#austintx — Public Fediverse posts

I wonder if there was an explosion at the Jimmy Dean link pork sausage plant, because #HEB has been out of it for the past 2 weeks. Not even an empty spot in the display case where it would've been (otherwise that'd indicate online orders buy it all up before I get there). But then again HEB does that when they can't order products to carry at the price they want. This is the future, and the future is now, I guess.
#AustinTX

Austin environmental leaders examine policies, affordability

As Austin and Travis County have built homes to serve the thousands of people moving here each year,…
#Environment #Austintx #datacenter #environmentalism #greenspaces #kutfestival #poder #Saveourspringsalliance #sos #TravisCounty
https://www.europesays.com/2962840/

I made a @surf feed for Austin, TX. Check it out at https://austin.surf.social

You can post to the feed (for now) using #surfaustin

#austin #austintx #atx

Who up Fenstering they Freitag?

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #NeonSign #13thFloor #austintx

Sir Douglas Quintet, Live From Austin TX, 2006 on New West

Doug Sahm’s Sir Douglas Quintet recorded in 1981 but released in 2006 (on CD/DVD) / 2018 (vinyl) – live on Austin City Limits. (In 1981 that means the old Studio 6A at UT Austin, not the new Moody Theater).

This was part of a reunion tour after the quintet split up in the early 70s when Sahm put out his solo album.

My copy via a private sale is the 2018 three-sided LP version with one side etched, pressed by MPO.

Sir Douglas Quintet, Live From Austin TX, 2006 on New West

Doug Sahm’s Sir Douglas Quintet recorded in 1981 but released in 2006 (on CD/DVD) / 2018 (vinyl) – live on Austin City Limits. (In 1981 that means the old Studio 6A at UT Austin, not the new Moody Theater).

This was part of a reunion tour after the quintet split up in the early 70s when Sahm put out his solo album.

My copy via a private sale is the 2018 three-sided LP version with one side etched, pressed by MPO.

Sir Douglas Quintet, Live From Austin TX, 2006 on New West

Doug Sahm’s Sir Douglas Quintet recorded in 1981 but released in 2006 (on CD/DVD) / 2018 (vinyl) – live on Austin City Limits. (In 1981 that means the old Studio 6A at UT Austin, not the new Moody Theater).

This was part of a reunion tour after the quintet split up in the early 70s when Sahm put out his solo album.

My copy via a private sale is the 2018 three-sided LP version with one side etched, pressed by MPO.

Sir Douglas Quintet, Live From Austin TX, 2006 on New West

Doug Sahm’s Sir Douglas Quintet recorded in 1981 but released in 2006 (on CD/DVD) / 2018 (vinyl) – live on Austin City Limits. (In 1981 that means the old Studio 6A at UT Austin, not the new Moody Theater).

This was part of a reunion tour after the quintet split up in the early 70s when Sahm put out his solo album.

My copy via a private sale is the 2018 three-sided LP version with one side etched, pressed by MPO.

NASCAR Qualifying Results: COTA (February 2026)

COTA starting lineup and practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take the…
#NewsBeep #News #NASCAR #Austin-Texas #AustinTX #CA #Canada #CircuitofTheAmericas #COTA #CupSeries #KyleLarson #Lineup #MichaelMcDowell #NASCARCup #NASCARCupSeries #NCS #Qualifying #RyanBlaney #ShanevanGisbergen #Sports #StartingGrid #StartingLineup #Texas #TylerReddick
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/505741/

https://www.fogolf.com/1117831/i-hit-a-golf-ball-across-an-entire-city/ I Hit a Golf Ball Across an Entire City #AceCam #Austin #AustinTx #Break90 #Challenge #CourseVlog #eal #EALGolf #EricLang #ErikAndersLang #ErikLang #Golf #GolfAcrossACity #GolfAcrossAustin #GolfChallenge #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #GolfTips #GolfVideo #GolfVlog #golfer #KefferRhodes #pga #PGAChampionship #PgaProfessional #PgaTour #RandomGolfClub #RGC #StreetGolf #TexasGolf #travel #TravelVlog #UrbanSport #WITB

https://www.fogolf.com/1117831/i-hit-a-golf-ball-across-an-entire-city/ I Hit a Golf Ball Across an Entire City #AceCam #Austin #AustinTx #Break90 #Challenge #CourseVlog #eal #EALGolf #EricLang #ErikAndersLang #ErikLang #Golf #GolfAcrossACity #GolfAcrossAustin #GolfChallenge #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #GolfTips #GolfVideo #GolfVlog #golfer #KefferRhodes #pga #PGAChampionship #PgaProfessional #PgaTour #RandomGolfClub #RGC #StreetGolf #TexasGolf #travel #TravelVlog #UrbanSport #WITB

