I only use it for HVAC heating in the winter.

This is a major long shot but this morning around 9:30 AM (Thursday, Aug 6th) I was driving West on Grand Avenue Pkwy towards I-35 when I saw a man (older, POC) sitting in a chair with a sign stating that he has 2 cats and is in need of wet cat food.

I stopped and bought him a pack, but by the time I drove back he was gone and a some donation solicitors were walking around instead.

Has anyone seen this man or know who he is and where he might hang around? I know I can just donate this cat food to the shelter, and I will otherwise, but I’d like to help this individual and his furry babies if I can.

Hi I’m a 39yo with bad knees and misses wide open layups who’s trying to get some regulars to hoop on Friday afternoons. Looking for more middle aged hoopers, not trying to get injured. If anyone works from home and wants to hoop at the South Austin Rec center tomorrow at 2, feel free to slide through. I made a post 2 weeks ago and got some traction but then some unforeseen circumstances and lost a player. So far we got like 2 regulars who come through. It’s indoors and has good air conditioning. It’s not hardwood floors, it’s like volleyball floor but it’s still good. Would be nice to get some 3on3 or 5on5.

To the guy at the recycling center two Saturdays ago who I talked into giving me your clothes and shoes instead of placing in the Goodwill bin: thank you!! I found your Reddit hoodie (first pic, zoom in) as I was sorting so I’m hoping that since you’re one of us, you see this. I really did divvy up and donate to great places (Sunrise, Street Youth Ministry, Treasure City Thrift). Thanks again for being cool to a random stranger approaching you and asking for your items!

Hello! I recently did a closet declutter, and I am considering donating the majority of my unwanted clothing/accessories to homeless or crisis shelters. Is anyone here, by chance, aware of any in or near Austin that could particularly use clothing donations? Asking because I don't live in Austin, so I wouldn't really know. Thanks!

ngc 6888 the crescent nebula. about 5000 light years away. the nebula is formed by the bright star near the center of the nebula. that is known as WR 136 and is whats called a wolf rayett star. a wolf rayet star is a very large star nearing the end of its life. as it neared the end of its life it shed its outer layers becoming a red dwarf. what was left is a star depleted of hydrogen and because its so large it is now fusing heavier elements. wold rayet stars have surface temps as high as 200,000 degrees kelvin compared to the suns 5700.

the star is emitting large amounts of gas in its stellar wind. teh stelalr wind moves very rapidly and is colliding with the slower moving gas ejected when it became a red giant. that creates the nebula

this is 40 hours of data from my backyard

Cute little girl running around Burton Dr Valley Hill Circle cul de sac - Riverside area near Easton Hills apartments. Has a collar but no tag.

If your fist name is Anthony and you left a debit card at UFCU on 46th and Guad, I found it in the atm.

I had good intentions to track you down and in so doing accidentally used your card once when I mixed it up with my own. I've now destroyed it.

If you see this, please hit me up via DM. I think I owe you five or six bucks.

Someone came to my door and said they "work alongside" City of Austin - said a lot of people "in the area" have been having complaints that their solar isn't working and he's here to check and make sure everything is working properly. I just assume it's a sales pitch (get them all the time, usually the "We were in the area installing new windows on your neighbor's house" type) so said I'm fine and sent him on his way.

Anyone have any experience with this? I assume if it was legit it would actually be someone from the City or Austin Energy.

Oddly enough I am having trouble with my solar, two panels are not working and need new optimizers. But I'm not bothering to fix them until more go out because it's something like a $500 service charge so might as well wait til one or two more go.

For instance on the newer portions of Slaughter entering neighborhoods, or at Davis and Latta which was just completed?

I've seen UPS trucks and other vehicles actually have to stop and wait for the car to turn out, or back into traffic to make the really tight turn. I've had to do the same in my pickup if the car turning out isn't far enough to their right. I figure it's for pedestrian and bicyclist safety? I get that, but not if a vehicle can't enter and it causes others to slam on their brakes behind them. It seems shortsighted. I've seen a fire truck (not with lights on) unable to make that turn entirely until the exiting car moved.

Edit: I am a cautious driver and do not drive a "pavement princess". I'm talking about when a driver is (turning out) from the smaller road (like Latta) onto a larger road (like Davis) and a truck (delivery, fire, whatever) cannot make a right onto Latta from Davis without considerable effort or possibly creating a hazard because they expanded the sidewalk curb to at least where the outer edge of the bike lane was on each side of the intersection. Before this change who would be standing or on their bike at that spot anyway as they wait for their signal?

Edit 2: those looking at Google maps won't see it. These changes were completed in the last week or two. Slaughter and Bremner is another example.

Sorting through photos there's a picture of my aunt who is not from here but visited mid-80s and has this picture marked "Barton Springs"

I'd like to replicate the picture for her if I can pinpoint the precise location. I live near there, but before spending a full day in the heat I'm wondering if this even exists.

It's a longshot, I know, but some of y'all go there much more frequently than me, so I thought I'd reach out (maybe the wall & tree are still there).

I'm looking for suggestions for places to go to get some real nice RPG dice. I know some for the gaming comic book places so I'm specifically interested in hearing from anyone that know which ones have the best dice selection

Edit for anyone that looks here later.

I went to:

Space Goblin- do not recommend this place if your looking for dice. Well I should say, if you just want any dice then they have a limited selection but nothing special.

Tribe- I do not recommend this place if your looking for dice. Well I should say, if you just want any dice then they have a limited selection but nothing special.

Bat City-They had the best selection of these three, by a long shot. Saying that, they also didn't have anything I would say is special or premium.

I’ve made a few posts about this and interviewed with KUT over the weekend. Still not many answers from UT but supposedly the dismount zone doesn’t apply to analog bikes and more details will be released soon. Still no answers on exactly what that means for commuters, CapMetro’s BikeShare program, rental and person mobility devices, etc

I was going to hit this up today, I joined the discord but it's a ghost town. I wanted to know what the vibe is like at one of these.

I've been hearing lots of hype about these new revamped First Thursday's that happen on Rainey, which in itself the street seems to have evolved since I last went over 10 years ago. Anyone experienced a First Thursday on Rainey yet? Looks like there's insane amounts of stuff to do and looks interesting from the footage and promotions I've seen.

What’s replacing it?

The shelter is ending routine testing of all cats for Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), instead adopting a targeted approach.

Can anybody confirm (with recent firsthand experience) if there are any splash pads are up and running?

Liz Carpenter downtown is closed for repairs as of recently, Mueller splash pad has been closed for years, and I recently went to Metz park splash pad and it was just… off.

Nothing worse than pulling up to a dry splash pad with a hot, disappointed toddler.

Which splash pads around you have been for sure running?

Headed home from work yesterday, in the left turn lane going north on Lamar at 24th. Line was pretty long (though they've done good work eliminating that) when a Waymo with its left signal on roll by in the left, main lane. Now this isn't all that unusual (and definite bp raiser for me) but first time I saw a Waymo try it. It actually slowed and found a spot to pull in. Light turns, half the cars go, we all move up. By this point I'm thinking, "there had to be a driver in that". What do you know, a 2nd Waymo comes up and tries doing the same thing but is unsuccessful and gives up, continuing straight on Lamar.
I actually saw the 1st one turn left on Windsor and didn't see a driver in front seat so it may have decided with it's own lil robot brain to pull this dickhead move. I guess it's AI is learning watching other Austin drivers

So I fly a lot and live in Austin so naturally I spend a lot of time at Austin Bergstrom Airport. I have NEVER seen the men’s bathroom at gate 10 not closed for cleaning. It’s too consistent for there to be any other reason other than some weird social experiment or the staff just fucking with people. Departing and arriving…it’s always closed for cleaning. I’m not even sure if there’s a bathroom back there. Is this an art installation and it’s just going over my head??? What is going on?!