🐦 Is It Lady Bird Lake Or Town Lake?

🎾 Longhorn Out at Wimbledon Quarterfinals

Lulu Sun, a New Zealander who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2022, lost to Donna Vekiin the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Tuesday. In 2021, Sun led the UT tennis team to a NCAA championship while majoring in political science. [The Athletic]

🎙️ Let’s Eat!

Jane Ko, the creator behind the “atasteofkoko” Instagram account, joins City Cast Austin Podcast Host Nikki DaVaughn on today’s episode to talk about what she considers Austin’s five food groups, and must-try restaurants in town. [City Cast Austin]

↙️ Capital Factory Will Keep Military Relationships

Despite SXSW’s decision to no longer work with the U.S. Army and other weapons makers after pro-Palestianian protests at this year’s festival, Capital Factory announced it is not cutting ties with the defense industry. Capital Factory, a startup accelerator, works with SXSW every year to put on events and activations.

• "Capital Factory is still 'game on' for government and defense-related events in March 2025," said Capital Factory Founder Joshua Baer. "As one of our strongest partners, we look forward to continuing to collaborate with SXSW on non-defense related programming in 2025 and beyond." [Austin Business Journal]

🚑 Medics Mull Permanent Presence on Rainey Street

Austin-Travis County EMS medics are awaiting the first draft of Austin’s budget, coming next week, to see if they’ll be able to implement a full-time program on Rainey Street. A pilot program that ended in April stationed medics on Rainey Street during peak hours. [KXAN]