Jay Balachandran
@jaysbala.bsky.social
4️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ 🦡 alum | 🫁 doc | Clean air advocate | Twin dad | Bleeding heart |🎶 and 📖 lover | 🏂 24/7/365 in my head | COYS (despite my better judgment)
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Jay Balachandran
@jaysbala.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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Just logged in to say this might be my favorite movie, a must for blues music lovers and cinephiles
April 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just logged in to say this might be my favorite movie, a must for blues music lovers and cinephiles
A red-crested cardinal 🪶
March 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A red-crested cardinal 🪶
For those of you where spring has sprung (alas not in the whiplash of Wisconsin in March), a lovely poem by Billy Collins from @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
Today
If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you want to throw open all the windows in the house and unlatch the door to the canary's cage, inde...
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March 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For those of you where spring has sprung (alas not in the whiplash of Wisconsin in March), a lovely poem by Billy Collins from @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
COYS!!! #7 not done yet
January 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
COYS!!! #7 not done yet
Reposted by Jay Balachandran
Have you checked out our brand-new climate fiction collection?
Read all 12 stories here: grist.org/imagine2200-...
Read all 12 stories here: grist.org/imagine2200-...
Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: The 2025 collection
Grist's 2025 climate fiction contest celebrates stories that imagine futures in which climate solutions flourish and we all thrive.
grist.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Have you checked out our brand-new climate fiction collection?
Read all 12 stories here: grist.org/imagine2200-...
Read all 12 stories here: grist.org/imagine2200-...
Lovely morning read by @stoicwisdoms Substack. A great reminder of the connection between mindfulness and meaning. #middleway
Finding Meaning in Daily Life
How small moments and everyday choices can create a life of purpose and fulfillment.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lovely morning read by @stoicwisdoms Substack. A great reminder of the connection between mindfulness and meaning. #middleway
The thing about watching Spurs @ Tamworth today is that despite the lackluster play, the FA cup away venues provide such intimate camera angles it’s mesmerizing! #COYS
January 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The thing about watching Spurs @ Tamworth today is that despite the lackluster play, the FA cup away venues provide such intimate camera angles it’s mesmerizing! #COYS
Let’s goooo Bucks! #latetip #pastmybedtime
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Let’s goooo Bucks! #latetip #pastmybedtime
Hot take question- should Milwaukee sports teams (Bucks/ Brewers) offer CBD/THC9 beverages at events? Starting to see them pop up at pubs around town.
January 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hot take question- should Milwaukee sports teams (Bucks/ Brewers) offer CBD/THC9 beverages at events? Starting to see them pop up at pubs around town.
Prelude in Grey Major in a recent New Yorker, a poem by Christian Wiman that begs to be read aloud.
January 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Prelude in Grey Major in a recent New Yorker, a poem by Christian Wiman that begs to be read aloud.
Ridiculous it took me so long to discover Bar Centro in Riverwest… great place for some MKE jazz and solid cocktails.
January 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ridiculous it took me so long to discover Bar Centro in Riverwest… great place for some MKE jazz and solid cocktails.
Really great summary of recent of WI Policy Forum piece on the consequences of rejecting Medicaid expansion, thanks @danshafer.bsky.social for posting on your Substack!
Why BadgerCare expansion would be good for Wisconsin small businesses
"In the past 10 years, Wisconsin has spent an extra $2.4 billion dollars for worse coverage. It doesn’t have to be this way. " Guest column by Shawn Phetteplace of the Main Street Alliance.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Really great summary of recent of WI Policy Forum piece on the consequences of rejecting Medicaid expansion, thanks @danshafer.bsky.social for posting on your Substack!
Mary Oliver capturing my mindful middle way NYE mood
December 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Mary Oliver capturing my mindful middle way NYE mood
It’s taken me 40+ years to realize the profound truth of this…
December 22, 2024 at 2:08 PM
It’s taken me 40+ years to realize the profound truth of this…
Cathedral Square in Milwaukee with snow coming down
December 20, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Cathedral Square in Milwaukee with snow coming down
Reposted by Jay Balachandran
The Biden administration issues strong report showing that LNG exports are a bad idea--and in the process the Democrats come clean for the first time about the dangers of natural gas.
A big deal, even though Trump looms.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
A big deal, even though Trump looms.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
The Democrats finally come clean on gas
It's a decade late, but far better than never
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:39 AM
The Biden administration issues strong report showing that LNG exports are a bad idea--and in the process the Democrats come clean for the first time about the dangers of natural gas.
A big deal, even though Trump looms.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
A big deal, even though Trump looms.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Reposted by Jay Balachandran
December 18, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Reposted by Jay Balachandran
Almost every NFL team faces adversity in each season, and if the Chicago Bears do not clean house and change the GM, the players will have a built in excuse next season when adversity arises as to why they aren't succeeding. Culture does matter.
December 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Almost every NFL team faces adversity in each season, and if the Chicago Bears do not clean house and change the GM, the players will have a built in excuse next season when adversity arises as to why they aren't succeeding. Culture does matter.
Reposted by Jay Balachandran
Every Chicago Bears fan watching the game tonight. The season is cooked 😔 💔
December 16, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Every Chicago Bears fan watching the game tonight. The season is cooked 😔 💔
Poetry Unbound from On Being and Padraig O Tauma is such a great poetry fix. Love his readings and thoughts. This week's poem is lovely. "Hill walk" by Richard Langston
Richard Langston — Hill walk | The On Being Project
In Richard Langston’s poem “Hill walk,” he reveals the mystery that can be found in what moves us over the course of a day.
onbeing.org
December 15, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Poetry Unbound from On Being and Padraig O Tauma is such a great poetry fix. Love his readings and thoughts. This week's poem is lovely. "Hill walk" by Richard Langston
@yungpueblo.bsky.social Dropping daily #zen #buddhist #mindfulness reminders via prose and poetry. Thank you for what you do! 🙏🏾
December 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
@yungpueblo.bsky.social Dropping daily #zen #buddhist #mindfulness reminders via prose and poetry. Thank you for what you do! 🙏🏾
The level of detail in this gorgeous (and kitschy) diorama is astounding. Milwaukee Public Museum #foundthesecretbuttons
December 14, 2024 at 3:54 AM
The level of detail in this gorgeous (and kitschy) diorama is astounding. Milwaukee Public Museum #foundthesecretbuttons