Stoic in Wisco
@stoiccitizen.bsky.social
Progressive, educated. Professional in tax policy. Hobbies include hiking, birding, reading, gaming.
I drove to the food pantry to donate some items and ended up sitting in my car fucking weeping because of the line of people waiting in the cold for food. We need some solutions, and some leadership to get people out in the fucking streets doing something. Fuck the midterms, people are hungry.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I drove to the food pantry to donate some items and ended up sitting in my car fucking weeping because of the line of people waiting in the cold for food. We need some solutions, and some leadership to get people out in the fucking streets doing something. Fuck the midterms, people are hungry.
This was an amazing read, highly recommend. Magical realism but will teach you a lot you didn’t know about the Dust Bowl Midwest.
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This was an amazing read, highly recommend. Magical realism but will teach you a lot you didn’t know about the Dust Bowl Midwest.
Some books I read while sick this weekend…
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Some books I read while sick this weekend…
As a family, we really love NCAA basketball…last night was first official action for Iowa women and Kansas men…easy victories against a couple of tomato cans.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As a family, we really love NCAA basketball…last night was first official action for Iowa women and Kansas men…easy victories against a couple of tomato cans.
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Doug Martin - beloved former NFL player known as “Muscle Hamster” - died in police custody. 36 yrs old No details on what the police did to him. Only the police version of events right now where they say “We took him into custody after a scuffle and then he became unresponsive.” That’s all we get.
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Doug Martin - beloved former NFL player known as “Muscle Hamster” - died in police custody. 36 yrs old No details on what the police did to him. Only the police version of events right now where they say “We took him into custody after a scuffle and then he became unresponsive.” That’s all we get.
Sadly, no matter how much people want to argue over ‘what went wrong’, this explains the main issue. In the swing state of Wisconsin, you put two white people on the ballot statewide and the Dem wins, you put a black person on the ballot the GOP wins. It horrifies me that this is true, but it is.
She lost by 1.5% give or take. IMHO the US electorate has enough racism and misogyny to completely explain the result.
Not saying the macro factors didn't come into play but she ran a good (uphill) campaign.
Not saying the macro factors didn't come into play but she ran a good (uphill) campaign.
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sadly, no matter how much people want to argue over ‘what went wrong’, this explains the main issue. In the swing state of Wisconsin, you put two white people on the ballot statewide and the Dem wins, you put a black person on the ballot the GOP wins. It horrifies me that this is true, but it is.
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The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.
Did a short Labor Day weekend road trip to Minneapolis. Great time, such a cool city. This pic is from a walk in early morning mist.
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Did a short Labor Day weekend road trip to Minneapolis. Great time, such a cool city. This pic is from a walk in early morning mist.
•Sid Meier’s Civilization
•Elder Scrolls
•Fallout
•Baldur’s Gate (Forgotten Realms)
•Elder Scrolls
•Fallout
•Baldur’s Gate (Forgotten Realms)
Quote with your Four Favorite Gaming Franchises. 😊 🎮 Mine:
• Fire Emblem
• Persona
• Final Fantasy
• The Witcher
• Fire Emblem
• Persona
• Final Fantasy
• The Witcher
August 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
•Sid Meier’s Civilization
•Elder Scrolls
•Fallout
•Baldur’s Gate (Forgotten Realms)
•Elder Scrolls
•Fallout
•Baldur’s Gate (Forgotten Realms)
I finally finished Wolf Hall. I don’t need to add my praises, it deserves the acclaim it has received. What drove me mad is the parallels to our world today…sycophants tripping over themselves to give a despot what he wants, grifting off his scraps while the common man suffers.
August 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I finally finished Wolf Hall. I don’t need to add my praises, it deserves the acclaim it has received. What drove me mad is the parallels to our world today…sycophants tripping over themselves to give a despot what he wants, grifting off his scraps while the common man suffers.
Thunderstorms and feels like 97F, so what do you do??…put on some shoes that many, many people have worn and roll a ball down an oiled lane… #Bowling
August 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thunderstorms and feels like 97F, so what do you do??…put on some shoes that many, many people have worn and roll a ball down an oiled lane… #Bowling
This!!!! Is sickens me that fanboys for billionaires don’t understand the very simple fact that one person can not generate that type of income without exploiting the labor of others.
