phil

Retired. Would rather be camping.

[phil @pgavenda]

@TRHLofficial Have you seen a newspaper since 1689?

[phil @pgavenda]

Slaveholders still pissed about XIII Amendment.

[phil @pgavenda]

Five years after shedding Confederate moniker, a West Texas high school may be Lee High again https://t.co/RP5E439bJW via @TexasTribune

[phil @pgavenda]

@GregAbbott_TX @TexasGuard Says the governor who pardoned a dude who murdered a protester. In cold blood.

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

This is it. *THE* video to watch from yesterday's destructive supercell. Credit to Iskra Mahler for catching it on his drone from east Austin.

Edited to highlight:
1. Wall cloud over Austin with brief tornado attempt
2. Rare capture of a microburst
3. FFD ripping into the city

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

The largest hail fell in Cedar Park before this storm transitioned to microburst mode in Austin.

The 77 MPH wind gust at the airport will go down as the 3rd strongest recorded there. One rain gauge picked up 2.68" in 15 minutes... That's the highest rainfall rate I've ever seen

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but a rain gauge in east Austin (near Webberville Rd) might have picked up one of the highest rainfall rates ever recorded.

2.68" was measured in 15 minutes at COA gauge 3310. That translates to an hourly rate of 10.72"/hr

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

But this js false, there are multiple studies comparing vaccinated vs unvaccinated, I will list a few

[phil @pgavenda]

find me on bluesky...
https://t.co/urCms1Fd5z

[phil @pgavenda]

https://t.co/urCms1Fd5z

[phil @pgavenda]

@elonmusk Ironic post is ironic.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

New Zealand’s Parliament was temporarily suspended after Māori lawmakers performed a haka, a traditional dance, demonstrating their community’s anger and fear over a bill that aims to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people. https://t.co/nu55lS7Y8M

[phil @pgavenda]

@EvilMopacATX Spot on again. When the polio vaccines became available every single mom in the 'hood marched us kids to Lamar Jr High and we gratefully downed our sugar cube. Everyone knew, or had family members crippled or killed by polio.

[phil @pgavenda]

@EvilMopacATX No shit.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Via our parent company @GlobTetrahedron
CEO @BryceTetraeder: https://t.co/c3yFESwUKU

[phil @pgavenda]

@averytomascowx

[phil @pgavenda]

@hotsoupmfer @AdamSchiff @BryanCranston @RosenforNevada Hitler took over Nazi Germany without winning over 47% of the popular vote.

[phil @pgavenda]

@KVUE I can hear the "Sieg Heils!" from East Austin!