Jessica Kraker
@jessicajo42.bsky.social
I'm a statistician and data scientist some days, and other days a trail runner and adventurer. I look for the good in people and observe how they treat others.
Be a Mildred. Resist.
(And keep staying alive, to fight another day)
(And keep staying alive, to fight another day)
On Sept. 16 Wisconsin recognizes annually Mildred Fish-Harnack, my distant cousin and UW-Madison grad, who was the only American killed on direct orders from Hitler.
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PBS Wisconsin Documentaries | Wisconsin's Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story
Mildred Fish-Harnack is the only American woman executed on direct orders from Hitler.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Be a Mildred. Resist.
(And keep staying alive, to fight another day)
(And keep staying alive, to fight another day)
What a brilliant, caring person. Please listen to her full message.
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From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death
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October 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What a brilliant, caring person. Please listen to her full message.
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I wrote this after doing a training on the Fourth and Fifth amendments to the Constitution, because, apparently, this is necessary to be a doctor under this regime. Grateful to @huffpost.com and, always, dream editor @noahmichelson.bsky.social for the platform.
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I’m A Doctor. The Things I’m Now Being Trained To Do In Trump’s America Are Terrifying.
“It was then I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state.”
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July 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wrote this after doing a training on the Fourth and Fifth amendments to the Constitution, because, apparently, this is necessary to be a doctor under this regime. Grateful to @huffpost.com and, always, dream editor @noahmichelson.bsky.social for the platform.
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"The climate stripes were created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018....
Each stripe represents the [global] average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period from 1961 to 2010."
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Each stripe represents the [global] average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period from 1961 to 2010."
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Warming Stripes
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July 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"The climate stripes were created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018....
Each stripe represents the [global] average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period from 1961 to 2010."
wmo.int/site/science...
Each stripe represents the [global] average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period from 1961 to 2010."
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Today, we raised the Pride Flag over the Wisconsin State Capitol for the seventh year in a row because, here in Wisconsin, we celebrate our LGBTQ friends and neighbors.
You are family here.
You belong here.
You are welcome home here.
Happy Pride, Wisconsin! 🏳️🌈
You are family here.
You belong here.
You are welcome home here.
Happy Pride, Wisconsin! 🏳️🌈
May 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today, we raised the Pride Flag over the Wisconsin State Capitol for the seventh year in a row because, here in Wisconsin, we celebrate our LGBTQ friends and neighbors.
You are family here.
You belong here.
You are welcome home here.
Happy Pride, Wisconsin! 🏳️🌈
You are family here.
You belong here.
You are welcome home here.
Happy Pride, Wisconsin! 🏳️🌈
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Eau Claire” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Eau Claire · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Tony Evers is the best kind of politician. We in Wisconsin are grateful for your leadership, Governor Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov!! keep doing what's right and good.
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Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
YouTube video by Governor Tony Evers
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May 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tony Evers is the best kind of politician. We in Wisconsin are grateful for your leadership, Governor Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov!! keep doing what's right and good.
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Thank you David, for some words of hope:
"Live like Ann. That’s how we heal. That’s how we honor. That’s how we prevent the next tragedy—by becoming the kind of people who make this world lighter.
One person at a time.
Just like Ann did."
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"Live like Ann. That’s how we heal. That’s how we honor. That’s how we prevent the next tragedy—by becoming the kind of people who make this world lighter.
One person at a time.
Just like Ann did."
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Not Just Remembered, Carried Forward
Why living like Ann is the only way to honor her legacy.
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April 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Thank you David, for some words of hope:
"Live like Ann. That’s how we heal. That’s how we honor. That’s how we prevent the next tragedy—by becoming the kind of people who make this world lighter.
One person at a time.
Just like Ann did."
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"Live like Ann. That’s how we heal. That’s how we honor. That’s how we prevent the next tragedy—by becoming the kind of people who make this world lighter.
One person at a time.
Just like Ann did."
open.substack.com/pub/weadapt/...
Two years without Mali. She was my one-of-a-kind dog, my heart.
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Two years without Mali. She was my one-of-a-kind dog, my heart.
Some quick stats on one of the most notorious ultras. John Sugden's analysis is visually excellent, if you like to follow all things Barkley.
