Jason Weidemann
@fiveoclockbot.bsky.social
Writer, dog dad, Editorial Director at the University of Minnesota Press
I'll still be acquiring books when all this over, and I look forward to acquiring one on the particular aesthetics of this fascist regime.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'll still be acquiring books when all this over, and I look forward to acquiring one on the particular aesthetics of this fascist regime.
The last few days I’ve been unpacking my childhood mammal skull collection, retrieved from the family barn in northern Minnesota last weekend.
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The last few days I’ve been unpacking my childhood mammal skull collection, retrieved from the family barn in northern Minnesota last weekend.
63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
When the Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, only about 20% of Americans supported interracial marriage.
I LOVE a good Shrike joke.
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I LOVE a good Shrike joke.
Happy 6th birthday and 5th anniversary of her "gotcha day" to Judy who has saved my ass on several occasions over the last five years. She has a trip to the Minnehaha Dog Park and quite a few licks off a cherry-dipped DQ cone to look forward to today.
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy 6th birthday and 5th anniversary of her "gotcha day" to Judy who has saved my ass on several occasions over the last five years. She has a trip to the Minnehaha Dog Park and quite a few licks off a cherry-dipped DQ cone to look forward to today.
I love the keychain library in my neighborhood.
August 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love the keychain library in my neighborhood.
Here for the sociologists!
August 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here for the sociologists!
I love that the strib is bringing back listicles.
July 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I love that the strib is bringing back listicles.
Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.
July 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very proud to see advances for Mark Griffith's CHECKPOINT 300, a sensitive, detailed, and impeccably researched study of Israel's spatial control over Palestinians.
We have an amazing sale going on at the University of Minnesota Press this week... stock on summer reading with $10 paperbacks presswide when you buy 3 or more and use checkout code MN93820!
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
June 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We have an amazing sale going on at the University of Minnesota Press this week... stock on summer reading with $10 paperbacks presswide when you buy 3 or more and use checkout code MN93820!
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
Wondering where to start? Check out this 🧵 for some starter packs to unlock $10 books:
🎉Time to stock up on summer reads!🎉
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
June 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎉Time to stock up on summer reads!🎉
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
The @uminnpress.bsky.social has a sale through 7/1. Unlock $10 paperbacks PRESS WIDE when you choose at least 3 & apply code MN93820 at checkout.
Where does one even start? We've put together a heady list of summer reads here: www.upress.umn.edu/stock-up-on-...
Gave Judy some sliced turkey from Cecil's and this is the face she made..
June 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Gave Judy some sliced turkey from Cecil's and this is the face she made..
The criminal reflects on her crime... eating an entire loaf of pumpernickel from Cecil's off the counter last night.
June 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The criminal reflects on her crime... eating an entire loaf of pumpernickel from Cecil's off the counter last night.
May 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Good morning from the North Shore!
April 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good morning from the North Shore!
Off to Detroit to hang with geographers. Hope to see many scholar and publishing colleagues this week!
March 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Off to Detroit to hang with geographers. Hope to see many scholar and publishing colleagues this week!
This volatile title just dropped! One of my most highly anticipated titles for the upcoming geography meetings 💣💥🤯
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This volatile title just dropped! One of my most highly anticipated titles for the upcoming geography meetings 💣💥🤯
Me watching LOVE IS BLIND: MINNEAPOLIS:
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Me watching LOVE IS BLIND: MINNEAPOLIS:
Me after studying the advance line
January 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Me after studying the advance line
I've seen this meme circulating lately, speaking to the awkwardness an author might feel promoting a book in these times. I totally get it, but as a book editor, I want to suggest another way of looking at it.
Books are going to be really fucking important in the coming years.
Books are going to be really fucking important in the coming years.
January 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've seen this meme circulating lately, speaking to the awkwardness an author might feel promoting a book in these times. I totally get it, but as a book editor, I want to suggest another way of looking at it.
Books are going to be really fucking important in the coming years.
Books are going to be really fucking important in the coming years.
Me, a scholarly book editor, when an academic uses the verb "adumbrate."
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Me, a scholarly book editor, when an academic uses the verb "adumbrate."
Judy definitely approves of the name!
December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Judy definitely approves of the name!
Come on, this is not real! They are like collector's cards.
December 8, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Come on, this is not real! They are like collector's cards.
And I know that Javier Arbona's forthcoming book, EXPLOSIVITY: FOLLOWING WHAT REMAINS is highly anticipated. What can studying the distribution of explosions across time and space reveal to us about the hidden geographies of militarism and racial capitalism.
November 30, 2024 at 7:24 PM
And I know that Javier Arbona's forthcoming book, EXPLOSIVITY: FOLLOWING WHAT REMAINS is highly anticipated. What can studying the distribution of explosions across time and space reveal to us about the hidden geographies of militarism and racial capitalism.