Austin Energy planning for 'tremendous strain,' possible billing impacts from new data centers The scope and speed of data center development is expected to bring challenges for the power utility.

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Yeah guess not!

Should I get it for my Mac?

Heard folks on #KUT talking about the Texas Book Festival and all the tents for different kinds of books. There’s a History tent, Biography tent, Memoir tent. Those are the Past Tents. And there’s a Sci Fi tent, Transhumanism tent, and somehow Kurzweil got his own ten? Those are the Future Tents.

Will Austin embrace air taxis? - Austin Monitor At their most-recent meeting, City Council’s Mobility Committee heard a presentation from Assistant City Manager Michael Rogerson the burgeoning air taxi industry, which Rogers framed as an emerging i...

Good lord I hope not. austinmonitor.com/stories/2025...

Donate to Help Cheer Up Charlies Stay Open, organized by Maggie Lea Cheer Up Charlies is an LGBTQ+ nightclub and venue in Austin, TX that currently needs your… Maggie Lea needs your support for Help Cheer Up Charlies Stay Open

Cheer Up's needs some help on rent! Or perhaps face closure. www.gofundme.com/f/help-cheer... #austin

I can't help it, I always read his name as "Broadsnax"

Highest demand day of the year in Texas, first time over 83,000 megawatts. Solar again providing a consistent, reliable 30% of demand; wind and solar combined are at ~50%. Plenty of extra power available, prices are low. No conservation alerts necessary. #txlege #txenergy

This is incredible

Sometimes I think about DIYing a lil sidewalk in front of my place but I think it would just come across as passive aggressive

If it’s short! Otherwise, edit that thang

Looks like the new Statesman website is live today. 6 months for 99 cents. And a whooooole lotta ads.

Magic Mirror, Lockhart Vintage Shop, Damaged by Drive-Through Natalie Ribbons, owner and Tele Novella singer, begins long road to reopening

They could use some help! www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-08...

A great episode about a topic dear to me: #Austin sidewalks. kutkutx.studio/atxplained/w...

Tetrisphere

Austin debuts first electric waste collection vehicle YouTube video by KXAN

Footage from KXAN of Austin’s first electric garbage truck, beginning of a year-long pilot to test out any operational issues

Private & public entities are trialing these in Toronto, Phoenix, Sacramento, Cambridge, Miami…etc. Really starting to pop up everywhere
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Austin LGBTQ+ bookstore BookWoman vandalized, owners suspect hate crime BookWoman, an LGBTQ+ feminist bookstore in Austin, was vandalized during Pride Month in a suspected hate crime, owners say.

Fuck this. I will be stopping by BookWoman — one of the country's oldest feminist bookstores, which is amazingly a few blocks from my house — and getting a book or three this week.

NEW: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill to outlaw THC products in the state.

Austinites: milk cartons, disposable coffee cups, etc should now be recycled!

www.austintexas.gov/recycling

the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics

My statement on recent protests against ICE raids. "Dear Austin Community, The local protests last night were a powerful demonstration of solidarity with immigrants across the nation, including those in Los Angeles, where peaceful demonstrations were met with the deployment of the U.S. military. There is growing recognition that ICE raids are driven by racism, xenophobia, and a systemic disregard for human rights. People have the right to speak out against injustice, and I remain committed to protecting First Amendment rights. Silencing protest through military force is a violation of the Constitution. This is a dark time in our nation’s history. Please take time to educate yourself on your rights and check in with your neighbors. In service, Council Member Krista Laine"

My statement on recent protests against ICE raids.

Austin's Real Estate Reality Check Podcast Episode · ATX Ahead · 04/30/2025 · 28m

The #Austin housing market is cooling down. Houses have even lost value for the first time in a long time.

Sounds good to me.

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🚨Under the deceptive A-F ratings released by Governor Greg Abbott‘s Agency the # of failing TX schools went ⬆️ 240% in 1 yr.

Courts had blocked these grades for being unjust, but the all-Abbott appointed 15th Court reversed.

It’s rigged from top to bottom.

AISD Superintendent Considers Moving Hundreds of Students From Dobie to Lamar Middle School Parents and staff worry as AISD avoids possible state takeover

This looks like a tough situation. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-04... #texas #austin #schools

I didn't expect to see a photo of my work in a Glasstire article but here we are.

Perfect for a health insurance customer support line

What are the #Austin #urbanist takes on that Park and Ride proposal at 38th and Guadalupe? Seems like it doesn't make sense to build, but at the same time, I don't want to be a Hyde Park nimby...

Jamaican Gold - KOOP Radio 91.7 FM An Austin Music Awards finalist 2018 – 2020 & 2022 for Best Music Radio Show and mainstay of KOOP’s Sunday schedule for over 20 years, each week Jamaican

Anybody know where Jamaican Gold went? KOOP’s got “Roots Train” on now, still holding down the dub and reggae. But where’s Art Baker? koop.org/program/jama... #austin

I still like Mastodon better than this place. Wish more of you were over there.