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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 04/10/2026

FINAL FOOD STOP! Everything hurts but we’re finishing this thing. 27.82 miles. Home fucking stretch.

Holding a Cinnabon bites bag outside a Taco Bell

James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Ninth stop done! Really starting to struggle, but the return of the Cinnabon bites has me in high spirits. Just two more to go!

Holding a Taco Bell wrapper outside a Taco Bell

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Toughest leg yet but I’m at stop 8. Mandatory nachos bel grande. Just under 21 miles down.

Holding a nachos bel grande package outside a Taco Bell

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Number 7! Back to the trusty Cinnabon bites.

An empty Cinnabon bites Taco Bell wrapper

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Taco Bell #6! Went with the world famous Taco Bell chicken nuggets for this stop. Extra protein. Almost halfway!

The inside of a Taco Bell chicken nuggets box. With five buffers and queso dipping

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Bell #5! Last prepacked Cinnabon bites order. Just under 12 miles so far. This and the next two are where I’ve been training, so at least the route is familiar now.

Holding a Taco Bell wrapper in front of a Taco Bell

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

#4 Chalupa Supreme time. But friends are here!!

A Taco Bell with runners around the outside.

People with signs reading “Taco bout a fast pace” “run Jimothy run!” And “Nacho average marathon”

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Taco Bell #3. Just under four miles and three orders of Cinnabon bites down.

A Taco Bell surrounded by runners in various gear

A Taco Bell wrapped held outside of a Taco Bell.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Taco Bell #2 of the day. Another Cinnabon Bites

The exterior of a Taco Bell. The parking lot is filled with runners

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

First menu item of the day: Cinnabon Bites

A shot of a Taco Bell menu item containing Cinnabon bites

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/10/2026

Gooooooood morning from Taco Bell #1 of 11. There are a few people here

The poster stands under an arch in a Taco Bell drive through.

A crowd of people in various running gear in a Taco Bell parking lot

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 20/09/2026

Once again satisfied with my “Draft Josh Allen ASAP” Fantasy Football strategy.

A screenshot from a Fantasy Football app showing the lineup of the Denver Dryads run by James Austin. It shows Josh Allen having scored 62.82 fantasy points this week.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 04/09/2026

You can take the boy out of Florida, ex-cetera...

A heat map proporting to show how your dialect indicates where you’re from based on your answers to an online quiz. This one shows a lot of blue (indicating least like my dialect) in the Midwest and North of the country, with neutral yellow tones throughout the major West and Northeast of the country. The only red portion of the map (indicating the most like my dialect) is from the south of Florida all the way up to about Jacksonville area.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 24/08/2026

In case anyone needs a short story prompt:

A still from a video posted on the /NYC subreddit that shows a figure with a headlamp and overalls climbing out of a hastily removed manhole cover. Text over the video reads “4:19 AM”. The title of the post is “Five guys emerge from a manhole cover near Penn Station at 4:19 AM”

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 29/07/2026

Couldn’t catch its whistle stop in Greeley today (headed to GenCon) but had time to see Big Boy steaming out of Denver this morning.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 27/07/2026

First time at EAA #AirVenture was amazing!! So many cool aircraft!

A Navy Corsair airplane flys low to the right over a runway while a red Camaro convertible crosses in front and a man sits in the back waving to the crowd.

A silver B-52 bomber flying from right to left against a dark cloudy sky

Four planes of the UK’s Red Arrow flight demonstration team flying single file while trailing red, white, and, blue smoke against a pale blue sky.

A smiling woman in sunglasses stands in front of a white propeller airplane that looks like it’s smiling and photobombing her.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 11/06/2026

The sports are on Bluesky:

A number of Bluesky posts saying some variation of “oh my god”, one gif of a 77-year old ball dude in MLB fielding a foul ball,
And one more “oh my god” post which all refer to the Knicks third win in the 2026 NBA Finals

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/06/2026

This map is pure AI-slop nonsense, and not for nothing but that's Missouri bud.

A close up of what seems to be an AI generated map of the US showing where world cup teams will be located. This is zoomed in on the Kansas City group (showing the flags of Algeria, Argentina, England, and the Netherlands) which has a marker in Kansas City

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 24/04/2026

Me every time I come back to NYC:

A shot of Gordon Ramsey looking down with a caption “Finally, some good fucking food”

A slice of pepperoni pizza on a white paper plate.

A toasted everything bagel in a white Utopia Bagels wrapper

Dumplings in a red sauce with a mound is spices and some cilantro on top.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 27/02/2026

I can't explain why but it's giving this energy:

The "are ya winning son?" meme. A stick figure drawing of a person with a hat and a cigar coming into a room saying "Are ya winning, son?"

