I walked home tonight in the rain under a hat made from the local weekly newspaper. Haven't done that in a while.

Frankly, it's the best use of the Austin Chronicle in recent memory.

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Austin rallies in solidarity with immigrant hunger strikers

Austin, TX – Approximately 20 community members gathered in front of Travis County Jail on Saturday, June 13 in a show of solidarity with those resisting in Delaney Hall and Adelanto ICE processing facility. The rally was organized by La Frontera Unida (LFU), a member of the Legalization for All Network (L4A), as a part of L4A’s Weekend of Action Against Immigration Detention Centers.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/austin-rallies-in-solidarity-with-immigrant-hunger-strikers

Went to Alamo South Lamar to see I Love Boosters. Great movie. The shopping complex the theater is in has instituted paid (and expensive) parking that’s completely unattended (of course). You’re supposed to be able to get credit after you pay if you are going to the theater, but the system they’re using for that isn’t working. The Alamo staff were having us write down our plate numbers. I’m less than confident this will work.

Since Sony’s takeover, I’ve cooled a lot on the Alamo in general. The food has gone downhill, the bathrooms are filthy (no surprise since they reduced staff), but it’s still expensive.

After Southwest Airlines took private equity, they remade themselves to be exactly as customer-hostile as all the other airlines. Before, I would always give them priority. Now I treat them like any other airline. I had given Alamo priority (so had lots of other people—shows would often be sold out there and wide-open at other theaters), but I’m going to start treating them like any other cinema.

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