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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 09/09/2026

They built a bunch of "luxury" housing in Austin and the complex down the street from me is now offering 1263 sq/ft - 3 beds for $1,190*. And there are still more new units being built. Making it easier to build means more units. More units mean cheaper rent. YIMBY works. * It might be cheaper now

1 bed/1 bath $915, up to 3 bed/2 bath 1263 square feet for $1,190.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 20/08/2026

Fransiscan Duet on the other hand. Same shapes but I don't know if I can trust it.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 10/09/2025

It's September and the meme stock service that was supposed to be open access in Austin now:

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 09/09/2025

Financial news doesn't make any damn sense anymore.

Heading from Yahoo finance that says, "Stocks hit records and job worries as inflation data looms"

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 11/08/2025

Then we went to Tiny Town in Hot Springs which is basically an amazing hand made model train set, and I guess we're train people. I have imposter syndrome because I don't do trainspotting, but that's definitely too many trains in one vacation to not be train people.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 02/08/2025

So glad Austin is back to people complaining that new housing will hurt their property values. Years of "new housing makes housing expensive" talk was tedious. Our discourse is normal again and hurting your property values is a good thing because it means housing is more available and affordable.

Cover of Martha Stewart's book. The title is "Very Good Things". The rest of the text is too hard to read, but I'm hoping "housing prices going down" is in there.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 10/07/2025

These Android settings get me flash flood alerts, but none of the irrelevant stuff if you want to crib them.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 10/06/2025

I have never seen this barometer bush (cenizo) bloom like this. And it smells. I'm not sure I like the smell, but still...

A Texas barometer bush (cenizo) in Bloom. Dense silver green leaves are covered with small purple blooms.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 24/05/2025

This is in a red county in Texas. Most Texans are a lot better than our politicians. A lot better.

Bathroom sign hand written in 10 languages next to a John Deer sign.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 17/05/2025

Pretty combo. Lemon beebalm, jewels of opar, and a pink salvia coming in.

Lemon beebalm, jewels of opar, and a pink salvia next to a brick path.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 07/05/2025

The lemon beebalm is technically in the flowerbeds. Technically. Also blocking half the path. I can't bring myself to trim or pull it though.

Lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora) a green plant with thin leaves and rings of purple flowers mostly blocks a red brick path.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 01/05/2025

Pretty bloom spikes in my yard today.

Yellow bloom spikes on a small hesperaloe.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 25/04/2025

I took some photos of the spring garden. The bluebonnets are fading, but the mist flowers haven't bloomed yet. We've gotten some rain. More in the link. #gardening #habitatgarden xeric.me/xericfrontya...

A picture of what I believe is plains coreopsis. The petals are yellow with a black center. They float on delicate green stems.

Mealy blue sage. A green plant with stalks of blue flowers. Behind red yucca stalks. Bright red spikes rising with red flowers.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 27/02/2025

I want to "well, actually" myself when I say my diet is "plant based" but then I'm eating this.

Packaging for Quorn diced chiqin pieces.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 18/02/2025

Bluebonnets among other weeds. The bluebonnets are obvious because they have a giant drop of water nestled in their leaves.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 21/01/2025

View from the UT tower towards downtown in October 2001

View of downtown Austin from the top of the UT tower. Notable buildings are the Dobie apartment complex on the right and the UT is tower on the left.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 29/12/2024

Reliable electric transit exists.

Electrical lines for New Orleans' St Charles trolley line.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 26/12/2024

Voice commands plus ambient noise are comic gold.

Google creating a timer with the text, "Sure, a 30-min timer called gay best friend. And we're starting... Now.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 25/12/2024

My kids know but much I love our neighborhood. #eroc

A wood ornament with the map of East Riverside Oltorf. Bounded by 35, 71, the river and Montopolis.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 30/11/2024

Y'all what in the heckin' heck is this? Found it in my yard.

What looks like a smooth gray concrete ball with a stick coming out of it. Lying on it's side.

What looks like a smooth gray concrete ball with a stick coming out of it. Standing up straight.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 24/11/2024

Achievement unlocked. I took my e-bike to the lake and rented my son a @capmetro bicycle. It was a great ride. We saw a brass band practicing, another b-cycler playing his guitar and lots of doggos. 12/10 would recommend.

Two dudes and two e-bikes on the Austin hike and bike trail. Bike on the left is a Rad City 4. Bike on the right is a CapMetro e-bike rented from the station on Nash Hernandez.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 20/11/2024

Visiting Cardinal finds you sus.

A red Cardinal (the bird) looking sceptical at a bird feeder.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 15/11/2024

I am trying very hard not to post on a friend's anti-pedestrian post that Facebook keeps showing me and now it shows me this ad. Algorithm is just straight up choosing violence.

An advertisement for a yellow safety vest made out of lace. So you'll look good when getting murdered by a car.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 12/11/2024

1,000 miles on my e-bike today! It took me a little over 2 years.

Odometer on rad city 4 e-bike reading 1003 miles.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 12/11/2024

We left the bathroom door open when we went to the hot tub. I guess it's good he has the sense to come find us for help? Anyway. I thought y'all could use this silliness.

A teddy bear like brown dog with big brown eyes refusing to meet our gaze as he stands at the side of a hot tub with a swing trashcan lid around his neck and some of his head.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 05/11/2024

My daughter and I are staying entertained today following the traffic cams at pleasant valley and Oltorf. It has been a construction nightmare for months now. But it has culminated in a Heineken truck pulling down a power line. cctv.austinmobility.io/image/14.jpg

A cherry picker tries to fix the power line that was pulled down by a green Heineken semi at the corner of pleasant valley and Oltorf.

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Tim Thomas (he/him) @xeric.me · 18/10/2023

As a first post I'll share this amazing image from my bike commute. This is something you can only see biking or walking to work over the Longhorn Dam on Pleasant Valley. IRL there are herons fishing.

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