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 21/10/2025

Don't wanna steal @rincewind.run's bit but this feels like an applicable (if long) Terry Pratchett QOTD:

A screenshot from the Terry Pratchett novel "The Truth"
it reads as follows:

“Then who is running the city?” said William.
“I don’t know,” said Mr. Slant. “That is not my concern. I–”
“Mr. Goodmountain?” said William. “Large type, please.”
“Got you,” said the dwarf. His hand hovered over a fresh case.
“In caps, size to fit, ‘Who Runs Ankh-Morpork?’“ said William. “Now into body type, upper and lowercase, across two columns: ‘Who is governing the city while Lord Vetinari is imprisoned? Asked for an opinion today, a leading legal figure said he did not know and it was no concern of his. Mr. Slant of the Lawyers’ Guild went on to say–’“
“You can’t put that in your newspaper!” barked Slant.
“Set that directly, please, Mr. Goodmountain.”
“Setting it already,” said the dwarf, the leaden slugs clicking into place. Out of the corner of his eye William saw Otto emerging from the cellar and looking puzzled at the noise.
“‘Mr. Slant went on to say…’?” said William, glaring at the lawyer.
“You will find it very hard to print that,” said Mr. Carney, ignoring the lawyer’s frantic hand signals, “with no damn press!”
“‘…was the view of Mr. Carney of the Guild of Engravers,’ spelled with an e before the y,” said William, “‘who earlier today tried to put the Times out of business by means of an illegal document.’“ William realized that, although his mouth felt full of acid, he was enjoying this immensely. “‘Asked for his opinion of this flagrant abuse of the city laws, Mr. Slant said…’?”
“STOP TAKING DOWN EVERYTHING WE SAY!” yelled Slant.
“…Full caps for the whole sentence please, Mr. Goodmountain.”

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 23/09/2025

Every Royals fan watching our boy Freddy take his team to the postseason:

The "Squidward watching Patrick and Spongebob through his window" meme image.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 18/09/2025

Got to see the #KCRoyals win live for the first time (after seeing them lose as visitors in five separate MLB stadiums). And on TTRPG night of all nights!

A selfie of me with a giant scoreboard screen in the background that reads “Royals WIN!”

A shot of a purple clouded sunset over left field in Kauffman stadium

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 02/09/2025

Always down to chat about game stuff!! As a quick treat, here are some pretty math rocks I got as groomsmen gifts for my upcoming wedding:

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 07/08/2025

New helmet bling! Courtesy of @drvarg01.bsky.social and his wonderful cycling newsletter Leg Day legday.substack.com

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/08/2025

Saw some Dimension 20 Starstruck characters at GenCon today!

A picture of a cosplayer dressed as Sundry Sydney, a character from the Dimension 20 season A Starstruck Odyssey.

A picture of a cosplayer dressed as Plug, a character from the Dimension 20 season A Starstruck Odyssey, with his Butt Ugly Stuff Hut included.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 01/08/2025

GenCon day one step count:

A screenshot of the Apple Firness app showing 12,861 steps and 6.14 miles walked.

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 03/06/2025

Just a fantastic series of posts to see in the Skyline:

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 12/05/2025

I think Douglas Adams had it right in this respect. If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, they'd first try to liaise with cars.

A screenshot of the Wikapedia entry for Ford Prefect, from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: "Although Ford had taken great care to blend into Earth society, he had "skimped a bit on his preparatory research," and thought that the name "Ford Prefect" would be "nicely inconspicuous."

The Ford Prefect was a popular British car manufactured from 1938 to 1961, and Adams later clarified in an interview that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form" of Earth. This was expanded on somewhat in the film version, where Ford is almost run over while attempting to greet a blue Ford Prefect."

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 22/04/2025

It took me until reading this exact paragraph in the lovely @rcmacleod.bsky.social article about the game (aftermath.site/blue-prince-...) to realize that "Blue Prince" is a pun.

Screenshot of an Aftermath article reading as follows: "How do you decide how long to play for, or when to end your play session for the night? Do you have any tips that aren’t spoilers, but also aren’t the same “NO SPOILERS!” videos that tread the same ground about strategic dead ends and notebooks? Did it take you as long to realize the pun of the game’s name as it took me?"

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 15/03/2025

💪💪 Me and some other random Strava user are in a fight and I am currently winning!

A screenshot of an email from the Strava app congratulating me for gaining Local Legend status in my neighborhood

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James Austin @jamestaustin.com · 07/03/2025

This Orlando Sentinel email subject line really getting to the point. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/06/s... (It went on to say "lost during test flight" but feel like that was a bit redundant.)