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Russell E Taylor III
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Celebrating a hard-fought #GIS victory over Connecticut (and institutional intransigence in the face of shifting realities) with the best New Haven pie in town, plus these regional beverages.

PSA: If you are a state, please do not completely redraw your counties.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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So busy that I've not had much time to plot what to do in New Orleans next week - what are your bike-from-Treme recommendations?
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#TrinityKnot #SlowFashion #FoldingBike #Brompton #NewOrleans
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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New lockscreen: let's get vertical
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Here we goooo…!
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#MerovingianKnot #SlowFashion #TernHSD #CargoBike #TexasGISForum2025
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Happy Halloween, y'all!
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I've just put the finishing touches on my presentation, so all that remains is for you to show up to see it! Come see me present The Adventures of Compost Bin Buddy at the 2025 Texas GIS Forum at 10:45 AM on November 5. #TexasGISForum2025 #GIS #ZeroWaste #Community
A graphic for the 2025 Texas GIS Forum, "The Intersect", spotlighting Russell E Taylor, III, who is presenting The Adventures of Compost Bin Buddy on November 5 at 10:45 PM at the UT Commons Conference Center, and a photo of Russell - a middle aged white man in a grey driving cap, purple dress shirt, and green bowtie.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I know what this is, but without any context for scale, well…
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Another entry in the annals of offensively bad #Texas maps. Spotted at Leopard Lounge in Austin TX.
A black vest on a hanger over a white Western shirt. The vest has various rhinestone bordered fabric appliques in a kitschy western theme, including a red splotch eith blue text reading "Texas" within it. The splotch has parts that resemble the panhandle and Big Bend suggesting that it's intended to represent the state's border.
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Strange but true!
August 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Some of y'all know, but now all y'all do: I have, just today and not without a heap of anxiety, enrolled in UNT's online Master of Science in Information Science program.

Tps & tricks for managing school in the midst of *gestures generally* as well as assorted well-wishes accepted below 👇🏻
The seal of the University of North Texas - white on green - at the top of the UNT seal is the lamp of learning, burning with an eternal flame representing academic achievement and excellence. The laurel wreath represents honor, and the beveled Lone Star in the center symbolizes the great state of Texas.
August 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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One day only! Me (and other community nerds) on my usual GIS/cycling/transit/land use schtick, at ACC Rio Grande at Noon!
#GISChat #ATX
July 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Scored a new-to-me grill from my #BuyNothing group, and hauled it home in style! #CarryShitOlympics #CargoBike
A photo of Sunstreaker, a bright yellow Tern HSD cargo bike, towing Combat Deck, a black Burley utility trailer, which is carrying a black Weber kettle grill held down by a grey cargo net, parked on the street in bright sunlight.
July 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I Was Country (When Country Wasn't Cool) [2025]
A small bag of Planter's peanuts and a can of Coke Zero on a coaster in front of a laptop.
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The traditional pan-african #tarallucci are ready for my office #Juneteenth celebration tomorrow. Top to bottom are cinnamon, chocolate, and mint iced!
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#italianfood #dessert #flag
A square serving plate covered in small irregular toroidal cooked (tarallucci) frosted in red, dark chocolate, and green, arranged in horizontal bands in the style of the pan-african tricolor flag
June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The revolution will not be ready-to-wear.
All these looks require a bit of TLC now and then; luckily, this Taylor is occasionally a tailor of modest skill. Thanks, mom!
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@clotheshorse.bsky.social #sewist #mending
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up, wearing a bright blue T-shirt and black acetate glasses behind a sewing machine with red thread on the spool and a sticker of cute kittens in a basket with yarn and a slogan reading "Sewing is a radical act"
June 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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God gave Noah the rainbow sign
No more water, but the fire next time
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#BoloTie #SlowFashion #Brompton #FoldingBike
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of the far side of Kramer Station and it's tracks wearing rectangular green-blue metallic acetate sunglasses, a straw fedora, lapis lazuli bolo tie, and a vertical pride rainbow stripesd shirt sleeve button down shirt A photo of my right foot on the pedal of an orange Brompton folding bike with its name, Huffer, in purple on the top tube I'm wearing mauve loafers with under a green pantleg with no socks
June 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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There are tiny mammoths on my ascot; your argument is invalid.
