Luanne Platter

@luanneplatter.bsky.social

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Commoner living in Austin TX. She/her Puritans suck so bad.

Mijo, my brown tabby is sitting on my bed, on a blue blanket. My cat looks like her 2 cats, and we have the same blanket.
My brown tabby cat is sitting on my bed. The bed spread is blue with a waffle pattern. My cat looks very similar to the op's cats and we have the same bed spread.
A screenshot from the HEB app. Pictured is a bag of frozen hash browns. In the shape of Texas. With a star cutout kinda between Austin and Dallas.
Old Man Trump Words by Woody Guthrie Adapted by Ryan Harvey, Music by Ryan Harvey Contact Publisher - Woody Guthrie Publications/BMG Chrysalis I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts When he drawed that color line Here at his Beach Haven family project Beach Haven ain't my home! No, I just can't pay this rent! My money's down the drain, And my soul is badly bent! Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower Where no black folks come to roam, No, no, Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home! I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both Welcoming you here to Beach Haven To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place To have your kids raised up in. Beach Haven ain't my home! No, I just can't pay this rent! My money's down the drain, And my soul is badly bent! Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower Where no black folks come to roam, No, no, Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home!
I searched Gina Hinojosa's bluesky account for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's name. This is a screenshot saying No results found.
Yeah, saw that as well. I'm perfectly satisfied with bastards dying and suspect I always will be. But for me it sucks that I have to question whether it was truly natural causes or someone offing him because the one decent thing he was doing to continue helping Ukraine resist Russian aggression. He just got back from meetings in Ukraine yesterday.
I think it's a moth. It's definitely a bug. It looks like a dead leaf. It was attached to a cranberry colored pair of pants I had drying on the line outside. I almost just brushed it off until I saw its little segmented body. Also, it was huge for a bug. Like more than 2 inches across.
Quiz results about your political views in a modern context I'm 92% Woke 8% Chud 32% Tech Bro 67% Neo Luddite 31% Hopepilled 67% Doomer 82% Davos 17% Dubia My closest match is Greta Thunberg
Baby gator floating through vegetation in Lake Raven at Huntsville State Park. The top of its body is visible. He's dark greenish black with pale yellow stripes.
Gov. Abbott announced his support for closing Texas primaries, arguing that only Republicans should vote in Republican primaries. . He also aims to stop universities and local governments from hiring H-1B visa Aliens.
The post says that Mein Kampf is the only book kids should be encouraged to read. He posted a pic of the book cover which I have defaced with Popular Front arrows and the word NAZI in all caps. If you repost Nazi imagery, you should always deface it so it can't be repurposed by fascists for fascist purposes.
This is a video of a park ranger filling bird feeders in an enclosed bird blInd. Turkeys have poured over the fence. It's chaos and madness as they ungracefully fly from the ground to tree branches to the feeders. Some of the feeders are hanging, and every now and then, a turkey flips it over. THEN THE TURKEYS GO WILD!!!!
This is Nate Paul. His mugshot to be exact. He's very ugly. A douchy looking jerky face. His hair and stubble are greying. He's got a stupid shit eating grin. He was Ken Paxton's bestie. Pure corruption. His name can be found all over Paxton's impeachment.
Adolescent alligator swimming in Lake Raven through aquatic vegetation. The water is reflecting the blue sky and white clouds above. Just the top of the gator is visible. Most of the body is under water. His body is dark green (almost black) striped with yellow.
Portrait of Lucy Parsons. She's in a Victorian era striped dress and a black hat.
