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Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You.

We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.

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