www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlGf... Love a cover I was unaware of!

Happy birthday to Willie Nelson, who turned 93 today and is still out on the road, performing two nights ago at the Koka Booth Amphitheater in North Carolina. He is amazing. Here's a circa 1950 photo of Willie with his grandmother, Nancy Nelson who raised him.

cold food truck: serving deli items, gazpacho, other refreshing but not warm dishes

“Alex Jones was once a local oddball, shouting his black-helicopter conspiracy theories on the city's public access cable network. Now we're all living in the post-truth world he helped create.” An obituary, sorta:

as I sit shivering here at the office, amazing things are happening elsewhere and my wife is a witness

You are being lied to. And there's only one man who knows the truth. Jim Haggerty returns, only on InfoWars.

would also love to hear from teachers!!

I have been to Bracken Cave and was delighted to see that in addition to the bats, other creatures (including a hawk, skunk and raccoon) all came out when the bats started emerging

This website has some truly curious bat photos, take a look: www.merlintuttle.org/bat-photogra...

I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... My wife just finished this book and was really impressed.

samuel beckett was born on this day 120 years ago. astonishing to think that if he had survived, and could run 100m in 9.57 seconds, he would be not only the oldest but also the fastest man in the world - together with his nobel prize for literature, an astonishing trifecta

They spent a decade complaining about safe spaces and then made a robot to give you compliments and tell you your mp3 of farting noises is Brian Eno

ontheballbowling.com has a 'flag of Iran bowling ball,' in case you missed it: www.ontheballbowling.com/products/iran

Love this. Now listening to a 1992 Afghan Whigs show when they begin by introducing themselves as Poi Dog Pondering: archive.org/details/ajc0...

have we tried calling him 'dangerous donald'

Defector has really been hitting it to all fields lately. Give 'em a shot if you haven't yet! defector.com/products

today's april fool is the Passover scoundrel Gefilte P. Fish

I really appreciate this - the end of 'digital media' didn't seem quite real when it was happening, and it's hard to let go

found some of that good ass hi-res 1999 shit. these are the pictures that would be on the wall at subway if subway were about computer

While doing some research, I found this 2018 City Journal article predicting that "wokeism" in Austin would bring a surge in crime, a "deterioration of the quality of life," and turn the city into the "into the seedy Times Square of yore." See replies to learn how that prediction held up!

cracking up at this thumbnail

a guy sitting next to us at the noodle place near campus said to his table, 'well, you know who controls the media' and I don't think he actually specified who did and now I'm dying to know

oh no!! my download won't include Climpchamp content!

I enjoyed this.

I think I will watch the Wendy's/Metaverse/hamburger-basketball debacle every time it shows up in my TL. just wonderful

real footage from the metaverse via @samleecole.bsky.social

"Cookie O'Puss" is a real treat I was reminded of by a friend

fantastic piece

This is why we're building a new, shared paradigm for paying for writing at the @flaminghydra.com cooperative.

good morning. I got an early preview of the AI slop founding fathers PragerU is taking on tour across the country

I wrote about old rap magazines, the fight for the future of hip hop’s past, and the impact the digital age has had on history, for @defector.com defector.com/lost-recipes

Costco Connection magazine just published a full article about why and how to stop your car

Randy Lewis, a professor at the University Texas, talks about his new book "Bummerland," the state of higher education, and much more: the-austin-tadarida.ghost.io/living-in-an...

this one is a little flavor-forward and I'm not sure how I feel about it

When I bought the Beach Boys album LOVE YOU on vinyl like 20 years ago, I noticed (one of?) the previous owner(s) had also sold a bunch of articles stuffed in with record. I finally uploaded them to archive.org: archive.org/details/stil... archive.org/details/rex-... archive.org/details/craw...

This was the greatest sketch of all time

I love that this is the picture they used on the official Cape Verde island website to show where they're located. www.capeverdeislands.org/islands/loca...

I was happy to be featured on the What Makes Austin Weird podcast: www.whatmakesaustinweird.com/episodes

piece about sleep apnea: the-austin-tadarida.ghost.io/hereditary-s... couldn't do much of an Austin angle with this one

at my old old job, you could get a colonoscopy covered by insurance (I learned this during a presentation BY the insurance company) ONLY if they found something in there. If you just did a preventative screening and they found bupkis, you'd get a bill.

really interesting reflection on Infinite Jest. I read it a couple of years ago and aged out of, I hope, the maximum pretension bracket, though I still find it fascinating.

THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …

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Great excuse to rewatch @stanzipotenza.bsky.social's very awesome short. www.youtube.com/shorts/md9i1...

Tracie here did the same, and had a great experience: the-austin-tadarida.ghost.io/i-wanted-to-...

Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage. If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]

Team resources is why worker-owned media collectives are so important. It's not gonna fix everything, especially the problem of readers only having so much cash, but everyone can't go it alone.