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A Marquee saying "I Just Take a Book With Me Everywhere It's A Habit! - Rory Gilmore"

Happy Gilmore Girls season to all who celebrate🍂☕☂️

In other words, get offa my goddamned cloud.

I’ve seen a few recipes for homemade crunchwraps. I’ve never tried one in the wild but really wanted to make one. this one, from Bon Appetit, is a skillet breakfast take. it’s infinitely customizable. and tasty. #food #cooking

cheers to saturday with matcha martinis. #cocktails

mango fonio salad with spiced cashews from the book Senegal was inspired by reading about fonio beer in Bon Appetit. #food #cooking #cookbooks

it’s friday and the flowers demanded a visit at Boggy Creek Farm.

The Chocolaty Drink You Need for Fall An Austin-based maker creates small-batch Mexican drinking chocolates that are steeped in tradition.

As a chocolate maker—rather than a chocolatier, who crafts confections with already-made chocolate—Ashley Ugarte roasts imported Mexican cacao beans herself. 🍫 https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/hijita-chocolate-maker/

Jessica Knurick Is on a Crusade to Correct MAHA Misinformation The researcher has been studying food and chronic disease prevention for years. Now she’s a leading fact-checker in a national conversation.

At @civileats.com, @lisaelaineh.bsky.social is up with a fascinating interview with influencer Jessica Knurick, who recently rose to fame on Instagram with her reels fact-checking MAHA.

civileats.com/2025/09/30/j...

Public Citizen Report: Abbott Donors Draw Nearly $1 Billion in No-Bid State Contracts - Public Citizen AUSTIN, Texas — A new Public Citizen report released today finds that donors to Gov. Greg Abbott’s political action committee,…

Read the report below to see for yourself ⬇️:

www.citizen.org/news/public-...

it’s fall even if it doesn’t feel like it yet. so, maple-glazed apple blondies it is! this is from the book Sweet Tooth which definitely activated my sweet tooth. #food #baking #cookbooks

it’s fish ‘n chips friday! but make it baked; and make the baked chips with local potato and okra; and make a dipping sauce with creme fraiche, garlic, amchur, and chile powder. #food #cooking #localfood

From Ice Cream to Insecurity: A Scoop of Food Politics - Food & Society Corby explores the evolving landscape of food culture and social [...]

"You can't complain about it if you can't measure it" from my most recent conversation with Margery and Jim on Boston Public Radio about the cynical strategy behind eliminating the annual Household Food Insecurity Survey.
More: aspenfood.org/2025/09/25/f...

Trump’s tariffs, deportations and climate change are making groceries more expensive | CNN Business President Donald Trump pledged to bring down grocery costs. But his administration’s policies are contributing to an acceleration in prices, food economists and companies say.

“Grocery prices last month rose at their fastest pace in three years, stoked by Trump’s tariffs, a crackdown on immigration, and extreme weather hurting food production.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/20/b...

Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets

Volunteer with TreeFolks - TreeFolks

Looking to volunteer more in Austin this fall and winter? Join our events! You can help us distribute trees to the community, plant saplings along waterways, or plant the seeds for the trees we will use in the future! Check the link below and give us a hand!
www.treefolks.org/volunteer/

To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
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Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible. As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat toothpaste and toilet paper.

"Cell phone images smuggled out of jails and prisons across the country reveal food that hardly looks edible, let alone nutritious. ...kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: 'not for human consumption.'"

sunday brunch is roasted local vegetable hash with 1st of the season sweet potatoes. #food #localfood #cooking

snack time! the smoky paprika corn sticks are from Flavor Flours. I made them with masa, and they’re baked twice like biscotti. the zucchini and white bean dip is from the June issue of Food and Wine. #food #cooking #cookbooks

revisiting the 👌chopped cucumber and feta salad from Health Nut. so good with local goat feta and cucumbers plus lots of basil. #food #cooking #cookbooks

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

New extended definition of Remote Control @newyorker.com new issue

Birdie’s Picked as One of Wine Spectator’s Favorite Wine Bars Meet Me at the Wine Bar, says magazine

We love it when locals get national recognition, so it's nice to see Austin represented in Wine Spectator's article about the best wine joints in the United States.

Trey Reed, age 21,
found hanging from a tree at Delta State U 9/15/2025.

Mississippi cops said "no foul play" before his body was even cold.

No official moment of silence or ABC pulling shows or actors posting tributes or corporate statements or mandatory loyalty oaths or policing of responses.

Whether you like or dislike what’s said, free speech is at the heart of our democracy.

Protecting it should be one of our core missions as a nation.

If there were ever a moment for the so-called “free speech warriors” to speak out, now would be the time.

Robert Reich Trump Lied About Grocery Prices

Grocery inflation hit a two-year high in August.

But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper.

Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.

Libraries across the country are increasingly offering public classes on nutrition literacy and food security.

“Access to healthy food, nutrition, and food science, [and] knowing how food works in our bodies ... should be free and accessible to the public.”

these baked oatmeal cups from NYTCooking are even better than I expected. they’re sweetened with mashed banana and a little maple syrup. almonds, shredded coconut, and almond butter are included. and, I went with chopped dried apricots for the added fruit. #food #baking

If you or anyone you know refers to themselves as an #AustinFoodie, we've got delicious news for you! 3x James Beard award-winning chef and journalist Toni Tipton-Martin will be joined by Adrian Lipscombe of the 40 Acres Project for a mouthwatering conversation on 9/21 at the #APL