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Luke Diaz

@lukediaz.bsky.social

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Mayor of Verona, Wisconsin. In favor of the environment; transparency; a vibrant downtown; spending responsibly; affordable and attainable housing; job creation; walkable streets; equality. Art is for everyone. https://www.votelukediaz.com/accomplishments/

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · Aug 29

I made a starter pack for local Dane County news posters. If you want to know what's going on locally, here's a good place to start. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12h

I get various sales pitches phrased like constituent emails. It's obnoxious.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h

So crude is down, stocks are down, bonds are tumbling and.... Bessent and Trump are bailing out Argentina with $20 billion and buying up Argentine pesos.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 1d

The right benefits from austerity because cut throat competition and trying to punish out groups is a core part of the rights identity.

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 1d

I could not agree more. Austerity is toxic to left coalitions because we rely on community and solidarity, which is hard to form if we're in cut throat competition with each other. tonemadison.com/articles/unl...

Unlearning the impulses of austerity

If we're going to not only survive but thrive, we will have to do it together.

tonemadison.com

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 1d

Cool thunderstorm happening

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Credit where credit is due. The Democrats' message that the GOP shut down the government because they want to throw millions of people off healthcare has broken through. Two of my cousins who are NOT AT ALL tuned into national politics told me that this is why the government is shut down.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 2d

Frost on the car windows this morning? I guess it's that time of year. Good thing I brought the rubber tree in last night.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 2d

Also, Stephen Miller is actually in charge, so it has the advantage of being true.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 4d

One way out!

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely wondering if Madison's Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) - police oversight board - is going to be around for much longer. isthmus.com/news/news/ma...

Madison's police monitor resigns after troubled tenure

The Police Civilian Oversight Board announced Independent Police Monitor Robin Copley’s resignation on Oct. 6.

isthmus.com

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 4d

Depends on the kid I suppose. My kid liked story podcasts for sleeping - there's ones out there that are deliberately quiet for sleeping (ymmv of course).

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 5d

Red-crowned Crane at the International Crane Foundation around Baraboo, WI. It's a really great place to visit.

Red-crowned Crane hunting in a shallow bit of water. You can see The reflection of another crane in the water.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 5d

Nice! We were just there, it's a really great place to visit.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 7d

I'm such a sucker for detective or noire games. Playing The Precinct.

white text on a black background that says, "Welcome to Averno City. It may look peaceful from here, but trust me, it's rotten to the bone."

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to AJ Juarez for making this list! "AJ Juarez is founder of Barrio Dance and cofounder of Art House 360, a cooperative and multicultural art space that opened earlier this year in Verona" madison365.com/wisconsins-3...

Wisconsin's 31 Most Influential Latino Leaders for 2025

Since our founding in 2015, these annual lists of Wisconsin’s most influential Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Asian American leaders have become the most anticipated thing we do. They are more than li...

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 8d

It's pumpkin season!

A bright orange pumpkin by some greenery

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 10d

Seems bad

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 11d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 11d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

Packers were lucky to get the tie at the end there.

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

Aside from being an egregious violation of civil rights, this is stupid and wasteful.

Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 12d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

Mini-Hail Mary

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

Bee on a New England Aster. Love planting asters because of their late blooms. #NativePlants #Pollinators

A bee is on a purple-punk New England Aster. There is a slightly blurred New England Aster in the background.

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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

Hope is not a plan.

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 12d

And when Republicans don't join, what's plan B?

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 12d

Asked what he would do to stop the deployment of federal troops to Portland, Chuck Schumer replies: "I'd hope some of them [Republicans] would join us in legislation to prevent it from happening."

"I know they're loyal to Trump and does whatever he wants but this is so far stepping over the line"

Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 14d

Love this sticker on the door of Alice Good coffee shop in Verona

Black text on a white background that says, "Community not competition"