pmbAustin 🏳️🌈🍂
@pmbaustin.bsky.social
Single Senior Gay Man living in Austin TX.
Fully employed Software developer and DB Admin, WfH.
Liberal AF. Obviously.
He/Him
Fully employed Software developer and DB Admin, WfH.
Liberal AF. Obviously.
He/Him
Woke up too damn early again.
I'm a night person, have been my entire life, back to childhood. Yet lately, and ESPECIALLY since the time change, I've been waking up at 4, 5, or 6am and just not been able to go back to sleep, meaning I'm only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night.
Getting old sucks.
I'm a night person, have been my entire life, back to childhood. Yet lately, and ESPECIALLY since the time change, I've been waking up at 4, 5, or 6am and just not been able to go back to sleep, meaning I'm only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night.
Getting old sucks.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Woke up too damn early again.
I'm a night person, have been my entire life, back to childhood. Yet lately, and ESPECIALLY since the time change, I've been waking up at 4, 5, or 6am and just not been able to go back to sleep, meaning I'm only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night.
Getting old sucks.
I'm a night person, have been my entire life, back to childhood. Yet lately, and ESPECIALLY since the time change, I've been waking up at 4, 5, or 6am and just not been able to go back to sleep, meaning I'm only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night.
Getting old sucks.
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“So, do you have any plans this weekend?”
I'm just going to hang out at home.
“Ah, so no plans yet.”
What? I just told you my plans.
I'm just going to hang out at home.
“Ah, so no plans yet.”
What? I just told you my plans.
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“So, do you have any plans this weekend?”
I'm just going to hang out at home.
“Ah, so no plans yet.”
What? I just told you my plans.
I'm just going to hang out at home.
“Ah, so no plans yet.”
What? I just told you my plans.
Sharing a photo a friend took of the aurora last night.
Location: Menominee, MI (upper peninsula) .
I've never seen the northern lights before, and it's always been a bucket list item, but I live in central TX so oh well. 😂😭
Just gorgeous!
Location: Menominee, MI (upper peninsula) .
I've never seen the northern lights before, and it's always been a bucket list item, but I live in central TX so oh well. 😂😭
Just gorgeous!
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sharing a photo a friend took of the aurora last night.
Location: Menominee, MI (upper peninsula) .
I've never seen the northern lights before, and it's always been a bucket list item, but I live in central TX so oh well. 😂😭
Just gorgeous!
Location: Menominee, MI (upper peninsula) .
I've never seen the northern lights before, and it's always been a bucket list item, but I live in central TX so oh well. 😂😭
Just gorgeous!
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
Low in the 30s this morning outside, but I refuse to turn on the heat because it's going to be in the 80s tomorrow afternoon.
#IamPerfectlyRational
#IamPerfectlyRational
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Low in the 30s this morning outside, but I refuse to turn on the heat because it's going to be in the 80s tomorrow afternoon.
#IamPerfectlyRational
#IamPerfectlyRational
Woke up at 5am again this morning, wide awake, for no good reason. Ugh. Another day I have to manage to get by on less than 5 hours of sleep...
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Woke up at 5am again this morning, wide awake, for no good reason. Ugh. Another day I have to manage to get by on less than 5 hours of sleep...
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Introverts be like: “please invite me so I can say no and feel included.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Introverts be like: “please invite me so I can say no and feel included.”
Just a whole week of shitty sleep.
I want to blame it on the time change, but I'm not sure that's true.
I want to blame it on the time change, but I'm not sure that's true.
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just a whole week of shitty sleep.
I want to blame it on the time change, but I'm not sure that's true.
I want to blame it on the time change, but I'm not sure that's true.
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Today's movie recommendation is "Shirley Valentine". This British movie follows a woman who feels stuck, goes on a Greek vacation with a friend, and rediscovers herself and decides to abandon her old life and stay in Greece. It's based on the play of the same name. Funny, wistful, & entertaining.
