annieinaustin
@annieinaustin.bsky.social
Votes blue, lives in Texas, likes plants, birds, old movies, banging on a piano and people of good will who are also smartasses.
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annieinaustin
@annieinaustin.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I can't change the dry weather but I can keep the birdbaths full! I caught a few seconds of video of this lovely visitor today - a Black-throated Green Warbler. Here's a frame from the video #Birds
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Stop pronouncing it DOGE like we're 16th century Venetians addressing the duke.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
March 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Stop pronouncing it DOGE like we're 16th century Venetians addressing the duke.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
Start calling it Dodgy.
dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective
Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.
I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
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For #bandcampfriday, here's the most recent thing I've been involved in... (I play baritone guitar).
This will appear on a new album later in 2025.
This will appear on a new album later in 2025.
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For #bandcampfriday, here's the most recent thing I've been involved in... (I play baritone guitar).
This will appear on a new album later in 2025.
This will appear on a new album later in 2025.
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Anybody in or about Dallas looking for patient-car equipment? I have a hydraulic “Hoyer” patient lift with two slings, a home hospital-type bed with linens and several walkers. Thousands new, I would like a little cash for them if I can get it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Anybody in or about Dallas looking for patient-car equipment? I have a hydraulic “Hoyer” patient lift with two slings, a home hospital-type bed with linens and several walkers. Thousands new, I would like a little cash for them if I can get it.
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who had Active Measles Case in Hometown on their bingo card? i sure didn't
My staff and I are closely tracking the potential measles exposure in San Antonio that originated with a visitor from West Texas.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
February 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
who had Active Measles Case in Hometown on their bingo card? i sure didn't
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THIS is how we beat Trump.
We make him a fucking joke.
We make him a fucking joke.
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
THIS is how we beat Trump.
We make him a fucking joke.
We make him a fucking joke.
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"The men appear to have barricaded the entrance to the bank, spray painted the security cameras, and ordered the employees to lie on the floor. We're watching now to see if they do anything wrong."
I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The men appear to have barricaded the entrance to the bank, spray painted the security cameras, and ordered the employees to lie on the floor. We're watching now to see if they do anything wrong."
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Thinking today about the banker in STAGECOACH (1939) who proclaims that we need "America for Americans," lower taxes, and "a businessman for president" and ends up getting arrested for embezzlement.
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thinking today about the banker in STAGECOACH (1939) who proclaims that we need "America for Americans," lower taxes, and "a businessman for president" and ends up getting arrested for embezzlement.
I was glad to read a good story about a good IceMan this morning. People working together to feed hungry people. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
A Fish Farm Offered 40,000 Pounds of Salmon for Free. There Was a Catch. (Gift Article)
When an upstate New York salmon farm went out of business, nonprofits had days to find a way to catch, refrigerate and clean more than 13,000 fish.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was glad to read a good story about a good IceMan this morning. People working together to feed hungry people. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
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As RFK Jr's first confirmation hearing is underway, here's a look at the response from pediatricians and some background on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy 👇
January 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As RFK Jr's first confirmation hearing is underway, here's a look at the response from pediatricians and some background on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy 👇
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To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
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If we all watch THE STING (1973) tonight for Paul Newman's centenary we'll game Netflix's algorithm's forever!
THE STING (1973) is now the oldest American narrative film on Netflix — one of only 5 released before 1980 on the largest subscription streaming service in the U.S.
#Streaming #FilmSky
#Streaming #FilmSky
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If we all watch THE STING (1973) tonight for Paul Newman's centenary we'll game Netflix's algorithm's forever!
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Just in case any of you were thinking of seeing Flight Risk this weekend...nah.
Mel Gibson: I’m glad Trump is here. It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off
January 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just in case any of you were thinking of seeing Flight Risk this weekend...nah.
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I l i t e r a l l y had to look at the calendar just now to be sure that the inauguration was only four days ago.
January 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I l i t e r a l l y had to look at the calendar just now to be sure that the inauguration was only four days ago.
