#The Badger Project

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Your Right to Know: A fund to fight government secrecy

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council's goal is to help individuals and journalists who are confronting improper government secrecy.

By Jonathan Anderson  In 2022, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council created a designated fund to help cover legal costs associated with fighting to pry records into the public domain. Called simply the WFOIC Legal Fund, it has never had more than $4,000 in its coffers. But the Council, of which I am a member, has put what money that is there to good use. Jonathon Anderson The Council…

[williamneilsonjr]

When the Milwaukee Brewers needed taxpayer money, the ballpark was falling apart. Now? Not so much

This week, I noticed that the Milwaukee Brewers were spending some of their recently acquired taxpayer money on upgrades to their ballpark. This week, the team installed three new items: Added a “new main scoreboard” to center field Added a new scoreboard to right field Brought in a new food place to the ballpark According to the Brewers, the new main scoreboard will be one of the biggest in…

[inkskinned]

how odd, to watch the creative writing exercises of angry men in the comments of instagram. you noticed it first in the comments of conventionally attractive women - but then it started appearing everywhere else, too.

a young man talks about what lunch he's packing his wife. there is a little story under it, with 300 likes, fabricated from nothing. "this is pointless. if you treat her like this, she will take the lunch to her office and fuck her boss and divorce him and take all his money."

you scroll. a young woman talks about what lunch she's packing for her husband. it is always uglier when the subject of the video is a woman, you've noticed. "you sit on camera and you smile and you are cheating with the neighbor and then you're going to lie about being sexually assaulted by your husband and -"

you stop reading. it has 567 likes.

where did this even become a thing? people making up stories in their head, disgusting long-winded assumptions about intention and sexual disgrace. the evil twin of fanfiction.

like - it's just a lie. it's a lie that they are telling, baldfaced and assumptive. the undercurrent is of course misogyny, but the trouble is that they're so fucking certain. that's what makes the hairs on the back of your neck rise. there is this pervasive, inventive desire for them to be right. that they must be right. all women are cheating, lying, gold-digging bitches. no exceptions.

in the reverse, when women say i'd rather meet a bear in the woods than a strange man - men funnel in from the sides. they defend each other with a vibrance and capacity for empathy you wish applied to like, the other half of the population. a man could be saying i absolutely did kill her and these creatures in the comments would rise up with king shit. she made it happen. they love each other to the point of this sick strange self-gaslighting, a fervent and unhinged cognitive distortion. all men are good, wonderful people. all women are terrible, conniving, seditious, annoying.

and when did it become okay to just, like... say that kind of a thing? at one point, you find yourself typing out a witty and snappy retort. why are you spending so much time fantasizing about other people babe. but as you stare at the screen, some part of you pictures this man in public, saying these things to your face. his soapbox, high and mighty. his mirrored sunglasses and his empty life: tired and lonely.

what a sad and horrible loop he's locked in. he is terrible to women, so women don't talk to him, which he uses as an excuse to act more terribly. he blames this "failure" on women, rather than on his behavior. it cannot be that he is the problem (that the solution is to just put his ego down and accept women as equals) - he begins to invent a sculpture to replace the flesh frame of each person he sees.

it isn't just a woman posing on the beach. it is now a slut with a desperate need for each person to crave her body. it isn't just a woman yelping with surprise during something upsetting. it is a hysterical, unhelpful cretin who will probably make things worse instead of better. it isn't a person.

someone's very sweet wedding vows get moderate attention on instagram. in the comments, a man says good fucking luck you'll waste your life providing while behind your back she's absolutely fucking the best man. this will be so cringe in 2 months when she walks out on you.

you think - is that what you need to be true? is that what you need to happen, for the world to make sense to you?

[roachs-pet-roach]

okay so i js had a thought while fighting w/ my hair to look presentable:

Roach has weird hair. It’s too straight to be considered curly but too curly to be considered straight.

He treats it as curly hair (putting the curly hair shit in it and such) b/c if he doesn’t it gets frizzy (it gets frizzy anyways but its worse)

but he HATES it. he can never get it to look good and it’s impossible to figure out what the hell to do with it most days. Bedhead is the worst for him

Ghost and Soap love it. It’s fluffy. Ghost loves to gently run his fingers through it while Soap likes to mess it up more.

Roach can’t stand when they call it cute but at the same time he likes it. He’s very conflicted on his hair.

[seabashedz]

[dogwithalzheimers]

Misery gives CPR to Reese's Puffs by Apple Bottom Jeans

[talonsandtails]

So

I wouldn’t really say I’m part of the tmnt fandom, so unless it’s asked for don’t except more tmnt art from me. But both the 2012 and Rottmnt series are on Netflix so I’ve been going through them as of late. I got to the Rise episode where Leo dresses as a pirate and I just- had to do this

And yes I know this isn’t the exact outfit he wears but shush it’s my fanart I can do whatever the heck I want.

And I of course couldn’t resist doing sword glowies.

I wasn’t too sure how the design would look in my style, but it came out much better than I expected it to and I’m super proud of it. My arts been getting a lot more expressive lately, which I’m thrilled about.

[unsafescapewolf]

Who's that Pokemon!?

[darklight-owl]

The "following me" experience

[sniffanimal]

im frankly so upset that i didnt stick with my stage tech degree because there could be a universe out there where i became a prop maker and went on to work on a minecraft movie. sick and crying and throwing up because i didnt make the props for that movie

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$12M and counting: The most expensive race in the history of western Wisconsin

Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden and Democratic challenger Rebecca Cooke have raised a record $12 million as they run neck and neck in the race for the 3rd Congressional District.

By Maggie Zale, THE BADGER PROJECT With nearly $12 million combined, Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden and Democratic opponent Rebecca Cooke have raised not only the most of any U.S. House race in Wisconsin this election cycle, but also the most in the history of the 3rd Congressional District, according to an analysis by The Badger Project. The highly contested 3rd in western Wisconsin includes…

[turnabout-cats]

day 121: ominous cats for ominous days

[sapphanimates]

the girlies

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A banner that pretty much describes my interests and the things I'll post about :)

[lollytea]

The oppressive dependence media executives have put on reboots and adaptions and the subsequent suffocation of original stories is all so depressing and I really dont't think anything is gonna change unless we start sniffing out the people responsible and bashing heads with bricks.

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C.M. Top 10: Monsters of Horror

A form of monster is always in the eyes of the beholder. To a bird a cat is a monster, but know most humans have been used to being the top cat of nature. That is...until nature decides to have enough & put you on the menu.

So for this 10 features the most fearful & most terrifying monsters & creatures in nature. & those unnatural well...I guess that be your fault there.

Which one do fear the most in nature? You be the judge on that...

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1. The Isle - Hyperendocrin Giganotosaurus

(Hypo Giga)

2. Love Death & Robots - Project Barghest

(the Honey Badger)

3. Pokemon XD - Shadow Lugia

4. Pacific Rim the Black - the Trespasser

(Lucy)

5. Jurassic World - Indoraptor

6. Ben 10 Omniverse - Time Beast

7. Marvel's Midnight Suns- Charlie the Hellhound

8. Turok - T-Rex (Mama Scarface)

9. Sonic Generations - Chaos

10. Horizon Forbidden West - Slitherfang