https://www.fogolf.com/1117831/i-hit-a-golf-ball-across-an-entire-city/ I Hit a Golf Ball Across an Entire City #AceCam #Austin #AustinTx #Break90 #Challenge #CourseVlog #eal #EALGolf #EricLang #ErikAndersLang #ErikLang #Golf #GolfAcrossACity #GolfAcrossAustin #GolfChallenge #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #GolfTips #GolfVideo #GolfVlog #golfer #KefferRhodes #pga #PGAChampionship #PgaProfessional #PgaTour #RandomGolfClub #RGC #StreetGolf #TexasGolf #travel #TravelVlog #UrbanSport #WITB

https://www.fogolf.com/1117831/i-hit-a-golf-ball-across-an-entire-city/ I Hit a Golf Ball Across an Entire City #AceCam #Austin #AustinTx #Break90 #Challenge #CourseVlog #eal #EALGolf #EricLang #ErikAndersLang #ErikLang #Golf #GolfAcrossACity #GolfAcrossAustin #GolfChallenge #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #GolfTips #GolfVideo #GolfVlog #golfer #KefferRhodes #pga #PGAChampionship #PgaProfessional #PgaTour #RandomGolfClub #RGC #StreetGolf #TexasGolf #travel #TravelVlog #UrbanSport #WITB

The marquee was a nice touch. Also, intro post.

"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.”

Geography: #atx #tx #austin #texas #AustinTX #FortWorth #dfw

Tech: #GrapheneOS #firefox #debian #sysadmin #RockyLinux #AlmaLinux #osm #OpenStreetMap #RISCV #OpenPower #PowerPC #PPC

Politics: #socialism #communism #marxism #MarxismLeninism #cyberpunk

Games: #haloinfinite #celeste #StardewValley #Nintendo64 #n64 #DeusEx #zelda #OcarinaOfTime #botw #nintendo #playstation #DetroitBecomeHuman #dbh

Movies: #TheMatrix #BladeRunner

John Hiatt, Bring the Family, 1987 on A&M

John Hiatt’s eighth studio album and his first on A&M. What a fantastic songwriter! Actually paid for by Demon Records in the UK, but picked up after being completed by A&M in the US.

Guests include Ry Cooder (doing harmony vocals on “Have a Little Faith in Me” as well as electric guitar and sitar work), Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, making this something of a proto-Little Village album. Also includes “Thing Called Love” that was later a hit for Bonnie Raitt.

My copy—via Waterloo Records in Austin TX—is a Columbia House club pressing (Carrollton) with CRC on the bottom of the rear cover.

#1980s #1987 #AustinTX #ColumbiaHouseRecordClub #CRC #JimKeltner #JohnHiatt #LittleVillage #NickLowe #RyCooder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

The Special AKA, Nelson Mandela, 1984 on Two Tone

Extended version 12″ single from The Specials (Special AKA), produced by Elvis Costello. One of my favorite early 80s ska protest songs. Now dated in its reference but hey – never forget: Mandela was in prison for 27 years but would go on to be the president of South Africa. It’s an amazing story in which the song is just a footnote, but was very compelling, real, and timely in 1984.

My copy—a UK pressing on 2 Tone labels with Chrysalis copyright and marketing and a picture sleeve—via Antone’s Records in Austin TX.

#1984 #2Tone #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #ElvisCostello #ska #Specials #TheSpecialAKA #TwoTone #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

And yes, of course, a vigorously Lamarckian interpretation of this could suggest that the offspring of wolves raised in high-rise apartments might be especially well-suited for life in high-rise apartment buildings. Who am I to question meticulously doing one's own research?
#Lamarckism #Lamarck #wolf #wolves #highrise #AustinTX #risk #RiskAnalysis

This evening someone shared photos with me from their friend who keeps an adult wolf in their apartment in a high-rise apartment building in Austin TX. Because this at least slightly increases the probability that Elon Musk will be killed by a wolf, I say "Sure, what could possibly go wrong?"
#wolf #AustinTX #risk #RiskAnalysis

Anyone in #Texas -- make sure you check out the latest #AntiProtestLaws! They have a lot of lame excuses to arrest folks!

Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas #NationalGuard troops ahead of planned ‘#NoKings’ protests

By JIM VERTUNO
Updated 1:15 PM EDT, June 12, 2025

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — "Texas Gov. #GregAbbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops, along with more than 2,000 state police, to help local law enforcement manage protests against President Donald Trump and the ongoing federal immigration raids.

