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Edward Alexander

@makemeamap.bsky.social

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Mapmaker of military history and historic sites, ska and punk music lift me up, Illini and Chicago sports bring me down

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Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · Nov 12

Really I just want a place to follow local happenings and the college football community, maybe find some music recs along the way but for now, personal link dump!
When my three-year-old sleeps I make custom maps for history books and parks. Check it - makemeamapllc.com

Example of a map that I recently made, this one showing the Battle of Malvern Hill.

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Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 1h

Doing some fieldwork for a map project today

Interpretive markers for the Revolutionary War battle of Hobkirk Hill in Camden, South Carolina

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 6h

Public history annoyance: when sites dump millions of dollars into facilities and exhibits and then are clearly paying front line staff--the only ones to actually interact with visitors on a daily basis--something insultingly low like twelve bucks an hour.

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 11h

Given the way the laws are written, they'll probably be able to charge the protestors with teargassing the cops

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 1d

Been forty years since that Super Bowl. It's like the 85 Bears winning one for the boys coming home from Germany and the Pacific.

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Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 1d

Huge difference in quality for the most frequently aired commercials when the MLB playoff game is airing on Fox or HBO. Disgustingly anti-trans campaign ads for the Virginia governor race vs. Tim Robinson's latest creative outputs.

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Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 2d

You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose...

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 2d

Don't see the Blue Jays all too often but love that they're doing the 1993 look, especially with the white panel hat

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

Say, remember when Bari Weiss was super concerned about a social media platform having political bias? When we getting the X Files?

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sure she'll do exactly what she's been hired to do so I guess I won't bet against her. What I do wonder, though, is why triumphing over her critics who expose her barrage of lies is commendable?

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

dang it, that's probably right

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

Every year at @supernovaska.bsky.social I come across a new band that really resonates. This year its @jokersrepublic.bsky.social. Album reminds me of middle-era LTJ (my favorite run of theirs) with lyrics that fit 2025.

Joker’s Republic @jokersrepublic.bsky.social · 5d

“The Hand You’ve Been Dealt” is OUT NOW on @punkertonrecords.bsky.social (produced by Roger Lima of Less Than Jake!)

Go listen to it: open.spotify.com/album/7dWvnk...

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Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

Jed and Ricketts gonna look at these lines and say "well the pitchers might stay healthier next year so we're good"

Frustrated Fan @frustratedfan.bsky.social · 3d

Look at the stats of the guys hitting below Suzuki. How exactly did they push the best team in baseball to a do or die NLDS game?

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

How are the known control freaks that are college football head coaches alright with this?

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

Zero aura when he's at the plate and that's gotta count for something, especially in the postseason. Brewers pitchers just having themselves a nonchalant catch with Contreras during his ABs.

Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social · 3d

Had zero confidence in the 6th or 8th that he would do anything. Not sure what you're supposed to do now. If he goes, then you gotta both replace him and get another bat in here.