Jake Wertz
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Jake Wertz
@jakewertz.bsky.social
Living + gardening just west of Chicago. PhD sociologist doing research + transformation in a large suburban public school district. 🏡🪴🌉📈📊👨‍🏫
“Lie down” is the move reserved for WaPo reporters and editors facing right-wing fascist takeover of their workplace
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Jerry Garcia erasure
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Around half of American Citizens approve of Trump and want him to be President, when given the choice repeatedly. Bet around half of America wants Nuzzi-like behavior from media elites. We’ve got to accept our neighbors have this problem and start from the ground up.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Where the Streets Have No Name” and especially the -2 minute instrumental lead-in is the most incredible album opener of all time. Not sure there are four others that come close.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not just any lake in Wisconsin. A lake in the middle of a large urban area. And not just any urban lake, the “most-studied lake in the world” where the scientific study of lakes was invented. It’d be like discovering this in San Francisco Bay or the Harlem River or a Boston Harbor.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
There’s no real plan for progress at Embarcadero Plaza.
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM