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Mary Pustejovsky

@mpusto.bsky.social
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Cargo bikes, urbanism, safe streets, climate. Heat pump all the things! Views are my own. #MadisonWI #EverTrue

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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 12h
Being civically engaged for more equitable schools as Madison considers new attendance boundaries.
Building for the Future
MMSD has launched Building for the Future," a comprehensive two-year review of school attendance boundaries.
This initiative is designed to proactively address the city's rapid growth (projected +100,000 residents by 2050), balance enrollment across schools and ensure equitable access to programming. The process is being led in consultation with MGT, a national firm specializing enrollment studies.
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
1. Utilization: Balancing building capacity to avoid over-crowding or under-enrollment 
2.
Demographics:
Promoting diverse student bodies and equitable access.
Population Shifts:
Madison is growing. but student density is shifting. Some schools are overcrowded while others are underutilized.
ilization: lancing building pacity to avoid ercrowding or der-enrollment.
3.
Transportation & Neighborhoods:
Prioritizing walkability, minimizing bus times and maintaining neighborhood school cohesion.
MADISON

WHY NOW? The Strategic Need:
New
Developments:
Major housing growth (e.g. Acacia Ridge, Sprecher
Road) requires new attendance zones to prevent future overcrowding.
Efficiency & Equity:
The review aims to optimize resource use and ensure student demographics reflect the district's diversity. avoiding the isolation of specific student groups.
4.
Stability:
Minimizing the impact on students, avoiding frequent boundary changes.
5.
Programming:
Ensuring boundaries align with special programs (e.g. DLI, STEAM) and Special Education needs.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Lydia @lunapuella.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
My husband and his friends realised they thought they were good guys but still made like, ironic-sexist jokes. They introduced the 'sexism snake' where wherever one of them made a sexist comment or joke, the others would just start hissing. Didn't need to get into an argument about it, just hissing.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of the fun parts of parenting is you can tell your kids about something all you want but once they learn it somewhere else it’s, “Mom, sit down you will not believe this,” and you just smile and nod.
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Flopsie @flopsie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A fellow up here in Chenango County told me he just filled his heating oil tank- 2300 dollars, and he will need 2 refills this winter. He actually seemed interested that he could get heat pumps installed for what he is going to pay for oil just this winter. I doubt he would have a year ago.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can’t wait to read all of these!
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super cool! Someone is riding all 1,700 miles of state trails in Wisconsin for October. Check it out: knowlesnelson.org/great-state-...
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The Great State Trails Adventure – Knowles Nelson Stewardship
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While I won't tell the whole story here, the TLDR is that NYC high schools have greater Black-white segregation today than they did in 1967. 12/end
segregation trends in NYC high schools
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Re: last repost. Nikole Hannah-Jones original article was life-changing for me. It made me rethink my privilege as a parent. I moved my White children to a global majority school. Our decisions were not and never will be the same. But so much of what she says echoes things I have seen.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Education must-read www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trapeze today was great but broke my brain a bit (learning a full swing). Also very tiring so by the end my leg was cramping and I was very glad to have an ebike to ride the 7 miles home. 😪
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brooke bikes mke @brookebikesmke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank god we’re spending $2 billion to widen a freeway while letting transit wither on the vine!
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Miriam Wasser @miriamwasser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm hoping to speak with some Massachusetts residents who use heating oil and are worried about the cost of heating their homes this winter. I've had a few great responses, but I'm looking for me. Please help me spread the word! Thanks wburhomeheating.paperform.co
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Are you anxious about home heating costs this winter?
Do you live in Massachusetts and heat your home with heating oil? Are you feeling anxious about prices this winter? We want to talk with you.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fresh as ever. (From 1965)
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My teen told me they don’t like those Coca Cola “Freestyle” machines. Said “they are like a bird’s cloaca.” 💀
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The key thing here is *certain* trips. You don't have to suddenly go car-free! But even replacing a handful of weekly car trips with a bike can lead to savings. Car dependency is a systemic problem, but at the same time, many people are in a position to make changes like this.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Get yourself a friend with a raspberry bush. 😍
A bowl of very small raspberries that were clearly not bought at a store
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At the folk festival they had a great chat with some artists about protest music and Jordan Smart was one of the guests. My kid’s friend loves this song by him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SPY...
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Who Would Jesus Bomb?
YouTube video by Jordan Smart - Topic
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In Evanston for the folk festival and went to Mass this morning. Gosh I love America when I see things like this.
Yard sign for Oktoberfiesta Block Party. German and Mexican food, beer, and raffle. 1012 Lake St
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There are a few stories that I used to make a point of re-reading on 9/11 and am returning to this year—the New Yorker articles about Rick Rescorla and John O’Neill, the Falling Man article in Esquire, and this WaPo story about Heather Penney, the F-16 pilot who very nearly had to ram Flight 93.
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F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11
A pilot reflects on one of the lesser-told tales of Sept. 11: how the first counterpunch the U.S. military prepared to throw at the attackers was effectively a suicide mission.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Checked out the Wisconsin Quilt Show today. Some really beautiful quilts! 🤩 A thread… 🧵
A quilt meant to look like the view looking up from below a treeSacred Threads
Traveling Exhibit 2025
Patricia Aresen
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The trees of autumn look as if they are standing in one grand ovation to their creator
- listen and you can even hear their applause!
"All of the trees of the fields will clap their hands!"
(Isaiah 55:12) says it perfectly.
Category: Joy
Clapping Trees - An Autumn Mandala
Audio Tour (703) 520-6404 3001#
Sacred Threads Sponsors
eQuilter.com Nine Patch Fabrics Artistic ArtifactsA colorful log cabin quiltBubbles of Color
Top made by
Debbie Huber
Waukesha, WI
Quilted by
Judy Purdy

