Jmwenstrom
@jmwenstrom.bsky.social
South Minneapolis kitten rescuer, chicken keeper, gardener, disability advocate & haiku enthusiast.
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Jmwenstrom
@jmwenstrom.bsky.social
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The Meaning of Life Haiku
The meaning of life:
People need other people.
L’enfer c’est les autres.
#haiku #haikusforreallife #sartre #hellisotherpeople #meaningoflife #badpoetryohnoetry
The meaning of life:
People need other people.
L’enfer c’est les autres.
#haiku #haikusforreallife #sartre #hellisotherpeople #meaningoflife #badpoetryohnoetry
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ICE shot a legal observer in the face in Minneapolis. Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one of their deputized terrorists.
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
ICE shot a legal observer in the face in Minneapolis. Abolish ICE and prosecute every single one of their deputized terrorists.
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A US citizen has apparently been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. I’m gathering information, but the situation on the ground is volatile.
ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.
ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A US citizen has apparently been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. I’m gathering information, but the situation on the ground is volatile.
ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.
ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.
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Frey demands ICE leave, Walz calls for calm following shooting in Minneapolis
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/frey-demands-ice-leave-walz-calls-for-calm-following-shooting-in-minneapolis
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/frey-demands-ice-leave-walz-calls-for-calm-following-shooting-in-minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Frey demands ICE leave, Walz calls for calm following shooting in Minneapolis
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/frey-demands-ice-leave-walz-calls-for-calm-following-shooting-in-minneapolis
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/frey-demands-ice-leave-walz-calls-for-calm-following-shooting-in-minneapolis
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White people solemnly intoning that WE must be ashamed of what America has become and that this war in Venezuela is the most indefensible thing WE have ever done.
Sit down, Peter.
This country was founded on kidnapping, rape, and genocide. This is who ✌🏾WE✌🏾 have been since this country’s inception.
Sit down, Peter.
This country was founded on kidnapping, rape, and genocide. This is who ✌🏾WE✌🏾 have been since this country’s inception.
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
White people solemnly intoning that WE must be ashamed of what America has become and that this war in Venezuela is the most indefensible thing WE have ever done.
Sit down, Peter.
This country was founded on kidnapping, rape, and genocide. This is who ✌🏾WE✌🏾 have been since this country’s inception.
Sit down, Peter.
This country was founded on kidnapping, rape, and genocide. This is who ✌🏾WE✌🏾 have been since this country’s inception.
Enduring hope for the new year haiku
2026
It could happen this year, it
Could happen today.
2026
It could happen this year, it
Could happen today.
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Enduring hope for the new year haiku
2026
It could happen this year, it
Could happen today.
2026
It could happen this year, it
Could happen today.
Wearing White Haiku
Do people who wear
White not drink coffee each day?
Asking for a friend…
Do people who wear
White not drink coffee each day?
Asking for a friend…
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wearing White Haiku
Do people who wear
White not drink coffee each day?
Asking for a friend…
Do people who wear
White not drink coffee each day?
Asking for a friend…
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new monarca upstander training by UNIDOS scheduled for january 7 at hennepin united methodist church in loring park. register here:
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December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
new monarca upstander training by UNIDOS scheduled for january 7 at hennepin united methodist church in loring park. register here:
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Carrie Underwood Sounds Like A Theremin Haiku
Carrie Underwood’s
Sunday night football song sounds
Like a theremin
Carrie Underwood’s
Sunday night football song sounds
Like a theremin
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Carrie Underwood Sounds Like A Theremin Haiku
Carrie Underwood’s
Sunday night football song sounds
Like a theremin
Carrie Underwood’s
Sunday night football song sounds
Like a theremin
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Every single day ICE agents are threatening people and terrorizing communities.
We’ve seen ICE pepper spray babies, disappear US citizens, slam distraught mothers and fathers to the ground—now they’re terrorizing St. Paul.
ICE is out of control and should be abolished.
