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  1. Surly's own Fitlump getting a KUT writeup and support from Democrats:

    https://www.kut.org/housing/2024-11-04/austin-city-council-democrats-for-mackenzie-kelly-republican-housing-krista-laine

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    Why are some Austin Democrats supporting a conservative for city council? The answer is housing.

    KUT 90.5 | By Audrey McGlinchy

    Published November 4, 2024 at 5:30 AM CST

    KUT News

    For Democrats running for office in Texas, David Butts has long been the go-to guy.

    He’s worked on the campaigns of now-U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson. In an Austin-American Statesman story about Butts’ career from 2014, he is termed the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” of Austin politics and a “liberal warlord”.

    But now Butts has turned his support, this time personal instead of professional, to a conservative candidate. He and about two dozen longtime Democrats have thrown their clout and money behind a Republican seeking reelection to the Austin City Council. They’re calling themselves “Democrats for Mackenzie Kelly”.

    While council races are non-partisan, Kelly is a bonafide conservative on a liberal body. As the representative for the city’s northernmost district, she’s often the lone objector in a sea of yeses. That’s especially true when the vote is on an issue such as abortion, transgender healthcare or financial assistance programs.

    But when it comes to land use and housing, Kelly has found backing among some Austin liberals. In the last year, the council has attempted to bring down housing prices by voting to let property owners build more on smaller pieces of land.

    The move has been controversial and polarizing. Kelly and a second council member have been the only ‘no’ votes.

    “If she were running for state representative, I probably wouldn’t support her,” Butts, who is upset with the recent Council votes on land use changes, said. “But she’s running for the City Council, where the biggest issue the city deals with is land use.”

    Housing produces strange bedfellows. The alliance formed with Democrats for Kelly illustrates how fights over the rules governing what can be built and where do not fall neatly along traditional party lines. And how for some, local elections have become about a single issue.

    Votes on the land development code

    In mid-May, dozens of people showed up to Austin City Hall. One person carried a sign that read, “Mayor Watson, Don’t SELL OUT Austin!!!” while others cheered on elected officials.

    Council members were set to amend long-standing land code rules. These rules dictate anything from how far back from a property line a house can sit to how tall a building can be. They determine what the city looks like, how residents get around and how close to neighbors and businesses people can live.

    In an attempt to curb the rising cost of housing, elected officials decided they would make a simple but contentious move. They would change rules to make more land available for homes and encourage people to build smaller houses, such as duplexes and townhomes.

    The hope was that smaller homes would sell or rent for less and that more housing would bring down prices overall. Supporters pointed to research that suggests building more homes quells or even brings down costs. It’s a phenomenon that has already played out in Austin; after a boom in apartment construction, rents have been falling for more than a year.

    Elected officials had been here before. For nearly a decade, the council worked to overhaul its land code.

    But in 2019, homeowners concerned about these changes successfully sued to halt the process. They were able to do this, in part, because the council didn’t have a supermajority, or nine of 11 members, in support.

    That changed in 2022. Voters replaced council members skeptical of land code changes with those ready to vote in favor. The council, now led by Watson, had near-unanimous support for amending Austin’s land rules.

    This led to the meeting back in May. The council had voted months earlier to let property owners build up to three homes where historically they could only build one or two. They called this policy HOME Phase 1. Now, they were poised to go further and planned to drastically reduce the amount of land needed to build one home, lowering it from 5,750 square feet to 1,800. They called this HOME Phase 2.

    Testimony went late into the night, with residents testifying for more than 12 hours. The makeup of those signed up to speak was skewed a bit more towards those against the item, although hundreds still signed up in favor.

    These sides are often whittled down to NIMBYs ('Not in my backyard'), or people who say they support more housing as long as it's not in their neighborhoods, versus YIMBYs ('Yes in my backyard') who say building more homes, and lots of them, is part of the solution to rising prices. Another group in this fight includes anti-gentrification activists, who worry encouraging more homes could hypercharge displacement.

    Democrats for Kelly members said they reject the term NIMBY to describe them.

    When council members reconvened the next morning to vote, they moved swiftly: nine for, two against.