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#Ascot #SlowFashion #TernHSD #CargoBike
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of some live oak trees in an office park, wearing rectangular lime green acetate sunglasses and red as or with small tan and white mammoth profile shapes under a lime green dress shirt A photo of my right foot on the pedal of a yellow Tern HSD cargo bike with its name, Sunstreaker, in red on the seat stay I'm wearing red perforated leather loafers with under a red pantleg with a bit of green sock showing A close up of red silky mascot, showing the outlines of wooly mammoths in light and darker tan
June 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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When I got home and took the bins down to the curb, I realized that I'd managed to match my mimosa tree…
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of a drooping bough of my mimosa tree wearing rectangular white pearlescent acetate sunglasses and sky blue bow tie with pink diagonal stripes on a bright lime green dress shirt with a lavender pork pie hat lit face on by the setting sun
May 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Glad this week will be short - in part because I'm looking forward to some Austin bike fam fun coming up with Wet Hot American Bummer & Yellow Bike next weekend, and possibly @BikeStoryNight@pixelfed.social tonight!
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#BowtieTuesday #SlowFashion #TernHSD #CargoBike
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of some live oak trees in an office park, wearing rectangular white pearlescent acetate sunglasses and sky blue bow tie with pink diagonal stripes on a bright lime green dress shirt with a lavender pork pie hat A photo of my right foot on the pedal of a yellow Tern HSD cargo bike with its name, Sunstreaker, in red on the seat stay I'm wearing tan leather and canvas spectator derby wingtips with lavender socks under a sky blue pantleg
May 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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In a too-soon Texas Summer, I take "dressing to conditions" to mean "like you're at a beach resort", even if it looks like my job is beach.
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of a train station marqee wearing rectangular pink acetate sunglasses and a polished seashell eye bolo tie on a black, pink, and green tropical shirt with a dark straw fedora A photo of my right foot on the pedal of a orange Brompton folding bike with its name, Huffer, in purple on the top tube I'm wearing Mauve canvas penny loafers with no socks under a pinstriped pantleg
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Happy #WorldGothDay, my friends who embrace the dark! If you think your look isn't gothy enough, simply standing next to me will make you look goth AF 😉
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#BoloTie #SlowFashion #TernHSD #CargoBike
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of some live oak trees in an office park, wearing rectangular green acetate sunglasses and a tigers eye bolo tie on a bright yellow linen with a light straw fedora. A photo of my right foot on the pedal of a yellow Tern HSD cargo bike with its name, Sunstreaker, in red on the seat stay I'm wearing light tan canvas penny loafers with no socks under a bright green pantleg
May 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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If you recognize this #BoloTie, thank you for the giftie!
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#BoloTieTuesday #SlowFashion #TernHSD #CargoBike
A photo of me, a 47 year old white man with a shaved head, a short cropped brown & grey beard, photographed from the chest up In front of some live oak trees in an office park, wearing rectangular turquoise acetate sunglasses and a turquoise and silver bolo tie on a salmon linen with a straw fedora A photo of my right foot on the pedal of a yellow Tern HSD cargo bike with its name, Sunstreaker, in red on the seat stay I'm wearing dark mauve fabric penny loafers with no socks under a turquoise pantleg
May 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The man. The machine.
I left home in full confidence I could carry my curbside order back without a trailer, but forgot I'd added potting soil at the last minute. Luckily, Sunstreaker is a mighty and flexible hauler!
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#HEB @ternbicycles.com #TernHSD #CargoBike #GeoHipster #CarryShitOlympics
Me, a 47 year old man with a short brown beard and sunglasses in a yellow-orange bucket hat and a maroon GeoHipster t shirt with a fixie on it, standing in the parking lot with an HEB store behind me Sunstreaker, a bright yellow Tern HSD, laden with groceries in both large pannier and front porteur rack bag, plus a large bag of potting soil on its rear rack, standing on its kickstand in a parking space.
May 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I got to ride with the Austin City Council Mobility Committee today - including dozens of city staff, local advocates, and of course city council members - to see some of the amazing work being done to keep Austin moving better & better!
Me, a 47 year old white man photographed from the chest up, wearing a light straw fedora, mirrored sunglasses, and a tan embroided guayabera with a jade bolo to Standing on the shore of Lady Bird Lake by Longhorn Dam with the construction site of the new wishbone bridge behind me
May 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM