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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 1d

aw heck yeah @wiscobirder.bsky.social bird book drop

Birds of the Great Lakes by Dexter Patterson x2

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Baseball Highlights⚾️ @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 2d

I did think this was pretty funny

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Milwaukee Brewers (Bot) @brewersbot.bsky.social · 2d

Playoff Jackson is just a different animal

#MagicBrew

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 2d

a close up of a man 's face with gray hair

Alt: a close up of a man 's face with gray hair

media.tenor.com

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 7d

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 8d

this aces-fever game....holy smokes

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8d

(Battle Hymn of the Republic continues playing)

And there’s the issue of masks. This Court has listened
carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk’s captors for maskingup and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd
Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as
disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a
single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small
wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard
them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It
should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks.
Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and
honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly
desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we
have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on
in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this
administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape
history,” Lincoln righty said. “[It] will light us down in
honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.” Abraham Lincoln,
Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862).

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XL II 90 Live Music Radio Hour @nufonerick.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to share that next Friday will be the kickoff of funktoberfest 2025, a celebration of all things funk. I'll be featuring everything from deep cuts to electro boogie, with the goal of getting you to dance.

That's on WORT 89.9 FM Madison and www.wortfm.org around the world.

A promotion for the xl ii 90 live music radio hours october funk festival, funktoberfest, happening every friday at midnight in october on wort 89.9 fm madison or www.wortfm.org.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13d

As per usual: no mention of political violence against Democrats. The armed man near Kavanaugh’s house who turned himself in becomes an “assassination attempt” while the actual assassination of Melissa Hortman not mentioned. Attacks on ICE facilities are political violence but not attacks on CDC.

The WHITE HOUSE
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Countering
Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
Presidential Memoranda
September 25, 2025

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The WHITE HOUSE
Section 1. Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. Heinous assassinations and other acts of political violence in the United States have dramatically increased in recent years. Even in the aftermath of the horrifying assassination of Charlie Kirk, some individuals who adhered to the alleged shooter's ideology embraced and cheered this evil murder while actively encouraging more political violence. This was preceded by the 2024 assassination of a senior healthcare executive and the 2022 assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Two separate assassination attempts against my own life in less than 3 months took place during the 2024 Presidential election cycle. Riots in Los Angeles and Portland reflect a more than 1,000 percent increase in attacks on U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since January 21, 2025, compared to the same period last year. Just yesterday, a shooting targeting an ICE facility in Dallas resulted in multiple casualties.
Separate anti-police and "criminal justice" riots have left many people dead and injured and inflicted over $2 billion in property damage nationwide.

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 14d

A new paper led by Harvard Health Policy PhD student Ye Shen finds that, in the current policy environment, more than six in ten kids will have been enrolled in Medicaid for some period of time by their 18th birthday; the program is absolutley critical for children.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 15d

Very cool to see Holy Wisdom Monastery featured for their prairie restoration work. It’s a beautiful peaceful place for all. And has a labyrinth too! #madisonWI www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.

www.nytimes.com

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 16d

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 16d

old enough to remember, etc., etc.

edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLI...

Tone of Wellstone memorial generates anger
Ventura blasts 'political rally'
Thursday, October 31, 2002 Posted: 3:46 AM EST (0846 GMT)
Minneapolis Minnesota

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 18d

badger fans right now

a man in a suit and tie is crying and says " look how they massacred my boy "

Alt: Vito corleone says " look how they massacred my boy "

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 18d

a man in a blue shirt says " how much you wanna bet i could throw a football over them mouthains "

Alt: Uncle rico from Napoleon Dynamite in a blue shirt says " how much you wanna bet i could throw a football over them mountains "

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 18d

brooks bollinger on the carry

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19d

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject.

Gift link:

Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots

www.nytimes.com

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · Sep 4

YouPlayedYourself.gif etc etc

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Erika Wittekind @erikalyn.bsky.social · Sep 3

A policy that will lead to a lot of illness, death, and even school closings when there are outbreaks.

You know which one of those three conservatives are going to be most upset about.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, the state surgeon general announced today

DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.

www.miamiherald.com

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Mark Podskarbi @mvp21.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is an incredibly dumb decision and more people will die because of it

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 3

BREAKING: Florida will work to eliminate all child vaccine mandates in the state, officials say.

Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say

Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov.

bit.ly

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · Aug 29

go brewers, eh?

Roger Center, Toronto, Canada. View from right field.

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · Aug 25

choose your fighter

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also important this week: A trustworthy guide to childhood vaccine schedules, from actual pediatricians (many of whom saw these diseases before they could be vaccinated against).

* pin it & share it *

Ps: no, pediatricians are not pharma shills, don’t @ me
www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...

All About the AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule

Here's what to know about the recommended immunization schedule for children and teens. The schedule is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and based on ongoing review of the most recent sc...

www.healthychildren.org

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · Aug 19

The Boys are Back in Town (dock parking lot)

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Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · Aug 17

my buddy just found "the last bottle of badgermax in the universe" in his basement

Blue bottle of badgermax on a wooden table

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