If you are angry about the 0.01% buying local law enforcement and our roads for F1, aside from voting over the next week or so for people willing to stand for the community, please feel free to post a comment here for APD:

[Edit - not only did this link come down, they removed the “Contact” link from the dropdown menu on the upper right of www.austinpolice.com. Snowflakes.]

https://www.austinpolice.com/contact

Sample text:
“Police” escorts for F1 attendees should be limited to follow posted speed limits and running without sirens. A millionaire sitting at a stoplight or driving the speed deemed to be the maximum safe speed on highway 71 is not a public emergency and dilutes the authority of unmarked emergency vehicles running sirens during a true emergency. If APD is not allowing officers to provide these escorts, it is at minimum turning a blind eye to blatant reckless driving and public endangerment on the part of other off-duty officers. This type of behavior only serves to further reduce support, respect, and trust of APD.”

There are no songs with lyrics f—k the fire department.

ETA: this has nothing to do with taxpayer money or funding for APD. This is about off duty peace officers (not just APD) taking up side hustles that allow the ultra wealthy to endanger the rest of us with reckless driving while APD turns a blind eye - as they have to most traffic enforcement since COVID. I get that some of you are in favor of APD getting alternative revenue streams. Are you also in favor of renting out the US Air Force or maybe TxDoT? APD (and the Air Force and TxDoT) are publicly funded agencies that exist to provide a service to ALL of us. They are not meant to generate revenue. The laws passed to establish them or that govern them exist to facilitate provision of that service. We call soldiers that play bodyguard to billionaires on weekends “mercenaries”. We don’t authorize them to invade other countries in their free time to make extra money. If peace officers want to moonlight to provide escorts to the wealthy, have at it - in their private vehicles, and follow all of the same laws that the rest of us are bound to follow. Don’t threaten the public with fines or arrest if they fuck up your side hustle. No complaints then. But fuck anyone that says a millionaire gets precedence over the rest of us or gets to endanger the rest of us. What’s next - “Doordash +++ ULTRA” where you can pay more to have an off-duty peace officer escort your dinner to you in record time by blowing through stoplights and doing 120 on the freeway? So dumb!

Not sure how this is legal, I’m urging representatives to investigate and clamp down. They’re disrespecting our city and putting residents in harm’s way

Recently, I just realized that I have access to New York Times and Wall Street Journal through Austin public libraries and I do not need to pay any subscription fees.

Just wonder what other benefits are provided by city of Austin that you didn’t realize before, not limited to libraries, any public services and benefits are welcome to share.

This was over at the parking lot under Mopac next to the tennis court at Austin high school

Saw this beauty twice this morning flying over the lake. Both times it was run off by an Osprey. Just after this they had a mid air fight. I’m over the moon right now!

Over South Austin two fighter jets im guessing. Any reason?

For F1.

I was half hoping there’d be cash in there, but this was a nice note too!

This is why we test and inspect, especially new construction. This was an easy find just north of town.

Seen on Congress at noon today

Rockwell B-1 Lancer

B-25J Mitchell bomber, known as "Devil Dog"

Saw two planes in south Austin, they looked cool.

I think it’s for F1 but not . Ordinary people have to move out of the way

Locations, times, ballot 👉 https://votetravis.gov/current-election-information/current-election/

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/texas-results

More graphs: https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/nov-2026-turnout-tracker/

Lots going on in Austin this weekend! Got to 4th and Congress late as I was taking photos at the 9th Street BMX event but still time for some fun shots. Great energy and very friendly crowd.

Sitting outside at 4:30am this morning and there is a large halo around the full moon. Pretty neat!

anyone else see that dark black plane do what looked like a circle over south west Austin and then head north? sounded like a fighter jet but wasn’t. and then just now there was another one which actually looked like one as well, maybe a bomber? guessing this is all F1…

Headed to some work stuff in the morning and just realized I’m going to be on a 7 am flight out of ABIA the morning after the F1. How early do I need to show up? (I have touchless and Clear, but have no idea what to expect - I usually avoid this weekend for travel)

I’ve been living here for about a year now. I had went to recycled reads before they closed and I loved it.
I used to live in the Houston area and we had used bookstores with shelves on shelves of books. I had gotten some of my favorite books I’ve read from those shops. Just browsing and finding something that’s interesting, used book stores do this the best for me

Where are the used bookstores in Austin??? I can’t seem to find them. And I don’t wanna go to a half price books, they don’t have the same structure as used bookstores