This is the kind of warm fuzzies it's nice to get for a blog post called, "I was a teenage Camper Van Beethoven wannabe." #CamperVanBeethoven alexgalt.com/2026/07/19/i...
Alex Galt
@alexgalt.com
Food Systems / Sustainability / Photography / Wisconsin
Yup, and we can blame it on the studios slow-walking the Writer's Guild back in 2007. Who knew that would be the ruin of civilization?
Tracy@wacket.bsky.social · 4d ago"Reality" TV was the worst thing to ever happen to America...
Just learned that Glen Hansard died today in a motorbike crash, 56 years old. In addition to being a great songwriter, he was a great interpreter of Jason Molina’s songs. I loved him for shining a light on another artist who does too damn young.
If you know Italian, this is an astonishing doc about new finds at Pompeii. The entire things is done in one shot, with experts joining the host for walk and talks. It's always in motion. I wish more things were filmed like this. Check it out.
Pompei, le nuove scoperte - RaiPlay
Alberto Angela mostra in anteprima le nuove scoperte fatte dagli archeologi a Pompei
raiplay.it
My kid, Frida, and I declared it Frida and Alex's Fossil Summer 2026, and I've been posting field reports to my blog. Each of these has a tinned fish review as well—tinned fish is the official snack of Frida and Alex's Fossil Summer 2026 (FAFS26). So far, we like all of the tinned fish.
Fonfarek Glen County Park / Spiced Sardines in Olive Oil, Nuri (FAFS_03)
(This is the third in a series of field reports and tinned fish reviews, forming a component of Frida and Alex’s Fossil Summer 2026. The first of these is here.) Today we explored a third of …
alexgalt.com
Favorite movie that came out when you were 18... Is it Groundhog Day? It's probably the one I've seen the most.
Announcing Bill Murray GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY
GIPHY image by GIPHY
giphy.com
GeWilli@gewilli.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Ridges are magical. If you're near Door County, you should check them out. Here are a few photos I've taken there over the years. #Wisconsin #DoorCounty #Photography #TheRidges #NatureImitatingArt #Rolleiflex #FujiXT1
WLUK-TV FOX 11@fox11news.bsky.social · 2w agoA visit to the Ridges in Baileys Harbor is free of charge tomorrow. It'll stay that way on Fridays till the end of August.
This is unconscionable. I've been to Chaco Canyon twice and it's incredible. Tthe landscape is part of the meaning, there really can't be a "buffer zone" large enough. Filling this it with oil wells would be an obscenity. Consider leaving a public comment. #BelieveInFilm #Rolleiflex
Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w agoPlease blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
A nice writeup on one of my personal faves. I saw Cat Power perform at the Cooler in NYC in 1995 before I ever heard any of her records, she made a big impression on me. All of her records have their moments, but I think this one is her most special.
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 4w ago'The Greatest wasn’t some miracle cure: unhappiness and upset still featured in Chan Marshall’s life. But listen to these 12 tracks and argue with a straight face that The Greatest isn’t miraculous.' Reissue of the Week: #CatPower’s The Greatest (20th Anniversary) buff.ly/803S0yZ
In case you need a reminder of how awesome we can be... this one gets me every time. youtu.be/wnvCPQqQWds?...
Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen - This Land is Your Land - Obama Inauguration
YouTube video by Enrico V L
youtu.be
This Mark Twain quote is one I've been thinking a lot about with the 250th. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." I love this country. Truly love this country. But right now, our government does not deserve our support.
If 4 out of 9 supposedly expert mathematicians says that a triangle has four sides, it isn't a 'win for geometry'. @joshtpm.bsky.social #BirthrightCitizenship
Hey, if you're a #catperson, we have a cat shelter in need of financial help here in Green Bay. Their building partially collapsed during a torrential downpour yesterday evening and they have a lot of needs.
WBAY-TV@wbay.com · last mo.A downtown Green Bay building housing Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary has been condemned after its roof partially collapsed during storms on June 24.