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The premiere of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in 1984. It created a media climate that glorified greed, vapidness & excess while creating an unearned aura that rich people were better & smarter than us while catapulting charlatans in the national eye, particularly a real estate conman from NYC.
5. What is one tiny, overlooked moment in history that you think changed the course of the world?
January 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The premiere of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in 1984. It created a media climate that glorified greed, vapidness & excess while creating an unearned aura that rich people were better & smarter than us while catapulting charlatans in the national eye, particularly a real estate conman from NYC.
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So I can't walk *or* rest? Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing (or not doing) here.
Just Old People Things
Just Old People Things
January 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So I can't walk *or* rest? Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing (or not doing) here.
Just Old People Things
Just Old People Things
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I just encountered a SCURVY denier on facebook. SCURVY. Claimed sailors didn't die of it. Never happened. Profile was covered in anti-vaxx nonsense, which is unsurprising, but like, why deny scurvy??? The cure is FRUIT.
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I just encountered a SCURVY denier on facebook. SCURVY. Claimed sailors didn't die of it. Never happened. Profile was covered in anti-vaxx nonsense, which is unsurprising, but like, why deny scurvy??? The cure is FRUIT.
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I think about this joke a lot these days.
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think about this joke a lot these days.
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With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
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Bluesky, can you help me? I’m in the market for a food processor. Nothing huge, no bells and whistles, easy for a disabled hobbit-sized person to handle. Real buttons, minimal settings. No fuckin wifi.
I just need to chop things and my poor hands can’t do it anymore.
I just need to chop things and my poor hands can’t do it anymore.
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Bluesky, can you help me? I’m in the market for a food processor. Nothing huge, no bells and whistles, easy for a disabled hobbit-sized person to handle. Real buttons, minimal settings. No fuckin wifi.
I just need to chop things and my poor hands can’t do it anymore.
I just need to chop things and my poor hands can’t do it anymore.
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This is wild: The three leads of STAR WARS did a local Chicago talk show a few weeks after the movie was released, and took questions from a group of Star *Trek* fans. Also wild: This video probably hasn’t been seen in 48 years. youtu.be/sxzl5k79Z1c?...
The Lee Phillip Show - "Star Wars Cast Interview" (6/17/1977!!) 😮
YouTube video by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is wild: The three leads of STAR WARS did a local Chicago talk show a few weeks after the movie was released, and took questions from a group of Star *Trek* fans. Also wild: This video probably hasn’t been seen in 48 years. youtu.be/sxzl5k79Z1c?...
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I know it must seem that predation by cats is “natural,” but in the context of the natural world, it is not. Domestic cats are an introduced species, and birds did not evolve to understand how to evade them. Keeping cats indoors or on a leash is safest for everybody.
Domestic #cats take an unfathomable toll on #birds, killing ~2.4 billion annually in the USA alone.
This year, help birds by taking the pledge to keep your cat indoors! 🏠 Keeping cats indoors protects birds while also leading to a longer, healthier life for your beloved pet. 😻 bit.ly/4afVhTD
This year, help birds by taking the pledge to keep your cat indoors! 🏠 Keeping cats indoors protects birds while also leading to a longer, healthier life for your beloved pet. 😻 bit.ly/4afVhTD
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I know it must seem that predation by cats is “natural,” but in the context of the natural world, it is not. Domestic cats are an introduced species, and birds did not evolve to understand how to evade them. Keeping cats indoors or on a leash is safest for everybody.
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The chair of the Texas GOP said Tuesday that church-state separation doesn't exist as Republican lawmakers vowed to give the Legislature "back to the Holy Spirit" and pastors promised to continue attaching the Johnson Amendment and weed out "cowardly" clergy who wont politick from the pulpit.
Texas GOP chair denies church-state separation as lawmakers, pastors prep for ‘spiritual battle’
Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith.
www.texastribune.org
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The chair of the Texas GOP said Tuesday that church-state separation doesn't exist as Republican lawmakers vowed to give the Legislature "back to the Holy Spirit" and pastors promised to continue attaching the Johnson Amendment and weed out "cowardly" clergy who wont politick from the pulpit.