Edward Alexander
@makemeamap.bsky.social
Mapmaker of military history and historic sites, ska and punk music lift me up, Illini and Chicago sports bring me down
Wish I'd been able to collect more cards of the Cubs ROY contender (Horton) but Topps decided last winter that Alcantara was going to be the Designated Rookie Insert in every single set and never adjusted. They've put all the rookie eggs in one basket the last few years too. At least it wasn't Shaw?
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wish I'd been able to collect more cards of the Cubs ROY contender (Horton) but Topps decided last winter that Alcantara was going to be the Designated Rookie Insert in every single set and never adjusted. They've put all the rookie eggs in one basket the last few years too. At least it wasn't Shaw?
Missed this yesterday, nice little bounceback for the former Illini after getting briefly demoted earlier this season for special teams mishaps
ISAIAH WILLIAMS PUNT RETURN TD
THE JETS HAVE TWO SPECIAL TEAMS TDS IN THE FIRST QUARTER
CLEvsNYJ on CBS/Paramount+
http://watch.nfl.com
THE JETS HAVE TWO SPECIAL TEAMS TDS IN THE FIRST QUARTER
CLEvsNYJ on CBS/Paramount+
http://watch.nfl.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Missed this yesterday, nice little bounceback for the former Illini after getting briefly demoted earlier this season for special teams mishaps
Look, @kaine.senate.gov just wants to sidehug Sen. Collins and exclaim, "look at that Sue, we did it" and he doesn't care how many millions of y'alls healthcare he has to barter away for that conviviality
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Look, @kaine.senate.gov just wants to sidehug Sen. Collins and exclaim, "look at that Sue, we did it" and he doesn't care how many millions of y'alls healthcare he has to barter away for that conviviality
Great morning got even better
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Great morning got even better
Legacy media rehire everyone you let go the past ten months challenge
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Legacy media rehire everyone you let go the past ten months challenge
Two straight football seasons of the most vile, transphobic ads during every commercial break. Proud of Virginia for loudly repudiating that garbage.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Two straight football seasons of the most vile, transphobic ads during every commercial break. Proud of Virginia for loudly repudiating that garbage.
Spartans setting off on Xenophon's March to get back to San Jose
FBS College Football Imperialism Map after Week 10! #CFBimperialism⚔️
Rules: FBS teams divide USA by closest county. Beating a team takes its territory & keeps it all until a loss (all goes to the winner), but teams can get back on the map by defeating others with land!
Rules: FBS teams divide USA by closest county. Beating a team takes its territory & keeps it all until a loss (all goes to the winner), but teams can get back on the map by defeating others with land!
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Spartans setting off on Xenophon's March to get back to San Jose
Should've named the beer Supply Train instead of Grunt 🤷♂️
NEW: Tipster fwd'd me a 11/1 dispatch from Armed Forces Brewing CEO Alan Beal to investors, claiming that a contract brewer is to blame for ongoing interruptions in the currently homeless firm's distributed sales. Prolonged out-of-stock periods can be devastating to a brewery's off-premise business.
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Should've named the beer Supply Train instead of Grunt 🤷♂️
Baseball's so perplexing. Take two pitches right down the middle and then swing at that.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Baseball's so perplexing. Take two pitches right down the middle and then swing at that.
Kick Returner: the jangling keys from the student section on the other side of the stadium is the motivational push I needed to take this one to the house
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Kick Returner: the jangling keys from the student section on the other side of the stadium is the motivational push I needed to take this one to the house
Just caught this on the back of a TSJ card. How dare they, but I have been wondering in the portal era which schools will get credit on the backs of cards and in player introductions.
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just caught this on the back of a TSJ card. How dare they, but I have been wondering in the portal era which schools will get credit on the backs of cards and in player introductions.
Went to the shortest game of the MLB season this year, Cubs 1 - Orioles 0, as my first live attendance in a decade. Could have fit three and a half of those into last night's game.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Went to the shortest game of the MLB season this year, Cubs 1 - Orioles 0, as my first live attendance in a decade. Could have fit three and a half of those into last night's game.
I'd say Marlins Man has the best baseball instincts--being the only one not standing for the warning track flyouts--but he's just staring down at his phone, checking crypto presumably
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I'd say Marlins Man has the best baseball instincts--being the only one not standing for the warning track flyouts--but he's just staring down at his phone, checking crypto presumably
MLB gonna send children's choirs out for the anthems to try and minimize the boos?
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
MLB gonna send children's choirs out for the anthems to try and minimize the boos?
Walked a trail to map it out using ArcGIS Earth on my phone. Forgot to turn off the track when I drove off. Super weird at how much more smoother and accurate it tracked while I was moving significantly faster. There are a few segments of the trail it notably lopped off.
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Walked a trail to map it out using ArcGIS Earth on my phone. Forgot to turn off the track when I drove off. Super weird at how much more smoother and accurate it tracked while I was moving significantly faster. There are a few segments of the trail it notably lopped off.
Doing some fieldwork for a map project today
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Doing some fieldwork for a map project today
Public history annoyance: when sites dump millions of dollars into facilities and exhibits and then are clearly paying front line staff--the only ones to actually interact with visitors on a daily basis--something insultingly low like twelve bucks an hour.
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Public history annoyance: when sites dump millions of dollars into facilities and exhibits and then are clearly paying front line staff--the only ones to actually interact with visitors on a daily basis--something insultingly low like twelve bucks an hour.
Huge difference in quality for the most frequently aired commercials when the MLB playoff game is airing on Fox or HBO. Disgustingly anti-trans campaign ads for the Virginia governor race vs. Tim Robinson's latest creative outputs.
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Huge difference in quality for the most frequently aired commercials when the MLB playoff game is airing on Fox or HBO. Disgustingly anti-trans campaign ads for the Virginia governor race vs. Tim Robinson's latest creative outputs.
Don't see the Blue Jays all too often but love that they're doing the 1993 look, especially with the white panel hat
October 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Don't see the Blue Jays all too often but love that they're doing the 1993 look, especially with the white panel hat
Every year at @supernovaska.bsky.social I come across a new band that really resonates. This year its @jokersrepublic.bsky.social. Album reminds me of middle-era LTJ (my favorite run of theirs) with lyrics that fit 2025.
“The Hand You’ve Been Dealt” is OUT NOW on @punkertonrecords.bsky.social (produced by Roger Lima of Less Than Jake!)
Go listen to it: open.spotify.com/album/7dWvnk...
Go listen to it: open.spotify.com/album/7dWvnk...
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Every year at @supernovaska.bsky.social I come across a new band that really resonates. This year its @jokersrepublic.bsky.social. Album reminds me of middle-era LTJ (my favorite run of theirs) with lyrics that fit 2025.
Jed and Ricketts gonna look at these lines and say "well the pitchers might stay healthier next year so we're good"
Look at the stats of the guys hitting below Suzuki. How exactly did they push the best team in baseball to a do or die NLDS game?
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Jed and Ricketts gonna look at these lines and say "well the pitchers might stay healthier next year so we're good"
Cubs-Brewers and Illini-Ohio State this Saturday. Gonna be dogs in both, would love one (won't pick). Pull off the pair and I might just ascend.
October 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Cubs-Brewers and Illini-Ohio State this Saturday. Gonna be dogs in both, would love one (won't pick). Pull off the pair and I might just ascend.
the pitching coach's name is Hook!?
October 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
the pitching coach's name is Hook!?
It's Happening! (sorry)
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's Happening! (sorry)