What started as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge to make Curved Log Cabin blocks in a variety of colors became a creative journey to design the top from a plethora of blocks. Each step was a new challenge to make it into a cohesive quilt.
Pattern/design source
Original Design
Machine Quilted Bed Size - Pieced
-THE GREAT WISCONSIN.
QUILT SHOW
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Second German wheel class today was super fun! Learned three new moves and oof, I am going to be super sore tomorrow!!
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have been learning more about bone density for women over 40, and let me tell you, I am MAD. A few stats: women over 50 have a 50% lifetime risk of bone fractures. 50%!!! Among older women, 20% of those who have a hip fracture die within a year.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just asked my kid what they checked out from the adult section. They said sewing books. 🙃 For my oldest, literally any high school English book. I assume the librarians are just going to reclassify all the books as “children’s books” in protest.
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Horatio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The distracted driving discourse is already popping off but I’d just like to throw in: I’ve been an insurance adjuster for almost 13 years. When I started, we almost never saw high speed rear end impacts. Now they’re like the most common type of claim. It’s distractions, this is obvious.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Amtrak needs a cute cuddly mascot!
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oof my kid told me that their precalc AP class is 18 boys and 7 girls. 😫
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Help clean out my closet. I live in a New York City apartment with two kids, so my family thanks you. thewaroncars.store/products/cle...
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CLEARANCE: Logo T-shirt (free shipping)
As we make the transition from our old store to this new one and as we wrap up our epic book tour, we need to clear out Doug's closet. Grab our original logo t-shirt at a bargain price and represent T...
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Found our third #miniWI today! Joins our flamingo and Wisconsin State Capitol building. Learn more here: kenfager.com/miniwi/
A small 3d printed deer
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Walking around my house with all the kids off to school and all I can hear in my head is this. open.spotify.com/track/0OMNQy...
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It's Oh So Quiet
Björk · Post · Song · 1995
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lol just got an email from my kid’s middle school teacher. “the building is hot so please bring a water bottle and wear deodorant” 😂
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 30% cut to international enrollment is lights out at many public R1’s. And: once again, this is not bungling on the part of the administration, or unintended consequences. It is *precisely* the intention.
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Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I will forever admire Wendell Berry's insistence on living his values through to their natural conclusions and relentlessly ripping through layers of politeness and habit to hold up for judgment those who do not.
Questionnaire
by Wendell Berry

How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.