"Abbott’s announcement did not detail where the troops were sent, but some were seen at a protest Wednesday night in downtown San Antonio near the Alamo. That protest drew hundreds of demonstrators but did not erupt into violence.

"More protests are planned on Saturday in #SanAntonioTX and across Texas in cities such as #HoustonTX, #AustinTX and #DallasTX as part of the national 'No Kings' movement.

"Protests earlier this week in Austin and Dallas led to brief clashes with police who used chemical irritants to disperse the crowds. About a dozen were arrested.

"'Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles in response to President Donald Trump’s enforcement of immigration law,' Abbott said. 'Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be arrested and held accountable to the full extent of the law.' "

Source:
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-texas-national-guard-4f8ffc07788515c0d0e7ae40c7980565

#TexasResists #Texas #NoKingsEvents #NonViolentProtests #ProtestLaws #Project2025 #Authoritarianism

WTAF! ‘#NoKings’ protest organizer calls #Texas #NationalGuard deployment an overreaction by Governor

by Cora Neas
Wed, June 11, 2025

AUSTIN (KXAN) — "A protest planned to occur at the Texas Capitol Saturday comes after Texas Governor #GregAbbott’s deployment of the state’s National Guard to #AustinTX and other Texas cities following a Monday night protest in the state’s capital city.

[...]

" 'Soldiers are on standby in areas where mass #demonstrations are planned in case they are needed,' reads part of Mahaleris’s statement. 'Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles. Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be swiftly held accountable to the full extent of the law.'

"The Monday night protest, organized by the Party for #Socialism and #Liberation, was held to show solidarity with #protesters in #LosAngeles.

"Saturday’s protest, ' #NoKings / #KickOutTheClowns,' is part of a nationwide action against a #MilitaryParade in #WashingtonDC, also on Saturday. The Austin rally is organized by Hands Off Central Texas (#HOCTX), a coalition of liberal activist groups such as #50501, #IndivisibleAustin, #IndivisibleRosedale, #ThirdAct Texas and #ResistAustin.

"#HandsOff Central Texas President Sophia Mirto said that the rally will feature speeches by activists and locally elected politicians, as well as performances."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-kings-protest-organizer-calls-211358311.html

#Crackdown #PosseComitatus #SilencingDissent #TexasResists #Resist #Resistance #ResistFascism #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #USPol

Had a fine time this afternoon at #Staple Independent Media Expo. Filled up my bag with new comix and zines, met a bunch of new creators, and found a few from last year who sold me their newest issues. Lotta cool cats out there.

Also, it was great to meet @mydadisdracula (My Dad Is Dracula) and Zach Cranor (Last Place Comics).

It's still on for Sunday so you have plenty of time to go!

For me, tho, time to chill on the sofa and read.

#austintx #comics

HEEEEY #AUSTIN! Do you like #INDIE #COMICS? Do you like #ZINES? Do you like #GAMES? Do you like #ART?

This weekend is STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo!

It's at #StEdwardsUniversity on Saturday and Sunday. Lots of great artists and comix. Bring a wad of cash (or a card or a Venmo, such as it goes), because it's always great to score a great haul.

Meet the creators! Show some love! Find something new!

Tell Uncle Staple I sent ya!

https://staple-austin.org/
#comix #austintx #staple

This rush hour traffic along Westlake Blvd is always backed up on the two lane stretch from 360 to Red Bud Trail. All these spread-out mansions, and yet we can't even get into town in a respectable time. Maybe we should BUILD ANOTHER LANE. Seems to be their solution everywhere else. 🙃

#austintx #txdot

This is part of a putt putt golf course at “Holey Moley” in Austin, TX. Puns galore.

#AustinTX #PuttPutt #Retro #GenX

Angel Olsen, Whole New Mess, 2020 on Jagjaguwar

Whole New Mess presents new takes on the tracks from Angel Olsen‘s 2019 All Mirrors: though actually the Whole New Mess versions were recorded earlier, in 2018 at The Unknown, a studio in a former church in Anacortes Washington. (It is labeled as “the primer and precursor to All Mirrors“).

It was produced by Michael Harris and mixed by John Congleton, but is just Olsen and her guitar where All Mirrors had a full band.

She performed earlier this year at the Cabot Theatre – great show which I neglected to post about here.

My copy via Waterloo Records in Austin TX

#2020 #2020s #AnacortesWA #AngelOlsen #AustinTX #Jagjaguwar #JohnCongleton #MichaelHarris #TheUnkown #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WaterlooRecords

Great start to ACL Fest yesterday. We’ll be there all day all 3 days of each weekend registering people to vote. Come say hi and check your registration to make sure you’re good to vote!

