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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes TOMORROW is the first day of #WeekWithoutDriving - a chance to consider non-drivers' mobility challenges AND how we can make access to life easier, safer, better for everyone. Try it. weekwithoutdriving.org/join

Week Without Driving La Crosse, WI flyer from https://tinyurl.com/wwdlacrosse

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tell @govevers.wisconsin.gov & the WI DNR to rescind Line 5 permits now. act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

Sierra Club site: Tell Gov. Evers and the DNR to halt Line 5 construction. Submit my comment.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This morning we said goodbye to our best girl, Anna (Banana), 16.5. Border Collie/Maremma Sheep Dog. Chicken guardian, goofball, sweetie pie, car rider, scamp, substitute kittie, cat food thief, lover, beautiful soul. RIP. We will not forget you.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The video is much nicer. I was reacting to the still from the video. Or maybe it's just envy talking. We are still living mostly in Magic (vanishing) Paintville.

Very narrow painted bike lane, half gutter, with lots of cracks, uneven pavement and debris.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We all lose in the end.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's hot out there.

Face of Taylor Indoor-Outdoor weather station showing outdoor temperature 101° at 12:49 p.m. on 7/27

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I am going to an honor ride this morning for a woman who was hit and killed by a truck driver while she was riding her bike in our city. Two months have passed without charges. The inquest is this morning. Our council recently nixed two protected bike lane projects. #SafeBikeLanesNOW #JusticeForTari

Poster showing fist and bicycles with Show up to support, Watch for Bikes, Justice for Tari.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Watched the first few teams check in for the @electrek.co American Solar Challenge in La Crosse Wisconsin. TU Delft, Leuven & Montreal, 1-2-3. @dutchnews.bsky.social

Team 30 TU Delft came to the check-in at Summit Environmental School first.

Participants completed their official check ons under Summit Environmental School's solar canopy (thanks Couillard Foundation).

TU Delft team makes final adjustments before leaving on the next leg of their journey.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hey our old lovely wonderful Maremma sheep dog + border collie girl made the big time!! Sixteen years old this month.

Picture of 608 beer can label, Too Many Dogs variety, with picture of old black and white Maremma sheep dog+border collie mix on the pabel

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Maybe you need to d pand to one of these talker.news/wp-content/u...

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Conveniently, the Festival of Cheese Food Products will be held just across the street.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Haven't really heard much from her while her state is under attack. Hope someone else runs.

Screenshot of MN post article "Klobuchar files paperwork to run for governor of MN"

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I think I read about what we're going through in a classic children's book once

illustration of Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland saying OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Calling @benwikler.bsky.social Is this for real? Are you still around? Can you clue WisDems in that there is an attack on MN going on right now and no WI Rs are interested in reining in the lawlessness?

2/4 "...where Dr. King Jr. would participate in his last act of civil disobedience before being gunned down.

Despite how our world feels right now, we have only made the progress we have because of MLK Jr. and all those who were courageous enough to fight alongside him against injustice.

It is hard to feel the power of his legacy at a time when the world feels like it’s on fire.The Trump administration is purposefully turning a peaceful city into a warzone to stoke division and hate. Now, Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of unity is more important than ever. That does not mean backing down or accepting what the GOP and ICE are doing, but standing unwavering in our commitment to what is right. Whatever venomous ...

3/4 "attacks the government and bigots threw at Dr. King Jr. refused to back down. He showed America, and the world, the true meaning of conviction and that, even in the face of insurmountable odds, you can move forward.

The Trump administration wants to be an unstoppable force; we will be an immovable object, just as Dr. King Jr. would have had us do.

In that spirit, we are going to continue doing what is right. This week, we are holding Republicans accountable for rejecting Governor Evers’ $1.3 billion middle-class tax cut — a proposal that is only possible because of the surplus the governor and Democrats have secured. It is nothing short of fiscally irresponsible for the GOP to say no to a tax break in the middle of an affordability crisis

4/4 "that they created. We are also continuing to shine a light on the GOP’s role in creating a health care crisis by driving up ACA premium costs and putting affordable coverage further out of reach for middle class families. The GOP’s actions on both of these issues, stand on the opposite side of the American people and what Dr. King stood for, and why we stand united with his vision and memory.

Thanks for tuning in. Until next time,

The Communications Department

ON GOV EVERS’ $1.3 BILLION TAX RELIEF PROPOSAL

TOPLINE MESSAGE: In the middle of an affordability crisis that the GOP created, Republicans are now rejecting tax relief for working and middle class Wisconsinites—simply because it was introduced by a Democratic governor.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Making 1st batch of IP vegan chili tomorrow: 4 oz each dry pintos, black beans, dry corn. Soak/Cook (corn) overnight OR use 2 cans each. Chop 1 onion, green pepper, hot pepper, lots of garlic. Add 2 oz each barley, brown lentils, bulgur, & 28 oz chopped tomatoes. +

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I am starting my Soylent Green last days reel just in case. Thank you for uploading your beautiful art, photos, sketches, etc. For now they'll be scrolling on my non-networked XMa$ present digital picture frame along with my own pics & family shares. A daily reminder to see & appreciate the beauty.