    Kelly and Council Member Alison Alter, who represents parts of West Austin, were the lone ‘no’ votes. Kelly opposed the new policy, she said, for several reasons: the effect it could have on the environment, property tax bills and a negligent impact on the high cost of housing.

    An environmental consultant and longtime participant in local politics, Robin Rather had spoken against similar policies. She called the council’s decision in May “reckless” and noted Kelly’s opposition.

    "I’m not exactly sure why she voted against it,” said Rather, who has signed onto Democrats for Kelly. “But at least she voted against it."

    Forming ‘Democrats for Kelly’

    Democrats for Kelly acknowledge they’re supporting a candidate who doesn’t share many of their liberal values.

    In 2022, Kelly was the only council member to vote against a $350 million affordable housing bond. As part of budget discussions this summer, she suggested cutting city offices dedicated to equity and sustainability, arguing staff should already be incorporating these objectives into their everyday work.

    Kelly has also opposed ordinances on state and national issues, places where local government has limited power.

    In May, Kelly was the lone ‘no’ vote on an ordinance barring city staff from investigating doctors who may have violated Texas law by providing gender-affirming care to minors. A few months later, she voted against spending $400,000 to help women seek abortions out of state. The state later sued the city over both votes.

    “It’s surprising she has any Democrats’ support,” former Mayor Steve Adler said.

    But land use and housing are galvanizing issues. A home determines where someone lives and dictates the length of their commute, what schools their kids can access, what grocery stores they can easily get to. It's also one of the best ways to build wealth in this country.

    “I don’t know the specifics on any of the items she voted against,” said Allan McMurtry, a longtime Austin resident who has signed onto the Democrats for Kelly campaign. “But it’s not enough for me to say, ‘I’m not gonna sign on and support her.’”

    “She’s not an ideal candidate,” Rather added.

    Yet members of Democrats for Kelly have donated thousands of dollars to a political action committee supporting the candidate and others. It’s money worth spending, they say, to ensure she remains opposed to land code changes, which they worry will negatively impact the value of their homes, the environment and the character of their neighborhoods.

    “Most people buy homes because they want to live in them,” Butts said. “They’re not exactly thrilled at the idea of having tall buildings plopped down next to their house.”

    The group has also cast Kelly as an environmentalist. Democrats for Kelly includes several old guard environmentalists, many of whom are credited for keeping Barton Springs Pool swimmable thanks to a battle they waged over development in the early 1990s.

    They note how Kelly recently allocated $150,000 from her office’s budget to develop a park in her district. She also voted to adopt a plan to manage land near sensitive water sources.

    “I didn’t go into council thinking I was a good environmentalist,” Kelly said. “But I do think there are places where I align with [them].”

    Other environmentalists say Kelly’s record is mixed, at best. In 2021, she was the only vote against adopting a citywide climate plan, which established a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. She cast the lone vote in August against creating a committee to look into asking voters to help pay for climate change mitigation.

    “I can’t think of, off the top of my head, any initiative she’s taken on that is pro-environment,” said Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas.

    Democrats’ support for Kelly is not just to keep her on the council, but to ensure her opponent, Krista Laine, stays off.

    Laine has positioned herself as the Democrat in the race. Before she co-founded a political action committee to advocate for school board candidates, Laine worked as a real estate analyst and appraiser. She said if she had been on the council in the past year, she would have voted ‘yes’ on land code changes.

    “We have already seen what happens in this city if we keep things as they are,” Laine said, citing displacement and rising housing costs.

    Laine maintains her real estate background could be an advantage on the council. She says she's familiar with Austin’s permitting process and wants to help cut down on wait times and fees, long-held pain points for builders.

    But members of Democrats for Kelly have characterized Laine as beholden to developers because of her background and support she's received in her campaign.

    The Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) and the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin have both endorsed her. RECA's political action committee listed Laine as a candidate it supports, although it was not clear how much money the committee had spent on her behalf.

    But Kelly has also received financial support from the real estate industry. According to campaign finance reports, she received about $10,000 — or about 4% of her total individual donations — from people working for Endeavor Real Estate Group. The developer most recently sought council approval to redevelop the former Austin American-Statesman offices along the shores of Lady Bird Lake.

