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Followers
78.5K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$440 – $714 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
40
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
May 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: Featured story: Districts across the state are arresting and cit · 87 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
38.8 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
48×
Follows 1.7K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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“To ban books simply because they have a hardcover or they’re used is just trying to solve a problem that may exist in prison by finding the easiest target. And the easiest target they can find is to change the rules for what books can com…
Don't miss out ... Catch up with everything we've published from the July/August 2026 issue of our magazine: www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-...
From @jlbuch.bsky.social: “We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe. And you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about. We’re just out here having a good time.”
From Deliah Brown: How can we ensure that every eligible citizen has both the opportunity and the confidence to participate fully in our democracy? The answer matters because political participation is the foundation of self-government.
New in books: It starts with questioning the legitimacy of the camps. In this excerpt, John Washington of Lookout News explains how we got here ... and looks toward a future where we put an end to immigrant detention.
From @byjustinmiller.bsky.social: "I came in to make a real difference in people’s lives from a county governance perspective and to help those struggling. But this court ... has not been a reflection of the needs of our people, our commun…
Bobby Pulido told @edenshamy.bsky.social he felt uncomfortable with the social media battle between the DSA and the Promise to America bloc:
“I still believe in what I signed. I just don’t believe in demonizing other people in my party. …
Our top story, from DaLyah Jones: “Where I’m from, backwoods women learn the truth that our lives are entangled in the ecology of the land.”
"At each of the four hearings, the overwhelming consensus was, 'Don’t do this.' And they ignored our constituents. I just believe that our constituents deserve better from the county executive."
Wednesday: As America marks its 250th year, the question remains: Are we committed to continuing to build a more inclusive democracy, or are we willing to accept the erosion of the protections previous generations fought so hard to secure?
This week's top story: “We are the children of maroons and Freedmen who knew which crushed plants stopped bleeding and how cobwebs in the dusty corner of a room could sanitize wounds.”
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@texasobserver.org
The handle is the domain texasobserver.org. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real texasobserver.org account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 40 views per post.
📤Posts about 38.8× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🛡️ Audience credibility
58/100
Fair
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
81%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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