The capitalist class converts your life-time into leisure-time for themselves. Time to get organized, comrades.
#SocialistSunday
#SocialistSunday
August 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This!!!! Is sickens me that fanboys for billionaires don’t understand the very simple fact that one person can not generate that type of income without exploiting the labor of others.
Book fair in the town square today…a series for the kid and something for me as well…
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Book fair in the town square today…a series for the kid and something for me as well…
This poster highlights a huge problemaverage voter thinks tariffs aren’t that bad because they haven’t seen the impacts. The issue of that companies are playing games with front loading inventory because no one wants to be first one to raise prices and lose market share. Price increases will happen.
If they cannot continue to take these measures indefinitely, I wish they would stop now so we would know (sooner rather than later) exactly how the tariffs will impact the economy in the long run.
July 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This poster highlights a huge problemaverage voter thinks tariffs aren’t that bad because they haven’t seen the impacts. The issue of that companies are playing games with front loading inventory because no one wants to be first one to raise prices and lose market share. Price increases will happen.
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I really...REALLY struggled to get out of bed and do a run before it got hot...mission accomplished...the rest of the day revolves around a matinee of Wicked the Musical in Madison, WI...
July 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I really...REALLY struggled to get out of bed and do a run before it got hot...mission accomplished...the rest of the day revolves around a matinee of Wicked the Musical in Madison, WI...
Took a short hike yesterday (muggy as can be and the bugs were out in force)...Yellow Bellied Sapsucker was being industrious....
July 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Took a short hike yesterday (muggy as can be and the bugs were out in force)...Yellow Bellied Sapsucker was being industrious....
Padres up 8-1, should be safe to go on a bike ride with the family and neighborhood friends and come back to a win….right!?!? Go Padres!!
July 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Padres up 8-1, should be safe to go on a bike ride with the family and neighborhood friends and come back to a win….right!?!? Go Padres!!
Saturday so far…changed bed linens, redid the litter box, finished Red Dead Redemption 2 epilogue, went for a run in the hot murk, came home for sun tea and a shower…
Later:
Bowling with kid’s friends and their parents,
Grilling something delish,
WNBA all star game….
#weekends
Later:
Bowling with kid’s friends and their parents,
Grilling something delish,
WNBA all star game….
#weekends
July 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Saturday so far…changed bed linens, redid the litter box, finished Red Dead Redemption 2 epilogue, went for a run in the hot murk, came home for sun tea and a shower…
Later:
Bowling with kid’s friends and their parents,
Grilling something delish,
WNBA all star game….
#weekends
Later:
Bowling with kid’s friends and their parents,
Grilling something delish,
WNBA all star game….
#weekends
I can not recommend this book enough, although I have to warn that it touches on very dark themes of domestic abuse and sexual assault. #books Charlotte McConaghy is an excellent writer, and I have her bestseller Migration on a shelf to read in the near future.
July 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I can not recommend this book enough, although I have to warn that it touches on very dark themes of domestic abuse and sexual assault. #books Charlotte McConaghy is an excellent writer, and I have her bestseller Migration on a shelf to read in the near future.
My company gives us half days on Friday in the summer…so I am at the community pool with kid and friends and a Man Booker Prize winning book… #Summer
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My company gives us half days on Friday in the summer…so I am at the community pool with kid and friends and a Man Booker Prize winning book… #Summer
Just saw a post from an account that said 99.9% of men are the same exact person with no unique thoughts and their entire purpose is to use women. 21,000 people follow this account. Great society where our response to trauma is making insane assertions that fuel hatred.
July 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just saw a post from an account that said 99.9% of men are the same exact person with no unique thoughts and their entire purpose is to use women. 21,000 people follow this account. Great society where our response to trauma is making insane assertions that fuel hatred.
Near future post-apocalyptic dystopia, set on a First Nation reservation in Northern Ontario. Really good, reminds me of Station Eleven in some ways.
July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Near future post-apocalyptic dystopia, set on a First Nation reservation in Northern Ontario. Really good, reminds me of Station Eleven in some ways.