Podcasts kept me sane throughout the darkest days of the LA Lockdowns, but some of my favorites didn't survive the pandemic. So, imagine how thrilled I was to find the Morally Offensive Podcast -- especially when I discovered the show was broadcasting from Milwaukee! 🎙️

I may or may not have been a BIT starstruck… so I’m especially happy with how my Our Lives interview with Mink Stole and Peaches Christ turned out. Counting down the days until the 27th! ❤️ @minkstole.bsky.social @peacheschrist.com

"This isn't a popularity contest. I really don't care whether people like or or whether they approve of me... fck em." I was a wee bit too young for the days of Queer Nation, ACT UP, and Danny Sotomayor, but wow, what an inspiration they were and continue to be for me. True power unleashed. ❤️

We honestly believed this in the 80s, when AIDS seemed like a death sentence for us all, and our fates felt so oppressive and inevitable. How tragic to know that anyone today still feels that way.

Southpaw Barbershop had me after one beard trim. And Zach deserves all the applause in the world for creating connective, real-world, reverent experiences inside and outside his shop. Cheers to him! 🍹 @onmilwaukee.bsky.social

When Wisconsin lost Francis Ford, they lost one of the greats. Thanks to OnMilwaukee, Milwaukee Magazine, and Our Lives for allowing me to pay tribute to this local legend, who left us FAR too soon. @onmilwaukee.bsky.social @milwaukeemag.bsky.social www.milwaukeemag.com/remembering-...

Well, this sure is an honor. Thank you Wisconsin Historical Society! Read the full article at tinyurl.com/hesseltine25

So strange to see this pop-up for the first time after 15+ years on social media, and realize the pure privilege of NOT living in a red state.

I could not love Nathan Marsak more for confronting manufactured and misguided California "history" in the Age of Misinformation. READ ME.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Many, many leaders are slowly realizing they weren’t built for this moment in history. Let’s hope they get out of the way of the people who WERE ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾

September be like

If CTA doesn’t start policing its trains — especially the Blue Line — they’ll become the next Metro Los Angeles. Removing ALL passengers from ALL trains arriving at O’Hare, instead of letting homeless sleep/camp on seats while travelers stand, would a nice start. @chicagocta.bsky.social

You know who you are.

On April 19, 1959, the Milwaukee Police Department proclaimed The Cork & Bottle (1601 N. 12th St., at Galena) as a "death house" due to 101 arrests for violent crimes at the address in 1959 alone. There were an additional 33 arrests outside the tavern for public drunkeness. (1/2)

You know, Madeline Brand, I don’t think anyone, anywhere asked for a Press Play segment “humanizing” the Doge Bros. What the hell is NPR even doing right now? 😑

All I remember about Aruba was being fascinated by the stunning cosmology of the actual Arubans: perfect caramel skin, with golden features and the most CRYSTAL eyes. Genetics are wild yo.

Pat Benatar called it "the worst movie ever made." To be fair, she's not wrong. It's overdone in some areas and underdone in others. And the story never gets as BIG as it should and could be. But we 80s kids love love loved this guilty pleasure, and will love it for the rest of time. #FairIsFair

"Label created: shipper doesn’t have possession of the package yet" is consumer purgatory

It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants. It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.

The Supreme Court handing the education of our children to a bunch of phobic, Conservative Christian, Bible-thumping cave-dwellers is a disaster that we might never recover from.

Well, shucks. Does this mean we can go back to 2008 and affordable 3,000 square foot loft apartments? #ChicagoProblems

I can’t even be polite with these questions anymore. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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I don’t know what’s more astonishing: That this place even existed in the first place OR That people in the comments still think this place was purely innocent, wholesome, nostalgic goodness. 😳

Truly digging this Milwaukee Magazine spot on John Dye, owner (and savior) of some of my favorite retro spots on earth. Cheers to a must-read, Milwaukee Magazine! 🍹

50 police officers standing around socializing on Addison & Halsted but not a single one directing traffic in this death-defying, pedestrian-clogged intersection is PEAK Chicago. This is a casualty waiting to happen. 😑 @chicagopolice.bsky.social

I don’t root for Carrie Bradshaw anymore. Sometimes I wonder if I ever did.

Maybe so many intelligent people tend to be insecure because they overvalue others, and so many idiots are arrogant because they attribute their shortcomings to everyone except themselves.

There needs to be someone stationed at the Addison northbound on ramp just flagging cars to KEEP MOVING because this bridge construction standstill is totally MORONIC. #chicagoproblems @illinoisdot.bsky.social

It’s been over four decades. And I STILL have no idea what was going on in this video. HBU? #MTV

Just as Iraq had no WMD, Iran has no nuclear weapons. America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East

You didn’t vote for Kamala because you thought she was a warmonger and you spread that message to others. How you all holding up tonight?

Those “all lives matter” people are really quiet right now.

It’s unfortunate that tarring and feathering is no longer an option. #neverforget

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

I’m not one for conspiracy theories. Really I’m not. And I do believe, in my lifetime, we’re going to learn that this conspiracy was very, very real, and was never a theory at all. #KamalaWon

As a fellow Angeleno with Wisconsin roots, I implore Los Angeles: support Chili Johns TODAY. This local legacy business needs our help.... before we lose it forever, like all the other #vintageLA we've recently lost. @kcrw.com

my main takeaway after spending the afternoon at the national history day competition is that the kids are pretty alright. also, that reactionaries are right to fear the consequences of kids learning the truth.

Fact: Nancy Sinatra has never, ever taken a bad picture in her life. And I sure hope she is having a most marvelous birthday today! 🥰 @nancysinatra.bsky.social

I feel you, hon.

there is no heterosexual explanation for the crunchwrap supreme

My kingdom for an #LGBTQ Starter Pack. Media. Educators. Nonprofits. Pride orgs. At this point I’ll take em all. #PrideMonth

Handing out #PrideMonth awards, but being so self-serving and performative about this photo opp that *you don’t even mention* who won and/or why. Elevate people of character. Elevate people of consequence. Elevate people who elevate people. Anything less is just internalized pinkwashing. 🤷🏼‍♂️

It’s 445am. WHO are these people at my airport gate having FaceTime calls with, exactly? 😑

“If you want to highlight early resistance in the community, and celebrate the hidden histories of defiance, you have to bring receipts.” - thank you, historian Nathan Marsak. #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ STORY: shorturl.at/PgjuD

Never in a million years will I follow this account. CNN should be universally shunned on every possible platform after their irresponsible antics these past few years. I’d say read the room, but that would require self-awareness and culpability.

One minute, it’s 1997 and DNA crime prediction is the stuff of dystopian science fiction films like GATTACA. The next minute, it’s 2025 and we are living in the science fiction dystopia.

The departure of Wisconsin’s oldest gay bar still hurts a little. Maybe that’s why it’s weirdly reassuring to know that Gotham City still has theirs.