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #HeadCount #aclfest #AustinTX #austin #registertovote #music #festival

Great start to ACL Fest yesterday. We’ll be there all day all 3 days of each weekend registering people to vote. Come say hi and check your registration to make sure you’re good to vote!

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #HeadCount #aclfest #AustinTX #austin #registertovote #music #festival

Great start to ACL Fest yesterday. We’ll be there all day all 3 days of each weekend registering people to vote. Come say hi and check your registration to make sure you’re good to vote!

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #HeadCount #aclfest #AustinTX #austin #registertovote #music #festival

Great start to ACL Fest yesterday. We’ll be there all day all 3 days of each weekend registering people to vote. Come say hi and check your registration to make sure you’re good to vote!

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #HeadCount #aclfest #AustinTX #austin #registertovote #music #festival

Great start to ACL Fest yesterday. We’ll be there all day all 3 days of each weekend registering people to vote. Come say hi and check your registration to make sure you’re good to vote!

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #HeadCount #aclfest #AustinTX #austin #registertovote #music #festival

Turned in a few more voter registrations to the tax office.

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #elections #HeadCount #austin #AustinTX #traviscounty

Turned in a few more voter registrations to the tax office.

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #elections #HeadCount #austin #AustinTX #traviscounty

Turned in a few more voter registrations to the tax office.

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #elections #HeadCount #austin #AustinTX #traviscounty

Turned in a few more voter registrations to the tax office.

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #elections #HeadCount #austin #AustinTX #traviscounty

Turned in a few more voter registrations to the tax office.

#democracy #voting #voterregistration #elections #HeadCount #austin #AustinTX #traviscounty

Austin, TX: Joe Lonsdale, millionaire capitalist and co-founder of imperialist spyware company Palantir, awoke to a banner by his investment office 8VC.

Lonsdale is also a Trump campaign megadonor.

#Austin #AustinTX #Palantir #antiwar #8vc

Austin, TX: Joe Lonsdale, millionaire capitalist and co-founder of imperialist spyware company Palantir, awoke to a banner by his investment office 8VC.

Lonsdale is also a Trump campaign megadonor.

#Austin #AustinTX #Palantir #antiwar #8vc

Austin, TX: Joe Lonsdale, millionaire capitalist and co-founder of imperialist spyware company Palantir, awoke to a banner by his investment office 8VC.

Lonsdale is also a Trump campaign megadonor.

#Austin #AustinTX #Palantir #antiwar #8vc

Austin, TX: Joe Lonsdale, millionaire capitalist and co-founder of imperialist spyware company Palantir, awoke to a banner by his investment office 8VC.

Lonsdale is also a Trump campaign megadonor.

#Austin #AustinTX #Palantir #antiwar #8vc

Austin, TX: Joe Lonsdale, millionaire capitalist and co-founder of imperialist spyware company Palantir, awoke to a banner by his investment office 8VC.

Lonsdale is also a Trump campaign megadonor.

#Austin #AustinTX #Palantir #antiwar #8vc

Re-intro post I guess. Moved from @[email protected] to @aspensmonster. Also used to be @[email protected] way back when.

"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.”

Geography: #atx #tx #austin #texas #AustinTX #FortWorth #dfw

Tech: #GrapheneOS #firefox #debian #sysadmin #RockyLinux #AlmaLinux #osm #OpenStreetMap #RISCV #OpenPower #PowerPC #PPC

Politics: #socialism #communism #marxism #MarxismLeninism #cyberpunk

Games: #haloinfinite #celeste #StardewValley #Nintendo64 #n64 #DeusEx #zelda #OcarinaOfTime #botw #nintendo #playstation #DetroitBecomeHuman #dbh

Movies: #TheMatrix #BladeRunner

#FortnightFridayMusic
February 23 2024
The prompt is Wild

Holy Wave, “Wet & Wild” from “Relax” 2014

Bless #AustinTX for being a bastion of free thinking in the midst of a state about which I shall not editorialize here.

This last track on #Austin's Holy Wave’s second album ends it perfectly, its melody suggesting a coda. This is #PsychedelicRock that just drips essence of #60s, complete with what sounds like a classic #farfisa organ; maybe it’s the disaffected #StreamOfConsciousness lyrics that keep it feeling modern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPWeI5VQTHA

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

Here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

I'm already in the fediverse as @[email protected] , here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

I'm already in the fediverse as @[email protected] , here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .

I'm already in the fediverse as @[email protected] , here's my #introduction for this instance.

Interested in #bikes #cycling , especially #RoadCycling & #UltraCycling , also #BurngingMan but more than that #RegionalBurns especially #BurningFlipside . I read a lot of #sf and spend too much time on #metafilter . I'm a #japanese #translator for my day job. Longtime resident of #AustinTX .