At least two elected officials who had planned to speak at the festival -- Travis County District Attorney José Garza and Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick - backed out of the event as a result of the last-minute changes. Both cited security concerns that had not been an issue for them when their panel discussions were still slated to happen on UT Austin's campus "Our team was excited to participate in the event at the University of Texas location and disappointed to have to cancel,' Ismael Martinez, a spokesman for Garza's office. said
Austin STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS FUENTES. VELÁSQUEZ. SIEGEL, AND QADRI: On Austin's Decision to Comply with Abbott's Immiaration Demands "When Governor Abbott threatened to strongarm Austin by gutting our victim services and defunding programs for our at-risk youth, the City had a chance to show every Austinite that their government answers to them, not to political threats. That's not what happened. Although the City held firm on some core principles, City management capitulated to the Governor's unreasonable demand to change our general orders and tamper with APD officers' lawful discretion to choose not to call ICE when they encounter a non-judicial administrative ICE warrant. Some key components of our general orders were preserved. Most importantly, Austin is preserving the provisions forbidding officers from detaining anybody based solely on an administrative warrant, as required by the Fourth Amendment, However, today's decision to remove officers' discretion regarding the initial call to ICE wil overburden already-scarce police resources and turn local law enforcement into a tool for a fear-driven political agenda. Months ago, our General Orders were updated carefully, deliberately, and in full compliance with Texas State Law to ensure our officers can serve every Austinite, without compromising public trust or basic constitutional protections Abbott's demands ignore this entirely, in an obvious attempt to scapegoat immigrants and distract Texans from skyrocketing costs, crumbling infrastructure, and State leadership that has repeatedly failed its people. Austinites deserve leaders who have their backs, unconditionally. And we will explore all options in the coming days to reverse this disheartening decision." -City of Austin Council Members Vanessa Fuentes, José Velásquez, Mike Siegel, and Zohaib "Zo" Qadri #
Austin STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS FUENTES. VELÁSQUEZ. SIEGEL, AND QADRI: On Austin's Decision to Comply with Abbott's Immiaration Demands "When Governor Abbott threatened to strongarm Austin by gutting our victim services and defunding programs for our at-risk youth, the City had a chance to show every Austinite that their government answers to them, not to political threats. That's not what happened. Although the City held firm on some core principles, City management capitulated to the Governor's unreasonable demand to change our general orders and tamper with APD officers' lawful discretion to choose not to call ICE when they encounter a non-judicial administrative ICE warrant. Some key components of our general orders were preserved. Most importantly, Austin is preserving the provisions forbidding officers from detaining anybody based solely on an administrative warrant, as required by the Fourth Amendment, However, today's decision to remove officers' discretion regarding the initial call to ICE wil overburden already-scarce police resources and turn local law enforcement into a tool for a fear-driven political agenda. Months ago, our General Orders were updated carefully, deliberately, and in full compliance with Texas State Law to ensure our officers can serve every Austinite, without compromising public trust or basic constitutional protections Abbott's demands ignore this entirely, in an obvious attempt to scapegoat immigrants and distract Texans from skyrocketing costs, crumbling infrastructure, and State leadership that has repeatedly failed its people. Austinites deserve leaders who have their backs, unconditionally. And we will explore all options in the coming days to reverse this disheartening decision." -City of Austin Council Members Vanessa Fuentes, José Velásquez, Mike Siegel, and Zohaib "Zo" Qadri #
A perfect raccoon track in sandy mud. There are a couple of green sprouts of some kind. The raccoon track is 5 fingers spread out and looks like a tiny human hand print.
Absolute chaos as the ranger sets out feed in the bird blind as 20 or so wild turkeys grapple with each other and other birds to get breakfast.
Big boy wild turkey all puffed up. His tail is fanned out. His feathers are all puffed out and spread open. He's standing by the side of a road. He was super excited bc the ranger was feeding birds in a walled off blind. He's just about to hop a fence to get to morning chow.
Photo taken standing next to the porch of the cabin. Looking off in the distance to the lake shore which is very far away. I'm not good with distance. A football field? 100s of yards?
18 wheeler truck. The trailer is white, has no other markings other than an anarchy symbol printed in red on the back quarter of the side of the truck.
Diagram of slave ship showing the arranging of people for transport to the Americas from Africa. The depictions of people are so crowded that the illustration of the slave quarters is almost entirely black, with only slivers of negative space between the people.
My friend, my brother - all is well. Come see me. Otherwise, I'|| come knocking sic] on your door," Starr wrote back six days later And come see Starr, Epstein did. In July of 2012, within the timeframe that Baylor ists Starr as its official president, Epstein appears to have traveled to Waco to see Starr on Baylor's campus
We live in a world that is profoundly against children--evident in the genocide in Palestine the fascist targeting of trans children, and the Blatant disregard for the lives of migrant children crossing borders and oceans. It is a world in which climate catastrophe has become the new normal. in which children's futures are by no means assured What we need, feminist writer and scholar Madeline Lane-McKinely argues, is a politics of solidarity with children, one that sees children as comrades in our struggle for a better future. Blending personal and political reflection with cultural analysis, Lane- McKinley examines the history of childhood as a system of private property in capitalism showing how the idea of the child has been weaponized in the service of white supremacy and empire. She disentangles motherhood from the act of caregiving, tracing the possibilities of revolutionary mothering. And she critiques the parents' rights movement and imagines what education might look like outside schools, considering how we might center children as we challenge the strictures of the nuclear family.
