Jason Weidemann
@fiveoclockbot.bsky.social
Writer, dog dad, Editorial Director at the University of Minnesota Press
Someone bring me bagels.
September 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Someone bring me bagels.
Less "I remain on vacation," more "My remains are on vacation."
September 21, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Less "I remain on vacation," more "My remains are on vacation."
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if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
September 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
These last few nights of quiet stillness have really accentuated the Longfellow Hum.
September 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
These last few nights of quiet stillness have really accentuated the Longfellow Hum.
Disgusting news out of the UK regarding the right-wing attacks on the RNLI.
RNLI reviews security after protests in Dover and Portsmouth
Volunteers were targeted online after it assisted in the rescue of people crossing the Channel on Sunday.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Disgusting news out of the UK regarding the right-wing attacks on the RNLI.
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Just wrote this to an author so I’m coming here to share with you:
One of the best ways to bring more readers into a book is to provide MORE context and information. I think there’s an assumption that you have to subtract—less jargon, fewer citations. Maybe, but readers need MORE of other things.
One of the best ways to bring more readers into a book is to provide MORE context and information. I think there’s an assumption that you have to subtract—less jargon, fewer citations. Maybe, but readers need MORE of other things.
September 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Just wrote this to an author so I’m coming here to share with you:
One of the best ways to bring more readers into a book is to provide MORE context and information. I think there’s an assumption that you have to subtract—less jargon, fewer citations. Maybe, but readers need MORE of other things.
One of the best ways to bring more readers into a book is to provide MORE context and information. I think there’s an assumption that you have to subtract—less jargon, fewer citations. Maybe, but readers need MORE of other things.
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The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
September 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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Disappointed to learn this isn't a reality show *about* university presses
September 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Disappointed to learn this isn't a reality show *about* university presses
This is so much bullshit. I remember the right screaming that 9/11 was the fault of the gays and the feminists. It was a bloodthirsty post 9/11 culture.
But that feeling of a shared bond among all Americans in the early weeks after the attack is something I’m so glad I got to experience. Because it’s the thing that I think we’re missing the most today.
September 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is so much bullshit. I remember the right screaming that 9/11 was the fault of the gays and the feminists. It was a bloodthirsty post 9/11 culture.
My annual routine of turning off the news on 9/11. Won't stand being gaslighted.
September 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
My annual routine of turning off the news on 9/11. Won't stand being gaslighted.
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Incredible work from the good folks at @uminnpress.bsky.social. This looks amazing.
“The collection asks readers to consider what happens when the machinery of occupation turns inward, and what forms of resistance become possible…” We're excited to reveal the cover of American Occupation, a forthcoming document of Minnesota’s resistance to ICE.
buff.ly/YiZHxPN
buff.ly/YiZHxPN
Here’s the Cover For American Occupation, a Powerful Document of Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE
Two days after Alex Pretti was murdered by federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, on January 24, 2026, we published a “Letter From Minnesota” from the poet Dobby Gibson. As I wrote at the time of the f…
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September 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Incredible work from the good folks at @uminnpress.bsky.social. This looks amazing.
Out from the University of Minnesota Press in January.
“The collection asks readers to consider what happens when the machinery of occupation turns inward, and what forms of resistance become possible…” We're excited to reveal the cover of American Occupation, a forthcoming document of Minnesota’s resistance to ICE.
buff.ly/YiZHxPN
buff.ly/YiZHxPN
Here’s the Cover For American Occupation, a Powerful Document of Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE
Two days after Alex Pretti was murdered by federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, on January 24, 2026, we published a “Letter From Minnesota” from the poet Dobby Gibson. As I wrote at the time of the f…
lithub.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Out from the University of Minnesota Press in January.
What if "AI" just a fancy word for spam and computer viruses?
September 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
What if "AI" just a fancy word for spam and computer viruses?
Why do journalists still talk to Frank Lutz?
September 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Why do journalists still talk to Frank Lutz?
I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on the Plague: Innocence games. Beautiful and tense. I literally just finished reading BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
September 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on the Plague: Innocence games. Beautiful and tense. I literally just finished reading BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
I tried to take that dialect quiz but it was too damn long. By about question 40 I began to question my own ability to speak.
September 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I tried to take that dialect quiz but it was too damn long. By about question 40 I began to question my own ability to speak.
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Rough Draft vs Final Draft
September 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
😂
September 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
😂
The hotel conference block for 4S has already filled up, yet there's still no schedule for exhibitors - set up, booth hours, breakdown. So disappointing.
September 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The hotel conference block for 4S has already filled up, yet there's still no schedule for exhibitors - set up, booth hours, breakdown. So disappointing.
I really cannot get enough of The Last Caretaker. I want to scrap everything, then bob for hours on the sea arranging things in chests. That's how I game.
September 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I really cannot get enough of The Last Caretaker. I want to scrap everything, then bob for hours on the sea arranging things in chests. That's how I game.
Time for the State Fair to extend a few days.
Got in line for crop art and a fair staffer advised us that it’s an hour and a half wait. “We used to tell people that the line is shorter later in the day, but we’re not so sure about that anymore.”
August 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Time for the State Fair to extend a few days.
With an annual operating budget of $41.2 million, the University of Minnesota libraries should be open to the public.
Overall its very sad to see such a beautiful campus right in the middle of Minneapolis close itself off to the public which it serves.
Overall its very sad to see such a beautiful campus right in the middle of Minneapolis close itself off to the public which it serves.
Sucks that the Univ of Minnesota libraries are closed to the public. If the past several years have taught us anything, it’s that knowledge is necessary to fighting stupid bad fascists. So here’s a helpful doc on how to assist good U people who want knowledge freed: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
UMN Libraries Public Access
THE CONTEXT After slowly closing parts of campus off to the public over a handful of years, in January of 2026 amidst Operation Metro Surge, the University of Minnesota’s upper administration decided...
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August 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
With an annual operating budget of $41.2 million, the University of Minnesota libraries should be open to the public.
Overall its very sad to see such a beautiful campus right in the middle of Minneapolis close itself off to the public which it serves.
Overall its very sad to see such a beautiful campus right in the middle of Minneapolis close itself off to the public which it serves.
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"Policing is, now, an inhuman practice in both an ethical and a technical sense." R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech
lithub.com/how-technolo...
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How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing
Policing and incarceration in the twenty-first century are not wholly human practices. The strategies, tactics, and encounters that organize the carceral state are developed and prosecuted in colla…
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August 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"Policing is, now, an inhuman practice in both an ethical and a technical sense." R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech
lithub.com/how-technolo...
lithub.com/how-technolo...