Nicholas Sideras ☃️
@nicholas.sideras.net
traveling anvil salesman
https://nicholas.sideras.net/
📍 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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https://nicholas.sideras.net/
📍 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
🐘 @[email protected]
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📸 @nicholas.sideras
🎮 nicholasmke
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I wanted to show off our regular route to school. I don’t feel like the protected bike lane is separated enough for my son to safely ride it but last winter the snow banks made it *just right* for a day. I’m hoping Milwaukee is able to create bike lanes that are safe for him year-round!
Fun fact, Wisconsin already did this with Act 69 effective Jan 1, 2027
New Yorkers should know whether the apartment they’re looking at is real.
That’s why we’re working to require apartment listings to clearly disclose when images and videos have been generated by AI.
Finding a home in New York is hard enough without artificially generating more problems.
That’s why we’re working to require apartment listings to clearly disclose when images and videos have been generated by AI.
Finding a home in New York is hard enough without artificially generating more problems.
Is That Fireplace Real or A.I.?
Listing sites are littered with homes with fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Fun fact, Wisconsin already did this with Act 69 effective Jan 1, 2027
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September 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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I run a cycling groups directory. Long story short someone has a fake weekly ride out on meetup, and it’s very interesting to see the various ways I can use my site to influence the LLM AI tools to distrust that listing.
Pour one out for PageRank…
Pour one out for PageRank…
(I did do a one-off TikTok about beans and rice that went massively viral a few years ago but have never posted a recipe online in my life)
September 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I run a cycling groups directory. Long story short someone has a fake weekly ride out on meetup, and it’s very interesting to see the various ways I can use my site to influence the LLM AI tools to distrust that listing.
Pour one out for PageRank…
Pour one out for PageRank…
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The Brewers are a really, really, really good baseball team. I don’t know what else to tell ya.
September 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Brewers are a really, really, really good baseball team. I don’t know what else to tell ya.
66°F 🍂
September 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
66°F 🍂
Feels like we lost something when computers stopped coming with a sticker on them with a number to call for service, as though they were the furnace in your house.
Nobody’s been asking me if I need seasonal maintenance on my laptop, you know?
Nobody’s been asking me if I need seasonal maintenance on my laptop, you know?
September 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Feels like we lost something when computers stopped coming with a sticker on them with a number to call for service, as though they were the furnace in your house.
Nobody’s been asking me if I need seasonal maintenance on my laptop, you know?
Nobody’s been asking me if I need seasonal maintenance on my laptop, you know?
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Every time the Brewers beat the Cubs, I think of this video
Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
September 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Every time the Brewers beat the Cubs, I think of this video
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actually police call from the wealthy suburbs of Milwaukee, with cross streets in a residential area close to a major park
September 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
actually police call from the wealthy suburbs of Milwaukee, with cross streets in a residential area close to a major park
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I wrote about charmingly crummy flyers in the age of generically crummy AI
Graphic design is my passion: An ode to wonderfully crummy non-AI flyers
Believe it or not, it’s still possible to create simple and effective flyers without using some dumb AI thing that makes everything look like hospital garbage.
milwaukeerecord.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I wrote about charmingly crummy flyers in the age of generically crummy AI
Over summer my son and I were walking a few blocks to Marquette for his summer program when a disheveled guy on the sidewalk asked us what time it was. I answered “about eight o’clock” and kept walking.
He looked at me with complete disgust and yelled back, “is that AM or PM??”
He looked at me with complete disgust and yelled back, “is that AM or PM??”
George: Excuse me, sir, do you have the time? Man: There's a clock over there. / S03E19 The Limo
September 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Over summer my son and I were walking a few blocks to Marquette for his summer program when a disheveled guy on the sidewalk asked us what time it was. I answered “about eight o’clock” and kept walking.
He looked at me with complete disgust and yelled back, “is that AM or PM??”
He looked at me with complete disgust and yelled back, “is that AM or PM??”
