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I am resisting becoming a middle-aged bird guy, but I'm like 80% sure I was sharing Barton Springs with a Double-Crested Cormorant this afternoon…

Jack glowingly mentioning the apparently unauthorized geodata integration work being done for DHS is certainly a choice… #gischat #texasgisforum

He pisses me off specifically because when I see him, I envision him 30+ years ago as a smarmy, obnoxious debater. That was MY job, but he was so good at it he went pro, while I matured and somehow became friends with a surprising number of left-wing trans witches (I got the better deal, IMHO).

I just answered the door for a push-pollster for Abbott - their talking points are weak as hell, and must have abysmal targeting if chronic Democratic primary and early-voting households are on their block walks.

What is the lower age bound for first-person experience of TV Dinners? A friend about a dozen years my junior unironically referred to them as a commonplace thing (not as a historical reference) but her father is relatively old. I think very few people under 25 would think to use this term casually.

1 Zacharia = 0.45454546 Scaramucci

What is the peg-leg acceptability threshold? 50% is clearly okay; 100% is apparently too many. Is 75% acceptable? Gonna do a study with insects, arachnids, centipedes, and then millipedes to get maximal precision on this important question on pirate science!

I recently realized that I have an unreasoning grudge against a longtime client because they have an ampersand in their name, which has caused issues a few times.

The common use of crime scene tape and imitations thereof in Halloween decor emerged sometime after my childhood, and I do kinda feel like it's a weird addition to the genre.

Are there any studies of SA allegations against candidates or officeholders by party by year (at any level, but national would be ideal) that correlated them to ideological sorting over the past 50ish years?

A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.

viral poster for legendary ska band the Historic Pavers

"I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones, but there’s one thing I know for sure: I would rather walk the plank than suck on a single stinking lime." buff.ly/TyxOvns

Why is the Trump administration trying to romanticize a period of time using false tropes and stories? This is a clear whitewashing of history to promote a revisionist, racist, and mythologized version of the antebellum South. truthout.org/articles/tru...

Autumn in Texas.

As a cyclist who is occasionally alone on a long country road, if I see vultures dining, I always compliment their work ethic; if they're circling too directly overhead, though, I take that as criticism of my pace.

So, I'm saddened but not surprised that the US alone voted against the UN adopting an equal area projection as its preferred world map, but annoyed the usual amount that very sexy interrupted projections are never even considered for the job!

I was riding Tracks, and a guy on the sidewalk asked if it folds. I pulled over to demonstrate it, thinking that I wished I'd been on Huffer, with its faster, easier, cooler fold. This was just a dream, but it was rude of my subconscious to call me out on how often I really do this 🤣

@hoopladigital.bsky.social - this is fucking gross. Trans lives >>> that monster's publicity. Offer a better book for free.

If Sony’s recent business decisions piss you off, here’s what you can do instead of buying their games! Step1: buy that little indie game you’ve been meaning to play but keep putting off Step2: play it Step3: if you like it, review and share it! Step4: see step 1

In about 10 minutes (8:10am Eastern), I’ll be on CBC Kitchener-Waterloo radio’s Morning Edition, talking about my upcoming book! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

As a person who was interviewed by NYT a week before Trump's second inauguration on his threats to independent news, I'm most terrified by my observation that there no longer seems to be a way for the public or rank-and-file journalists to stop or counterbalance the manipulation of public attention

Appealing to our better angels just isn't enough, apparently.

"Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over, 'Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is …' " short-stories.co/%40raybradbu...

Drivers are always in a hurry... *unless* someone makes them angry. Then they have all the time in the world to stop, harass people, and even commit murder.

I picked up reading Woman Life Freedom after my last assignment for the semester was done, having left off last year sometime, and found that while the movement didn't have the outcome Satrapi hoped for, these panels have proven sadly prescient.

When @youaregood.bsky.social and @begaysolvecrimes.bsky.social decide it's time for me to revisit the plot to kill public transit in LA, I guess I gotta…

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

Y'all are going to force me to find out what the fuck Ceefax is, aren't you? Ugh, fiiiine…

On New Year's Day, I sent a silly question to one of my favorite podcasts - today, it has been answered! Content Warning: you will be subjected to my voice Episode webpage: gastropod.com Media file: www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

Are you in San Antonio? Write a letter advocating for the continuation of the San Antonio Book Festival, which was singled out as among the things for potential budget cuts in the city. Details: www.instagram.com/p/DadzNB4HP08/ 1/2

In a rare confluence of circumstance & opportunity, the window company that's come to my door every few months for years just did so again. When I told the guy that I'd just gone with a different company last week, he asked me why. "Because they don't come knocking on my door every few months."

A message from Texas for the moderate wing of the DNC…

Possibly the best ask I've ever seen in my Buy Nothing group.

On campus this week, orientees stream past our small conference, and I realize that this summer marks 30 years since I was 18, new to campus, and to navigating Austin.

The CDC has been so eviscerated under Trump that it's incapable of basic epidemic responses. My Truthout article explores the implications as the Ebola outbreak in Africa spreads. truthout.org/articles/as-...

Successfully sniped a mysterious error in a new application by correctly recognizing that the code was looking for a - but the defined vocabulary in the database somehow ended up with a – in it. Putting the use of non-_ punctuation aside, never copy & paste from office software into code or tables.

I'll be at Geo4Lib Camp next week at @UTLibraries - any of you #GIS or #Library nerds planning to attend? #GISChat . #Ascot #SlowFashion

If you're in the Austin area next Wednesday, come out for a 🍻 & learn about one of Austin's most ambitious mobility projects, and make an investment in our life after cars! If you're too far away or too busy to make it, toi can make a difference here: www.redlineparkway.org/donate-north...

I keep meeting people who have forgotten the word "use". I thought "utilize" everywhere was awful until it gave way to "leverage".

Who's Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

Bike-thru >>> drive-thru

RIP Merle Haggard apnews.com/article/davi...

I am unreasonably pleased with my color-coding scheme. #GISChat #UNT #Library

MM-DD-YYYY was at the root of YET ANOTHER data problem. Stay in school, don't do drugs, and always use ISO date formats, kids