The Instagram post from Illinois college republicans. The post shows a violent piece of rightwing propaganda regarding the murder of Alex Pretti. I used the stylus on my phone to edit the picture. I drew 3 yellow arrows going down and to the left, a Popular Front symbol. I also defaced the image with the words, Fuck CBP, ACAB, and Fuck ICE The original image is still visible. Just properly defaced and can't be reshared.
Old white lady and white dude's hands. Sitting on a brown pillow. Lady's nails are aqua paint and dude's nails are dark blue. The paint on the nails is messy like our souls. Messy. But, extremely cool looking. Also... like our souls, I guess.
Now, more than ever, our country faces the greatest moral test of our time; we can choose to be complicit in this humanitarian crisis or we can step up and end family separation and mass incarceration. We ioin hundreds of thousands of Americans in calling on our federal government to immediately reunite all families who have been separated over the past two weeks, and to halt discretionless prosecutions for border crossing. And we must go farther. We were heartened to hear last week's announcement that Congressmember Mark Pocan plans to introduce leaislation that goes farther, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We applaud this development, and look forward to working with members of congress to bring an end to the fear and suffering that rampant immigration enforcement causes in our communities by defunding and disbanding ICE
Google maps screenshot of Texas Department of Public Safety headquarters in Austin Texas. Posting in hopes that this Department might provide Safety to the kids in captivity that the federal government has enslaved. But they won't. I hope people go there to plead for their kidnapped loved ones.
Now, more than ever, our country faces the greatest moral test of our time; we can choose to be complicit in this humanitarian crisis or we can step up and end family separation and mass incarceration. We join hundreds of thousands of Americans in calling on our federal government to immediately reunite all families who have been separated over the past two weeks, and to halt discretionless prosecutions for border crossing. And we must go farther. We were heartened to hear last week’s announcement that Congressmember Mark Pocan plans to introduce legislation that goes farther, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We applaud this development, and look forward to working with members of congress to bring an end to the fear and suffering that rampant immigration enforcement causes in our communities by defunding and disbanding ICE
But I find my grasp already Weakening on anything that I have to initiate myself So it seems that free will is just Another muscle you must Exercise just like anything else
Ernst Röhm German Nazi & military officer (1887-1934 Ernst Julius Günther Rohm (German srnst 'zø:ml: 28 November 1887 - 1 Julv 1934) was a German military officer politician, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. A close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler. Rohm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Hitler's rise to power. He served as chief of the SA from 1931 until his assassination by the SS in 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives. [1]
tpr.org Texas Public Radic Donate Immigration attorney Eric Lee said he was at the Dilley facility for a confidential visit with clients - an immigrant family of six including five children - when guards Began shouting for everyone in the waiting area to leave, citing what they described as "an incident." As the Michigan-based attorney walked toward his car. he said he heard what sounded like "hundreds of children' shouting, with voices he described as 'high-pitched" and "urgent." He said he could see children streaming from dormitory areas behind a chain-link fence and chanting "Libertad.' Lee said clients he later spoke with told him the protest was triggered by concerns over the treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos a five-year-old who was taken into custody with his father in Minnesota earlier this week and transferred to the Dilley facility
Screenshot from a quiz called The Innocence Test which determines your purity. I got 82/100 The Innocence Test Back Devil Child (82) idk what you're doing on the weekends, but all the more power to you. Lucifer would be proud.
A photo of 2 books leaning against the back of my couch. The couch is light green. There's a lamp in the background against a light blue wall. The 2 books are True Believer by Josephine Riseman and Wild Faith by Tal Lavin. Both were published before the authors transitioned. I have used some paint to reflect the authors' names. Tal made it easy, I only had to black out a couple letters against a black background. Josie's book required matching a bright yellow which I did when I was drunk. Then this morning, adding the lettering in black. Friends, I am not an artist. Pretty sloppy work. ✌🏻❤️🖤
A coffee mug we bought from Mox's online store sitting on my coffee table. It says I Like Art in typewriter font. It's sitting next to my bong which is a warm yellow, black, and brown swirl of blown glass. Made, I think by an artsan from San Antonio, can't remember their name. Also, my weed grinder is in the foreground. Something about this picture says wake and bake with a hippie speedball. Last night's wine glasses are still on the table. Maybe I shouldn't post this. It says a bit too much about the mess surrounding me, but then again, the whole fucking thing is a mess. It's all very messy. Time to smoke this bowl. LFG
Old Man Trump Words by Woody Guthrie Adapted by Ryan Harvey, Music by Ryan Harvey Contact Publisher - Woody Guthrie Publications/BMG Chrysalis I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts When he drawed that color line Here at his Beach Haven family project Beach Haven ain't my home! No, I just can't pay this rent! My money's down the drain, And my soul is badly bent! Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower Where no black folks come to roam, No, no, Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home! I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both Welcoming you here to Beach Haven To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place To have your kids raised up in. Beach Haven ain't my home! No, I just can't pay this rent! My money's down the drain, And my soul is badly bent! Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower Where no black folks come to roam, No, no, Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home!
