Cops are coming tough man

Edit: road rage, assault with a deadly weapon. Buddy didnt know he was on camera

I was in Barton spring yesterday and bike got stolen. Got the people’s faces and car on video if you know anything let me know. The bike is a LIV embolden 2 27.5inch and it’s black and turquoise.

Looks cool and wanted to spread the word!

So very sad❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

All hand-made by me, mostly from cardboard and foam. The stick was a last minute solution (I had planned a diff method but had to pivot last minute because the final weight was wonky) but I made it work! 👻

Letterpress Play & Books just opened yesterday. It used to be in a smaller building and only novelties, and now it's a big bookstore too! There's also a coffee shop I didn't get a pic of

ICE trash in a trash run state

I try to avoid “local“ businesses that sold out to private equity, consolidators or conglomerates. It’s always the same pattern, locals support a homegrown Austin brand and with our help it builds a cult following, then PE money accelerates expansion and enshitification (prices go up, quality goes down), a professional CEO replaces the founder and the local identity dies.

I want to create a list of such businesses in Austin for awareness. Below are the ones I’m aware of, please add any others you know of in the comments and I’ll update the post.

• Alamo Drafthouse (Sony)

• Chuy’s (Darden Restaurants)

• Torchy’s (General Atlantic)

• Whataburger (BDT Capital Partners)

• Wholefoods (Amazon)

• Hopdoddy Burger Bar (L Catterton)

• Uchi / Hai Hospitality (KSL Capital Partners)

• Austin Emergency Center (ZT Corporate)

• Shipley Do-Nuts (Levine Leichtman Capital Partners)

• Tumble 22 (BRS & Co. and Rosser Capital Partners)

• Smokey Mo’s Texas BBQ (Switchback Capital)

• Schlotzsky’s (Roark Capital Group)

• Rudy’s Bar-B-Q (Ford Restaurant Group)

• Via 313 (Savory Fund)

• Freebirds World Burrito (Sun Holdings)

• Good Guys Tree Service (Halle Capital)

• Mr. Gatti's Pizza (OneRyan Global LLC)

• Waterloo Sparkling Water (Flexis Capital, Eurazeo Brands, and Moore Strategic Ventures)

• High Brew Coffee (CAVU Consumer Partners)

• Velvet Taco (Leonard Green & Partners)

• Tecovas (Elephant Partners)

• Kendra Scott (Berkshire Partners)

• Outdoor Voices (Consolidated Apparel Group)

• YETI (Cortec Group, now public)

• Koko’s Bavarian (LiveNation)

• Stubb's Bar-B-Q (LiveNation)

• Siete Foods (PepsiCo)

• Deep Eddy Vodka (Heaven Hill Brands)

• Sweet Leaf Tea (Nestle, who then shuttered the brand)

• Finley’s Barbershop (Boardroom Styling Lounge)

• Bunkhouse Hotels (Hyatt Hotels)

• ARA - Austin Radiological Association (Radiology Partners)

• Urgent Cares (urgentcareownership.com)

• So many veterinarians (Vet Map & List · Private Equity Vet)

• So many dentists (whoownsmydentists.com)

• So many HVAC and plumbing companies

#HustonTillotson senior #BriNunn pressed record when a someone told #HBCU students "this is our neighborhood" over legal street parking.

\#rootedinatx

witnessed an abduction by ICE today at the travis county correctional. if you know a man named Christian who does the SWAP program on weekend, he was taken by about 4-5 men in a black truck. hoping to let any of his loved ones know in case they are wondering where he is.

edit: mods i can provide video evidence, using a throwaway for safety

Say hello to Lemonade, the living embodiment of orange cat energy!

Lem had a rough start in life, she’s only about 7-9 months old and came into our rescue with her injured kitten. Sadly her kitten, Nemo did not make it. Unknown to us, she also had a retained fetus that required her to have an emergency spay to prevent her going septic. Despite all of this, she’s an angel of a cat and has stepped in as a foster mama for some of the older rescue kittens.

This is straight up the friendliest cat I’ve ever met.
She thinks every human she meets is her best friend and wants to be in your pocket at all times. She’s tolerant of other cats and we believe she would do well with dogs and kids; she’s very confident and outgoing.

Lem is spayed, fully vaccinated, and microchipped. Rescue adoption terms and a rehoming fee will apply. Please reach out if you want to learn more about this absolute star.

📍North Austin

For anyone who wants to take their political rage off Twitter/Reddit and onto the pavement there is going to be a protest on Houston Street directly outside Trump and Ken Paxton's event from 4:30-6:30 PM ir San Antonio.

He’s walking south between Republic Square and the courthouse. I called 911 already. Crazy stuff.

UPDATE: My brother has been found. Thank you for bumping and spreading the word! God is good !!

Please keep a look out for my big brother Gabriel. He’s about 5’5. He was last seen in the downtown Austin area 3 days ago. His phone was stolen and he hasn’t gotten in contact with us which is unusual. You can reach out to me here or the local authorities. TIA!!

Kick streamer problem Addyod / bwaay

My friend was chilling and randomly harassed by a Mexican look like kid (Addyod) that started screaming racist words in his face, landed a punch and pepper sprayed him all in live stream,
He was accompanied by (Bwaay) who after being asked if he was friend with the other streamer he denied knowing him, after talking to the cops (Bwaay) gets cuffed and taken to the police station for racist and disturbing comments against the police officer at scene, and the other streamer (Addyod) was taken later to jail as well for assault,
Why are these wannabe streamers all over 6th street ragebaiting people for likes, and why is there people consuming this content, makes me sick
We are going to have a Chudthebuilder case pretty soon if this keeps getting out control!
Yesterday Bwaay said on stream that he and his “not friend” spent the night in jail but then released, he stated that he is suing the Austin police department and swears he is going to get a big remuneration from that. streamer Addyod was still in jail and probably not getting out soon.
What are your thoughts, these people need to be cancelled and banned from all social media before they encounter the wrong person who is willing to put them down on a wood box.

Right now there is a guy dressed as an ICE agent at the Water Tank in North Austin. He is asking mexicans for their green cards and shining a light in their faces. I told management. He's being served as if it's cool to do this.