Jay Wilkinson
@jedgarw.bsky.social
Citizen of the world, Minnesotan, justice seeker, learner, writer, parent, son, cyclist, music listener, descendant the woman in photo.
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From the family.
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
From the family.
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The difference between e-bikes and e-motos in multiples of kitchen appliances:
1 Kitchenaid stand mixer: 500W
e-bike: 0.5-1.5 stand mixers
offroad/dirtbike e-moto: ~25 stand mixers
highway e-moto: ~150 stand mixers
basic family car: ~250 stand mixers
1 Kitchenaid stand mixer: 500W
e-bike: 0.5-1.5 stand mixers
offroad/dirtbike e-moto: ~25 stand mixers
highway e-moto: ~150 stand mixers
basic family car: ~250 stand mixers
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The difference between e-bikes and e-motos in multiples of kitchen appliances:
1 Kitchenaid stand mixer: 500W
e-bike: 0.5-1.5 stand mixers
offroad/dirtbike e-moto: ~25 stand mixers
highway e-moto: ~150 stand mixers
basic family car: ~250 stand mixers
1 Kitchenaid stand mixer: 500W
e-bike: 0.5-1.5 stand mixers
offroad/dirtbike e-moto: ~25 stand mixers
highway e-moto: ~150 stand mixers
basic family car: ~250 stand mixers
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“devastatingly historically accurate”
we are ngmi
we are ngmi
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“devastatingly historically accurate”
we are ngmi
we are ngmi
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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There is no such thing as free parking!
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There is no such thing as free parking!
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As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
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@erinmayequade.bsky.social calls for stronger laws after our investigation into child abuse in OALC: “Honestly, we should have looked at it before... These victim survivors coming forward and sharing their stories — it would just be wrong to not respond to that.” www.propublica.org/article/minn...
Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case
Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to t...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@erinmayequade.bsky.social calls for stronger laws after our investigation into child abuse in OALC: “Honestly, we should have looked at it before... These victim survivors coming forward and sharing their stories — it would just be wrong to not respond to that.” www.propublica.org/article/minn...
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Hello, I wrote a big ass thing about property taxes. It contains personal details and so it's juicy.
leaflet.pub/0588a2f0-b7a...
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Tom's 2025 Taxes Round Up
Last year I wrote a big piece about property taxes and how they’re calculated and how they interact and compare with things like income tax, property values, my personal budget, and the city budget. A...
leaflet.pub
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hello, I wrote a big ass thing about property taxes. It contains personal details and so it's juicy.
leaflet.pub/0588a2f0-b7a...
leaflet.pub/0588a2f0-b7a...
Two Pins and a Lollipop www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Bee Wilson · Two Pins and a Lollipop: Judy Garland’s Greatness
To be a Garland fan is to have the illusion that you can save her from the wounds of the world, even as her voice and...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Two Pins and a Lollipop www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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My essay on this whole deal.....
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My essay on this whole deal.....
A friend recalls story of King of Denmark asked all Danes to wear Star of David when the Nazis took over. Now producing armbands saying “We’re All Immigrants” as resistance to brown shirts. Story may be legend but Danes saved almost all Danish Jews via illegal conspiracy and subterfuge. Want 1?
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A friend recalls story of King of Denmark asked all Danes to wear Star of David when the Nazis took over. Now producing armbands saying “We’re All Immigrants” as resistance to brown shirts. Story may be legend but Danes saved almost all Danish Jews via illegal conspiracy and subterfuge. Want 1?
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Legal Director Anne Robertson helps frame the impact on those like our clients who have lost life-saving supports, “We don’t condone the fraud. But the impact should not be leaving folks, the most vulnerable people in our communities, literally out in the cold,”
www.startribune.com/disability-s...
Disability services providers accuse state of leaving clients vulnerable amid fraud crackdown
A recent death of a client highlights providers’ concern that adults with disabilities are being left “out in the cold.”
www.startribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Legal Director Anne Robertson helps frame the impact on those like our clients who have lost life-saving supports, “We don’t condone the fraud. But the impact should not be leaving folks, the most vulnerable people in our communities, literally out in the cold,”
www.startribune.com/disability-s...
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2 Rubiks Cubes 2 Cig 2 Beer SPEEDRUN (NEW WR) (1:28.37)
YouTube video by Robby Bolt
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December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded 'extremists' and hits back at Putin as an 'aging sociopath' https://aje.io/31ykmu
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded 'extremists' and hits back at Putin as an 'aging sociopath' https://aje.io/31ykmu
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"It can feel like ICE are everywhere. That, presumably, is how they want it to feel. At the same time, more and more people who have never engaged in anything like these actions before are purposefully running toward the trouble."
Incredible writing that foregrounds people-powered resistance:
Incredible writing that foregrounds people-powered resistance:
ICE and CBP, among others, have violently retaliated against ICE Watch in part because the agencies correctly understand what many do not: Organized neighbors are mounting an effective defense, and an organized movement is a formidable adversary. My new feature: newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"It can feel like ICE are everywhere. That, presumably, is how they want it to feel. At the same time, more and more people who have never engaged in anything like these actions before are purposefully running toward the trouble."
Incredible writing that foregrounds people-powered resistance:
Incredible writing that foregrounds people-powered resistance:
We've been at Regions Hosp too much recently and must say that without immigrant workers they'd have to lock the doors. Every level of care and service. Particularly the PCAs and other frontline care folks have to put up with a lot and do so with grace, skill and humor. Thank you all!
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We've been at Regions Hosp too much recently and must say that without immigrant workers they'd have to lock the doors. Every level of care and service. Particularly the PCAs and other frontline care folks have to put up with a lot and do so with grace, skill and humor. Thank you all!
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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1) legendary energy
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
1) legendary energy
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
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State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
Republican state senator to Trump: Somalis are ‘woven into Minnesota’s fabric’
State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
www.mprnews.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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The best holiday stream is back: the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is now live for a second season at its new location. New tech will improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different nest locations inspires hope to bird seekers.
Lights, camera, talons: EagleCam is back online with new tech
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is back for a second season at its new location, with new tech to improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different...
www.mprnews.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The best holiday stream is back: the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is now live for a second season at its new location. New tech will improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different nest locations inspires hope to bird seekers.