A raccoon on our picnic table late at night rummaging through our clean dishes. To be clear, all food items were safely locked away. Never feed wildlife.
Sarah Connor loading an automatic weapon.
Our Work: For 5 years, Queertopia has successfully made palaces out of pennies. We simultaneously operated 2 small shelters (QT Main with 7 people & an Air BnB with 12 elders for 5 months) while continuing our outreach at St John's Park and check-ins with folks who are now housed. This included a freeze week with 44 people from St. John's in a hotel. We chose St. John's as our main outreach service area because it was a freedmen's colony with generational families experiencing homelessness. There are many closeted folks- especiallv elders- and there is a historv of STI outbreaks. Because it is a historically Black area that is being gentrified- approximately 90% of our clients are Black. It is also home to many of Queertopia's members, Everv vear since 2021, Queertopia has emergency fundraised for hotel rooms during the winter. Queertopia fundraises for $1.460 raised of 100K 7%
Our Work: For 5 years, Queertopia has successfully made palaces out of pennies. We simultaneously operated 2 small shelters (QT Main with 7 people & an Air BnB with 12 elders for 5 months) while continuing our outreach at St John's Park and check-ins with folks who are now housed. This included a freeze week with 44 people from St. John's in a hotel. We chose St. John's as our main outreach service area because it was a freedmen's colony with generational families experiencing homelessness. There are many closeted folks- especiallv elders- and there is a historv of STI outbreaks. Because it is a historically Black area that is being gentrified- approximately 90% of our clients are Black. It is also home to many of Queertopia's members, Everv vear since 2021, Queertopia has emergency fundraised for hotel rooms during the winter. Queertopia fundraises for $1.460 raised of 100K 7%
Screenshot of a Terminator movie still. Sarah Conner dressed in a black tank top and black cargo pants. She's holding a weapon that looks like an AR15 or something like that. She wearing black sunglasses with round lenses. She looks like she's paying attention to what someone is saying, but she's also preparing to shoot Terminators. So, I hope the OP understands, that trying to convince Sarah Conner that Skynet is useful to humanity because code writing or some bullshit is pretty insulting.
And so now, let's tug on that loose thread... I'm sure many of my left-leaning readers will say, "This is obvious. we have been talking about it for YEARS! Yes, many of you have; but you were using language of emotion ("Pay a living wage!") rather than showing the math. My bad for not paying closer attention; your bad for not showing your work or coming up with workable solutions. Let's rectify it rather than cast blame
What We're Bracing For Thanks to brave supporters in Congress and in the public, we have won one victory, the passage of the bill to release the Epstein files. But we know the battle is far from over. As we approach the release of the files, here is what we are bracing for: 1. Attempts to blame the victims for our own or each other's abuse. Years ago, Epstein got away with abusing us by portraying us as flawed and bad girls. We cannot let his enablers use this tactic to escape accountability now. Some of us were neglected children.Some of us were used to recruit other girls our age. These were tactics that Epstein and Maxwell used as they ensnared victims and they are standard tactics of all sex traffickers. These tacties reflect on them, not on us 2. Incomplete disclosures. Other than redacting victim names, we want all the files disclosed. We ask oul champions in Congress and in the public to continue fighting to make sure all materials are released, not selected ones. 3. Threats to our physical safety, Many of us have already received death threats and other threats o1 harm. We are bracing for these to escalate. We ask every federal and state law enforcement agency tha has jurisdiction over these threats to investigate them and protect us 4. Efforts to pull us apart. We are already hearing efforts to suggest that victims who had reached the age of 18 were not really victims anymore. We denounce this outrageous argument. Some of us were over 18 when we were victimized. Some were vulnerable because of childhood sexual abuse. Some were vulnerable because of poverty. Some of us were assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell and their accomplices using force, intimidation, and violence. All of us were vulnerable because of life circumstances our young selves faced that were manipulated by Epstein and Maxwell and for which we were targeted.
My campsite fire in the fire ring is in the foreground and the lake at sunset is in the background.
Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.... 1d I've never understood why we need a president at all. If Bush and Trump can do this super essential important iob, and then do unspeakably evil shit with it, it not only seems unnecessary, but destructive. 1 Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social I'm a leftist and gonna want to tear down a hierarchy, but I don't understand why evervone else doesn't at least want to take the top off the hierarchy.
A photo of The Guadalupe River. Looking downstream, the water reflects the green trees on the far bank and the blue sky above. In the foreground is a huge Bald Cypress tree with its tangled roots on the bank and in the water.
Same cardinal in the first Pic. He's hopped up on the picnic table at our campsite. He's perched on my orange dishwashing basin. You can see the yellow basin next to it. There's a blue igloo water cooler on the seat of the picnic table in front of it. Very colorful stuff going on. There's 2 Coffee Mate canisters on the table. Our tent is in the background.
I caught a pic of a male red cardinal in my campsite this morning. He's hopping around in fall leaves that are wet from a rain shower yesterday. There's a fallen log in the foreground and a tree trunk on the right. Cardinals are cool cuz they got that orange beak and black little bandit mask around their eyes. This is a very round plump fella.
And it was drug dealers themselves whose tips alleging that law enforcement officers were demanding bribes for protection led to the FBI investigation, Joyner said.
Outside of a stone pavilion. There are low stone walls coming out for seating that creat a little yard area. The side of the pavilion has an outdoor fireplace that's borded up. This is for doing big cooks, I imagine.
This building represents a nation's hope. It is a legacy of the Great Depression of the 1930s, a time of 25% unemployment, soup kitchens for the homeless and the threat of starvation for many. In March 1933, thousands of young men across America answered newly-elected President Franklin Roosevelt's call to join the Civilian Conservation Corps - a Peacetime Army that would plant millions of trees, build parks and recreational facilities across the United States, and most important, provide jobs to young unemployed men. For most, the CCC was the first job they ever held. When interviewed in 2003, 85-year-old Alvin Thieme, stationed 2 Bastrop State Park S 1933, remembered his days at camp: I am proud OF the work we did. I think everybody ought to look at these rocks.... They're pretty big- It was manpower. The boys did it ...I always said I was a boy when I got in; when I got out I was a man."
The.Vision Continues By enjoying this state park, you fulfil FDR'S vision of improved lifie through recreation. As you care for these buildings and their surrounding landscape, you carry on the legacy of the CCC boys of companies 1805 and 1811. We hope that the cultural and natural heritage of Buescher State Park inspires you to become steward of the park, and that your experiences here will enrich your life as did for the CCC boys.
Roosevelt's "Tree Army" Companies 1805 and 1811 came to Bastrop and Buescher from 1933 to 1939 and began landscaping the area into a public recreational park. Recruits enrolled for a six-month period. Base pay was $30 per month, and of this, $22 to $25 was sent to the enrollee's family. The boys received uniforms, room, board and access to medical and dental care. On average, each boy gained 11-1/4 pounds during their first three months in the CCC.
Receipt for a $100 donation to the Central Texas Food Bank. $100 = 300 meals.
Leo DiCaprio meme where he's pointing at the TV bc he recognizes something
The Producer gratefully acknowledges the help and encouragement of Working Women, the National Association of Office Workers in the making of this film.
Protest sign The top is a No Kings symbol. It's a yellow crown with the letters NO over it in red. There's a black X over the image. In the middle is the Rebel Alliance symbol. Below it says NO KINGS ATX The lettering is done in red, yellow, and blended orange to seem firey.
Governor Abbott Deploys DPS, Texas National Guard Ahead Of Antifa-Linked Protest AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas National Guard to deploy personnel and tactical assets to Austin ahead of a planned antifa-linked demonstration to protect Texans and their property `Violence and destruction will never be tolerated in Texas," said Governor Abbott. "Today, : directed the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas National Guard to deploy al necessary law enforcement officials and resources to ensure the safety of Austin residents Texas will deter criminal mischief and work with local law enforcement to arrest anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property." At the direction of Governor Abbott, DPS law enforcement personnel, including state troopers, Special Agents, and Texas Rangers, along with Texas National Guard soldiers, will be surged to the Austin area to maintain law and order. This is in addition to the thousands of DPS troopers already stationed throughout the state. These law enforcement officers and soldiers will be supported by aircraft and other tactical assets. DPS' Homeland Security Division is actively monitoring the planned protest in Austin, as well as any other potential violent demonstrations across the state. DPS will investigate any links to known terrorist organizatio ns and swiftly bring charges against those who engage ir unlawful activity.