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Jessica Kraker
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I'm a statistician and data scientist some days, and other days a trail runner and adventurer. I look for the good in people and observe how they treat others.
A true ballad of Minnesotans.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I'm going to keep getting out there. Who's with me?
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From the 50501 community on Reddit: William Kellys Last Video Before Being Arrested
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January 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
THIS is the Minnesota i know. Love to you all, solidarity and action from here in Wisconsin.
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is spot on.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"The highest ask isn’t to be willing to die for an abstract set of doctrines. It’s to be willing to live in a way that aggressors and tyrants find intolerable."

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Revelation, ICE raids, and what courage demands now
A personal reflection on faith, ICE raids, information warfare, and the choices we must make.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
*This* is the way to resist. Gosh, i love Minnesotans.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: These are Minnesotans out there in the freezing cold weather showing their way of resisting ICE
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January 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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He actually RAN ALONGSIDE the car so he could KEEP SHOOTING THE DRIVER as she pulled away.

That's the difference between "oh shit I panicked for an instant" and willful, pathological murder.
January 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I am a born Minnesotan. I stand with Minneapolis, and with governor walz' leadership.

I'm angry too.
We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
My favorite read for today - this is why we cannot forget what was done on January 6, 2021.

Resist!

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January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Be a Mildred. Resist.

(And keep staying alive, to fight another day)
On Sept. 16 Wisconsin recognizes annually Mildred Fish-Harnack, my distant cousin and UW-Madison grad, who was the only American killed on direct orders from Hitler.

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PBS Wisconsin Documentaries | Wisconsin's Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story
Mildred Fish-Harnack is the only American woman executed on direct orders from Hitler.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
What a brilliant, caring person. Please listen to her full message.
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From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death
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October 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I wrote this after doing a training on the Fourth and Fifth amendments to the Constitution, because, apparently, this is necessary to be a doctor under this regime. Grateful to @huffpost.com and, always, dream editor @noahmichelson.bsky.social for the platform.

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I’m A Doctor. The Things I’m Now Being Trained To Do In Trump’s America Are Terrifying.
“It was then I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state.”
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July 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"The climate stripes were created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018....
Each stripe represents the [global] average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period from 1961 to 2010."
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Warming Stripes
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July 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Today, we raised the Pride Flag over the Wisconsin State Capitol for the seventh year in a row because, here in Wisconsin, we celebrate our LGBTQ friends and neighbors.

You are family here.
You belong here.
You are welcome home here.

Happy Pride, Wisconsin! 🏳️‍🌈
May 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Eau Claire” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Eau Claire · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tony Evers is the best kind of politician. We in Wisconsin are grateful for your leadership, Governor Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov!! keep doing what's right and good.
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Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
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May 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thank you David, for some words of hope:
"Live like Ann. That’s how we heal. That’s how we honor. That’s how we prevent the next tragedy—by becoming the kind of people who make this world lighter.

One person at a time.

Just like Ann did."

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Not Just Remembered, Carried Forward
Why living like Ann is the only way to honor her legacy.
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April 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Two years without Mali. She was my one-of-a-kind dog, my heart.
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Some quick stats on one of the most notorious ultras. John Sugden's analysis is visually excellent, if you like to follow all things Barkley.
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Barkley Pre-Race Stats 2025
I love the Barkley, it’s why I started dabbling in data journalism in the first place.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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I don't want to pretend we ever lived in an "era of truth"("Gulf of Tonkin attack"?JFK's non-existent "missile gap"?Reagan's "Welfare Queen"?) but clearly it's far worse than ever now.One wonders if there's a survivable level of lies the system can still function with vs a "critical mass" amount.
And there is your point. The problem is not Trump. The problem is not his followers. The problem is a concerted effort to destroy the concept of truth.
March 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I stand with John Goodwin.
Our national parks, and the people who guard and run them, are treasures to this country. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
From the NationalParkService community on Reddit: "We gather here today out of love for our public lands. But love demands responsibility. It demands that we raise our voices when those ideals are thr...
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March 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A little dark humor on these times:
March 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A fantastic message to remember in these times: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Kindness and empathy, please?
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March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM