amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Saw the strange sign at my local Aldi on Capitol drive. Milwaukee 000
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Switched buses at City Hall and saw the traffic cone truck. It's amazing up close. 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I also got a pawpaw seedling at the rw farmers market. It's just a tree filled Sunday in MKE! 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Went to harbor fest and got a free tree! Thought it best not to hike home so I'm on the bus. Who needs a car when you have multiple transportation options 🤷 120
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Has mullin ever asked himself what ice is doing that leads to every interaction needing violent force? What would he do if a plain clothes came up to him tried cuffing him/throwing him to the ground? Would he submit to the random attack? They're intentionally making every interaction into violence 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Up another .19¢! We should be encouraging people to use the bus, biking, and walking more than ever. I saw a Tiffany flyer saying that Crowley cut the bus but nothing about increasing funding... Crowley should really come out in favor of funding MCTS? 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just saw Red Days at the pink umbrella. Excellent story and strong acting. It even had a nice anti car message. 000
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Current gas price in MKE. And the MCTS is on the chopping block yet again. What happens when people can't get to work? 021
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The funding cuts to mcts are being felt this fall. Bus is packed, standing room only after cutting routes to every 30 min during peak hours. Ridiculous, MKE. #fundthebus 020
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What is with MKE grocery stores being so shitty? Stopped at Metro Mart and only one door is working.. I might have to get a car just to drive to the burbs and shop in normalcy 001
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Edo broke out again today! He took out the screen. This cat is determined to wreak havoc 030
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today I was walking home and I passed one of the neighborhood regulars, I forget his name, but he always calls out to me, "Hey, teacher!" and we have a little chat. He was telling me he liked me so much because when he first moved to the neighborhood. I spoke to him. 1/5 210
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My cat, that has been missing for over a month, returned tonight! I'm so happy! And lucky! I should have been back to MKE by now but fate prevented it so he could return with us 😻 130
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Picking up power tools and beer for the farm today 😹 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Rail pass 9/10 Havre, MT to MSP Havre was a nice stop. Got to touch dinosaur bones, toured the underground town, and ate a locally raised steak. Now going through the great plains which are just ag fields and oil wells. 😿 Bring back the bison and free the prairie! 030
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialElle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’m sorrrrryyyyyy I’m crying over this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1991742200
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 07/08/2026FYI teachers do not get laid off for summer. Also, where was all this snow?? 000
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Rail pass 7/10 Portland to Astoria for the day Was supposed to go to Seattle but the day I arrived to Portland there was a fire and the tracks north of the station have been closed since 000
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Rail pass 6/10 Emeryville - Portland on the Coast Starlight SF was fun. Biked to Sausalito, ate some good food, and saw some art. Ready to hangout with an old friend and see Ani Difranco! 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 01/08/2026San Francisco where the posh places wash their sidewalks and know that ice is garbage 000
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialLuke Foley @lukefoley.me · 30/07/2026Great to see that Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys in September in recognition of his contributions to Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy. His scenes in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox” is comedy gold. 14772631163
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Rail pass 5/10 Salt Lake City to Emeryville on the California Zephyr Glad we finally got to see the spiral jetty and mirror lake Train is delayed so I'm actually leaving on a midnight train 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Rail pass 4/10 Denver - Salt Lake City again on the California Zephyr. Should take about 14 hours. Denver Union Station is probably the best in the country, IMHO. 110
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Resisting arrest does not warrant death, neither does checking doors. The American cycle of racial violence repeats. 020
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Scenes from Denver day 2. Went to Boulder and Nederland for the cooler weather. Bought a zine at Trident Books. Now trying the local breweries. 130
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 22/07/2026My old neighborhood in Milwaukee runs an awesome 24-hour bike ride, the Riverwest 24, each July. This year's ride will start with a memorial lap honoring Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse who federal immigration cops murdered in Minneapolis this January. Alex used come down to ride in the RW24.wisn.comMan killed by Border Patrol agent in Minnesota rode in Riverwest 24 last yearAlex Pretti attended Preble High School in Green Bay 139697
