Writer and library advocate interested in education, travel and birding. Northwestern grad.
Dallas, TX
Joined October 2011
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Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
Parkland Health celebrates its workforce that has defined compassionate care for more than 130 years.💜 #LaborDay
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Happy 250th birthday, America! We got you a present. 🇺🇸
The red, white, and blue stars of this globular cluster shine like a sparkler waved on a dark night in this image from @NASAHubble, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary.
ALT A collection of red, white, and blue stars sparkling in the darkness of space. The stars are most concentrated in the center of the image. There is more space between stars as you move to the edges of the picture. Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Dotter (Dartmouth College); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
🚨 Texas now has 4 of the 10 largest cities in America — more than any other state — and 5 of the 12 largest. In the last year, Fort Worth passed Jacksonville and Austin passed San Jose chicagotribune.com/2026/05/1… #txlege #tx2026
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The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: Today is, of course, Cinco de Mayo. The hero of that day, General Ignacio Zaragoza, was a Texan, having been born in Goliad, Texas. His mother was a relative of Juan Seguín. It was Zaragoza who led the Mexicans to victory over a larger, more accomplished French force at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
“KitKat” sounds similar to a Japanese phrase for “you will surely win.”
In Japan, KitKat bars are frequently given to students ahead of major exams for good luck.
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
The bald eagle almost disappeared from the lower 48.
Now it’s one of the greatest wildlife comebacks in American history.
America's 250th birthday hits different when you remember that.
ALT A majestic bald eagle is perched on the branch of a tree.
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
The planet can spell your name – literally. 🔤🌍
This Earth Day, see your name written in landscapes captured by Landsat: go.nasa.gov/4ak4Cdu
ALT Landscape image collage spelling "NASA"
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
Today, we are unveiling our most ambitious update yet to The Texas Tribune’s schools explorer, with more information and added context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. bit.ly/4sjpSas
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
In honor of the United States Semiquincentennial (the fancy term for America’s 250th birthday), this is your periodic reminder that the only copy of the Declaration of Independence located west of the Mississippi is, somewhat bizarrely, tucked out of the way on the 7th floor of the downtown Dallas Main Public Library. For Texans it is easier to get to than the National Archives in DC, free to view, and as an added bonus there’s a copy of “the most important book in the English language”, Shakespeare’s First Folio (one of, appropriately enough, only 250 to survive), located in the adjacent viewing room.
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
In a series of focus groups across Texas, small business owners were asked about current business conditions and challenges, labor, possible impacts of tariff policy, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and more: dallasfed.org/cd/communities…
#smallbusiness
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 1.1 percent in 2026. Texas employment grew 0.1 percent in 2025 after rising 1.6 percent in 2024. Read the full forecast here: dallasfed.org/research/forec…
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war."
Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize speech, where he accepted the award on behalf of the American civil rights movement: bit.ly/3bJCQuc
#MLKDay
Katherine Leal Unmuth retweeted
Have you seen or ridden the CTA Holiday Train yet this year?! ✨🎅 Always a favorite Chicago holiday tradition.
🎥: sayan.zd
#NeverOutdoneChi