Jonathan Stiles
@jstiles27.bsky.social
Avid cyclist, enthusiastic home cook. Former ballet dancer, current arts administrator (marketing). Husband and dad. Views expressed are my own.
Please pay attention to wording. “Possessing a gun” does not mean it was drawn or that he was threatening anyone. Minnesota allows open carry. “Two magazines” doesn’t mean two additional magazines. Don’t you think he was pointing a loaded weapon they would be very clear about that?
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Please pay attention to wording. “Possessing a gun” does not mean it was drawn or that he was threatening anyone. Minnesota allows open carry. “Two magazines” doesn’t mean two additional magazines. Don’t you think he was pointing a loaded weapon they would be very clear about that?
But open today and tomorrow!
❄ The Museum will be CLOSED Sunday, Jan. 25 due to anticipated inclement weather. Watch out for snowballs!
Plan your next visit: http://bit.ly/34CiSxy
Plan your next visit: http://bit.ly/34CiSxy
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
But open today and tomorrow!
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
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“But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
January 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Absolutely.
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Absolutely.
So if a country’s president is a criminal, another country can capture and remove them? Interesting…
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
So if a country’s president is a criminal, another country can capture and remove them? Interesting…
If I were a couples therapist, I would go to IKEA on the weekends to recruit new clients.
January 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
If I were a couples therapist, I would go to IKEA on the weekends to recruit new clients.
We all have a lot of power in the discretion we use to be kind to people.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
We all have a lot of power in the discretion we use to be kind to people.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Rethinking retirement plans.
Most towns could absolutely support one “culture bar” — a bar that’s programmed for cultural tv events like award shows.
This is separate from the Oscar’s news that prompted this comment.
This is separate from the Oscar’s news that prompted this comment.
All I ever wanted was an Oscars cocktail bar experience the way sports fans get sports bars…
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rethinking retirement plans.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
I just realized that Senate Dems didn't even get a guarantee of a floor vote on a bill, as if anything could get 60 votes. Seriously, y'all?!?
Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act appear set to expire for millions of Americans at the end of the year after competing health care related bills failed to advance in the Senate.
Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I just realized that Senate Dems didn't even get a guarantee of a floor vote on a bill, as if anything could get 60 votes. Seriously, y'all?!?
This framing infuriates me. The “endgame” is unclear?!? How about the startgame? Like, please mention the complete lack of justification in the headline.
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This framing infuriates me. The “endgame” is unclear?!? How about the startgame? Like, please mention the complete lack of justification in the headline.
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
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This #VeteransDay, watch the Museum's Pension Project videos, featuring living veterans as they read the military pensions of Revolutionary War soldiers to connect the past with the present.
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This #VeteransDay, watch the Museum's Pension Project videos, featuring living veterans as they read the military pensions of Revolutionary War soldiers to connect the past with the present.
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
Oust Schumer from leadership and primary every Dem that votes Yes.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oust Schumer from leadership and primary every Dem that votes Yes.
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Experience Fall 1775 in British Philadelphia during Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775!
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Experience Fall 1775 in British Philadelphia during Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775!
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Spread the word.
Donald Trump Would Rather Starve Children than Lower Health Care Costs
A cruel and cynical strategy to try end the shutdown
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Spread the word.
What the hell is he doing?
Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What the hell is he doing?
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
I know he thinks he’s building a ballroom, but maybe – just maybe – it can be a big beautiful courtroom when the Nuremberg-style trials start.
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I know he thinks he’s building a ballroom, but maybe – just maybe – it can be a big beautiful courtroom when the Nuremberg-style trials start.
Even hurricanes don't want to be here.
In a typical Atlantic hurricane season, at least three storms would have already made landfall in the U.S.
But with 12 named storms so far this year — four of them hurricanes — the only one to make landfall was Tropical Storm Chantal. Here's why.
But with 12 named storms so far this year — four of them hurricanes — the only one to make landfall was Tropical Storm Chantal. Here's why.
This Year’s Hurricanes Keep Turning Away From the East Coast
Why?
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Even hurricanes don't want to be here.
@flobikes.bsky.social Why, why, why do you have the first two thumbnails of the WC ITT replay showing who the winner is?!?! Ruins any suspense and gives your users no reason to stay on your site.
September 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@flobikes.bsky.social Why, why, why do you have the first two thumbnails of the WC ITT replay showing who the winner is?!?! Ruins any suspense and gives your users no reason to stay on your site.
Greg Olsen is such a better broadcaster than Tom Brady, and the Fox ads stating nobody knows football like Tom Brady shoe that Fox knows it.
September 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Greg Olsen is such a better broadcaster than Tom Brady, and the Fox ads stating nobody knows football like Tom Brady shoe that Fox knows it.
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I think a lot about how narratives of patriotism in U.S. politics depend on an ahistoricity that suggests harsh critiques of the nations leaders, its values, and policies, and relentless loud demands from advocates and activists for change, are some newfangled product of a contemporary era.
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I think a lot about how narratives of patriotism in U.S. politics depend on an ahistoricity that suggests harsh critiques of the nations leaders, its values, and policies, and relentless loud demands from advocates and activists for change, are some newfangled product of a contemporary era.
I have heard people point to reports that Charlie Kirk's killer was upset about hate speech as proof he was on the political left, and the fact that it is just assumed that if you are anti-hate speech you are on the left so damning of the political right.
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I have heard people point to reports that Charlie Kirk's killer was upset about hate speech as proof he was on the political left, and the fact that it is just assumed that if you are anti-hate speech you are on the left so damning of the political right.