I write code (#JS, #VueJS, #php, #dotnet), take photos, and travel. I live in #Milwaukee, #Wisconsin. I created @mcts, @TheHop, @GMMKE, and https://toot.works.
I am also @steinbring on Pixelfed and @joe on Mastodon. You can follow my blog at @joe.
My opinions / shoes are my own.
Data Shows Milwaukee’s Traffic Calming Effort Is Working (urbanmilwaukee.com)
Pretty exciting to hear! The article particularly spotlighted Lapham Blvd, which saw incredible decreases in speeding.
Crane is coming down (midwest.social)
Construction crane is coming down for 333 water. Feels tantalizingly close to completion
In Huge Reversal, GOP Poised To Kill The Border-Ukraine Package It Demanded (www.huffpost.com)
Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week....
Eitel Cancels Plans For Vel Phillips Plaza Cafe After Council Questions, Public Opposition (urbanmilwaukee.com)
Colorado secretary of state urges Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot (www.nbcnews.com)
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to conclude that the state can lawfully bar former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot because of his actions in 2020 that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol....
Trump spent more than $50M of his PAC and super PAC money on legal bills in 2023 (abcnews.go.com)
The former president could face even higher legal costs this year....
More than $27M in Trump campaign fundraising went to legal costs in the last six months of 2023 (www.nbcnews.com)
The former president was indicted four times last year and has also had to answer civil lawsuits targeting his business and him as an individual....
Man eating rice, China, 1901
All workers, your attention please. Your attempt to have a decent work/life balance and be treated with dignity in this facility is going to fail. You have eight minutes to get back to the office. (lemmy.world)
Student loan borrowers skip payments: It's "an act of civil disobedience", 1 in 10 say they won't pay (www.newsweek.com)
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules (apnews.com)
Milwaukee Will Build 45 Traffic Calming Projects in 2024 (urbanmilwaukee.com)
Taylor Swift draws ire of conservatives after Chiefs win AFC championship, claim she's a 'psyop' (www.nbcnews.com)
Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden (www.rollingstone.com)
DOT explores options for Clybourn Street lift bridge if I-794 is removed (www.bizjournals.com)
From the Article:...
Feds require Milwaukee's Housing Authority to outsource one of its largest programs, Section 8 Housing (www.tmj4.com)
Never again (lemmy.world)
Newsmax Airs Alarming Discussion of Civil War With Federal Government (www.thedailybeast.com)
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Newsmax host Carl Higbie mused Thursday about a potential “force-on-force” conflict between Texas and the Biden Administration after the Supreme Court ruled against the state’s Republican governor by declaring that federal agents can remove razor wire laid along the border with Mexico....
Matt Gaetz Privately Told Colleagues His Real Motivation for Kevin McCarthy Ouster Was Ethics Probe (www.thedailybeast.com)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been adamant that his move to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was rooted in policy disagreements and wasn’t a personal vendetta related to the congressional ethics investigation against him....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates (apnews.com)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday....
Wisconsin Republicans make last-ditch effort to pass new legislative maps (apnews.com)
Wisconsin Republicans made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court put in place new legislative district boundaries for the November election....
WisDOT Getting Closer to I-794 Project Recommendations (urbanmilwaukee.com)