at least it's an ethos...

so apparently someone came into my class and filmed me lecturing and i didn’t even know.  one of my colleagues took this screen shot from their dvr when this union wages story aired last night.  check out the ticker for another story below the pic: 

…for allegedly supplying marijuana…

it’s perfect, really.  also, systems of linear equations never looked so good.

think-progress:

What you aren’t hearing about today: A huge protest of an anti-union bill in Indiana. 

if i didn’t know better, i would swear that was a pic from wisconsin last spring.  stay strong, boys and girls.

(via evanfleischer)

smutandeggs:

Get yours at Anthology on State Street in Madison, WI.

well, i know where i will be going tonight… 

In early June dane101 reported on information from anonymous state workers who claimed that an emergency response team operating out of the GEF-2 building downtown had been set up to monitor the social media activity of protest related organizations.

A recently released report (pdf) put together by the Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management now seems to confirm there was, in fact, state-run internet monitoring happening during the protests.

The report, which makes recommendations for how the state might better handle large protests in the future and points out specific shortcomings in the response that did happen earlier this year, was released as the result of an open records request made by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The MJS had earlier questioned Capitol Police spokeswoman Lori Getter about the existence of such an emergency team. Getter denied that one had ever been used by the division’s Joint Information Center.

On page 11 of the report, however, a “Telecommunications Emergency Response Team” is specifically mentioned as having “provided essential staff for this prolonged event.” The report also cites a lack of earlier “monitoring of social media during events to anticipate crowd psychology, actions and reactions” as an area of needed improvement. It suggests that state/law enforcement engaged in social media and networking “much too late,” supporting the late May/early June-leak of the creation of an emergency response team.

[emphasis mine]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was greeted by a healthy display of cheese heads and blue solidarity fists when he took part in a Republican fundraiser in New York City on Tuesday. The fundraiser was being held in honor of Wisconsinite and Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus at a home of Gilbert Haroche.

(via dane101)

surrounding the capitol, arms linked and holding hands. firefighters. teachers. public works. solidarity.

a few thousand gather at state street. feels like we may be picking up steam again…

• Current view inside the Capitol Rotunda via Senator Chris Larson
• Rally ouside the Capitol happening NOW!  Go, Go, Go!
• Another march is slated for 5:30 pm tonight.
• Why is the WiscNet provision important?
• Go to wisceye.org for live coverage of the Senate floor session.
• See tons of #walkerville pics on their facebook page.
• GOP is still threatening to attach collective bargaining language to new budget bill if it doesn’t get resolved in the courts this week.

The ruling is as follows:

This case requires the court to determine whether members of the Wisconsin Legislature violated Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law on March 9, 2011, and if so, whether any governmental actions taken as a result are void…the State has shown by clear and convicing evidence that the March 9, 2011 meeting of the Joint Committee of Finance violated 19.82, 19.83 and 19.84 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

Today this court has issued separete Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgement. The Findings of Fact set forth the evidence establishing the Open Meetings Law violations. This decision clearly explains why it is necessary to void the legislative actions flowing from those violations…The Judgement accordingly delcares that the March 9, 2011 action of the Legislature’s Joint Committee of Conference is void, and that 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 is consequently has not force or effect.

Natasha VC