Jason Weidemann

Happy Council of Elrond Day to those who celebrate.

Hell General to the polls!

My writing soundtrack includes: Max Richter, Beethoven's Sixth, Goldberg Variations, and soundtracks by Ramin Djawadi.

This book is JUST OUT.

Dive into Alexis Shotwell’s Liberation Is Other People, a compelling call to transform isolation into solidarity and turn shared action into lasting change #ASA2026

Truly Rivendell like weather in Minneapolis this week

Hello, Chicago! We are live at the American Studies conference—stop by for 30% off in-booth or browse our collection online: www.upress.umn.edu/amst/ Huge congrats to Umayyah Cable, winner of the Lora Romero First Book Prize! #ASA2026 @umayyah.bsky.social

Hey, ASA! Check out American Occupation: Dispatches from Minnesota's Resistance to ICE #ASA2026

I took tomorrow off. I’m seeing a massage therapist for queer trauma informed bodywork then plan to have a big breakfast and journal.

My inbox is inundated with slop AI ms submissions (received three queries this morning). None of the people querying have any idea who I am or what my press publishes.

Totally embarrassed my own ass this morning. Furnace tune-up guy noticed my PC in my living room, remarked at "the beast" and asked me the specs. I froze. All I could picture in my head was Ryzen and a string of random numbers. He was cool about it though. He's playing Witcher 3 enhanced.

You're the puppet!

Made me really happy that Gianna LaMorte, our intrepid marketing master at @utexaspress.bsky.social, agreed to do this piece for @texashighways.bsky.social. There's love here for stores across TX, built out from her insane quest last year to visit 75 stores in 75 days to mark our 75th anniversary.

Let's do it anyway and see what happens.

Great to see Brokers of Power in conversation with @nikki-luke.bsky.social amazing new book! Thanks @gfearn.bsky.social! @uminnpress.bsky.social

Show me a picture from your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie.

Two words. BETTE. DAVIS.

As I said earlier, I recommend people read Cristina Beltran's Cruelty as Citizenship. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791192... This is how white democracy is made and maintained, cruel, unrepentant violence.

I support my representative!

Oh my god they are going after my Congressperson: www.foxnews.com/politics/ilh...

Got back from Toronto and picked up Judy and some ribs from Ted Cooks. Happy to be back in South Minneapolis. So many kids out having fun on this unseasonably warm night.

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

“They want us to be afraid. They want us to censor ourselves before they even have a chance to do it. We will not do that. We will confidently put resistance politics out there into the world to go along with the movements of people who are actively trying to fight against these systems.”

Attending 4S? Stop by and peruse new books and meet our incredible editorial director, Jason! Or, visit us online at www.upress.umn.edu/4s/ to get 30% off! @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social #4S #4S2026 #4SToronto

Donald Trump's ICE just purchased the Appleton private prison for $496 million, making it the biggest real estate transaction in Minnesota history. I was proud to stand with folks in Appleton to protest this facility, and I'm ready to do the same in the U.S. Senate.

LOL

As we embark on the fall academic conference season I'm begging conference organizers to provide info on exhibit hours, booth set up, & breakdown times. Hotels and flights are EXPENSIVE. Editors & presses pay a ton of money to attend your conference. Tell us when we need to be there so we can plan

Very cool interview on WPR out of Superior with the authors and illustrator for ISHKODE: www.wpr.org/news/good-fi...

.... Feeling chagrined that I haven't yet been impersonated by an AI bot ...

THE CARCERAL SURROUND, by R. Joshua Scannell @frannyrecounts.bsky.social, is out today! It "offers new insight into racial capitalism and its mechanisms, and, importantly, its undoing." —Simone Browne www.upress.umn.edu/978151792125...

Topics I am ACTUALLY interested in: space mining, preternatural creatures, crystals, heat, concrete.

Preparing for the 4S meeting and I am a bit shocked at how AI has completely taken over as dominant panel topic. There are other topics... space mining, for example.

Walking into a job interview with a teaspoon of antimatter,,,

*Looks directly at NPR*

raise their goddam taxes holy shit

Everyone in Minnesota should be deeply concerned about this.

heartbreak, again.

Someone bring me bagels.

Less "I remain on vacation," more "My remains are on vacation."

These last few nights of quiet stillness have really accentuated the Longfellow Hum.

I honestly didn't think it would go this way. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/s...

Disgusting news out of the UK regarding the right-wing attacks on the RNLI.

The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.

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.

Incredible work from the good folks at @uminnpress.bsky.social. This looks amazing.