Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro
@herodotusjr.bsky.social
Records Officer for the City of Milwaukee, SAA Committee on Public Policy past chair, occasional player of Magic: The Gathering, Husband, Dad, and Dog Dad. I have Public Records Law/Freedom of Information Act opinions.
I am still mad that DLW wouldn't let me take the train to Anaheim this summer, but I see her point. "Oh freight has right of way, that's why passenger rail is so slow" WELL BUILD MORE TRACKS THEN. PREFERABLY OUT OF MELTED DOWN CARS.
OMG you cannot even take a train from Milwaukee to Nashville??? We are not a serious country.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I am still mad that DLW wouldn't let me take the train to Anaheim this summer, but I see her point. "Oh freight has right of way, that's why passenger rail is so slow" WELL BUILD MORE TRACKS THEN. PREFERABLY OUT OF MELTED DOWN CARS.
Reposted by Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro
Every argument against removing 794 is basically just some version of people being unable to imagine our city being better.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Every argument against removing 794 is basically just some version of people being unable to imagine our city being better.
The tags at the bottom of this ruin the joke IMO. Buuuuuuut. Still recommend.
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The tags at the bottom of this ruin the joke IMO. Buuuuuuut. Still recommend.
Every complaint by a "Conservative critic" in this article can be reduced to "The new formula doesn't drag Milwaukee Public Schools through the mud enough for my liking". urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/11/12/m...
Most Wisconsin Schools Meet or Exceed Expectations on State Report Cards
But critics say DPI report leave parents guessing about which schools are best.
urbanmilwaukee.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Every complaint by a "Conservative critic" in this article can be reduced to "The new formula doesn't drag Milwaukee Public Schools through the mud enough for my liking". urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/11/12/m...
Me, who has been on the internet for more than 5 minutes before this: "Challenge Accepted"
i know a lot of people have valid concerns about the mods here but you simply cannot be mad that they don't allow death threats lol
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Me, who has been on the internet for more than 5 minutes before this: "Challenge Accepted"
IN. TO. HIS. HEAD. *twitch* #WhatWereWeTalkingAbout #HeOnlyHadHimselfToBlame
Pop, Six, Squish, Uh Uh, Cicero, Lipshitz
Read type print earworm depo prep eff this
Read type print earworm depo prep eff this
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
IN. TO. HIS. HEAD. *twitch* #WhatWereWeTalkingAbout #HeOnlyHadHimselfToBlame
In order, my reactions to this take:
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In order, my reactions to this take:
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
1) Right on, Milwaukee obviously hates pedestrians
2) Well wait, it costs money to get these bitty plows to get sidewalks, DPW doesn't have unlimited budget
3) Oh that is a good point WAIT NO IT ISN'T THE STATE SHOULD GIVE MILWAUKEE BACK MORE MONEY FOR THIS
Also, I fully support this. Back when I was a kid and my parents WEREN'T afraid to take my brother and me downtown, that place was a highlight of any such trip. Third Street Market Hall could never (sorry Milwaukee).
Resurrect Foodlife.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Also, I fully support this. Back when I was a kid and my parents WEREN'T afraid to take my brother and me downtown, that place was a highlight of any such trip. Third Street Market Hall could never (sorry Milwaukee).
NOT-SO-FUN FACT: My parents, who have both lived in Chicagoland for over 50 years (and in my mom's case was born and raised in West Rogers Park!) won't go downtown anymore because they believe this. They are not MAGA whatsoever but disinformation is still a hell of a drug.
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NOT-SO-FUN FACT: My parents, who have both lived in Chicagoland for over 50 years (and in my mom's case was born and raised in West Rogers Park!) won't go downtown anymore because they believe this. They are not MAGA whatsoever but disinformation is still a hell of a drug.