For the sake of goodness, how much
evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks
with the names of your favorite
evils and acts of hatred.

What sacrifices are you prepared
to make for culture and civilization?
Please list the monuments, shrines,
and works of art you would
most willingly destroy

In the name of patriotism and
the flag, how much of our beloved
land are you willing to desecrate?
List in the following spaces
the mountains, rivers, towns, farms
you could most readily do without.

State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes,
the energy sources, the kinds of security;
for which you would kill a child.
Name, please, the children whom
you would be willing to kill.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I offered to get my teen’s bike tuned up and they screamed at me that they hated this bike and it wouldn’t make them hate it less. How’s parenting going for you? 😫
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Love this! When I was in rural Botswana last year, I saw many small homes (literally one room) where they had a solar panel leaning against the building. In areas with no wires, solar is transformative.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 31/08/2026
Also, a reminder of my favorite ever Popular Mechanics article about British Paratroopers in WWII who jumped out of planes strapped to folding bicycles because the bikes let them cover ground fast upon landing
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The British Paratroopers Who Parachuted Into Enemy Territory with Folding Bicycles
The BSA Airborne Paratrooper Bicycle was carried by British soldiers who landed on D-Day and in many other conflicts during World War II.
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Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has suspended 6% of registered voters without telling them Texans can use this link to check their voting status: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... People who have been purged can still register before October 5. Tell everyone you know.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
IvisMvpUi
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Amazing!!! 🤩
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Finally got to Epic for the campus tour. Kids loved it, but it was still a bit weird wandering around people’s offices.
A staircase lined with bookshelves A courtyard designed to look like Diagon Alley from Harry Potter A stairwell with a large time turner suspended in the middle The ceiling of an octagonal room painted to look like a barn with owls
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Got up early and took a hike with my coworkers. 🤩
A mountain peak with blue skiesA person standing on a rock formation with blue skies above
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/08/2026
Hummingbirds.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, a rufous hummingbird flies down toward a large hummingbird feeder with as many as 6 holes on top. He thinks "The humans put up a new feeder!" In panel 2, he lands on the feeder and gazes down at it. He thinks "It's huge. Many of us could feed here at once." In panel 3, we see a close up view of the hummingbird, and he's thinking "This could end the ancient rivalries. Usher in an era of peace. Interesting." In panel 4, an Anna's hummingbird hovers over the feeder and says "Hey, can I have some necta-" and the rufous hummingbird says "No."
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wyalusing State Park is really nice! Beautiful weather today.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Or Target. Every person and their mom (yes, it is usually moms) getting pillows, trash cans, lamps, everything.
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Biking to the FREE waterski show in Madison is so easy!
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Great thread and echoes much of my family’s experience. Still one car we only use for out of town trips. And just plain fun!!!
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Biked to a party last night and had two experiences I definitely wouldn’t have in a car: 1) saw a REALLY cool spider web 2 or 3 feet wide between street signs and 2) smelled the fried chicken restaurant as I rode by. 🤤
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/08/2026
Borrower feedback: "Last year I was able to borrow the electric trike here in Minneapolis. I am disabled and the experience gave me enough motivation to go out and buy my own electric trike that works for my body type." 🚲 ❤️
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Was talking to my mom about a van to pick her up if she gets too tired while walking the Camino. I thought “SAG wagon” and then she said “poop wagon”. 💀
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So proud of my husband!!! research.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
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Faculty receive 2026-27 WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards | Research | UW–Madison searchopen menucloseExpandCollapseExpandCollapseExpandCollapseExpandCollapseExpan...
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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
These birds are so cool! Siberian cranes at the International Crane Foundation.
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