March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today's movie recommendation is "Shirley Valentine". This British movie follows a woman who feels stuck, goes on a Greek vacation with a friend, and rediscovers herself and decides to abandon her old life and stay in Greece. It's based on the play of the same name. Funny, wistful, & entertaining.
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This is Finn. His human stopped scratching his back, so he had to take matters into his own hands. 13/10 (TT: anna.ve.w)
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is Finn. His human stopped scratching his back, so he had to take matters into his own hands. 13/10 (TT: anna.ve.w)
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Seriously???
Knowing that the author is a giant Heartstopper fan, this is not a coincidence.
Knowing that the author is a giant Heartstopper fan, this is not a coincidence.
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Seriously???
Knowing that the author is a giant Heartstopper fan, this is not a coincidence.
Knowing that the author is a giant Heartstopper fan, this is not a coincidence.
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Think it's time to take advantage of yarn season and work on this alpine stitch blanket again. Was too hot and too busy for it this summer.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Think it's time to take advantage of yarn season and work on this alpine stitch blanket again. Was too hot and too busy for it this summer.
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The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and NGC 2023 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/rhRRAz
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and NGC 2023 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/rhRRAz
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Random night fact:
As Keeping Up with the Kardashians wrapped 20 seasons and The Kardashians hits 5, I’d like to congratulate myself on never watching a single episode.
Okay, goodnight #Bluesky
As Keeping Up with the Kardashians wrapped 20 seasons and The Kardashians hits 5, I’d like to congratulate myself on never watching a single episode.
Okay, goodnight #Bluesky
a cartoon character is laying in bed with a blue blanket
ALT: a cartoon character is laying in bed with a blue blanket
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November 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Random night fact:
As Keeping Up with the Kardashians wrapped 20 seasons and The Kardashians hits 5, I’d like to congratulate myself on never watching a single episode.
Okay, goodnight #Bluesky
As Keeping Up with the Kardashians wrapped 20 seasons and The Kardashians hits 5, I’d like to congratulate myself on never watching a single episode.
Okay, goodnight #Bluesky
Took the day off. Wasn't feeling great.
Totally wasted the day away.
So much I could have done, should have done.
I did none of it. Not a damn thing.
Totally wasted the day away.
So much I could have done, should have done.
I did none of it. Not a damn thing.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Took the day off. Wasn't feeling great.
Totally wasted the day away.
So much I could have done, should have done.
I did none of it. Not a damn thing.
Totally wasted the day away.
So much I could have done, should have done.
I did none of it. Not a damn thing.
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Also, he was ridiculously beautiful in an era which had a larger-than-average share of beautiful pop stars (even allowing for the Aqua-Net dependent hairstyles)
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Also, he was ridiculously beautiful in an era which had a larger-than-average share of beautiful pop stars (even allowing for the Aqua-Net dependent hairstyles)
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Key elections are happening tomorrow. Make your plan to vote now→ IWillVote.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Key elections are happening tomorrow. Make your plan to vote now→ IWillVote.com
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Vacations are cool. But have you ever stayed home in your pajamas and not spoken to anyone for a week?
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Vacations are cool. But have you ever stayed home in your pajamas and not spoken to anyone for a week?
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Hubble sniffs out a brilliant star death in a “rotten egg” nebula - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/QyAnXX
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hubble sniffs out a brilliant star death in a “rotten egg” nebula - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/QyAnXX
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Oooooh, cool
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oooooh, cool
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IC-1396A, the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Hubble Palette - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2masBW1
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
IC-1396A, the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Hubble Palette - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2masBW1
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Seen a lot of discussion about SNAP benefits & whether recipients are working or not, but I really haven't seen anyone acknowledge that a full-time caregiver IS WORKING doing *unpaid* labor that we would have to PAY someone else to do in order to be freed up for waged labor. Childcare is expensive.
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Seen a lot of discussion about SNAP benefits & whether recipients are working or not, but I really haven't seen anyone acknowledge that a full-time caregiver IS WORKING doing *unpaid* labor that we would have to PAY someone else to do in order to be freed up for waged labor. Childcare is expensive.