Sam Austin
@samva.bsky.social
they don't allow you to have bees in here
State Health Policy. Birds. NBA.
State Health Policy. Birds. NBA.
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you did not see this kitty pull a glizzy heist
good morning
good morning
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
you did not see this kitty pull a glizzy heist
good morning
good morning
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The 19th annual Big Cheese Drop returned to Plymouth on New Year’s Eve, bringing families downtown for a festive celebration sponsored by Sartori and presented by the Plymouth Arts Center.
Plymouth rings in new year with annual Big Cheese Drop
The 19th annual Big Cheese Drop returned to Plymouth on New Year’s Eve, bringing families downtown for a festive celebration sponsored by Sartori and presented by the Plymouth Arts Center.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The 19th annual Big Cheese Drop returned to Plymouth on New Year’s Eve, bringing families downtown for a festive celebration sponsored by Sartori and presented by the Plymouth Arts Center.
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Milwaukee’s skyline in spring, summer, fall and winter of 2025
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Milwaukee’s skyline in spring, summer, fall and winter of 2025
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When you see an ESB on tap, order an ESB if you want to see another ESB on tap.
December 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
When you see an ESB on tap, order an ESB if you want to see another ESB on tap.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
RFK Jr. wanted to endorse the Danish vaccine schedule. He was forced to pull back.
Legal and political concerns prompted the health department to cancel a planned announcement on Friday, officials said.
www.politico.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
i know everyone's in nfl mode, but this volleyball is intense
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
i know everyone's in nfl mode, but this volleyball is intense
As a longtime Wisconsin policy nerd, pretty crushing to hear of @wisconsineye.bsky.social going dark this week. An irreplaceable resource. Obviously, it's been there for the big events and votes...but this video hammers home how important it is for the small moments too.
youtu.be/VMRaJvIdOys?...
youtu.be/VMRaJvIdOys?...
85-year-old changes mind about transgender care ban after listening to transgender teen
YouTube video by Wisconsin Watch
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As a longtime Wisconsin policy nerd, pretty crushing to hear of @wisconsineye.bsky.social going dark this week. An irreplaceable resource. Obviously, it's been there for the big events and votes...but this video hammers home how important it is for the small moments too.
youtu.be/VMRaJvIdOys?...
youtu.be/VMRaJvIdOys?...
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One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
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If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Stephen Miller: "If Somalia keeps failing, if these societies all over the world continue to fail, you have to ask yourself if you bring those societies into our country & then give them unlimited free welfare, what do we think is going to happen? You're going to replicate the conditions they left"
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
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We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2 is highlighting A Fateful Flourish, from one of my local sandhill cranes! I never get tired of watching them dance - prints of this and other things are out A Fateful Flourish on Darkroom
rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/164...
rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/164...
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2 is highlighting A Fateful Flourish, from one of my local sandhill cranes! I never get tired of watching them dance - prints of this and other things are out A Fateful Flourish on Darkroom
rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/164...
rhenyard.darkroom.com/products/164...
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It's almost as if child food insecurity is a policy choice. #Bioethics
Using difference-in-differences analysis, we found a universal 15% increase in SNAP benefits was linked to a 20% reduction in the odds of child food insufficiency.
Hispanic American households experienced a 39% reduction, and large households showed a 33% reduction in child food insufficiency.
Hispanic American households experienced a 39% reduction, and large households showed a 33% reduction in child food insufficiency.
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's almost as if child food insecurity is a policy choice. #Bioethics
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CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - Hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
CIDRAP’s Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of data—and the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Always felt cheated we didn't get a Wisconsin...
1. The Peshtigo Fire
2. Harvey Kuenn
3. Dugout canoes of Lake Mendota
4. The Ringling Bros
5. Harry Houdini
6. Otis Redding
7. Hodags
8. Milwaukee Bridge War
9. Chester Thordarson and Rock Island
10. Blatz Beer
1. The Peshtigo Fire
2. Harvey Kuenn
3. Dugout canoes of Lake Mendota
4. The Ringling Bros
5. Harry Houdini
6. Otis Redding
7. Hodags
8. Milwaukee Bridge War
9. Chester Thordarson and Rock Island
10. Blatz Beer
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Always felt cheated we didn't get a Wisconsin...
1. The Peshtigo Fire
2. Harvey Kuenn
3. Dugout canoes of Lake Mendota
4. The Ringling Bros
5. Harry Houdini
6. Otis Redding
7. Hodags
8. Milwaukee Bridge War
9. Chester Thordarson and Rock Island
10. Blatz Beer
1. The Peshtigo Fire
2. Harvey Kuenn
3. Dugout canoes of Lake Mendota
4. The Ringling Bros
5. Harry Houdini
6. Otis Redding
7. Hodags
8. Milwaukee Bridge War
9. Chester Thordarson and Rock Island
10. Blatz Beer
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MEPS seems to be gone as of now. This is very bad. These are critical pieces of data about health care and they belong to the American public.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
MEPS seems to be gone as of now. This is very bad. These are critical pieces of data about health care and they belong to the American public.
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If you see something (a bird),
say something (that's a little guy).
say something (that's a little guy).
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you see something (a bird),
say something (that's a little guy).
say something (that's a little guy).
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News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
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Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
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I mean at some point I made Cornhole Death Star. Smh.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I mean at some point I made Cornhole Death Star. Smh.