    The future of council votes on housing

    On a sunny Thursday evening, voters trickled into a polling station in Northwest Austin. It was Halloween. One voter wore a skeleton t-shirt, another dressed as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz”.

    KUT News spoke with half a dozen voters, all of whom said they felt poorly informed about local races. When asked what issues they cared about most, they ticked off issues over which the Austin City Council has limited power: reproductive healthcare, LGBTQ rights.

    Cat Calantonio, a nurse, said she was worried about police response times. She said she recently had to call 911 and was surprised at how long it took police to arrive.

    Policing has been one of Kelly’s biggest focuses while on council. A former volunteer firefighter, she has been outspoken about increasing funding and staffing at the city’s police department. She joined a majority of her colleagues in passing a five-year, $218 million budget for the department last month.

    But on Thursday, Calantonio didn’t vote for Kelly. Outside the polling station she grabbed a list of Democratic nominees from a volunteer. On it, Laine was identified as the Democrat in the local council race and so Calantonio voted the way of her party.

    Many of the Democrats for Kelly do not live in Kelly’s district, District 6. But they say their support of the conservative candidate is part of a larger strategy to turn the council away from so-called YIMBY ideology and towards a governing body that isn’t so quick to sign off on land use changes.

    “I have no doubt this kind of 'YIMBY council' will get overturned over the next few election cycles,” Rather said.

    Kelly’s record of opposition is resounding. Since the start of 2023, she has voted ‘no’ 165 times on council items. The council member who comes closest to meeting that record, Alison Alter, has voted against items 31 times. The remaining members barely hit the double digits for ‘no’ votes.

    Democrats for Kelly argues Kelly's objections are worth more when it comes to land use. Her lone ‘no’ cannot stop the council from funding a guaranteed income program or declaring reproductive rights human rights. Even if there were five Kellys on the council, these items would likely still have the support to go ahead.

    But because of a quirk of state law, three ‘no’ votes against land use and zoning changes opens the council up to legal challenges. It’s what allowed homeowners to sue the city in 2019. If they can secure two more ‘no’ votes, they and other property owners may be able to stifle future changes.

    Above all, members of Democrats for Kelly say she listens. They say other elected officials aren’t willing to give mind to their questions about and objections to land rule changes. For people who long held political sway in the city, it’s been disconcerting.

    “[We] might as well be talking to a potted plant,” Butts said.

    But Council Member José ‘Chito’ Vela, who won his seat in 2022, sees it differently.

    Vela represents parts of Northeast Austin and voted in support of the recent land code changes. He is vying for reelection this year and has consistently run on a platform of building more and different kinds of housing.

    “We hear their testimony. We read their emails,” said Vela, who won nearly 60% of the vote when he was first elected. “It’s not that we’re not listening. It’s that we’re not choosing the policies that they want.”

     

  2. 6 hours ago, BamaATL said:

    At any rate, he's put a big fat target on his back, whereas if he'd just kept his mouth shut and silently contributed, like most rational billionaires, he wouldn't be getting a second thought.  I don't know what will come out of all this for him, beyond actually having to pay more in taxes, but people have long memories and I suspect he's invited way more trouble for himself than he ever bargained for.  

    Biden or Harris could revoke his security clearance, which would seriously hamper his position at SpaceX due to all the DoD contracts. The report that Elon talks to Putin regularly is enough of a concern to justify that move.

    Biden or Harris could also order an investigation into Elon’s citizenship application. If it is found he lied during that process, his citizenship could be revoked. The reports that he worked illegally before gaining citizenship are enough to justify an investigation but I didn’t know if that would be a disqualifier. 

    Either way, Elon relies heavily on the US government (DoD contracts, EV tax credits, etc) and needs to be reminded that choices have consequences. Just look at Bezos - don’t think Amazon AWS losing the $10 billion JEDI contract after criticizing Trump didn’t affect his decision to prevent the Washington Post from recommending Harris.

    Basically - don’t slap the hand that feeds you. 

