Greg in Wisconsin

Milwaukee, the northwoods, and other parts of the upper midwest. There will be snow.

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I’ve walked or biked past this sign dozens of times since moving to Milwaukee six years ago and never stopped to read it. Earlier this week, I decided to turn around while I waited for a crosswalk and learned a new piece of LGBTQ history right here in Milwaukee that predated Stonewall by nearly a decade. More details from @onmilwaukee h/t @enfys-squees

Before Stonewall, the Black Nite Brawl stunned Milwaukee

Eight years before Stonewall, and six years before the Black Cat, Milwaukee was the scene of an early uprising unlike anything local police

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28 slightly rude notes on writing

OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas

I really liked this piece (s/o @kottkedotorg-blog). There are so many good declarations of what writing is or means.

"Good writing, in fact, might be a sign of pathological caring."

"writing without a motive is like declaring war on no one in particular."

[theweirdwideweb]

[brisling]

Gene Logsdon's Practical skills : a revival of forgotten crafts, techniques, and traditions, p98

[sashayed]

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Pre-order your Christopher Latham Sholes Bobblehead before it's too late. Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who invented th

The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee and soon everybody can remember that with this fun toy.

[wisconsincomputerclub]

Hope to see you soon!

[tumblboone]

Wish I could be there!

[s-usans-blog]

Round Island Light, Michigan

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Owners of Milwaukee's mystery boat stranded near Bradford Beach speak out — WISN

The owners said the boat washed ashore in October after they hit a storm and ran out of fuel

We all need to take a deep breath and leave Deep Thought be. It’s doing important work calculating the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything! It’ll tell us when it’s done!

[lesterpubliclibrary]

Early Morning Lake by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: Lake Michigan, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

[wikipediapictures]

eMate 300

“The Newton eMate 300 was an Apple Newton built into a laptop like casing including a standard keyboard. It was aimed at the education market.” - via Wikimedia Commons

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This era of Apple was the lovely and weird phase

[catchymemes]

The Legend Of SWORD DOG

From Mistymountainlegends on insta

[saints-row-2]

im only saying this once

the only acceptable jobs for spider-man

broke high schooler

broke college student

freelance photographer

high school teacher

unpaid intern

pizza delivery guy

research assistant for doomed scientific project

guy who stands on street and spins sign for quiznos

being spider-man

and thats IT i dont want any of this “hes a genius tech ceo making millions” SHIT. Spider-man is BROKE and he missed rent this month and he has a tiny apartment and thats how its MEANT TO BE. he doesnt make money because he is our Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man and not fucking Tony Stark.

[poiplefunguy]

how about dog walker while in spiderman costume

[crutchie-morris]

you. you get it

[thequantumqueer]

im imagining “being spider-man” as his full-time gig and i just

he has a patreon. the description is just the words “I’m Spider-Man” and all he ever posts is specifically-requested selfies from people who want to be sure its really him. pinned to the top of the page is a picture from the top of the empire state building (not the observation deck, the real top) of his spider-gloved hand holding a bagel that is on fire, with 34th street in the background

[tumblboone]

This is my main problem with the Spidey and Friends kids series. Not only is Spidey a child but he’s also some brilliant inventor with endless access to resources and capital.

[queer-as-city-folk]

Happy Labor Day,

It is your right to join a Union and go on strike, if anyone tells you otherwise, run them over with a train.

[winter-hoof]

Beach day at Lake Superior just outside of Marquette ✨

[tumblboone]

#great lakes are the best

[rationalisms]

genuinely in hysterics over this image actual united states senator ted cruz posted on twitter

- he watermarked it

- trains run on tracks so the point of the whole meme around who's steering it makes zero sense

- trains also don't have road signs

- i really don't think ted cruz has ever been on a train before

- bernie looks so happy at the front of the train it makes me feel like i'm five and he's the conductor of the train on the children's TV show i was invited to attend a live taping of

- no seriously i don't think ted cruz knows what a train is i think this should be the new "it's a banana what could it cost michael" in terms of rich people being hilariously out of touch with every day reality

- help

[nojerama1996]

@amtrak-official train misinformation meme

[queer-as-city-folk]

I fucking wish I could make an image this much fun and whimsical

[mapsontheweb]

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Paris 2024: Gunwale Bobbing

In the Olympics, you won’t see anyone win a rowing event without a paddle, but it turns out that you don’t really need one for a canoe or paddleboard. How can you get around when you’ve lost your paddle? You stand up on one end and start bobbing. This is known as gunwale (pronounced gunnel) bobbing, and it’s pretty impressively effective!  (Image credit: top - R. Chisu; others - G. Benham et al.; research credit: G. Benham et al.; via APS Physics; submitted by Kam-Yung Soh) See more of our past and ongoing Olympic coverage here. Read the full article

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