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Following @johnsug.bsky.social , @KeithDunn.social.running.cafe.ap.brid.gy, and @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social for more.
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Barkley Pre-Race Stats 2025
I love the Barkley, it’s why I started dabbling in data journalism in the first place.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Some quick stats on one of the most notorious ultras. John Sugden's analysis is visually excellent, if you like to follow all things Barkley.
open.substack.com/pub/johnsug/...
Following @johnsug.bsky.social , @KeithDunn.social.running.cafe.ap.brid.gy, and @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social for more.
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I don't want to pretend we ever lived in an "era of truth"("Gulf of Tonkin attack"?JFK's non-existent "missile gap"?Reagan's "Welfare Queen"?) but clearly it's far worse than ever now.One wonders if there's a survivable level of lies the system can still function with vs a "critical mass" amount.
And there is your point. The problem is not Trump. The problem is not his followers. The problem is a concerted effort to destroy the concept of truth.
March 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't want to pretend we ever lived in an "era of truth"("Gulf of Tonkin attack"?JFK's non-existent "missile gap"?Reagan's "Welfare Queen"?) but clearly it's far worse than ever now.One wonders if there's a survivable level of lies the system can still function with vs a "critical mass" amount.
I stand with John Goodwin.
Our national parks, and the people who guard and run them, are treasures to this country. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
Our national parks, and the people who guard and run them, are treasures to this country. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
From the NationalParkService community on Reddit: "We gather here today out of love for our public lands. But love demands responsibility. It demands that we raise our voices when those ideals are thr...
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March 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I stand with John Goodwin.
Our national parks, and the people who guard and run them, are treasures to this country. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
Our national parks, and the people who guard and run them, are treasures to this country. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
A little dark humor on these times:
March 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A little dark humor on these times:
A fantastic message to remember in these times: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Kindness and empathy, please?
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March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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That's just embarrassing. Doubling, tripling down on an utterly inane statement.
I had to confirm for myself that this is actually an official White House statement.
It is.
It is.
March 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
That's just embarrassing. Doubling, tripling down on an utterly inane statement.
Masks and hypocrisy.
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March 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Masks and hypocrisy.
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I love my parks and my park rangers.
Fuck DOGE, and the little boy Musk who are doing indiscriminate, thoughtless damage to millions of people's experiences. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
Fuck DOGE, and the little boy Musk who are doing indiscriminate, thoughtless damage to millions of people's experiences. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
From the NationalPark community on Reddit: Trump and Musk are making Park Rangers homeless
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March 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I love my parks and my park rangers.
Fuck DOGE, and the little boy Musk who are doing indiscriminate, thoughtless damage to millions of people's experiences. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
Fuck DOGE, and the little boy Musk who are doing indiscriminate, thoughtless damage to millions of people's experiences. www.reddit.com/r/NationalPa...
They want you passive? Be unhinged. They want you divided? Build a coalition of the pissed-off. They want you scared? Be terrifying. They want you hopeless? Win.
...every dictator’s nightmare is a crowd that won’t disperse, a chant that won’t die and a generation that’s done asking.
...every dictator’s nightmare is a crowd that won’t disperse, a chant that won’t die and a generation that’s done asking.
From the womenintech community on Reddit
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March 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
They want you passive? Be unhinged. They want you divided? Build a coalition of the pissed-off. They want you scared? Be terrifying. They want you hopeless? Win.
...every dictator’s nightmare is a crowd that won’t disperse, a chant that won’t die and a generation that’s done asking.
...every dictator’s nightmare is a crowd that won’t disperse, a chant that won’t die and a generation that’s done asking.
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Truly. Trump and Vance let their emotions get out of control.
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From the PoliticalHumor community on Reddit: One more time for the people in the back.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Truly. Trump and Vance let their emotions get out of control.
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“The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the department and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.”
God damn it.
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God damn it.
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Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump's secretary of education
The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
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March 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the department and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.”
God damn it.
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God damn it.
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We all knew Trump was a bully. Guess Vance is just following the asinine behavior.
March 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We all knew Trump was a bully. Guess Vance is just following the asinine behavior.