Joel Travis
@corsac22.bsky.social
Just someone in Milwaukee. Reader (world lit, sci-fi, science, travel narratives); photographer; stamp collector. Former goalkeeper in the Milwaukee Hurling Club for 28 years. Dead By Daylight player.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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20/20
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20/20
The main character of “Spring Flowers, Spring Frost” by Ismail Kadare is having a conversation with his girlfriend, who’s telling him all the latest news:
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November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The main character of “Spring Flowers, Spring Frost” by Ismail Kadare is having a conversation with his girlfriend, who’s telling him all the latest news:
#booksky
#booksky
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
19/20
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19/20
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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19/20
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19/20
Received from Japan today: this postcard of the Great Torii of Itsukushima Shrine (a World Heritage Site), as seen from the sea. Itsukushima is an island near Hiroshima.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Received from Japan today: this postcard of the Great Torii of Itsukushima Shrine (a World Heritage Site), as seen from the sea. Itsukushima is an island near Hiroshima.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
18/20
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18/20
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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18/20
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18/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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17/20
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17/20
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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17/20
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17/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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16/20
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16/20
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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16/20
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16/20
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15/20
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15/20
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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15/20
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15/20
Reposted by Joel Travis
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
A local Milwaukee mural, at Bronzeville Center for the Arts:
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A local Milwaukee mural, at Bronzeville Center for the Arts:
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November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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14/20
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14/20
I’m from Milwaukee. We had Socialist mayors for large parts of the early 20th century. They were damned good, and made Milwaukee a model for cleanly-run public services. (Which have been steadily, slowly eroding in recent decades.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
Sewer socialism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m from Milwaukee. We had Socialist mayors for large parts of the early 20th century. They were damned good, and made Milwaukee a model for cleanly-run public services. (Which have been steadily, slowly eroding in recent decades.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_s...
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13/20
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13/20
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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13/20
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13/20
A few characters in Charles DeLint’s “Someplace to be Flying” have this discussion about changing the world.
Note that they’ve identified one of the chief purposes of reading and writing fiction. Not the only purpose; just one of them.
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Note that they’ve identified one of the chief purposes of reading and writing fiction. Not the only purpose; just one of them.
#booksky
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A few characters in Charles DeLint’s “Someplace to be Flying” have this discussion about changing the world.
Note that they’ve identified one of the chief purposes of reading and writing fiction. Not the only purpose; just one of them.
#booksky
Note that they’ve identified one of the chief purposes of reading and writing fiction. Not the only purpose; just one of them.
#booksky
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
12/20
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12/20
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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12/20
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12/20
Received this postcard today through Postcrossing: a cartoon rendition of Seoul, from a South Korean political science student.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Received this postcard today through Postcrossing: a cartoon rendition of Seoul, from a South Korean political science student.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
11/20
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11/20
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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11/20
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11/20
Corrupt people always think everyone else is as corrupt as they are. It’s part of how they justify it: “Everyone else is doing it, why shouldn’t I?”
And if they’re caught, and you try to hold them accountable, their anger is real. “Why am I the one getting singled out?”
And if they’re caught, and you try to hold them accountable, their anger is real. “Why am I the one getting singled out?”
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Corrupt people always think everyone else is as corrupt as they are. It’s part of how they justify it: “Everyone else is doing it, why shouldn’t I?”
And if they’re caught, and you try to hold them accountable, their anger is real. “Why am I the one getting singled out?”
And if they’re caught, and you try to hold them accountable, their anger is real. “Why am I the one getting singled out?”
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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10/20
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10/20
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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10/20
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10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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9/20
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9/20
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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9/20
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9/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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8/20
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8/20
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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8/20
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8/20
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7/20
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October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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7/20
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7/20
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6/20
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6/20
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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6/20
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6/20
Received through Postcrossing today, from a German man named Werner (not Herzog): this tranquil scene from the town of Neuruppin, on the shore of Ruppiner See (Lake), northwest of Berlin.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Received through Postcrossing today, from a German man named Werner (not Herzog): this tranquil scene from the town of Neuruppin, on the shore of Ruppiner See (Lake), northwest of Berlin.
#postcrossing
#postcrossing