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
Day 14 of #DavidsMonthofMusic is a love song.
I chose My Heart Skips a Beat by Buck Owen’s and the Buckaroos. Truly one of the tightest live bands of all time and the vocal harmonies are so good!!
#buckowens #lovesong
youtu.be/UkNsqdGm0wo
I chose My Heart Skips a Beat by Buck Owen’s and the Buckaroos. Truly one of the tightest live bands of all time and the vocal harmonies are so good!!
#buckowens #lovesong
youtu.be/UkNsqdGm0wo
Buck Owens - 1966 - My Heart Skips a Beat
YouTube video by Sleepy9816
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Day 14 of #DavidsMonthofMusic is a love song.
I chose My Heart Skips a Beat by Buck Owen’s and the Buckaroos. Truly one of the tightest live bands of all time and the vocal harmonies are so good!!
#buckowens #lovesong
youtu.be/UkNsqdGm0wo
I chose My Heart Skips a Beat by Buck Owen’s and the Buckaroos. Truly one of the tightest live bands of all time and the vocal harmonies are so good!!
#buckowens #lovesong
youtu.be/UkNsqdGm0wo
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As an SSDI recipient this is not surprising but it is an abomination.
SCOOP: Social Security workers are being told to give the details of appointments customers are making to ICE, raising the prospect of secret police abducting people going to mandatory SSA appointments. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, and @leahfeiger.bsky.social have more.
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
www.wired.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
As an SSDI recipient this is not surprising but it is an abomination.
Day 13 of #DavidsMonthofMusic #SongChallenge is a song with something sweet in the title.
Jeremy Messersmith’s Everybody Gets a Kitten. Because nothing is sweeter than a tiny baby kitten.
#kitten #kittens #ilovekittens
youtu.be/TLP9f4jsq0M
Jeremy Messersmith’s Everybody Gets a Kitten. Because nothing is sweeter than a tiny baby kitten.
#kitten #kittens #ilovekittens
youtu.be/TLP9f4jsq0M
Everybody Gets A Kitten - jeremy messersmith
YouTube video by jeremy messersmith
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Day 13 of #DavidsMonthofMusic #SongChallenge is a song with something sweet in the title.
Jeremy Messersmith’s Everybody Gets a Kitten. Because nothing is sweeter than a tiny baby kitten.
#kitten #kittens #ilovekittens
youtu.be/TLP9f4jsq0M
Jeremy Messersmith’s Everybody Gets a Kitten. Because nothing is sweeter than a tiny baby kitten.
#kitten #kittens #ilovekittens
youtu.be/TLP9f4jsq0M
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Do I trust Tom Homan, no.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Do I trust Tom Homan, no.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
Day 12 of #DavidsMonthofMusic
Song by a band or artist who headlined Glastonbury or Coachella.
Florence and the Machine headlined Glastonbury and Tswift was booked for 2020.
Florida by TSwift & Florence and the Machine
#taylorswift #florenceandthemachine
youtu.be/gDdtoj8osLU
Song by a band or artist who headlined Glastonbury or Coachella.
Florence and the Machine headlined Glastonbury and Tswift was booked for 2020.
Florida by TSwift & Florence and the Machine
#taylorswift #florenceandthemachine
youtu.be/gDdtoj8osLU
Taylor Swift w/ Florence Welch – Florida!!! (LIVE DEBUT!) HD Supercut 🎬 Eras Tour: London
YouTube video by Big Reputation
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Day 12 of #DavidsMonthofMusic
Song by a band or artist who headlined Glastonbury or Coachella.
Florence and the Machine headlined Glastonbury and Tswift was booked for 2020.
Florida by TSwift & Florence and the Machine
#taylorswift #florenceandthemachine
youtu.be/gDdtoj8osLU
Song by a band or artist who headlined Glastonbury or Coachella.
Florence and the Machine headlined Glastonbury and Tswift was booked for 2020.
