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Exploring Wisconsin’s past, present and future He/him Views = mine only
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Complete and total destruction of Jabalia camp in Gaza
I remember when people were debating if Israel would actually strike a single hospital while they were leveling an entire civilization
11.10.2025 23:10 — 👍 399 🔁 126 💬 9 📌 4LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
I cannot in good conscience recommend that my undergraduate or masters students go to graduate school in the USA. I will support them if they apply but I cannot recommend it to them. This is a change from 30 years of practice in which that was my strongest recommendation.
11.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 72 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 2You’re welcome!
11.10.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 2025
Named for the abolitionist activist, newspaper editor and civil war hero Rufus King, this Art Moderne gem on Milwaukee’s North Side is consistently rated one of the best public high schools in Wisconsin.
Painting of a woman’s face on a fence with a treat behind it that resembles hair
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
N 29th & Fond Du Lac in the Amani neighborhood
What a gorgeous photo — well done, @lerual.bsky.social!
10.10.2025 14:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Milwaukee, 2025
08.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 34 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Zionism in America will continue, and it may even thrive. But it will no longer serve as a gatekeeper to Jewish life. If American Zionists continue to deny a place at the table for those who are not Zionists, they will fade into increasing irrelevance as young Jews build institutions of their own. And they will soon attain considerable resources and power.
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10.10.2025 14:08 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Aerial photo of large and well-defined clouds out over Lake Michigan with downtown Milwaukee visible in the bottom right
Milwaukee a la René Magritte
10.10.2025 13:31 — 👍 30 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Milwaukee, 43 years ago today
10.10.2025 12:38 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1When you see scary things in the news, look for the helpers.
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Black and white photo of people celebrating the Brewers victory
Black and white photo of people filling the street celebrating the Brewers victory
Black and white photo of people celebrating the Brewers victory. One guy standing on a car holds a sign that reads “ain’t no stopping us now”
Black and white photo of people celebrating the Brewers victory
Milwaukee, 43 years ago tomorrow
“The Brewers won the American League Pennant, joining the 79th World Series against the National League's St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers became the first team ever to win the League Championship Series after being down 0-2.” — Wisconsin Historical Society
Black and white photo of Milwaukee’s city hall and environs in the early 1900s
them: you seem distracted. Is something on your mind?
me:
Milwaukee, 2025
09.10.2025 00:52 — 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."
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Map of the Peshtigo fire in eastern Wisconsin in 1871
Illustration of people and animals finding safety in a body of are during the enormous Peshtigo fire
Illustration of people fleeing to the water for safety during the Peshtigo fire
Black and white photo of a decimated town in the wake of the Peshtigo fire
Wisconsin, 154 years ago today
Drought leads several small fires to spread across the state, ultimately claiming 1200+ lives & 1.2 million acres.
Occurring the same day as the Great Chicago & Michigan Fires, the Peshtigo Fire remains the deadliest fire in recorded US history.
Map of Quebec in 1774, which at the time included much of what is today the Midwest of the United States
251 years ago today: Britain passes the “Quebec Act,” which cedes control of the future state of Wisconsin (as well as much of the Midwest) to Canada.
This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.
Congratulations, and kudos! Thank you for sharing that — it means a lot
05.10.2025 18:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you so much! I always appreciate your posts as well.
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A page of a very old book that reads “JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION TO FORM A CONSTITUTION FOR THE STATE OF WISCONSIN: BEGUN AND HELD AT MADISON, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX. MADISON, W. T. BERIAH BROWN, PRINTER 1S12.”
Madison, WI — 179 years ago today
Delegates gather for the first state Constitutional Convention. After months, they draft a constitution including voting rights for immigrants, white women & Black men, but the exclusively white men who vote on it block its ratification 59%-41%.
Very fair! To be clear I’m disturbed any person could approve of his “performance” (a generous word for it), but I’m trying to find encouraging trends wherever I can these days 😅
05.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I don’t disagree, but this is still really encouraging that we’re less than a year in and Trump’s younger voters are starting to see the orange tyrant for who he really is
05.10.2025 15:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Only 69 percent of Trump voters under 35 approve of his performance so far
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Aerial view of Milwaukee’s downtown from above Juneau Park with fall foliage in the foreground and a partially constructed Couture in the background
Milwaukee, 2 years ago today
05.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 47 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0
Black and white photo of Steve Miller performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1982
Black and white photo of Steve Miller performing at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee in 1988.
Color photo of Steve Miller performing at the BMO Harris Pavilion stage in 2012
Color photo of Steve Miller and his band performing at Summerfest stage in 2012
Milwaukee, 82 years ago today
Steven Haworth Miller is born to a musical family that was close with legendary guitarist Les Paul. Paul encouraged a young Steve Miller to lean into his natural talent and the rest in history. Here he is performing back in Milwaukee over the years.
Elevated view of a beach with people in bathing suits on it and some people in the water
October in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
05.10.2025 04:31 — 👍 49 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0