Two ginger cats snooze in their beds in front of a picture windows. Squirrels look for food near a bird feeder in a snowy front yard.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Hey! I have that model too!

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Daw this on the bad place. Thought some on the good place might be interested. Indigenous Language Day conference.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Upcoming webinar on Dec. 3 at noon central time. #Transit Priority: Improving Public Transit Through Collaboration from UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning. wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Flyer for 12/3 noon UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning webinar - Transit Priority: Improving Public Transit Through Collaboration. Presented by Kevin Muhs, City Engineer, City of Milwaukee and Don Adam's, Milwaukee County Transit System. AICP Certification Maintenance 1.0 credit lecture can be watched live or recorded.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Who writes the headlines & sub heads? Does this seem accurate given the mountain of proof that they are not "enforcing" anything except a reign of terror? Is this on @apnews.com or our local paper? Who will tell the truth?

Screenshot of newspaper article. Headline says OFFICIAL: DOZENS ARRESTED . Sub head: Federal Immigration agents in Charlotte for enforcement surge.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Imagine. It's 2025 and we STILL have fight for good #biking #infrastructure - protected bike lanes (that the state will pay for)! Getting ready to go to the city council meeting where signs are not allowed.

Front of a blue t-shirt with Sharpie pen lettering: "Bike Lanes ARE Climate Action"

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hello @safety.bsky.app @bsky.app @support.bsky.team The clock is ticking. Reinstate #SarahKendzior. This is not the behavior of the place you claim to be.

picture of Sarah Kendzior post: Day four, still suspended.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Our possible AAA #biking infra future looks less likely bc of oppo frm those with disabilities. Instead of 1 car parking lane replaced w/ a PBL we might get 0️⃣ for bikes, no parking removed & wider sidewalks. Are there examples of disability-friendly protected bike lanes? How 2 compromise? Ideas?

State highway (downtown main street) update Alternative 1: Remove a parking lane & replace it with a parking protected 2-way bike lane.

State highway (downtown main street) update Alternative 2: Reduce a parking lane width & widen sidewalks. Nothing for bikes.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Maybe the could give him the IMPEACH prize tho. rlv.zcache.com/impeach_stic...

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

what? They don't want *any* parking removed. Whose job is it to tell them better bike infra is better for biz? How can those with disabilities give room for bikes? What about our climate action plan's "reduce VMT" goals? Must it be 🚲 vs.👨‍🦽? I was excited for better biking, now prospects look dim.😿

Graphic showing Alt 1: Remove parking on one side. Parking-separated 2-way bike lane. Two lanes of one-way moving traffic.

Graphic showing Alt 2: Keep parking on both sides but narrow parking lanes to widen sidewalks. Two lanes of one-way moving traffic. Zero bike infrastructure.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

So do we just have no laws left?

Screenshot of USDA page with big heading that says "Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse."

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

bike lanes, noted problems crossing a busy state highway near UW-La Crosse & more. It was the most heavenly day ever with bikies, electeds, engineers from WisDOT, & even staffers from @baldwin.senate.gov & Rep Van Orden's local offices. Great ride, great day, great advocacy. If only we'd had GEESE!🪿

Group of bike riders stopped in a parking lot before leaving the protected bike lane for a regular city street.

Group of bicyclists stopped in a parking lot near State Highway 35 (West Avenue), a busy street that separates lots of student housing from campus.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We had another AMAZING #WeekWithoutDriving event this morning! Our wonderful, active transport-friendly planners took us on a tour of commuter bike paths through our precious marsh, showed off some new bike signage, led us on a protected downtown bike path & iffy streets, looked at wonky painted

Many people and their bikes listen to a city council member welcoming them on the WWD Bike ride.

The first group bike ride stop was near an intersection of two paved multiuser paths where new signage has been installed showing we're on bike route 1 and also indicating distances to places of interest.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Has the @apnews.com caved too? Who would frame things this way?

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

accessible fishing pads (premiere trout-fishing creek), had a byo lunch & learned more about the community watershed council (this area was the 1st in nation watershed project (1933 soil erosion svc)). Wandered into town for ice cream & caught the full bus (which some want to kill off) back. Prima!

The T2T visitors hear about Coon Creek flooding from our host Emje McCarty, a board member of the Coon Valley Community Watershed Council.

Bee dines on red coneflower in a pollinator/food forest lawn.

The Coon Creek flows under a highway bridge in Coon Valley, WI Veteran's Memorial Park.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Our local #WeekWithoutDriving starts today with a great program about transportation choices & responsibilities with a non-driver & an active transportation advocate + WWD Bingo prep. Zoom in from anywhere at 10 Central. uulacrosse.org/services/tra...

Week Without Driving flyer from La Crosse, Wisconsin showing programs, promo codes, and co-sponsors which can be found at https://tinyurl.com/wwdlacrosse

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

At the ribbon cutting for a new solar array at The Nature Place. Thanks to Couillard Foundation and many others, one more positive change.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

A day at home = tomato basil soup (from this recipe: www.veganblueberry.com/wprm_print/3...) and, coming soon, Melitzanes Me Feta (eggplant with (vegan) feta). I'm only a tiny bit Greek by DNA, but Greek food is the best imo. Here's a recipe - easy. youtu.be/RgI-hN6Vfnc?...