Florida by TSwift & Florence and the Machine
#taylorswift #florenceandthemachine
youtu.be/gDdtoj8osLU
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Minnesota Police have arrested a man named Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
As of recent he had a high-level govt security clearance and was a background checker for new hires in ICE-Gestapo, Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
See the pattern?
As of recent he had a high-level govt security clearance and was a background checker for new hires in ICE-Gestapo, Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
See the pattern?
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Minnesota Police have arrested a man named Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
As of recent he had a high-level govt security clearance and was a background checker for new hires in ICE-Gestapo, Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
See the pattern?
As of recent he had a high-level govt security clearance and was a background checker for new hires in ICE-Gestapo, Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
See the pattern?
Finally caught up with #DavidsMonthofMusic with the last song I sang.
I am singing constantly, but this is the last song I remember singing consciously.
The great Fannie Lou Hamer singing I’m Gonna Land on the Shore.
#fannielouhamer
#songchallenge
#songsofresistance
youtu.be/TP2I_BYo8VY
I am singing constantly, but this is the last song I remember singing consciously.
The great Fannie Lou Hamer singing I’m Gonna Land on the Shore.
#fannielouhamer
#songchallenge
#songsofresistance
youtu.be/TP2I_BYo8VY
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
YouTube video by Fannie Lou Hamer - Topic
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Finally caught up with #DavidsMonthofMusic with the last song I sang.
I am singing constantly, but this is the last song I remember singing consciously.
The great Fannie Lou Hamer singing I’m Gonna Land on the Shore.
#fannielouhamer
#songchallenge
#songsofresistance
youtu.be/TP2I_BYo8VY
I am singing constantly, but this is the last song I remember singing consciously.
The great Fannie Lou Hamer singing I’m Gonna Land on the Shore.
#fannielouhamer
#songchallenge
#songsofresistance
youtu.be/TP2I_BYo8VY
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Well, that's quite the metaphor for the state of America, huh?
NEW: U.S. military shot down what was believed to be a foreign drone near El Paso this week, but it turned out to be party balloon - Fox News
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Well, that's quite the metaphor for the state of America, huh?
Almost caught up with #DavidsMonthofMusic
Day 2- A song from my favorite album
Reservoir Park from She’s the Duchess, He’s the Duke, the debut album from The Dutchess & the Duke.
youtu.be/IyvqU9Uz9pM
Day 2- A song from my favorite album
Reservoir Park from She’s the Duchess, He’s the Duke, the debut album from The Dutchess & the Duke.
youtu.be/IyvqU9Uz9pM
The Dutchess and the Duke - Reservoir Park
YouTube video by lignja8
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Almost caught up with #DavidsMonthofMusic
Day 2- A song from my favorite album
Reservoir Park from She’s the Duchess, He’s the Duke, the debut album from The Dutchess & the Duke.
youtu.be/IyvqU9Uz9pM
Day 2- A song from my favorite album
Reservoir Park from She’s the Duchess, He’s the Duke, the debut album from The Dutchess & the Duke.
youtu.be/IyvqU9Uz9pM
Day 4 of #DavidsMusicChallenge
A song I play when I’m happy.
This reminds me of walking with my friend and singing this while walking home from palmers bar, and makes me feel loved and connected.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
#finonaapple #paperbag #songchallenge
youtu.be/BK30r_SIZ-g
A song I play when I’m happy.
This reminds me of walking with my friend and singing this while walking home from palmers bar, and makes me feel loved and connected.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
#finonaapple #paperbag #songchallenge
youtu.be/BK30r_SIZ-g
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Day 4 of #DavidsMusicChallenge
A song I play when I’m happy.
This reminds me of walking with my friend and singing this while walking home from palmers bar, and makes me feel loved and connected.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
#finonaapple #paperbag #songchallenge
youtu.be/BK30r_SIZ-g
A song I play when I’m happy.