I would simply move to Italy and make pasta there. Bam, problem solved. #ImAHelper
Dear “you can make pasta at home” brigade: NO I CANNOT MAKE PASTA MADE IN ITALY AT HOME WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I would simply move to Italy and make pasta there. Bam, problem solved. #ImAHelper
"I always have a plan. It's just that sometimes that plan consists of 'Wing it once you get there.'"--Actual thing said by me to DLW this weekend #Planning!
I know librarians who prepare for instruction sessions and they're all cowards
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I always have a plan. It's just that sometimes that plan consists of 'Wing it once you get there.'"--Actual thing said by me to DLW this weekend #Planning!
Remember kids, Superior Never Gives Up Her Dead.
Happy Anniversary of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald to all who celebrate.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
YouTube video by Smooth Operator
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November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Remember kids, Superior Never Gives Up Her Dead.
You know the deal is bad for Dems when even JONATHAN FREAKIN' CHAIT is dunking on it.
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You know the deal is bad for Dems when even JONATHAN FREAKIN' CHAIT is dunking on it.
We don't deserve dogs.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We don't deserve dogs.
It me (plus, as the child of intermarriage, ancestors from England, Scotland, Ireland, and France for good measure)
Pale of Settlemutt:
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
An Ashkenazi Jew with ancestors from Russia, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It me (plus, as the child of intermarriage, ancestors from England, Scotland, Ireland, and France for good measure)
Take it from the records manager, this ALWAYS* works to document official activities even when records creators DON'T have ulterior motives.
*never. It literally never works, which is the whole reason server-side archiving is a thing
*never. It literally never works, which is the whole reason server-side archiving is a thing
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Take it from the records manager, this ALWAYS* works to document official activities even when records creators DON'T have ulterior motives.
*never. It literally never works, which is the whole reason server-side archiving is a thing
*never. It literally never works, which is the whole reason server-side archiving is a thing
LITTLE-KNOWN MISHNA FACT*: in the original Aramaic, Shammai chases off the Roman wishing to learn all of Torah standing on one foot with a sub sandwich, NOT a builder's rule.
*this fact is little-known because it is not actually true
*this fact is little-known because it is not actually true
It's been less than 48 hours since Mamdani was elected, and already violent sandwich-based criminals are being released onto the streets of Washington, DC. I hope you're all happy with yourselves.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
LITTLE-KNOWN MISHNA FACT*: in the original Aramaic, Shammai chases off the Roman wishing to learn all of Torah standing on one foot with a sub sandwich, NOT a builder's rule.
*this fact is little-known because it is not actually true
*this fact is little-known because it is not actually true
Reposted by Brad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro
It's been less than 48 hours since Mamdani was elected, and already violent sandwich-based criminals are being released onto the streets of Washington, DC. I hope you're all happy with yourselves.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It's been less than 48 hours since Mamdani was elected, and already violent sandwich-based criminals are being released onto the streets of Washington, DC. I hope you're all happy with yourselves.
Milwaukee's Socialist Mayors were great. Now let's check in on the record of their immediate successor, Democrat Henry Maier. *checks* Oh. Oh no
Emil Seidel (1910-1912), Daniel Hoan (1916-1940), & Frank Zeidler (1948-1960) have likely impacted your life in ways you never think about, even if you’ve never stepped foot in Milwaukee.
And if city governments are laboratories of democracy, then the Cream City has been research central!
And if city governments are laboratories of democracy, then the Cream City has been research central!
friendly reminder that socialist mayors governed Milwaukee for nearly half a century from 1910-1960
during this time Milwaukee achieved milestones such as being the healthiest, safest, and best-governed city in America
during this time Milwaukee achieved milestones such as being the healthiest, safest, and best-governed city in America
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Milwaukee's Socialist Mayors were great. Now let's check in on the record of their immediate successor, Democrat Henry Maier. *checks* Oh. Oh no
Simultaneously love and hate this.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Simultaneously love and hate this.
God bless the Gregory Brothers.
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
God bless the Gregory Brothers.