Reposted by Sam AustinSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome storynpr.orgWe asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientistNPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science. 241929500
Reposted by Sam AustinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Good stuff, will read as soon as I stop shitting my insides out because of lax regulations but before I consume my untested peptides kick in. 1045550
Reposted by Sam AustinPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 17/04/2026Just holing up here with my shelves full of real books written over the past century muttering something resentfully about pre-war scotch 212717
Reposted by Sam AustinArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A Bed of Red Azaleas, by Alma Thomas, 1968 (rotated, detail), 📸 by David Stluka 72381316
Reposted by Sam AustinBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/03/2026Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶 11037571266
Reposted by Sam AustinEdward @edwardodell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026you did not see this kitty pull a glizzy heist good morning 431299438
Reposted by Sam AustinFOX6 News Milwaukee @fox6now.bsky.social · 01/01/2026The 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.bit.lyPlymouth rings in new year with annual Big Cheese DropThe 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. 023
Reposted by Sam AustinIsaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Milwaukee’s skyline in spring, summer, fall and winter of 2025 621042
Reposted by Sam AustinChris Drosner @wibeerbaron.bsky.social · 27/12/2025When you see an ESB on tap, order an ESB if you want to see another ESB on tap. 0173
Reposted by Sam AustinTarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Here’s to 2026 22119884611
Reposted by Sam AustinBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21/12/2025This 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...politico.comRFK 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. 10325107
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 19/12/2025i know everyone's in nfl mode, but this volleyball is intense 020
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Fingers crossed. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...jsonline.comWisconsinEye went dark this week, and Democrats make proposal to replace itAfter WisconsinEye, the public affairs network that provides coverage of the state Capitol, went dark, Democratic lawmakers proposed replacing it. 000
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 17/12/2025As 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.be85-year-old changes mind about transgender care ban after listening to transgender teenYouTube video by Wisconsin Watch 131
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The Matt Flynn Game Brandon Jennings drops 55 Gwen Jorgensen Gold in Rio Randall Simon v. The Italian Sausage 120
Reposted by Sam AustinJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/12/2025One 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. 731140
Reposted by Sam AustinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025If 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. 721118232
Reposted by Sam AustinKen Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 07/12/2025We’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… 13571148
Reposted by Sam AustinZ-Your Enrico Palazzo @enricopalazzo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025You will be visited by three spirits 1122
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 07/12/2025 i think about the way Buzz lists his three reasons as A/2/D way more than i should youtu.be/7yyBWAcWwuQ?...youtu.beHome alone three reasonsYouTube video by 24hdaylight 111
Reposted by Sam AustinCait (spooky edition 🦇) @caitesq.bsky.social · 06/12/2025If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a pianoAlt: The great Fred Rogers, with gray hair, says to you, “I like you just the way you are.” And he means it. 3606
Reposted by Sam AustinRyan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 02/12/2025#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... 46814
Reposted by Sam AustinDaniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025It's almost as if child food insecurity is a policy choice. #Bioethics 02311
Reposted by Sam AustinCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 02/12/2025CIDRAP’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...cidrap.umn.eduVaccine Integrity Project - Hepatitis B 218798
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Always 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 2111
Reposted by Sam AustinEzra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 02/12/2025MEPS 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. 911651
Reposted by Sam AustinSam "The Patron Saint of Weirdos" Posnick @samposnick.com · 16/11/2025If you see something (a bird), say something (that's a little guy). 03016
Reposted by Sam AustinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/11/2025News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims. 1013044705
Reposted by Sam AustinAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Took 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 1858369
Reposted by Sam AustinDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I mean at some point I made Cornhole Death Star. Smh. 61332
Reposted by Sam AustinMidwestphoto - Troy Freund @midwestphoto.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Let's time-travel and travel, in general, to one of #Wisconsin's most scenic areas, an area known far and wide - #DoorCounty! A few years ago...during lockdown, in fact, Naomi and I went up for a weekend and did our part to support the local economy... www.doorcounty.com #VisitWisconsin 121
Reposted by Sam AustinRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 20/11/2025“the AI teddy bear turned evil and depraved immediately” I mean yeah dude have you seen movies 523725
Reposted by Sam AustinJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art. 251717511
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 14/11/2025media.tenor.coma man in a suit and hat is standing in a room with his hand in his pocket .Alt: Cary Grant a man in a suit and hat is standing in a room with his hand in his pocket . He motions and says "out" 020
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Would read literally a billion Wayfarer books if she kept writing them 010
Reposted by Sam AustinTom Kertscher @tomkertschernews.bsky.social · 10/11/2025www.milwaukeemag.com/author-qa-jo...milwaukeemag.comAuthor Q&A: John U. Bacon on ‘The Gales of November’ and the Edmund FitzgeraldThe new book comes just ahead of the 50th anniversary of perhaps the Great Lakes’ most legendary maritime disaster. 011
Reposted by Sam AustinUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 09/11/2025PSC experts @pamherd.bsky.social and Luke Shaefer @umfordschool.bsky.social help us understand the consequences of blocking SNAP benefits, which mostly go to children or disabled elderly adults. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be... fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/ef... 36244
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Wisconsin should be proud of this. Our state seal *literally* has a horn of plenty on it, the idea that we're a land of nourishment and abundance. Governor Evers is fighting for that idea; the Trump Administration is fighting to keep families from feeding their kids. 151
Reposted by Sam AustinGovernor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 09/11/2025Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️ 158100872242
Sam Austin @samva.bsky.social · 08/11/2025youtu.be/kVJf3j_b_Mk?...youtu.be"Let it Snow"- Pizza Pit CommericalYouTube video by pizzapit1969 021
![State seal of Wisconsin. It consists of the state coat of arms, with the words "Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin" above it and 13 stars, representing the original states, below it.
Top:
Forward, the state motto
A badger, the state animal
Center:
Top left: A plow, representing agriculture and farming
Top right: A pick and shovel, representing mining
Bottom left: An arm-and-hammer, representing manufacturing
Bottom right: An anchor, representing navigation
Center: The U.S. coat of arms, including the motto E pluribus unum
The shield is supported by a sailor and a yeoman, representing labor on water and land[1]
Bottom:
A cornucopia, representing prosperity and abundance
13 lead ingots, representing mineral wealth and the 13 original United States[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pz667zkmx4t5wn3b6dlabs2m/bafkreig2sywxjl7t25uocdgcep2llmkc5fsz743m4w7cakmgnu2vwyhyoy)
