Russell E Taylor III

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Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-18

The traditional pan-african are ready for my office celebration tomorrow. Top to bottom are cinnamon, chocolate, and mint iced!
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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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-17

I have, as way led on to internet way in its fine tradition, learned that Scrooge McDuck's rival Flintheart Glomgold is canonically a boer.

I need suggestions about how best to turn this fact into an insult applicable to the world's richest non-fictional human boer.

Russell E Taylor III boosted:
2025-06-16

From 2022: "We know now from decades of clinical practice, and now over the last couple of decades of research, that the earlier that we affirm someone, the better outcomes they have in terms of mental health and physical health." texasobserver.org/healthcare-f

#pride #healthcare #trans #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ+ #MentalHealth #children #health #news #politics #USpol #Texas

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-08

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

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"
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-08

Some folks are down on how cities change physically and culturally over time, but I'm glad that Austin is the still sort of place where the bluegrass 3 piece at my neighborhood coffee spot took a moment just now to draw an analogy between events in LA and the Reichstag Fire.

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-06

A friend's brother is dead, thanks to a stupid and violent police culture that enjoys a chase scene more than actually protecting public safety.

oaklandside.org/2025/06/06/mar

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-06

God gave Noah the rainbow sign
No more water, but the fire next time
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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 shirtA 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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-05

There are tiny mammoths on my ascot; your argument is invalid.
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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 shirtA 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 showingA close up of red silky mascot, showing the outlines of wooly mammoths in light and darker tan
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-06-05

Driving up Lamar Blvd along Shoal Creek, there was a backup. On the right, a shapely redhead in cutoffs & bikini top leaning on a car. Across Lamar, a similarly clad curvy Black woman with racks of clothes on the sidewalk by the park.

No idea why.

Possibly the best traffic jam I've ever been in.

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-28

@billyjoebowers I vote Elon here, because he could have had 99.999% of everything he wants with next to no public awareness or personal backlash to his pursuit of it, if he had just STFU. Huge loser move.

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-27

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 tonight!
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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 hatA 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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-27

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 tonight!
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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 hatA 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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-25

@pluralistic As an Austinite, I remember it fondly, but we've come so far since then tbh.

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-23

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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-22

Happy , 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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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
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-20

If you recognize this , thank you for the giftie!
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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 fedoraA 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
Russell E Taylor III boosted:
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2025-05-19
A pie chart that is mostly black with a tiny sliver of purple. pie chart is "Where your cool internet friends live." the purple sliver is "Within driving distance" the rest is "Fucking Atlantis or some shit"
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-17

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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@ternbicycles

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 meSunstreaker, 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.
Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-16

@adamrice @ret3 Yep - the three-span bridge just upstream of it! Apparently, they're using the new big, (eventually) fancy tunnel under Pleasant Valley to move materials and machines in & out of the job site.

Russell E Taylor IIIret3
2025-05-16

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

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