Murine typhus is a terrible disease with a relatively high fatality rate. It is endemic in Austin as well.

Now reading Shirtaloon’s, “He Who Fights With Monsters.” #BookSky #litrpg

I read this, in almost one sitting, yesterday, courtesy of the Austin Public Library. Highly recommended. #BookSky

Folks in #tx: Taylor Farms also supplies HEB grocery stores as far as I can tell

Blame doth go to Taylor Farms, not Taco Bell www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

There’s no time to eat during the week because of court appearances. Today I’m wandering around reading ebooks and eating raw vegetables. (Not lettuce.)

Want to avoid explosive diarrhea? Pass it on

What? Fuck, no. You folks are compromised.

I'm going into another government building today. Luckily it's a class on the first floor.

MAPLESS is today unleashed upon the world! and I hope it brings good things with it. It sure should! Here's the purchase link: www.amazon.com/Mapless-Poem...

I know how to saddle and ride a horse. That’s a Girl Scout camp thing in Texas.

🕯️ Witch House Issue 6 is open for submissions! Seeking atmospheric supernatural horror with eerie settings and lingering dread. 📖 1,500–2,500 words 📝 Poetry accepted 💰 $10 USD 📅 Deadline: Aug. 2 horrortree.com/taking-submi... #AmWriting #Horror

BREAKING: Investigators have linked Taylor Farms lettuce supplied to Taco Bell to the parasitic outbreak that has sickened thousands across the country. More than 4,300 cases have already been reported in Michigan alone.

Breaking: NBC and ABC announce they are refusing to air Trump’s presidential address tonight.

Rice noodles, canned spinach, canned lima beans, jarred roasted red pepper, and walnuts in a vinaigrette. #glutenfree #plantbased

It's honestly amazing the things attorneys will submit publicly when their individual names aren't on it.

before you depart on your self-discovery take time to prepare then allow yourself to roam in uncharted land inside #vss365 #depart #tanka

I’m stuck in an elevator on the 6th floor of the Travis County Criminal Courthouse. That’s the second elevator I have been in that lost power today. Your tax dollars at work. #ATX

Wishing you a beautiful afternoon ♥️

The Nueces, Frio, Guadalupe, Pedernales and Llano rivers are all at or nearing major flood stage, and there is a high risk of flash flooding from Del Rio to Fredericksburg, if you know people in the area. Turn on emergency alerts and have an evacuation plan! #texas

So, tomorrow! MAPLESS will finally be out in the world, in the wild of readers who, I hope, will love it and share it. That's YOU, I hope! Friday, tomorrow, July 17. Wheeeeee! 🎉

No permanence is ours; we are a wave
That flows to fit whatever form it finds:
Through day or night, cathedral or the cave
We pass forever, craving form that binds. Hesse #Poetry

Are you ready for a bike ride? I’m looking forward to sharing a collection of cycling inspired prompts which mirror the experience of one ride. Take the prompts where you’d like! I can’t wait! Let’s go! The #vss365 prompt for July 16, 2026 is #depart

My nonwhite ancestry is courtesy of Danish sailors and accountants for the East India Tea Company. One brought home a wife from a port city in Nigeria. Scandinavia, even, has never been that white. Serkis is such a disappointment.

I don't know anyone who works as hard as Hailey does. If she didn't have to be her mother's full-time caretaker and cover all the extra costs of her cancer treatment, she wouldn't be in this mess. She's one of the first trans ppl to run for political office in Brazil. PLEASE HELP.

Less than $4.00 today!!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Confirmation hearing for Trump water boy Blanche now in progress on CNN. Tune in now!

unspeakable horror

for anyone who wasn't awake when I posted this yesterday :)

Make America Heave Again www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/w...

Re-posting this for no real, um, reason. #Cyclosporiasis #ExplosiveDiarrhea

I’m enjoying cooking with pressure cooked and pasteurized produce, to avoid cyclospora. Last night was a combination of a cold blackeyed pea, gardiniera salad, dressed in vinaigrette, topped with plant based feta. Also baked canned tomatoes on gluten free bagels are amazing. #FoodSky #glutenfree

We cannot accept the reckless use of deadly force by federal agents as normal. There is a pattern of this administration misleading the public and withholding key facts after these killings.

#Poetry #Painting #Koi Among heart-shaped leaves the white fish gleams, red tail. Soft lotuses sleep. -Jennifer Wong 🎨 Yu Huan Huan

"Trump has created a new public health emergency, a surge of HIV positive infants"

Westlaw just sent me an offer saying they partnered with Claude, and would I be interested in talking to a sales rep about Claude. I’m wondering if Claude would get prosecuted and not me, when they get hacked and their system puts client information on the internet. #LawSky

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Welcome to Puppy Court

We were wondering if sudden illness might be unattended tea. @LisaMims2026 #smallpoemsunday #senryu

What the heck. For #SmallPoemSunday, @tomsnarsky.bsky.social , please enjoy What If A Cat:

Have you read THE TOMBS OF ATUAN this year? Because you should totally read THE TOMBS OF ATUAN every year.

Margarita Dusk Rain lights up sunset fireflies in sparkling echoes of frosty shaved ice @LMM2026 #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #prompt [rain frosty]

It was one of those perfect mornings, temperatures cooling down, autumn rolling in; I decided to have my tea on the back deck I felt the tug of being watched, turned my gaze, and there stood a sentinel of the forest #BlueSkyArtShow #Quiet #ECK

GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.

Our haiku prompts for 11-18 July Not every day is a winner. Enjoy the days that are. Feel free to use whatever form of the prompt that calls you. North South 7/11 Rain Frosty 7/12 Meadow Hibernate 7/13 Sunflower Glimmer 7/14 Lush Pasture Bare Tree 7/15 Overcast Sky Huddle 7/16 Evening Rain […]

Ok #Foodsky, tell me what you would eat if fresh fruit and vegetables were completely off the table. (So to speak.) So far, I have jarred red peppers, gardiniera, pickles, V-8, fruit juice, canned tomatoes, pasta sauce, capers, field peas and sauerkraut. What would you add?

Some men die at ebb tide; some at low water; some at the full of the flood