I was catching up with my dad this afternoon and just found out that his Greek balsamic vinaigrette recipe, which I assumed was from my great-grandfather’s restaurants, is actually from @allrecipes.com.
Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts during this trying time.
Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts during this trying time.
August 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I was catching up with my dad this afternoon and just found out that his Greek balsamic vinaigrette recipe, which I assumed was from my great-grandfather’s restaurants, is actually from @allrecipes.com.
Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts during this trying time.
Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts during this trying time.
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i would like your help with a social art project
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #23
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/23
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #23
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/23
i would like your help with a social art project
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #22
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/22
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #22
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/22
i would like your help with a social art project
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #21
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/21
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #21
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/21
August 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
i would like your help with a social art project
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #23
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/23
this post is the project
the goal is for this post to receive ZERO likes… only replies, reposts, or quotes
once it's liked, replies are immediately disabled, thereby finishing the piece
this is take #23
monitor live: dame.is/creating/ratioed/23
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i am running the beta version of iOS and last night when the mariners scores started coming through i assumed that the phone was buggy.
August 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i am running the beta version of iOS and last night when the mariners scores started coming through i assumed that the phone was buggy.
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It’s a pretty telling signal to how dangerous a location is if the ghost bike of someone who was killed there also gets hit
August 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It’s a pretty telling signal to how dangerous a location is if the ghost bike of someone who was killed there also gets hit
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Hello from Milwaukee’s central count, the largest Election Day operation in the state.
I’ll be here all day, covering the officials processing around 25k ballots today. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns!
I’ll be here all day, covering the officials processing around 25k ballots today. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns!
August 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Hello from Milwaukee’s central count, the largest Election Day operation in the state.
I’ll be here all day, covering the officials processing around 25k ballots today. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns!
I’ll be here all day, covering the officials processing around 25k ballots today. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns!
Today someone asked if I was “with the fed” and I was trying to figure out why he thought I looked like I was in the FBI or State Dept or some such… until I remembered I was wearing the “support your neighborhood bars” @wibikefed.bsky.social shirt
August 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Today someone asked if I was “with the fed” and I was trying to figure out why he thought I looked like I was in the FBI or State Dept or some such… until I remembered I was wearing the “support your neighborhood bars” @wibikefed.bsky.social shirt
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Today’s goal: walk the full length of Milwaukee County before sunset.
(And avoid precipitation.)
(And avoid precipitation.)
August 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Today’s goal: walk the full length of Milwaukee County before sunset.
(And avoid precipitation.)
(And avoid precipitation.)
In my family a “classic” movie or other media is one you want to watch but no one else does. We all know it’s terrible a movie, there’s no defending it, so proclaiming“It’s a classic” is the only move you have left.
BTN is showing the #Badgers vs Washington 🏈 game from Nov 8th as "Wisconsin Football Classic". Not sure how it's a classic. There were 3 FGs scored.
The Huskies had a 1 yd TD drive & the Badgers had a 7 yd TD drive.
The Huskies had a 1 yd TD drive & the Badgers had a 7 yd TD drive.
August 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In my family a “classic” movie or other media is one you want to watch but no one else does. We all know it’s terrible a movie, there’s no defending it, so proclaiming“It’s a classic” is the only move you have left.
The rare reverse speakeasy? Hope they keep the pool tables
The Police, Not A Bar, Will Replace Duke’s on Water (Members only) by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com
The Police, Not A Bar, Will Replace Duke’s on Water
MPD is setting up shop in former Water Street tavern.
urbanmilwaukee.com
August 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The rare reverse speakeasy? Hope they keep the pool tables
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did they finally buy revolver mono in vinyl or what?
August 2, 2026 at 4:25 AM
did they finally buy revolver mono in vinyl or what?
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Current* conditions near Milwaukee, WI:
August 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Current* conditions near Milwaukee, WI: