I had missed this earlier. @AustinDiocese has dispensed all Catholics in the diocese from the Friday abstinence of meat today. austindiocese.org/pastoral-messa…

@m750 @beerbabe That’s the intent of federated. Newspapers can run their own or a non-profit (or something like @KnightCenterUT) could run it for smaller outlets with minimal cost, if any.

@beerbabe I’d also be fine with an easy, federated way to… give 50 cents?… for each article I read somewhere until hitting a subscription point. Like a simple “click to…

@emilywagon @mattlargey Seeing the same. Looking at this, we’re definitely on the North pressure zone, but we’re fine. Checked since across the main road is on Central. austintexas.gov/sites/default/…

@FrMatthewLC All good. I don’t know it would have made much news. Just up to eight hours and not statewide. Should have been enough of a wakeup call locally. But…

@FrMatthewLC That’s what I mean. The 2011 blackouts should have been that wakeup call, but the political leaders ignored the after-reports. stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/2011…