Luke Diaz
@lukediaz.bsky.social
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...
@aaronnagler.bsky.social So when do we panic? #Packers
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@aaronnagler.bsky.social So when do we panic? #Packers
I appreciated being outside today
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I appreciated being outside today
This isn't directed at the Madison school district specifically, but so much money gets spent on consultants by governing units and a lot of it is unnecessary or wasteful IMO. Not always, but elected officials need to critically evaluate who they hire.
MMSD hired Fieldtrip, a consulting firm, for $100,000 to help with a brand overhaul. But a "private citizen" created the new logo, district officials say.
Madison schools paid a firm to create a logo, then picked a free one
MMSD hired Fieldtrip, a consulting firm, for $100,000 to help with a brand overhaul. But a "private citizen" created the new logo, district officials say.
captimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This isn't directed at the Madison school district specifically, but so much money gets spent on consultants by governing units and a lot of it is unnecessary or wasteful IMO. Not always, but elected officials need to critically evaluate who they hire.
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And those distortions have real material base. If you're 60 years old and 75% of your wealth in your home's value, you don't want housing prices to fall! If you're 29 and looking to buy your first home you do!
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And those distortions have real material base. If you're 60 years old and 75% of your wealth in your home's value, you don't want housing prices to fall! If you're 29 and looking to buy your first home you do!
As Verona grows, we're offering more services to our residents www.wmtv15news.com/2025/11/12/n...
New Verona Community Center set to open in former public library building
A new community center is opening in the former Verona Public Library building, city officials announced on Wednesday.
www.wmtv15news.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
As Verona grows, we're offering more services to our residents www.wmtv15news.com/2025/11/12/n...
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again, trump has literally been held liable for sexual assault. this is a thing you could mention/consider if you are trying to decide whether further accusations of sexual assault are credible/meaningful, it seems like.
Like it’s sex trafficking, you don’t get to say it’s not a big deal
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
again, trump has literally been held liable for sexual assault. this is a thing you could mention/consider if you are trying to decide whether further accusations of sexual assault are credible/meaningful, it seems like.
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Way to go Verona! 🙌 And I hope Fitchburg is next! The Fitchburg city council will be discussing renewing their Flock contract at the Nov 25 city council meeting. 6:30 pm at 5520 Lacy Road. Fitchburg residents are encouraged to attend and share their concerns about Flock! Let’s goooooo!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Way to go Verona! 🙌 And I hope Fitchburg is next! The Fitchburg city council will be discussing renewing their Flock contract at the Nov 25 city council meeting. 6:30 pm at 5520 Lacy Road. Fitchburg residents are encouraged to attend and share their concerns about Flock! Let’s goooooo!!!!!
They're some funny AI mishaps in there
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They're some funny AI mishaps in there
If it turns out the Biden admin sat on the Epistein files to protect Bill Clinton and Lawrence Summers...[redacted]
Lawrence Summers is a scumbag who should be shunned wherever he shows his face.
Here's the full Summers email, btw.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If it turns out the Biden admin sat on the Epistein files to protect Bill Clinton and Lawrence Summers...[redacted]
Not a great picture but it looked pretty cool
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Not a great picture but it looked pretty cool
Perhaps Fitchburg will be next?
In a near-unanimous vote, the Verona city council decided not to renew its contracts with the technology company, which has come under scrutiny due to data privacy concerns.
Reporter Sofia Tanski has the details.
www.wortfm.org/verona-commo...
Reporter Sofia Tanski has the details.
www.wortfm.org/verona-commo...
Verona Common Council Votes Against Flock Camera Contract Extension - WORT-FM 89.9
The technology company has come under increasing scrutiny due to data privacy concerns.
www.wortfm.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Perhaps Fitchburg will be next?
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Tonight’s vote may have ended the shutdown — but it sent Wisconsin families the bill.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Tonight’s vote may have ended the shutdown — but it sent Wisconsin families the bill.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
I called and left a polite voicemail for @baldwin.senate.gov urging Senator Baldwin not to cave. www.baldwin.senate.gov/contact/cont...
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I called and left a polite voicemail for @baldwin.senate.gov urging Senator Baldwin not to cave. www.baldwin.senate.gov/contact/cont...
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Consistent with a court order, Wisconsin legally loaded FoodShare payments to cards. Now, the Trump Administration has spent the last 48 hours making a last-ditch effort to yank those payments from nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including 270,000 kids. It's pathetic.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Consistent with a court order, Wisconsin legally loaded FoodShare payments to cards. Now, the Trump Administration has spent the last 48 hours making a last-ditch effort to yank those payments from nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including 270,000 kids. It's pathetic.
Reading Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond even though I know it's going to make me mad.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Reading Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond even though I know it's going to make me mad.
As the saying goes: Mother Nature bats last
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
As the saying goes: Mother Nature bats last
Congrats to Dr. Clardy! www.wkow.com/news/verona-...
Verona Superintendent named 2026 Wis. Superintendent of the Year
VERONA, Wis. (WKOW) -- Dr. Tremayne Clardy, superintendent of the Verona Area School District, has been named the 2026 Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of School
www.wkow.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congrats to Dr. Clardy! www.wkow.com/news/verona-...
The City of Verona has a Flock contract, we're talking about whether to renew it or not on the Monday (Nov 10, starts at 7 PM) City Council meeting arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Flock haters cross political divides to remove error-prone cameras
Lawmakers’ calls for Flock probe may help kill local contracts, expert says.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The City of Verona has a Flock contract, we're talking about whether to renew it or not on the Monday (Nov 10, starts at 7 PM) City Council meeting arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
So much of our economy is powered by scams - seems real bad!
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So much of our economy is powered by scams - seems real bad!
It's more fun to be on the left really and we won't turn you against your family or neighbors based on who they are.
Right wing masculinity experts are viewing the Zeteo stream and weeping at the left's masculine dominance
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's more fun to be on the left really and we won't turn you against your family or neighbors based on who they are.
I do think this is true, in that Trump has a certain appeal among casual voters. Trump's policies are bad and create a backlash, if the GOP doesn't benefit from casual Trump voters who are only sort of paying attention, they get swamped.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I do think this is true, in that Trump has a certain appeal among casual voters. Trump's policies are bad and create a backlash, if the GOP doesn't benefit from casual Trump voters who are only sort of paying attention, they get swamped.
Every bit of supply helps but also, they would be neat places for people to live - we should prioritize housing that builds community. captimes.com/news/governm...
Can ‘cottage courts’ provide more affordable housing in Madison?
The City Council will consider letting developers build clusters of up to eight condos or single-family homes throughout Madison.
captimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Every bit of supply helps but also, they would be neat places for people to live - we should prioritize housing that builds community. captimes.com/news/governm...
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Just to note, there is a well documented connection between mass in-person protest and election outcomes. I'm looking forward to the academic papers analyzing No Kings in October and turnout today.
No one should ignore or discount the significant effect that all the organizers of the NO KINGS rallies have had on this election night. It is monumental the influence you have had on this night.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Just to note, there is a well documented connection between mass in-person protest and election outcomes. I'm looking forward to the academic papers analyzing No Kings in October and turnout today.
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it's almost like 2024 was not some sort of permanent demographic reshuffling, but was simply everyone turning against an unpopular president in a shit year for incumbents.
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
it's almost like 2024 was not some sort of permanent demographic reshuffling, but was simply everyone turning against an unpopular president in a shit year for incumbents.
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David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.