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The lesson of these photos is that we need a 600 foot tower with public observation deck near the northpoint watertower.

Milwaukee, 2025

Milwaukee, 2025

not enough people realize that they’ll likely look back at this moment in history for the rest of their lives and either feel: 1. Proud of how they showed up, or 2. Wishing they had done more

I believe every infrastructure story is really a people story. Jackson’s water system may have needed GIS, smart sensors, and digital twins — but it was the staff, the leadership, and the neighborhoods that made the difference. Honored to share this story.

Madison, WI — 64 years ago today Governor Gaylord Nelson signs a law making Wisconsin the first state to require wearing a seat belt when in the front seat of a car.

ICYMI yesterday: I need your help   I re-launched my newsletter at a new platform called “Steady” – and most importantly, I officially started my new life as a full-time independent writer.   I am extremely excited this moment has finally come. And I am utterly terrified.

Milwaukee, 1906

Milwaukee, 53 years ago today Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory

Milwaukee, 57 years ago today “14 men stole 10,000s of draft cards from the Germania Building and used homemade napalm to incinerate them near a veterans’ memorial. As the cards burned, the protestors sang hymns and peacefully waited to be arrested.” —Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (1958) is a Byzantine Revival masterpiece in Milwaukee’s Lyons Park neighborhood. Music by Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan.

I ❤️ Sherman Park

Answer: Varsity Apartments on 15th & Wells Winner: @flukadamus.com — well done! 1928 Mediterranean revival gem near Marquette

Where am I, Milwaukee?

Milwaukee, 178 years ago Just one year after the city’s incorporation and before Wisconsin even became a state, the Jewish community held its first Rosh Hashanah services in a private residence in the Third Ward neighborhood. Shana tova (happy new year) to my fellow Jews 🍎🍯

Milwaukee, 58 years ago today “Nazis march along 16th street at Forest Home.” @MilwaukeePubLib It’s worth noting these Nazis felt comfortable openly marching on the streets in Milwaukee only 22 years after a war in which 400,000+ Americans died to defeat Nazi Germany.

“Charlie Chaplin was willing to mock Hitler. Colbert and Kimmel were willing to mock an American president with his own authoritarian designs. What will the rest of us be willing to do in order to stand up to fascism?” Al Franken writes. Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

it’s remarkable how much of the discourse is just a small # of hard partisans who are already negatively polarized against each other cherry-picking the worst of their opponents to build rage-fueled clout while normies grow increasingly desensitized and just tune it all out

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1959-1965: Wisconsin was the only state to allow collective bargaining for city and state workers as with much of public policy in the 1800s & 1900s, Wisconsin was at the forefront of progressive politics for many generations

Milwaukee, 2025

Milwaukee, 2025

The ebike is absolute peak urban transportation. I can wear normal clothes, carry plenty of stuff, make it up hills with ease, and I even beat the bus on the way home today.

The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.

would be interesting to hear Ezra Klein discuss Charlie Kirk with Ta-Nehisi Coates on a future podcast

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Yo, if John Yoo is saying you might be committing war crimes… decent chance you’re committing war crimes

trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city. This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.

Grand Island, NY — 200 years ago today After buying most of this 27-mile island on the US-Canada border, Mordecai Manuel Noah inaugurates “Ararat” as a city of refuge and permanent homeland for Jews from across the globe. The effort was widely mocked and failed soon afterwards.

legend has it this was his tinder photo

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Oconomowoc Lake, WI — 150 years ago today Increase Allen Lapham dies of a heart attack while fishing. Among many other accomplishments, Lapham wrote dozens of books cataloging Wisconsin’s natural and man-made features and founded the forerunner to the National Weather Service.

And in 1987:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 100 years ago today

Milwaukee, 58 years ago today “Several hundred white youths march from the city's South Side to the home of Milwaukee Archbishop William Cousins. Several carried a stretcher with a dummy representing Fr. James Groppi, leader of open housing marches in the city.” — @gettyimages.com

10/10 recommend this book on LaFollette for anyone curious to learn more about the progressive movement in Wisconsin and beyond uncpress.org/978080786102...

Now that President Trump has approved the disaster declaration for August’s flooding in Milwaukee County, residents can apply for individual assistance directly with FEMA. Please share this information with anyone you know whose home was damaged from the flooding. HT @davidcrowleywi.bsky.social

Milwaukee, 100 years ago today Addressing a crowd of hundreds of people in his first visit to Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank warns that western civilization may be on the brink of collapse.

Milwaukee, 57 years ago today Demonstrators await presidential candidate George Wallace’s arrival at the Schroeder Hotel (now Hilton City Center) A proud segregationist, Wallace enjoyed visiting Milwaukee due to his warm reception among white residents on the city’s south side

Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.

September, 1939

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Milwaukee, 2025 Part of the western wall of the Milwaukee County Courthouse (1931)

Milwaukee, 70 years ago “Hank Aaron standing in front of his locker with misspelled name in the Milwaukee Braves locker room” batting .314, 27 homers & over 90 rbi & playing in the All Star game they still mispelled his name 🤔 📸 by Phillip Harrington in Look magazine