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialMilwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Patti Smith! Songs and stories! September 23!milwaukeerecord.comPatti Smith will treat Riverside Theater to songs and stories September 23Tickets are $35 plus tax and fees, and are on sale NOW. 0102
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Colordo is a lot of feed lots... Kinda turns my stomach 000
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Rail pass 3/10 California Zephyr chi-denver. It's a superliner also. Last seat in the last car row to myself. Went through some storms in western IA and NE. 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Rail pass 2/10 MKE -CHI Got a superliner on the Hiawatha for the short ride this morning. Rode a divvy to Chinatown for biang biang, a walk through Ping Tom Park, and now waiting by the river. Not too bad of a way to pass a layover! 020
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It's so nice being back in MKE for the day! Putzing in the garden and listening to rw radio. Normally the garden doesn't survive but the neighbor kid is doing a great job this year! Too bad the watermelon and tomato plant are so far behind.. he was curious how they grew 010
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Day one of the rail pass. I'll be hitting up Denver, SLC, Portland, Seattle, and Havre, MT if anyone has any recommendations, please share! Scenes from the eastbound Borealis 1/10 St Paul - Milwaukee 010
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialRiverwest Pony Keg @mr-mason.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A 100% accurate read of the situation. This is the party establishment not wanting the status quo to change. We can do better than that with @francescahong.bsky.social! 032
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/07/2026if you don't put on PBS now and again you can forget that a better world where TV is a place where people say stuff like "up next: scientists introduce us to a new monkey they just discovered!" 371580173
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Swiss players just flipping back and forth between French, German and English. All foreign reporters able to ask questions in English. We’re the dumbest country. (And I say this as someone who can’t do more than the basics in a second language. Even then it’s an effort.) 2232942343
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialBrandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is something you would see in a bad 1980s sci-fi show about America in an alternate timeline 16512
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Some prankster threw a dollar bill down a pothole at Interstate Park 000
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026A driver in New York City chased a cyclist into a protected bike lane because the rider *gasp* tapped the car after it nearly hit him. Remember, drivers can do whatever they want to cyclists, but if we touch their cars it is literal violence. 648799
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialLior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 29/06/2026"I think they should close down all gyms where people work out." Louis Theroux said this recently on the brilliant SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma. He nailed one of the absolute biggest failures of modern city planning. [Source: SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma.]youtube.comI think they should close down all gyms where people work out!! @LouisTheroux #funny #gym #londonYouTube video by SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma 2287
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialKyra McKinzie Nelson @kyramnelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Utah is banning personal fireworks this year because the whole state is already on fire, and the usual suspects are mad about their "loss of freedom" and parroting things to the effect of "Driving is dangerous maybe we should ban cars!" And it's like don't threaten me with a good time. 5168068
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Guess I still got that Midwestern way of talking www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2024)What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map. 010
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialSarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise. 310155393417
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialMilwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Amyl And The Sniffers was the show on this year’s Summerfest lineup that made me say, "Yeah, I'm f***ing going."milwaukeerecord.comAmyl And The Sniffers give Summerfest much-needed kick in teethAmyl And The Sniffers was the show on this year’s Summerfest lineup that made me say, “Yeah, I’m f***ing going.” 0141
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Painted over my security sign but it's missing something. Would a peace sign be too much? 000
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialKis @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I will never understand bike hatred. the big ridiculous cars driven by impatient, entitled, self centered assholes who can't just figure out managing their time well enough to leave earlier and drive a bit more carefully seem kind of a bigger issue idk 102066210
Reposted by @amy414.bsky.socialmilwaukee2024.bsky.social @milwaukee2024.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I don't know about you guys, but I believe that if your wealth was contributed by taxpayer subsidies, then... you must repay those subsidies and not become a #trillionaire. It is OK to just be a millionaire. Literally, all his companies exist because of taxpayer subsidies. 1/3 #Musk 134
amy414.bsky.social @amy414.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Much prefer informative posters here over adverts. Biking is scary for a lot of people 000
