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@empowlr.bsky.social

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MSW. Public policy. Climate, disaster, water, gun policy & such. #txlege staffer. Sometimes I read the wind. ATX rn. She/Her. Buy me coffee: https://ko-fi.com/empowlr Black Lives Matter. Trans & Nonbinary Lives Matter. Text 741741 if you're in crisis.

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · Nov 18

Texans: like and pin the #txlege feed & tag your posts about it to have them show up there bsky.app/profile/did:...

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 5h

Sadness in the crate on lights out is now play bows and cavorting at late night o'clock.

h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe I can sneak that one through the lege

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 8h

APA prefers animals are separated for a week. For me it just ends up being a rotation of cats into one room so I can move the dog. I know that Hope is potty trained because she's been refusing to leave her kennel more than once a day, this week.

h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, no. I never introduce dogs earlier than a week to ten days. Give them all time to smell each other in shared spaces before anyone gets a visual. And then it's a visual through a barrier.

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 9h

lol I ordered from Galaxy Cafe with extra veggies in a bowl and the favor runner totally misunderstood and removed the veggies from the dish. So I'm eating an expensive bowl of lentils for dinner. (Favor refunded the order. No harm, smaller amounts of fowl.)

h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 9h

Her fur is so soft. She's just super afraid in the shelter. She told me she wanted to come out, and then she froze, so I carried her to the yard. She's already decompressing some by checking out yak cheese and eating PB off a lickmat.

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 10h

It only took visiting Hope in her kennel 6-10 times over the last week to get her to tell me she wanted to leave her kennel and be carried to a yard. Once I knew I could carry her consensually, bringing her home for a break was a less daunting challenge. She's 28lbs & newly spayed.

Hope the unbroken, a small spayed female dog available for adoption at Austin Pets Alive in TX. She is very shy.

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 10h

Ordering dinner and then washing a dozen dogs off me while Hope the Unbroken settles in a crate in my bedroom. She is currently crinkling the yellow duck and burying a bone in her bedding. I had to carry her into the house, she's a very nervous girl.

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bjørnebær @lilbjornebaer.bsky.social · 13h

someone wants pie

A black cat upright like a person, leaning on a table edge because he smells something he wants on top of the table.

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Somewhere In ATX @somewhereinatx.bsky.social · 15h

HEY! I'm a paying subscriber!

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Austin American-Statesman

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Are millennial men the worst- dressed people at ACL Fest? We investigate

Millennial men at Zilker for Austin City Limits Music Festival are giving "Cedar Park."

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 14h

I don't know. They certainly bandied it about a lot during the hearings.

h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 14h

Mistakes were made.

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 16h

Do you volunteer in any capacity? If so, what do you do/with whom?

I walk dogs at Austin Pets Alive, which can also mean playing, petting and socializing dogs with people and other dogs, kennel clean up, making sure dogs get their preventative meds every month and talking to people about dogs.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 18h

One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide (CO) as hundreds of cars. If you own a generator and are getting it ready for the nor’easter this weekend, check and make sure your CO alarms are working too. CO is a deadly gas you can’t see or smell and it can kill in minutes.

One portable generator with an equal sign next to a lot of cars. The text reads: one portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of mid-size cars. Only use your generator outdoors and 20 feet away from your home.

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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 18h

Pumpkin & Pookie: meow, meow, meow! (transl.: open window!)
Me: it's 40F out. Don't be ridiculous.
Cats, in unison: meow, meow, meow! (Translation: we have the hooman's attention! Open it! OPEN IT!)
Me, opening the damned window
Cats: um, it's cold out there, no thanks.
Happy #Caturday!

A black cat and an orange tabby stand in an open window, looking at the their human with disappointment.

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Nona Moss @nonamoss.bsky.social · 17h

my grandson making danger eyes right b4 he pounce

a black shorthair cat laying on his side. his head is tilted slightly upwards and his ears are at full attention. the pupils of his green-gold eyes are very large. the photographer is in imminent danger

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 19h

It's my favorite time of the year in the Northeast -- crisp air, leaves in every color, and, most importantly, it's finally butternut squash and caramelized onion galette season. It's my every-October-without-fail thing, and I hope you make it yours too.

smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/butt...

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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h'Owl @empowlr.bsky.social · 19h

The lobbying groups supported the legislation.

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