It's #ShowYourStripes Day. This is for Milwaukee, WI, since Green Bay is too insignificant for their drop down menu ;) It felt like we were making some real progress about five years ago, and yeah, Trump's a bummer, but I'm not hearing about #AGW much from Democrats at this point. This is real.
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
I used a thing to create a widget for dividing a scene up into a grid, you can input different film formats, distances, subject sizes, lens focal lengths, etc. I'm excited to test it out this weekend! #BelieveInFilm #Photography
Stitching, Grids, Panoramas
I have, over the past several years, been really interested in creating photographic compositions comprised of multiple shots. The photo atop this post is stitched from about a dozen photographs. I…
alexgalt.com
And there it is… I will never buy another Honda. I loved my Fit and would like nothing more than Honda Fit EV. This makes me sad.
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2mo agogood lord Honda is writing off ALL its EV manufacturing investments in NORTH AMERICA! Ohio, US - gone Ontario, Canada - gone. Cancelling its EV lineup of Honda 0 SUV, the Honda 0 Saloon and the Acura RSX. www.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/strategy/hon...
Erik Gauger (travel blogger extraordinaire) has published his hand illustrated guide to chili peppers... it's worthy as a reference and also of reverence: www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico... Erik's blog, by the way, is one of the seven wonders of the internet.
Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat
An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum species and cultivar, with notes on origin, heat, form, domestication, and global food history.
notesfromtheroad.com
National Park Service has open comment page, for Albert Speer Memorial Arch that is next on MAGA wish list You can make comments here: parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsOpe... That page has lots of "before and after" illustrations. Below, before/after view from near JFK/RFK grave site in Arlington
another day, another story about the administration's war on knowledge itself, all in service of allow its corporate patrons free rein to rob us blind and poison our world www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
nytimes.com
“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says @billmckibben.bsky.social. “That makes it a very appealing alternative, especially now that it’s cheaper than burning coal and gas and oil.”
The price of unleaded gas where I live broached $4 for the first time EVER this week.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoScott: "The fact of the matter is that all of the cylinders are kicking. It is good news. You can even feel in our environment how good things are getting. Gas prices continue to come down, which means your groceries will come down a little bit as well. We've got a lot of good signs in the economy."
C'mon patriotic Americans! Are we going to let the French beat us????
Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 3mo ago🥰 📣 BREAKING NEWS 📣 France has announced a climate roadmap that aims explicitly to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045, and "gas for energy purposes" by 2050!! This is a historic moment, the first time a major economy has pledged *specifically* to phase out fossil fuels. 🙌 💚
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
I figured this out in my own work about six months ago and it opened up partnerships with basic needs nonprofits in my community. It was getting pretty exciting, but then my grant funding ran out... But my experience definitely supports this approach.
Daniel Aldana Cohen@aldasky.bsky.social · 4mo agoThrilled to be quoted in Grist, on Green Economic Populism: "Fossil fuels are unreliable. They drive up your cost of living. They cause wars and people die. And if we make a green transition, that will make everyday life better for working people who are struggling." grist.org/politics/gre...
Some #FoundPhotos #WisconsinHistory #GreenBay
Found Photos: the 32nd Infantry Comes Home from France, 1919
Growing up in Green Bay, you knew that Ashland Avenue turns into Wisconsin Highway 32, and that the signs for WI-32 have red arrows piercing a red line on them. Unless you come from a military fami…
alexgalt.com
We lived next door to Ginny for 8 years, talked to her many times. But it was only when she died (2013) that we learned that she'd been a NYC fashion model, one of the first admin hires at the UN, had flown solo across the Atlantic, & been woman of the year at the Pentagon.
legacy.com
Here's a #FoundPhoto for Sunday evening. This gent and his (presumably) grandchild had their photo taken in 1919. I was taken with it because you don't often see casual photography of this quality around. Picked it up in an antique mall! The context of the photo suggests this is in Green Bay, Wisc.