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  3. 9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Which is why I have NEVER enabled biometric access on any of my devices (all of which contain at least a portal to attorney-client privileged info -- my email, etc.).  If the cops seize it, then they seize it.  And yes, passwords can be cracked, the FBI does it sometimes, but it's not a guarantee.  And the delay gives me a chance to tell my IT department to lock down my email (not destroy or delete, but prevent ALL access).  I have long recommended to people NOT to enable biometric access to your devices.

    FYI - If you do have biometric/Face ID access enabled on an iPhone, you can hold down the power button along with one of the volume buttons together for a few seconds. This will require your passcode to unlock. So if you ever get pulled over by a cop or know you are getting interviewed by the police, you should do this.  

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  4. 15 hours ago, Blotto said:

    I presume she's still considered a lock to win in her  new district?

    Yes - her predecessor won in ‘22 with 60% of the vote vs 36%. She might not get 60% but it’s safe to say she will win. And sadly she will continue to be elected until she dies or gets arrested for something. Most congressmen leave for better roles (senate, governor, etc) or stupidly high paying consulting/media jobs. Due to her low IQ neither will happen and so she isn’t going anywhere. If she can win the GOP primary AFTER publicly giving a dude a handjob on video AND moving into a new district, she is safe for the foreseeable future. 

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  5. 4 hours ago, Sleepygrad said:

    Downloaded Nord VPN and I'll set an alarm for 330am in Italy to wake up and watch on my phone. Gotta do what you gotta do.

    Better double check your time. Kickoff is 6:30pm CDT Saturday, which should be 1:30am Sunday morning Italian time.
     

    And FWIW, I have an Amazon Firestick with NordVPN & YouTubeTV that worked perfectly for last week’s OU shellacking. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Conqueeftador said:

    How about denying for months (years?) that the sitting President was mentally unfit for office?

    How dare you besmirch Ronnie!

    IMG_0065.thumb.webp.2d9795373fb96c3c3647075370fa4a49.webp

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  7. 19 hours ago, chainsaw said:

    Is there a thread already about this?

    https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/09/20/mlb-expansion-austin-baseball-commission/75311476007/

    Whatever the plan is, I guarantee it's not good.

    It will never happen. Arlington approved >$300m & >$400m in bonds to help build Cowboy & Globe Life stadium respectively  (each stadium cost ~$1.1b). I seriously doubt this city will ever vote to approve a nearly hall billion dollar bond for a professional sports team’s stadium, a requirement any expansion team ownership is going to have. It is why Austin FC was funded privately and probably why the Spurs haven’t already made a serous attempt to move here.
     

    Statistically Austin is the perfect place for a professional sports team but the city’s lack of an appetite to bankroll a billionaire’s private company already has, and will continue to, prevent any team from moving here.

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  8. Looks like Tate and his brother are now being held overnight: 

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd02j64y9o.amp
     

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    Andrew Tate held overnight after police raid homes in Romania

    Author, Robert Plummer

    Role, BBC News

    21 August 2024

    Updated 7 hours ago

    Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been remanded in custody overnight as part of an investigation into new allegations against him.

    He and his brother Tristan were taken in for questioning by Romania’s serious crime agency, DIICOT, as police searched their home.

    The internet personality was already awaiting trial for rape and human trafficking, but could potentially now face additional charges of sex with, and trafficking in, underage persons, as well as money-laundering and attempting to influence witnesses, prosecutors say.

    Andrew and Tristan Tate, who have a massive following on social media, have denied all previous charges against them. 

    They were first detained in Romania in December 2022, then released from house arrest in August 2023.

    According to a statement from DIICOT earlier in the day, four houses were searched on Wednesday morning in the capital, Bucharest, and in Ilfov county.

    The brothers were then driven to DIICOT in Bucharest for questioning - and afterwards taken into custody in handcuffs and under armed guard.

    They have been remanded in custody for 24 hours. 

    According to the brothers' lawyer, they are being kept until prosecutors can ask a judge either to detain them for longer, move to house arrest or release them.

    Asked by the BBC what he had to say about the new allegations, Andrew Tate shouted over his shoulder that the prosecutors were "desperate".

    "Wait 'til you see," he said. "They say I have lover-boyed the mother of my children. We tricked them into having kids.

    “Ask them this time what the evidence [is]."