This reminds me of walking with my friend and singing this while walking home from palmers bar, and makes me feel loved and connected.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
#finonaapple #paperbag #songchallenge
youtu.be/BK30r_SIZ-g
youtu.be/UDDBT6HoEyU
Day 11: A song with a bird in the title.
I’ll put Hazel Dicken’s performance in the comments, too.
Pretty Bird- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Day 11: A song with a bird in the title.
I’ll put Hazel Dicken’s performance in the comments, too.
Pretty Bird- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pretty Bird
YouTube video by Carolina Chocolate Drops - Topic
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
youtu.be/UDDBT6HoEyU
Day 11: A song with a bird in the title.
I’ll put Hazel Dicken’s performance in the comments, too.
Pretty Bird- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Day 11: A song with a bird in the title.
I’ll put Hazel Dicken’s performance in the comments, too.
Pretty Bird- Carolina Chocolate Drops
#DavidsMonthofMusic #jennyowenyoungs #supermario #itsdangeroustogoalone
Day 10- A song from a concept album.
Jenny Owen Youngs- Another Castle
(Ok it’s an EP but all songs are inspired by video games and this song is a jam.)
youtu.be/inifwas5-So
Day 10- A song from a concept album.
Jenny Owen Youngs- Another Castle
(Ok it’s an EP but all songs are inspired by video games and this song is a jam.)
youtu.be/inifwas5-So
Another Castle
YouTube video by Jenny Owen Youngs
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 AM
#DavidsMonthofMusic #jennyowenyoungs #supermario #itsdangeroustogoalone
Day 10- A song from a concept album.
Jenny Owen Youngs- Another Castle
(Ok it’s an EP but all songs are inspired by video games and this song is a jam.)
youtu.be/inifwas5-So
Day 10- A song from a concept album.
Jenny Owen Youngs- Another Castle
(Ok it’s an EP but all songs are inspired by video games and this song is a jam.)
youtu.be/inifwas5-So
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge
#AniDifranco
Day 4: a song you play when you’re angry.
Ani Difranco- Gravel
youtu.be/CGh0_Ok6Nmo
#MusicChallenge
#AniDifranco
Day 4: a song you play when you’re angry.
Ani Difranco- Gravel
youtu.be/CGh0_Ok6Nmo
"Gravel" Ani Difranco (1998 - America)
YouTube video by GoodMusicOnEarth
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge
#AniDifranco
Day 4: a song you play when you’re angry.
Ani Difranco- Gravel
youtu.be/CGh0_Ok6Nmo
#MusicChallenge
#AniDifranco
Day 4: a song you play when you’re angry.
Ani Difranco- Gravel
youtu.be/CGh0_Ok6Nmo
Still going backwards: #DavidsMonthofMusic #BuffytheVampireSlayer #SarahMcLachlan
#OverallsOfSadness
Day 5- A song you play when you’re sad:
Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan
I play this song every time a foster kitten gets adopter.
youtu.be/sMhYfm4zKIM
#OverallsOfSadness
Day 5- A song you play when you’re sad:
Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan
I play this song every time a foster kitten gets adopter.
youtu.be/sMhYfm4zKIM
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Full Of Grace
YouTube video by WatchWithMati
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Still going backwards: #DavidsMonthofMusic #BuffytheVampireSlayer #SarahMcLachlan
#OverallsOfSadness
Day 5- A song you play when you’re sad:
Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan
I play this song every time a foster kitten gets adopter.
youtu.be/sMhYfm4zKIM
#OverallsOfSadness
Day 5- A song you play when you’re sad:
Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan
I play this song every time a foster kitten gets adopter.
youtu.be/sMhYfm4zKIM
Day 6- A song with the same title as a movie, book or TV show.
Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground (about the novel Venus in Furs by Sacher-Masoch)
#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#venusinfurs
youtu.be/GiobySgFP2s
Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground (about the novel Venus in Furs by Sacher-Masoch)
#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#venusinfurs
youtu.be/GiobySgFP2s
Venus In Furs
YouTube video by The Velvet Underground - Topic
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Day 6- A song with the same title as a movie, book or TV show.
Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground (about the novel Venus in Furs by Sacher-Masoch)
#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#venusinfurs
youtu.be/GiobySgFP2s
Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground (about the novel Venus in Furs by Sacher-Masoch)
#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#venusinfurs
youtu.be/GiobySgFP2s
#DavidsMonthofMusic #devo #musicchallenge
Feb 7: a song that starts with un in the title.
youtu.be/hYz90zeO3Kk
Feb 7: a song that starts with un in the title.
youtu.be/hYz90zeO3Kk
Uncontrollable Urge (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by DEVO - Topic
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
#DavidsMonthofMusic #devo #musicchallenge
Feb 7: a song that starts with un in the title.
youtu.be/hYz90zeO3Kk
Feb 7: a song that starts with un in the title.
youtu.be/hYz90zeO3Kk
2.08- a song with a title relating to fire or heat.
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (from Disney’s fantasia 2000).
#musicchallenge #songaday
youtu.be/3eG_O1wEJ40
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (from Disney’s fantasia 2000).
#musicchallenge #songaday
youtu.be/3eG_O1wEJ40
L'oiseau de feu.wmv
YouTube video by John Melmoth
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
2.08- a song with a title relating to fire or heat.
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (from Disney’s fantasia 2000).
#musicchallenge #songaday
youtu.be/3eG_O1wEJ40
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (from Disney’s fantasia 2000).
#musicchallenge #songaday
youtu.be/3eG_O1wEJ40
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#pinkponyclub
9 - Primary color in title.
Late to the game so I may go backwards.
m.youtube.com/results?sp=m...
#MusicChallenge
#pinkponyclub
9 - Primary color in title.
Late to the game so I may go backwards.
m.youtube.com/results?sp=m...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#pinkponyclub
9 - Primary color in title.
Late to the game so I may go backwards.
m.youtube.com/results?sp=m...
#MusicChallenge
#pinkponyclub
9 - Primary color in title.
Late to the game so I may go backwards.
m.youtube.com/results?sp=m...
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Explaining how people should react in the face of overreach, violence, and fascism while not using you power to prevent any of those abuses is just the fucking Dem/DFL platform now.
I think I’m more upset with myself that I still expect anything different.
I think I’m more upset with myself that I still expect anything different.
To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Explaining how people should react in the face of overreach, violence, and fascism while not using you power to prevent any of those abuses is just the fucking Dem/DFL platform now.
I think I’m more upset with myself that I still expect anything different.
I think I’m more upset with myself that I still expect anything different.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
Grocery store didn’t have a Seahawks cake so I made my own. I’m perhaps a bit too proud of my frosting art.
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Grocery store didn’t have a Seahawks cake so I made my own. I’m perhaps a bit too proud of my frosting art.
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And to think Minnesotans were asking Walz a month ago to use plows to block ICE from exiting Whipple to raid our communities, and finally he uses it FOR ICE. Outrageous.
Tim Walz going full on nazi collaborator by using the dnr to protect ice from protesters, and mndot plows to block ambulances from getting to whipple
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
And to think Minnesotans were asking Walz a month ago to use plows to block ICE from exiting Whipple to raid our communities, and finally he uses it FOR ICE. Outrageous.
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sometimes i think our house isn't too radical at first glance and then i remember this poster is very visible in our living room lol. show me the lie, right?
February 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
sometimes i think our house isn't too radical at first glance and then i remember this poster is very visible in our living room lol. show me the lie, right?
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Someone went to decades of school and took on hundreds of thousands in debt to be able to professionally argue in front of this judge that this family, in particular, should get kicked out of the country because we weren’t horrible enough to them the first time.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Someone went to decades of school and took on hundreds of thousands in debt to be able to professionally argue in front of this judge that this family, in particular, should get kicked out of the country because we weren’t horrible enough to them the first time.
Reposted by Jmwenstrom
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.