JesstheWanderer
@jessthewanderer.bsky.social
Sociologist. Theologian. Abolitionist. Mental Health First Responder. Writer. Photographer. MPLS transplant. Prone to wander. Love fearlessly. Let’s imagine and create a new world together.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Prince
Erykah Badu
Olodum
Lilith Fair
Rusted Root
Prince
Erykah Badu
Olodum
Lilith Fair
Rusted Root
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen—
OutKast
Jack White
Prince
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Beyonce
OutKast
Jack White
Prince
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Beyonce
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Cyndi Lauper
Brittany Howard
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
The National
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
maybe death isn’t darkness, after all,
but so much light wrapping itself around us —
-from White Owl Flies into and Out of the Field by Mary Oliver
but so much light wrapping itself around us —
-from White Owl Flies into and Out of the Field by Mary Oliver
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
maybe death isn’t darkness, after all,
but so much light wrapping itself around us —
-from White Owl Flies into and Out of the Field by Mary Oliver
but so much light wrapping itself around us —
-from White Owl Flies into and Out of the Field by Mary Oliver
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
Just got the hottest library card in town! I had misplaced my card and couldn’t remember the number… so perfect timing! @hclib.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just got the hottest library card in town! I had misplaced my card and couldn’t remember the number… so perfect timing! @hclib.bsky.social
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“This Republican alliance that conservative DFLers have been flirting with for the Minneapolis elections is short-sighted, and dangerous for the DFL” 💯
i have been frustrated both at the conservative DFL / republican alliance in support of jacob frey this year and at the media's ignoring it, especially when we are expected to come together as DFL for statewide elections next year
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
Minneapolis 2025: Conversative DFL & Republican Alliance
One concerning trend throughout the 2025 Minneapolis election season has been the way the conversative DFLers have become so polarized in their opposition to DSA that they appear to be welcoming Repub...
taylordahlin.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“This Republican alliance that conservative DFLers have been flirting with for the Minneapolis elections is short-sighted, and dangerous for the DFL” 💯
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries
I traveled to GER from US recently. Seems EU has already been using this technology (in airports) as I experienced both in Europe and returning to US. I also observed its use for those with EU and certain other passports when entering and exiting. So it seems none of us can escape the panopticon.
Coming to an airport and port of entry (that means land border crossing too) near you soon. Imagine what it will be like for travelers between Canada and the USA. I can see tourism falling even further and further and further to the USA.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
US expands facial recognition technology at borders to track non-citizens
New regulation will allow US authorities to require non-citizens to be photographed at any point of departure
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I traveled to GER from US recently. Seems EU has already been using this technology (in airports) as I experienced both in Europe and returning to US. I also observed its use for those with EU and certain other passports when entering and exiting. So it seems none of us can escape the panopticon.
@itsthebrandi.bsky.social Thought you might appreciate this. 😂
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@itsthebrandi.bsky.social Thought you might appreciate this. 😂
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seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
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"Violence is when people cannot afford a house, violence is when a voter cannot afford medicine, violence is when mothers continue to lose sons and daughters to greed and guns," Rev. Valtoria Jackson told about 600 people at a "No Kings" protest in Montgomery. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Violence is when people cannot afford a house, violence is when a voter cannot afford medicine, violence is when mothers continue to lose sons and daughters to greed and guns," Rev. Valtoria Jackson told about 600 people at a "No Kings" protest in Montgomery. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)
@taylordahlin.com May I send you a dm?
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@taylordahlin.com May I send you a dm?
Facts. And it is so impactful and harmful.
Council funding things that the mayor chooses not to implement is a theme of the strong mayor era.
If I’m reading Kyle right, Frey admits failing to issue 100 housing vouchers *that are funded this year because he wants to kill the program next year.* (This is not Stable Schools, but for single folks.) This is unallotment Trump-style, especially since county/MPHA are in.
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Facts. And it is so impactful and harmful.
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Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.
Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?
Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Both Patty Griffin and Jason Isbell come to mind as does Brittany Howard, Cyndi Lauper, and Amythyst Kiah.
I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
October 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Both Patty Griffin and Jason Isbell come to mind as does Brittany Howard, Cyndi Lauper, and Amythyst Kiah.
Def caught my eye. I grew up there. It’s a pop of 5000 give or take. That’s a wild amount of money for a church in an impoverished community to amass.
Okay I don't have time to dig into this but what on earth
*APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GOD-CHILDERSBURG RAISES $500M ; OFFERING $500M : FORM D
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
*APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GOD-CHILDERSBURG RAISES $500M ; OFFERING $500M : FORM D
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Def caught my eye. I grew up there. It’s a pop of 5000 give or take. That’s a wild amount of money for a church in an impoverished community to amass.
Also of note. I do not see any of the mental health degrees that are also licensed listed here (i.e MSW/LICSW, MA LPC/LPCC, MA MFT/LMFT, PhD LP, PsyD, etc…)
Here is how the Department of Education is proposing to define professional degrees under negotiated rulemaking. (EdD programs, among others, won't be happy.)
This is important because professional programs have a $200k loan limit, compared to $100k for other graduate programs.
This is important because professional programs have a $200k loan limit, compared to $100k for other graduate programs.
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Also of note. I do not see any of the mental health degrees that are also licensed listed here (i.e MSW/LICSW, MA LPC/LPCC, MA MFT/LMFT, PhD LP, PsyD, etc…)
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Ranked choice voting means you actually get to vote for what you want.
I’m ranking Davis 1st because I like him. I’m ranking Omar 2nd because I think he’s the most likely to win and I agree with his policies the most. I’m ranking Jazz 3rd bc not ranking all 3 is a vote for Frey! We deserve better!
I’m ranking Davis 1st because I like him. I’m ranking Omar 2nd because I think he’s the most likely to win and I agree with his policies the most. I’m ranking Jazz 3rd bc not ranking all 3 is a vote for Frey! We deserve better!
it’s the first day of early voting in minneapolis. i hope you will be ranking omar fateh, dewayne davis, and jazz hampton for mayor. it’s time for new leadership
@omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social
@omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ranked choice voting means you actually get to vote for what you want.
I’m ranking Davis 1st because I like him. I’m ranking Omar 2nd because I think he’s the most likely to win and I agree with his policies the most. I’m ranking Jazz 3rd bc not ranking all 3 is a vote for Frey! We deserve better!
I’m ranking Davis 1st because I like him. I’m ranking Omar 2nd because I think he’s the most likely to win and I agree with his policies the most. I’m ranking Jazz 3rd bc not ranking all 3 is a vote for Frey! We deserve better!
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What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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beware of people who want to "protect" the children but are vehemently opposed to empowering children, giving them information so they can have agency, teaching them about consent, and actually listening to them
September 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
beware of people who want to "protect" the children but are vehemently opposed to empowering children, giving them information so they can have agency, teaching them about consent, and actually listening to them