Thanks for the original source. One wonders what the South China Morning Post’s angle might be to incorrectly phrase it like they did

You’ll notice only the last seven words are actually a quote. Almost certainly this is a mashup of expressing concern that Iran will attack Israel and a statement that US intelligence thinks Iran would choose military targets.

I’m somewhat convinced it’s mostly Russian propaganda produced by Russian state-funded troll farms, which are very real

I struggle to understand lemmygrad. They advertise the instance as Marxist, but like you said they are reflexively pro-Russia and call you a western pig if you try to point out that Russia is also capitalist and not even remotely Marxist

“Tankies” as a term has been creeping from a description of people who think Stalin and Mao should be in charge again toward a description of anyone who believes even a hint of socialism should exist in society. It’s basically a right-wing dismissal at this point

20 years ago before I had a wife, a child, pets, or a mortgage and when I had a simple job, I would destroy weeks at a time with some Final Fantasy 8. Logged obscene hours, unlocked every secret and beat every minigame, more than once. There’s just no time in my life now for a game requiring that kind of time commitment, but there’s always the memories

Judges are the government. This judge clearly didn’t read the Supreme Courts decision they’re trying to use as justification here

It’s hard to overstate how different the standards were back then. Much of the housing that was built pre-1940 has been demolished, but if you find an average neighborhood still around from that era, you’ll find tiny 2 bedroom houses in which parents raised often 3 or more kids, and this was the middle class norm. In the US, the average person has way more living space today than back then

Is grandma a 3 year old? Inflation in the US was under 2% almost the entire decade before 2021. It was significantly higher for most of the 1970s and 80s

The NHC site for official forecasts/updates and the HWRF site for spaghetti models and more data than I will ever understand

I don’t think he stands a chance against Colin Allred at this point, but I think both Gutierrez and Allred are great candidates who will have respectful, content-rich debates. Both candidates I think have a better shot against Ted Cruz than Beto ever did

Grackle memes are great. If you have a going to HEB need anything meme that’s new and original, I salute you. It’s been a long while

Sandy’s Frozen Custard

Am I alone in wishing the Chili’s meme from r/austin would stay in r/austin? I was hoping for something fresh here rather than the same joke over and over forever. Sorry to be a wet blanket

I always thought people went to Willie’s 4th of July Picnic for the music. Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakum, Asleep at the Wheel, Shakey Graves, etc all played. For fireworks I’d pick Lady Bird Lake instead for sure

I had similar questions…there’s already an amphitheater there in the Zilker Hillside Theater, which is very old, so I’m definitely not against building a new one. I would be very against having regular paid concerts there like they’re doing at Waterloo Park though. Aside from the large events that happen there, performances at Zilker should be free for everyone

All the land around COTA is Austin ETJ rather than full purpose. My understanding is under state law, a municipality has no right or responsibility over road construction or maintenance in their ETJ besides being a rubber stamp on the local community coming together and voting to form a Municipal Utility District (MUD), which would have the power of taxation to develop local road infrastructure. Otherwise, the only entities with any power to do anything here would be Travis County or the State of Texas.

If that community wanted to be annexed into Austin, I’m certain Austin would develop a plan for the roads there, but I doubt they’d agree to annexation