Nicholas Sideras ☃️

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traveling anvil salesman https://nicholas.sideras.net/ 📍 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 🐘 @nicholas@fediverse.sideras.net 🐦 @nsideras 📸 @nicholas.sideras 🎮 nicholasmke 🧵 nicholas.sideras

A view of downtown Milwaukee from 16th and Wisconsin Ave. 2 maybe 3 buildings are visible through the smoke. A man on a bicycle is crossing the street.
A screenshot of the Amazon mobile app’s “About you (beta)” page, showing a description that says “We use these details to personalize your experience. (Learn more)” The “all” category is selection, with other options scrolling off the side. Under “52 results”, the first item card is titled “Home & Family”, with a description of “Owns multiple bicycles”
The Grosdoriane tweet from 5/24/19, but with “America” crossed out and replaced with “FIFA”: This is NOT what FIFA is about. FIFA is about *opens history book* uh oh *Frantically starts flipping though pages* uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
A still from the 1962 film The Music Man, showing the various salesmen on the train during Rock Island. The caption says “He’s a fake and he doesn’t know the territory”
The Milwaukee Brewers racing sausages stand on the sidewalk. In the foreground is a “No Grilling Allowed” yard sign, which explains in English and Spanish that “Grilling of any kind is strictly prohibited at Milwaukee Recreation playfields”
A screenshot from en.wikipedia.org, showing the top of the Weather Underground article. A gray box with italic text says: This article is about the United States militant organization. For the weather forecasting service, see Weather Underground (weather service). For other uses, see Weather Underground (disambiguation).
A partial screenshot from en.wikipedia.org: electrical tape. Investigators were not mollified by the discovery that the devices were not explosive in nature, stating they still intended to determine "if this event was a hoax or something else entirely". Although city prosecutors eventually concluded there was no ill intent involved in the placing of the ads, the city continues to refer to the event as a "bomb hoax" (implying intent) rather than a "bomb scare"
The Wikipedia info box for the November 8, 2022 election results of the Wisconsin senate race between Ron Johnson (Republican) and Mandela Barnes (Democratic), with a 56.7% turnout and 1,337,185 (50.41%) votes going to Johnson and 1,310,467 (49.41%) votes going to Barnes
A post from Troy Johnson @_troyjohnson 6:06 PM • May 19, 2024 • 367.6K Views You: "I'm only 35, I have my whole life ahead of me." Sports Broadcaster: "Here comes the oldest player in the league. He's 32. A miracle."
A view from inside a city bus, looking forward from the middle. It’s sunny outside and the bus is shiny clean
A stack of thin strips of green and white paper. The white paper says “DUE DATE MARCH 26, 2000 NO RENEWAL”, and the green paper says “DUE DATE DECEMBER 9, 1999 NO RENEWAL”
A picture of my TV showing a graphic from today’s game: HISTORIC NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS BREWERS AT ATHLETICS MONDAY 29 RUNS 11 COMBINED HOME RUNS 16 COMBINED ABS CHALLENGES MOST IN A GAME THIS SEASON
A picture of my TV showing an aerial show of “Las Vegas Ballpark”. The score is 2-1 Brewers at the bottom of the 1st, each team has had a home run already
A Tern GSD loaded with snacks and a cooler. Next to it is two Burley bike trailers with soccer nets and a folding table
A tweet by pennipotentum (@spinozylvannian) from November 5, 2004: Chinese international student in my class was telling me about how his evangelical dad in Beijing believes that Trump was chosen by god to win the election, but that this victory is part of a larger divine plan to destroy the united states
A video of a residential sidewalk with scattered raindrops falling. There are clouds off in the far far distance but directly overhead is sun, blue skies, and a tiny white cloud or two. Nothing in the sky suggests that there should be rain.
The memey picture of Tina Fey, TimothĂŠe Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, and Ben Stiller at game 5 of the Knicks v Hawks eastern conference first round playoffs
A vinyl record turntable playing a record, with a Dave Brubeck Greatest Hits album sleeve in the background. An image overlayed on the bottom shows the first 6 measures of the sheet music of Take Five by Paul Desmond for the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The music is in 5/4 time.
The Bluesky app login screen on iOS. There’s a red alert banner that says “Upstream Timeout”
I’m riding a cargo bike with an upside down gliding rocking chair on the back.