    He described the file as being "more pathetic than the first".

    Earlier on Wednesday, the brothers were met by a small crowd of reporters and supporters as they arrived at the DIICOT building in police vans.

    As Andrew Tate entered the building he greeted a local blogger who asked why he was back at DIICOT. Grinning, Tate replied that he "didn’t know", before shouting through the closing door that he was in his "favourite place".

    Two police officers, who both had their faces covered by balaclavas, were seen carrying heavy sacks into the same building - presumably with items taken during a search of the brothers’ home and other properties.

    Asked to comment on the latest developments, their lawyer - Eugen Vidineac - said the latest allegations were not yet clear, as he hadn’t yet seen the file. 

    He said he didn’t yet know “what we’re dealing with”.

    Officers at DIICOT have 24 hours to question the brothers. After that, if they want to remand them in custody, they would have to bring them before a judge.

    The lawyer said he did not expect the brothers to be detained because their movements are already restricted as they await trial for other charges, including forming and organised crime group and human trafficking.

    In an apparent response to the raid, Andrew Tate posted on X (formerly Twitter): "The Matrix is real. And they have a tried and true playbook.

    "Slander is their number one tool and the process is the punishment. But unfortunately for them, Good always wins in the end."

    Andrew Tate is a self-described misogynist and was previously banned from social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views.

    He has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence against him and there is a conspiracy to silence him.

    The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who are dual UK-US nationals, are accused of exploiting women via an adult content business, which prosecutors allege operated as a criminal group.

    Two female Romanian associates were also named alongside the brothers in an indictment published in June last year, and seven alleged victims were identified.

    The internet personalities are also wanted in the UK in connection with separate and unrelated sexual offences allegedly committed there.

     

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  9. 36 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Someone explain to me how it's legal or acceptable for this to happen. Biden needs to handle this with Netanyahu immediately. 

     

    It is illegal - it is a violation of the Logan Act but only two people ever have been indicted and neither were convicted. 

    And Trump isn't the first to violate it, Nixon most famously violated it to help his campaigns in 1968 while some theorize Reagan violated it 1980 to help his. Nixon's actions were the most egregious in that it prevented a possible end to the Vietnam war:

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/06/nixon-vietnam-candidate-conspired-with-foreign-power-win-election-215461/

    Regan and the October Surprise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory

    TLDR - Same shit, different day. 

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  10. In case any of you use the Anova Sous Vide cooker to cook their steaks, Anova is implementing two major changes:

    #1 - they are going to start charging $10 a year for Anova app access for any accounts created after 8/21:

    https://anovaculinary.com/blogs/blog/update-existing-users-grandfathered-in-new-users-will-pay-a-small-app-subscription-fee?srsltid=AfmBOor0R0kHCR4_qHtOBxkGCHzhZH-T_VIfBK3an4L3XL8gx-zdF94P

    #2 - they are going to disable Bluetooth/WiFi access from the app to older cooker models next September. You’ll be able to manually set the cooker on the cooker display but not through the app: 

    https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/27322197681165-The-Original-Anova-Precision-Cooker-Bluetooth-Bluetooth-WIFI-remote-connectivity-sunsetting#:~:text=Anova will be shutting down,Cooker on September 28th%2C 2025.

    I’m really disappointed as the product worked perfectly & they are only making changes to try & squeeze in a few extra bucks. It will still function but in a degraded state. 

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  11. FAFO - https://www.fox7austin.com/news/lockhart-pit-bulls-shooting-mini-horse

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    Lockhart family shoots neighbor's pit bulls after attack on livestock

    By Meredith Aldis

    Published  August 6, 2024 5:26pm CDT

    CALDWELL COUNTY, Texas - A Lockhart family is speaking to FOX 7 Austin after shooting and killing three of their neighbors' dogs who they say attacked their animals.

    The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office responded to the deaths of several livestock that were attacked by a pack of dogs. 

    On Friday, they attacked again, but they didn't get away.

    The woman who owns the livestock said she had to take matters into her own hands to keep her animals safe.

    "I'm trying to see through the window what is actually going on, I call 911 at the same time, and then I hear three blasts," livestock owner Michelle Gomez said.