We’ve seen ICE pepper spray babies, disappear US citizens, slam distraught mothers and fathers to the ground—now they’re terrorizing St. Paul.
ICE is out of control and should be abolished.
Federal agents from ICE, DEA and the FBI raided a St. Paul paper distributor Tuesday morning. Hundreds of community members responded in protest, clashing with officers. At least two people were detained by authorities, according to a witness.
Dozens of federal agents raid St. Paul business, sparking protest • Minnesota Reformer
Dozens of federal agents surrounded the St. Paul headquarters of paper distributor Bro-Tex on Tuesday morning and were quickly met by a couple hundred protesters. The agents wore uniforms marked with ...
minnesotareformer.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Every single day ICE agents are threatening people and terrorizing communities.
We’ve seen ICE pepper spray babies, disappear US citizens, slam distraught mothers and fathers to the ground—now they’re terrorizing St. Paul.
ICE is out of control and should be abolished.
We’ve seen ICE pepper spray babies, disappear US citizens, slam distraught mothers and fathers to the ground—now they’re terrorizing St. Paul.
ICE is out of control and should be abolished.
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Minneapolis, we have the chance to choose a brighter future for our city.
We’re fighting to make our city affordable and accountable.
Election Day is tomorrow. Let’s win this.
We’re fighting to make our city affordable and accountable.
Election Day is tomorrow. Let’s win this.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Minneapolis, we have the chance to choose a brighter future for our city.
We’re fighting to make our city affordable and accountable.
Election Day is tomorrow. Let’s win this.
We’re fighting to make our city affordable and accountable.
Election Day is tomorrow. Let’s win this.
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I'm proud to be endorsed by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She knows that this election is a critical moment for working people. With a hostile federal government, and the cost of living soaring, she knows that, “Minneapolis deserves a leader who will protect them" -Rashida Tlaib
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm proud to be endorsed by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She knows that this election is a critical moment for working people. With a hostile federal government, and the cost of living soaring, she knows that, “Minneapolis deserves a leader who will protect them" -Rashida Tlaib
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re: jacob frey’s new ad taking credit for safe homes stable schools, he vetoed the budget that would’ve increased its funding
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
re: jacob frey’s new ad taking credit for safe homes stable schools, he vetoed the budget that would’ve increased its funding
Friendly reminder: you don’t need to have a hot take, and multiple things can be true at the same time.
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Friendly reminder: you don’t need to have a hot take, and multiple things can be true at the same time.
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I have some thoughts on this and will thread once I have eaten some food.
It has been my unfortunate experience that the DFL leadership seems to run more like a "my way or the highway" clubhouse than a group dedicated to social progress
September 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have some thoughts on this and will thread once I have eaten some food.
Wolfgang Wasow Fishing Haiku
I am catching fish
After fish, and you have not
Caught a single one
@jwenst.bsky.social #lakemendota #fishing #panfish #wasow #madison #wisconsin #haikusforreallife #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #sunfish
I am catching fish
After fish, and you have not
Caught a single one
@jwenst.bsky.social #lakemendota #fishing #panfish #wasow #madison #wisconsin #haikusforreallife #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #sunfish
August 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wolfgang Wasow Fishing Haiku
I am catching fish
After fish, and you have not
Caught a single one
@jwenst.bsky.social #lakemendota #fishing #panfish #wasow #madison #wisconsin #haikusforreallife #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #sunfish
I am catching fish
After fish, and you have not
Caught a single one
@jwenst.bsky.social #lakemendota #fishing #panfish #wasow #madison #wisconsin #haikusforreallife #haiku #badpoetryohnoetry #sunfish
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At a Melissa Etheridge / Indigo Girls concert tonight singing Closer to Fine with Tim Walz. As one does in MN.
August 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
At a Melissa Etheridge / Indigo Girls concert tonight singing Closer to Fine with Tim Walz. As one does in MN.
