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About KUT News
KUT News (@kut_austin) is a Non-Profits & Religious Organizations creator on Instagram, also filed under Spirituality & Religion. The account has 106,257 followers and 2,900 published posts. Recent posts average 5,357 likes and 186 comments, an engagement rate of 5.04%.
An audience of 106.3K puts KUT News in the mid-tier, between 100,000 and 1 million followers. Set against 1,001 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 106 followers per account KUT News follows. KUT News carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files KUT News under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations, with Spirituality & Religion as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for KUT News runs to 22 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for KUT News dates from May 2026.
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2,900 Posts
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Cameron Samuels, an event organizer and student, described UT as a “censored university.”
“Our beloved university and its spirit of academic freedom has befallen to a death by a thousand cuts,” Samuels said.
Tap the link in our bio to read our coverage of recent changes at UT Austin, including the consolidation of seven ethnic and gender studies departments at the College of Liberal Arts into two new departments this fall.
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On May 20th and 21st 1975, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Mothers of Invention recorded the live album Bongo Fury at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. Zappa had played the hall a few times before and always packed the place, one of those national acts who found the Armadillo a sort of second home. The album even contains a dedication to Jan Beeman, who ran the Armadillo’s kitchen.
This 1975 visit was special not just because of that live album, but because it reunited Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in performance, old high school friends who met in 1958 in Lancaster, California. Zappa had been the one who dubbed his friend Don Vliet as “Captain Beefheart.” They appeared together on Zappa’s earliest home recordings, the first steps towards a desert-baked surrealism that would define both their careers.
Beefheart contributed the songs “Sam with the Showing Scalp Flat Top” and “Man with the Woman Head,” while Zappa’s densely comedic delivery sparkled in numbers like “Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead,” a song that warned of the celebratory 1976 bicentennial then on the horizon. Zappa introduced it with a nod to his progressive country surroundings, calling it a “sort of a cowboy song.” And then there’s the mad science of the closer and climax, “Muffin Man,” where Zappa also tipped his hat to the Lone Star State. Before stepping off the stage at the end of the muffin man anthem, Zappa offered up to the city what would become one of its spectral audio taglines, “Good night, Austin, Texas, wherever you are.” The album released later that year, in October 1975.
This spring saw a deluxe vinyl reissue from with new liner notes by steel guitarist Denny Walley and Joe Travers, the echoes of that May 1975 night reverberating yet again on turntables worldwide, wherever they are.
Written by Jason Mellard from the at Texas State University.
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The cause of the fire is not yet known.
The troll, Malin, was installed in 2024 by artist with the help of 150 Austin-based volunteers. The installation, which cost around $300,000, used almost entirely recycled materials.
Malin was a female troll holding a bowl. The structure was built to remind community members “that we should share water and resources with the animals that live here with us,” according to the Conservancy.
This isn’t the first time one of Dambo’s trolls has burned down. A troll installed at The Giants of Mandurah exhibit in Australia was lit on fire by vandals in 2022. In 2023, Dambo replaced the statue with a new troll.
This is a developing story. Tap the link in our bio for updates from Leigh Walden
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U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam ordered Chavarria be released from custody before Friday. Chavarria’s sister, Holi, who asked to withhold her last name because of deportation concerns, confirmed the date of his release.
The decision comes after family, friends and community members showed up in support of the high school senior, asking that he be let out in time to walk the stage at his high school graduation on June 2 after missing the tail end of his senior year and completing finals in detention.
A state trooper stopped Chavarria for an expired registration sticker in the early hours of May 1 while the student was on his way home from a night shift at a local Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, where he works to help support his sister and nephew.
The officer referred the teen to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which transferred him to the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, where he awaited the ruling until Wednesday. Last week, the Austin Independent School District and ICE agreed to allow Chavarria to complete his school work in detention.
ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chavarria’s detention comes as Austin families, educators and advocates sound the alarm that increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement is reshaping school communities across Texas.
Supporters say Chavarria is a hard-working teen and valuable member of his school, church and soccer communities. His arrest, on the verge of graduation while working to support his family, has resonated throughout Austin.
Chavarria’s family entered the U.S. in 2019 and applied for asylum under the Biden administration. However, Chavarria did not know until he was detained that his asylum application was never filed correctly.
Tap the link in our bio to read more from the Austin Current’s Acacia Coronado.
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That’s pretty standard fare for an animal shelter. It’s the location of this particular program that makes it unusual.
These dog trainers are incarcerated at the Travis Unit state prison in East Austin.
Among the inaugural group of 12 dogs is Chico, a labrador/husky mix with a blocky head and curious brown eyes. When he first showed up, his handler Jeff Pruski said the dog was extremely anxious.
“He was very shy and timid,” Pruski said. “He would not come around people. He wouldn’t let you pet him. He didn’t want to interact.”
Each dog was paired with two trainers — all incarcerated veterans. Chico’s second trainer was released from prison in April, and since then Pruski has been on his own.
Juli Thatcher, Austin Animal Services’ behavior and enrichment division supervisor, said she tried to pick dogs that would benefit from time away from the shelter.
“We already know from experience at the shelter that a shy, quiet volunteer does well with the shy, quiet dogs,” she said. “And then somebody who’s just a little more rough and tumble and wants to play around, we can give them a dog like that.”
Pruski raised his hand for Chico right away.
“He sounded like a dog I wanted to take home,” he said. “The first day was high-anxiety and I knew we took on a challenge, but a good challenge.”
Tap the link in our bio to read and listen to Sarah Asch’s full story for. You can also find a link to available pets waiting for their forever homes.
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Books might be the backbone of libraries, but Austin’s locations offer a range of other services that people may not know about. And you can access these resources in a place that’s open to all — something that’s not always easy to find around town.
“Public libraries are community spaces. There are spaces that, when you come in the door, we don’t card you, we don’t ask you for money, we don’t ask you for your name,” said Hannah Terrell, director of libraries for. “You can walk in our libraries because this is your space.”
This year, the library system has special programming to celebrate its 100th anniversary, with free activities exploring its history and future happening now through Dec. 23.
Library staff talked with KUT News about the services they offer that may not be on your radar.
A note: You can do a lot of things without a library card, but some services require one. A standard card is free if you live within certain boundaries around Austin. Find more information on getting a card at Austin Public Library’s website.
Tap the link in our bio to read the full story from Chelsey Zhu.
Featured library staff:
🌱: Katrin Abel, adult services librarian
🏙️: Allison Steger, acting division manager for the Central Library
🖨️: Linda Rodriguez, program development coordinator
🎨: Nicole Parker, exhibit coordinator at the Central Library
👶: Suzan Nyfeler, librarian
📚: Alanna Graves, librarian and summer experience coordinator
Video taken by and edited by Chelsey Zhu.
Video produced by Victoria Brooks and Chelsey Zhu
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Deborah Cannon
Olivia Aldridge
Chelsey Zhu
Greta Díaz González Vázquez
Jerry Quijano
Elizabeth McQueen
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Kristen Cabrera
Trump on Tuesday backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in what has been described as a “bitter” campaign.
“I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
The endorsement has the potential to sway voters in what has been an extremely close contest so far.
According to a poll conducted by Slingshot Strategies on behalf of Texas Public Opinion Research last month, a Trump endorsement of Paxton would widen the attorney general’s lead over Cornyn to an overwhelming 55% to 35%, while a Trump endorsement of Cornyn would still leave the incumbent senator trailing Paxton by 45% to 42%.
The announcement caps months of uncertainty. Trump had teased his intention to endorse a candidate in the election repeatedly, starting soon after Cornyn and Paxton emerged as the remaining contenders from the first round of the primary in March.
As recently as last Friday, Trump told a press gaggle aboard Air Force One that he might soon weigh in, attacking Austin state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, as “weird.”
A poll released this week by Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center indicated that, in hypothetical general election matchups in November, Paxton and Cornyn are both in statistical dead heats against Talarico.
Tap the link in our bio to read more from ’s Andrew Schneider.
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KUT News's engagement rate on Instagram is 5.04%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 20 followers. An average post collects 5,357 likes and 186 comments, close to 29 likes for each comment.
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Who is KUT News?
KUT News (@kut_austin) is a Non-Profits & Religious Organizations creator on Instagram, also filed under Spirituality & Religion. KUT News carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for KUT News runs to 22 words.
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KUT News has 106,257 followers on Instagram (106.3K). Set against 1,001 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 106 followers per account KUT News follows. With 2,900 posts published, KUT News's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
What is KUT News's engagement rate?
KUT News's engagement rate on Instagram is 5.04%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 20 followers. An average post collects 5,357 likes and 186 comments, close to 29 likes for each comment.
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Flinque files KUT News under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations, with Spirituality & Religion as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for KUT News, 7 are videos and 3 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for KUT News repeatedly use the words know, read, texas, live and first. KUT News writes those captions mainly in English. KUT News keeps 37 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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