    Gomez said her husband shot the neighbor’s pit bulls early Friday morning.

    "He's protecting me and my animals," Gomez said.

    She said the dogs either climbed over her fence or dug under it and were attacking her pig.

    "They were trying to get his ears, but he fought," Gomez said.

    The pig survived. Three dogs are now dead.

    "The cops have always given me and told me you have a right to shoot and kill the dogs," Gomez said. "I don't like to kill dogs. I mean I love animals. They should not have to die by a bullet."

    Gomez said enough was enough.

    "I think that she's going to be more careful about letting them loose or letting them loose at night, like the way she has been," Gomez said.

    In the past two years, Gomez said her pig and donkey were attacked and her three chickens, foal, and a miniature horse were killed.

    "I live in fear for my life," Gomez said.

    Caldwell County records show from January 2022 to the end of July 2024, there have been more than 45 calls for service from these two neighboring properties for things like cruelty to animals, animal attacks, noise complaints, threats, neighbor disputes, stray dogs, and animals at large.

    A miniature horse was viciously attacked by pit bulls in Lockhart

    Records show the owner of the dogs has received two citations for nuisance animals. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said she made the scheduled court dates and paid the fines to the court.

    "A citation is not enough. To remedy this, they need to pick up the dogs," Gomez said.

    The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office originally told FOX 7 they couldn’t comment on this case because it was active. On Monday night, they made a statement and said they have, "followed the laws of the State of Texas and has pursued this matter to the fullest extent possible, as the situation stands today between the neighbors in this case, and will continue to follow state law in these kinds of situations to hopefully prevent more deaths of pets and livestock in our County."

    Gomez said she plans to sue Caldwell County and her neighbor for all that she’s been through.

     

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  12. 10 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Dammit, I was gonna post the same thing but didn't scroll down enough.  

    If somebody here with digital skills can take that Seinfeld clip scene at Festivus Dinner.  Where Elaine sits down and asks the OTB guys, "Hey, how'd my horse do?"  And then put Ted Cruz's face on the creepy dude in the leisure suit who says, "He had to be shot."  I promise I can get that his Chief of Staff via email.  

    Damnit - GenXer beat me to it.

     

     

     

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  13. Guess Nicole is back in town:

    https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin-police-medics-responding-to-body-found-in-lady-bird-lake-near-longhorn-dam/

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    APD: Body found in Lady Bird Lake, investigation underway

    by: Julianna Russ

    Posted: Apr 13, 2024 / 07:59 AM CDT

    Updated: Apr 13, 2024 / 10:25 AM CDT

    AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS said a body was reported in the water near Lady Bird Lake Saturday morning. At the scene, medics found an adult who was then pronounced dead.

    The Austin Police Department said an investigation was underway by APD homicide detectives, but the incident was not being investigated as a homicide.

    ATCEMS said it responded to a water rescue call at approximately 7:40 a.m. Saturday in east Austin. 

    According to police, a fisherman found an unknown person floating in the water. That person was later pronounced dead at 7:52 a.m.

     

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  14. 23 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    WTF is VPN?

    I barely know what IP is from the IPIHB forum.

    An IP is an identifier used by your computer to use the internet. Typically you get assigned the same IP by your cable modem. If you leave your cable modem off for few hours, you’ll get assigned a new IP. But most people don’t do this & pretty consistently get assigned the same IP for months at a time  

    When your account gets banned, you can no longer use the account but you can create a new account & start over. 

    When you get permaban’d, your account gets banned AND Surly tracks your home IP and won’t let you create a new account from that IP anymore (and maybe even prevent access to the website at all). This effectively prevents a specific person from using the website. 

    A VPN is a service that is used to encrypt/prevent others from looking at your web traffic. But it also has the added benefit of changing the IP address Surly sees when you visit. If he used a VPN,  Derka’s account would be still deactivated but the permaban wouldn’t completely work since he could create new accounts & use the site. 

    This then would most likely lead to imamac playing wack-a-mole & permabanning each account & IP that Derka use. Identifying Derka would be relatively easy due to his known writing style but requires annoying work by Imamac.

    And this is one example of why people get burned out running message boards. 

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