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Yesterday I rode to Aldi. No bike rack. Luckily, I have the magnificent Gazelle Arroyo C7 w/ click-lock & I live where a couple of minutes in a store should be ok. Inside, I asked how to request a bike rack & they said, "Oh, we HAVE a bike rack!" Submitted for your (dis)approval. Who ARE these ppl?

2 wave black bike rack installed inches from corner walls not near any entrance.

Side view of very small wave bike rack installed about 12 inches from a wall making it unusable as intended and available for only one bike. The door nearby has no handoe and is not used to access the store from the outside.

View of storefront from massive car parking lot showing location of idiotically installed crappy bike rack as far as possible from store entrance. Rack is circled in red.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The good news: more ppl are picking stuff from our community victory garden so there's less for us to pick on weekly harvest days. We even got some corn from the transplanted doubles! Start a free garden. It doesn't have to be big or fancy. Cardboard, compost, leaves, wood chips, volunteers, seeds ❤️

Garden produce stand made from scrap wood & used drawers with bags of harvested cucumbers, tomatoes, chard, kale, green beans next to a sign that says "Neighborhood 'Hope Grows' VICTORY GARDEN. This produce is for you. Pick what your family needs. To learn more or volunteer call 608-315-3693 or visit LaXVictoryGardens.org." Behind is a lush vegetable garden with a stone wall behind it, and, beyond that, tall trees and apartment buildings.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ok. Summer garden food ramping up now. Made my first batch of TABOULI! And soon I will find out if you can make good tzatziki sauce with oat milk yogurt. (But I cannot top Water Street Deli's hummus.)

Closeup of tabouli with bright green parsley, red onions, red and yellow tomatoes, bulgur.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Amtrak sale. Very short deadline - 8/20. www.amtrak.com/promotions/f...

Amtrak Fall Sale. Book by 8/20. Up to 25% off. Travel from Sept. 3 - Nov. 13. "Combine this offer with any of our everyday discounts--seniors, students, kids and groups can save even more." Picture of blue and silver Amtrak Train rolling through fall colors along a green river valley.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

It's CORN time. I grew 3 varieties with differing maturity dates in the backyard, but it appears they are all ripening at the same time. Now I can indulge in the perfect summer home-grown meal - corn, green beans, cuke-pepper-tomato-onion-garlic-basil salad & potato. Thankful for this bounty.🙏🌽🍅🌱🫑🥔🧄

Home-grown corn with oat milk butter and salt on a plate.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Perseid meteor showers! ❤️❤️❤️🌠 Watching as a kid with relatives on top of a dark bluff, on a camping trip, in an NC farm field, by Lake Superior, in my back yard ... But, they are also the countdown to the end of summer. So, thrilled and sad. Watch the Perseids with your kids whatever you do!

NADA page about watching the Perseid meteor showers. https://nasaspacenews.com/2025/08/perseid-meteor-shower-2025-an-epic-night-sky-spectacle-and-the-science-behind-it/

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Still at Irishfest. It's HOT🌡️! Eileen Ivers is cooking now. Next up Skerryvore.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I am volunteering at Irishfest. Hot but fun & heavenly music. One of my great great grandmothers came over from Limerick long ago & here I am.

View from behind the stage with Gadan playing and festers festing.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I have a backyard corn bed with space for 64 corn plants if they all make it. Today, I tried an ear that looked like it was ready, but it could have used a few more days. You'd think by now I'd be able to tell, but my desire for corn overwhelms the reality. The good news: I have about 58 tries left.

Bright green corn plants growing close together with a chicken wire fence in the foreground and small white fleabane flowers.

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Cat @vmcat.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Attn: EV supporters in SE MN & SW WI - EVA-WI is hosting a kick off for the 2nd annual Wisconsin EV Road Trip on 8/15 at 7 pm at the La Crosse Radisson. Appetizers, cash bar, door prizes, silent auction, a short talk abt Hoffman EV (Madison), & music by Dave Zollo & Brian Cooper. Free. Open to all.

Flyer: Celebrate Electric Vehicles Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at The Radisson, 200 Harbor view Plaza, La Crosse. The Wisconsin Electric Vehicle Association will kick off its second annual EV Road Trip Fundraiser with food, fun, and entertainment. The event is free and open to all! Appetizers; Silent auction and door prizes; Short talk by Geoffrey Hoffman, Hoffman EV, Madison; Live music by Dave Zollo & Brian Cooper. ("Zollo ... finds creative freedom in the heartland of America. Clearly, he's well served by it." - Buzz McClain, Washington Post) Silent Auction items include: Radisson Hotel package, Signed Packers football, Car detailing package, Photography package, Bike tune-up package, and more! Thank you sponsors: Driftless Medical Spa of Prairie du Chien, Zweifel Electric of Mount Horeb, Hoffman EV of Madison, Xcel Energy, Dream Catcher Energies LLC of Sheboygan.

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