Melissa Etheridge has so much grit, emotion and so many overtones in her voice, no recording equipment can possibly capture it. If you have a chance to see her live, take it. Transcendent. I was moved to tears and totally enraptured. @melissaetheridge.bsky.social #mnstatefair #melissaetheridge
August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Melissa Etheridge has so much grit, emotion and so many overtones in her voice, no recording equipment can possibly capture it. If you have a chance to see her live, take it. Transcendent. I was moved to tears and totally enraptured. @melissaetheridge.bsky.social #mnstatefair #melissaetheridge
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Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
The Emperor Has No Clothes Haiku
You can’t fire someone
For publishing statistics
You don’t agree with.
#nokings #statistics #youreconomyisfailing #ourpresidentisacoward #theemperorhasnoclothes #badpoetryohnoetry #haiku #haikusforrreallife
You can’t fire someone
For publishing statistics
You don’t agree with.
#nokings #statistics #youreconomyisfailing #ourpresidentisacoward #theemperorhasnoclothes #badpoetryohnoetry #haiku #haikusforrreallife
August 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Emperor Has No Clothes Haiku
You can’t fire someone
For publishing statistics
You don’t agree with.
#nokings #statistics #youreconomyisfailing #ourpresidentisacoward #theemperorhasnoclothes #badpoetryohnoetry #haiku #haikusforrreallife
You can’t fire someone
For publishing statistics
You don’t agree with.
#nokings #statistics #youreconomyisfailing #ourpresidentisacoward #theemperorhasnoclothes #badpoetryohnoetry #haiku #haikusforrreallife
Running late haiku
I’m already late
I might as well make myself
Another latte
#haiku #haikuforreallife #delonghi #athomeespresso #oatmilklatte #alwayslate
I’m already late
I might as well make myself
Another latte
#haiku #haikuforreallife #delonghi #athomeespresso #oatmilklatte #alwayslate
July 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Running late haiku
I’m already late
I might as well make myself
Another latte
#haiku #haikuforreallife #delonghi #athomeespresso #oatmilklatte #alwayslate
I’m already late
I might as well make myself
Another latte
#haiku #haikuforreallife #delonghi #athomeespresso #oatmilklatte #alwayslate
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Sci-fi writers imagining the future:
What if computers became sentient?
The actual horrible future:
What if autocorrect was fascist?
What if computers became sentient?
The actual horrible future:
What if autocorrect was fascist?
July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sci-fi writers imagining the future:
What if computers became sentient?
The actual horrible future:
What if autocorrect was fascist?
What if computers became sentient?
The actual horrible future:
What if autocorrect was fascist?
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Another example of organized people beating organized money! Omar has inspired so many people with his clear vision for Minneapolis and his history of leadership and collaborative legislating in the State Senate. I'm so lucky to have played a tiny part in this campaign! Let's win this in November!
I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us. fatehformayor.com/donate
July 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another example of organized people beating organized money! Omar has inspired so many people with his clear vision for Minneapolis and his history of leadership and collaborative legislating in the State Senate. I'm so lucky to have played a tiny part in this campaign! Let's win this in November!
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We are in the middle of it.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We are in the middle of it.
American Disaster Haiku
No money for the
Weather service but plenty
For the gestapo
#fundtheweatherservice #fuckice #abolishice #peopleoverprofits #climatechangeisreal #climatejusticenow #nokings #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry #politicalpoems
No money for the
Weather service but plenty
For the gestapo
#fundtheweatherservice #fuckice #abolishice #peopleoverprofits #climatechangeisreal #climatejusticenow #nokings #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry #politicalpoems
July 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
American Disaster Haiku
No money for the
Weather service but plenty
For the gestapo
#fundtheweatherservice #fuckice #abolishice #peopleoverprofits #climatechangeisreal #climatejusticenow #nokings #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry #politicalpoems
No money for the
Weather service but plenty
For the gestapo
#fundtheweatherservice #fuckice #abolishice #peopleoverprofits #climatechangeisreal #climatejusticenow #nokings #haiku #haikusforreallife #badpoetryohnoetry #politicalpoems