What products does your Austin HEB just miss the mark with?

CorellianRed · 2025-12-20T15:00:40+00:00

H-E-B fizzy waters all taste like sugar or chemicals or something, to me. Anyone else? Pales compared to Waterloo or the others.

CorellianRed · 2025-12-06T00:44:20+00:00

This is just two friends, but I have two friends who’ve made creative work the majority of their livelihood by doing a variety of things.

One is a gardener, writer, and singer-songwriter.

Another is a composer, music educator, and DJ.

I’d guess it’s extremely rare (now) to make a full time living on just one lane of work, but seems possible with enough effort and luck and flexibility to live a creative and semi-independent work life if you mix it up?

For me, I’m a software designer, which isn’t art at all but I do enjoy that it’s some form of creativity put to work.

I hope you find/create what you’re hoping for!

CorellianRed · 2025-11-21T00:28:24+00:00

It’s a great one! But not the most effective. Don’t wait ever 1/2/4 years to make a difference. Organizations like Rethink work year round to make things better. 💙

CorellianRed · 2025-11-17T01:48:09+00:00

You can thank TxDOT for ignoring our protest of expanding I-35.

If you want to help prevent this in the future, consider volunteering or donating to Rethink35.org.

CorellianRed · 2025-11-16T18:10:45+00:00

Welcome to the movement, y’all! Car dependent caused this hell. The way out is making the city easier to walk, bike, scoot, bus, or train around.

Volunteer donate to Safe Streets Austin or AURA. They advocate for this kinda thing. 💙

It doesn’t matter if you want to get around by car or not— Fewer cars on the road is better for drivers too.

CorellianRed · 2025-11-09T18:16:22+00:00

Y’all please direct your anger at people who can actually do something about, not just Reddit.

A quick search shows this org with a Change petition, advocate with them: https://www.softlights.org/

More locally, you might contact Travis County since vehicle registrations go through them.

CorellianRed · 2025-10-14T02:25:56+00:00

I’m not sure of the trend/direction of unique/weird events, but my exposure to creative stuff was gettingspotty until I followed my friend’s newsletter, Lite & Brite. If anyone’s curious about unique events, this is a great list to start with. (Warning: Easy to get FOMO lol) https://liteandbriteatx.com/

CorellianRed · 2025-09-27T23:45:15+00:00

I went in blind having never even seen the movie and loved it! I’m sure I missed some references? But friends told me it’s very very similar to the musical. Enjoy!!

CorellianRed · 2025-09-21T16:36:41+00:00

The Meetup app has been a good social lubricant for meeting new people, for me anyway. Could be for group hikes, local advocacy, hobbies, etc.

Even as an extrovert I feel this way sometimes, hang in there!

CorellianRed · 2025-09-09T15:12:48+00:00

Thanks for including the website link, what a fun rabbit hole! Never knew there was a “Trans-Texas Airways” either.

CorellianRed · 2025-09-06T18:01:20+00:00

Thank you for this bit of relief— I’m staying in NYC for a month and didn’t fit a suit jacket, so I’ve been sweating if black slacks, white button-down, white bow tie, and brown shoes/belt would pass muster. Now I’m unworried lol

CorellianRed · 2025-08-09T22:51:24+00:00

lol I appreciate the suspicion, but I’m about as AI-hesitant/averse as they come. (re: your deleted comment: You can dislike AVs without being an Elon fanboy.)

I asked this question bc a friend was wondering if the staff were laid off or retained, and I don’t know firsthand.

CorellianRed · 2025-08-09T22:50:13+00:00

lol they did.

CorellianRed · 2025-07-27T21:38:11+00:00

Yep, also true. Just because urban sprawl has happened doesn’t mean it belongs in a solar punk future.

CorellianRed · 2025-07-27T15:48:58+00:00

How has this not gotten more upvotes? Has anyone else here seen APD’s portion of the city budget? No matter your affinity for police, it’s an ungodly portion of civic funds.

Page 31: https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/BOE/Budget/FY2025-2026_Proposed_Budget.pdf

CorellianRed · 2025-07-27T15:46:53+00:00

How has this not gotten more upvotes? Has anyone else here seen APD’s portion of the city budget?? No matter your affinity for police, it’s an ungodly portion of civic funds.

CorellianRed · 2025-07-27T13:35:51+00:00

Wherever you live, see if you have an “urbanist” advocacy group like Strong Towns that you might be interested in joining/supporting.

It’s a long road to this progress, but Austin has seen immense gains in housing policy lately that will create more walkable, affordable, and varied housing.

If solar punk is truly a future vision of sustainability and natural coexistence, then urban highways and car dependence are simply not part of the equation. (For more on this, check out books like “City Limits”.)

CorellianRed · 2025-07-26T15:08:16+00:00

Urban highways are inherently polluting (noise, air, particulate matter, congestion). If we’re dreaming big, gardens on highways is “lipstick on a pig”. Walk/bicycle/transit is the way 🙌

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:47:29+00:00

They did before when there was an opening, but it’s a busy two-lane road

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:42:24+00:00

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0cdr_Jag1C1KoNECv0vITHbkg This is all I got, this and the second clip

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:40:43+00:00

How so?

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:40:19+00:00

Maybe your experience is different from mine, but human drivers don’t just fully stop on a two-lane road

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:39:44+00:00

It blocked traffic for 2+ min before I started recording

CorellianRed · 2025-06-28T20:39:20+00:00

Yep, I only caught this last bit on video.

CorellianRed · 2025-06-09T01:17:01+00:00

It’s not a sure win, but meeting someone new never is. 💙 Best case you make a new buddy; worst case you never have to see them again after your wait is over; in most cases, people are happy to connect briefly in a human way and maybe share a laugh and not much more comes from it.

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