A social media post fromMilwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District: WATER DROP O ALERT! (04/01/26) Heavy rain and storms are in the forecast. Every drop counts toward reducing the risk of basement backups and sewer overflows. Please try to use less water: • Hold off on washing dishes and laundry • Take a shorter shower To sign up for Water Drop Alerts text alerts, text: WATERDROP to 414-296-4422 For water reclamation facilities and deep tunnel updates → https://www.mmsd.com/about-us/milwaukee-rain-facility-information WATER DROP ALERT → USE LESS WATER DURING HEAVY RAINS!
It’s me in a full length mirror, wearing burgundy corduroy pants and a red, white, and blue plaid flannel. The plaid means it doesn’t look at all like an American flag.
Harrison Ford as the wrongfully accused Dr Richard Kimble in the 1993 movie The Fugitive. Ford is wearing a green bowler hat and looking back at the camera with an anxious expression as he flees from Deputy US Marshall Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Milwaukee County Office of Emergenc... 23m • Today's routine monthly outdoor warning siren test occurred later than usual. The sirens operated normally when they were activated at 12:24 PM. The test has now been completed.
Hall grew up in Oklahoma, where he worked as a correctional officer, before moving to Texas a decade ago. He visited Austin for South by Southwest to party, parked somewhere he shouldn't, got his car towed and ended up staying in town to work for the towing company because he couldn't immediately afford the fees.
A screen recording showing my Facebook feed at 11:26am today. The first post is from Biggby coffee at Red Arrow Park, 1 day ago, offering 50% off all merchandise. The second post from an hour ago by Gerron Jordan of WISN is announcing that the Biggby Red Arrow location has closed.
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A picture of a paragraph on the project information sheet, all spelling as in the original: Proposed Improvements • Concrete surface repairs, crack sealing and repairs, joint gland replacement, and spot painting of areas with deteriorated coating • Concrete surface repairs and crack sealing of the substructure concrete columns and abutments • Painting of the steel girders and steel bearings at locations of the expansion joints and areas of deteriorated coating. • Existing facilitiese for people walking and biking will be maintained
Over a dozen pigeons hanging out on the sidewalk adjacent to a bus stop
A lot of people waiting in a long curved line in a basement hallway
A selfie of me grilling burgers in my backyard. I’m wearing sunglasses and a blue George Webb’s t-shirt. The grill is in the back corner of my yard with a cream brick wall behind it, and lots of dead leafs, sticks, and plants on the ground seeing as how it’s February. There are two hamburger patties on the gas grill, and two pretzels buns have been cut in half and are being grilled as well. A plate to the side has two slices of Colby Jack cheese next to a grilling spatula.
Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, opening up his bedroom windows and looking outside at the sunshine and blue sky
A screenshot of a Bluesky post from Chris Person (@papapishu.bsky.social), posted at 7:09pm on February 13, 2026: “Being brought into the principal's office and being shown that a bunch of 38 year olds on a website you've never been on approve of you punching a kid.” Except “you punching a kid” has been crossed out and yellow text next to it says “your husband buying a crystal Shrek”
A Facebook post from WCB-Waukesha, 5 hours ago: 12:16 - Camp Bar - w North Ave - Wauwatosa MVA - vehicle reportedly backed into the building (unknown damage) and a tree (tree down) after leaving the liquor store across the street - no injuries reported
a fairly large bowl full of chowder topped with a lot of oyster crackers
Two screen caps from the TV show 30 Rock. In the first image, Jamie (from the episode Cougars) asks “So I’ll pick you up around 10?” In the second image, Liz Lemon asks “At night?” with a surprised look.
A Facebook screenshot of a post by USFiR from 33 minutes ago: Wauwatosa/Brookfield WI - W North Ave / Tru Ln - Suspect stole a police squad, brief pursuit, suspect crashed into another squad car, multiple injured officers with relatively minor injuries, suspect now in custody
A black enamel pin with an orange & white RSS logo. Underneath the logo is the phrase “I want to believe”. Also below that pin is a small blue and gold USCSS Nostromo pin.
A screenshot from the Reddit app r/fivethirtyeight • 20 people here Weekly Discussion Megathread 23 upvotes • 1.3k comments from the video released by the woman in the pink jacket, I do not even see a gun ... 4 BalotelliWinks • 26m Yeah sorry, for reference here's a video: https:// www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1qlvpbr/ footage_of_the_grey_coat_officer_retrieving_th ① The guy with the gray coat and blue jeans and his right hand. Looks like the same gun to me (The top looks slightly different from that angle but the color is identical) https:// fox11online.com/resources/ media2/16x9/803/986/5x0/90/ b0ae4f68-6651-4c47-a3e8-96384da29cd4- Screenshot20260124at1.13.43PM.png
6 milk coolers in a grocery, all completely empty. Completely empty, back to front. It doesn’t make any sense. Price tags on each door show a cost of $2.29.
a blurry picture out of a plane window. City lights are on the ground, the wing has a bright light, and on the horizon is a pale green glow of the northern lights that you honestly might think is just more blur from the wing’s light if you weren’t actually looking for the northern lights
A screenshot of the iOS weather app, showing Boston, my current location, at 19°F and Milwaukee, my home location, at -2°F
I’m outside holding a double-walled glass cup of hot chocolate with foam, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and silver sprinkles on top. The background is all out of focus snow everywhere
A screenshot Milwaukee Mobile action app menu, showing an icon of a stylized street light with an X underneath it, the title “report street light out” and the description “4 or more lights out is an emergency - please call 286-CITY to report!”
A screenshot of an iPhone calendar widget, showing that today is Saturday the 10th. The widget lists that there are “No Events Today”
A slightly blurry picture of a TV showing a woman sitting on some sort of bed, maybe in a camper or tour bus? She’s holding earbuds and the caption says “[Corey] This guy writes a crappy review”
Julia Roberts and Matt Damon sitting in a car in Ocean’s 12. The caption in the image says “You’re gonna have to play a small role in this thing.”
I’m in the middle of a city bus, all the other seats are empty right now
A baguette sandwich with cured ham, stone mustard, and melted white cheese
The dril candles tweet, except “candles” has been crossed out and replaced with “cheese”: Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 cheese $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
I’m biking down a city street recording video of countless people in Santa costumes on bicycles coming the other way for blocks and blocks. There’s the occasional Grinch and other holiday costumes mixed in as well!
A screenshot of a Facebook event: Today at 10 AM - 6 PM The Day Before St. Nick's Day Public • Event by Ruckus & Glee Ruckus & Glee 6807 W Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53213-3811, United States
It’s a basic boring plastic movable letter board for cute phrases, only it says “COME OUT TO THE COAST, WE’LL GET TOGETHER, HAVE A FEW LAUGHS” from 1988’s Die Hard
A screenshot from “WCB - Waukesha” on Facebook: 9:35 - vicinity Wauwatosa Assist - MCSO deputy responding to write a crash report for a "Tosa squad car that apparently got crushed by some snow from a snow plow this morning that was on Mayfair", "plow pushed the snow over the wall and landed on their squad car"
A wide angle doorbell view of a residential street at night (the timestamp says 23:53) with absolutely everything covered in bright white snow. Head lights come in from the right and it’s not a plow truck, it’s a large front end loader using a giant bucket to clear the snow off the street
I’m sledding down some snow covered stairs, you see just my legs and feet with snow pants and boots. Everything is shaking because this sort of thing works for kids but not adults
There’s 7 vertical wood slats of various heights hanging together on a plain wall, creating the backing for a white metal shelf and hooks. 3 coffee mugs are on the shelf, and 3 coffee mugs are hanging on the hooks. A glowing neon sign of the word “home” is between the shelf and hooks. The sign glows with a subtle blueish color that adds extra light to the dry-brushed colors painted on the vertical slats. A pothos plant is hanging partially in front of the shelf.
A screenshot of a Wisconsin DOT government website, with a graphic showing that 158k-178k vehicles a day use the freeway section involved in the east-west construction project in Milwaukee County.
A screenshot of a tweet from Sen. Tammy Baldwin @SenatorBaldwin A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later - with no actual guarantees - is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for. I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn't lower working families' health care costs. 18:35 • 11/9/25 • 4.8K Views
A bowl of hamburger helper - cheesy penne pasta with ground beef - topped with chunks of soft goat cheese