Werner Herzog's Bear
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Teacher, historian, and blogger. Born and raised in Nebraska, working and living in Jersey. Substack: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused https://jasontebbe.substack.com/
Even if the target is Marc Thiessen I find it strange and bad that the sitting vice president is spending his day making fat jokes about him.
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 8h agofor reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.
Groceries should not be a Veblen good, yet Whole Foods exists.
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 5h agoA really funny complaint about the Zohran discount grocery store idea is that non-poor people could use it when there’s a grocery store half a mile from my grocery store that has everything cost 20% more that rich people go to because they don’t want to shop with normal people.
<Grabs the mic> This ranch was managed by the same two people that managed the Sex Island and those were the only two properties that were under their supervision of all the places Epstein owned.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 5mo agoState investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that the property may have been used for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. https://to.pbs.org/3OTnx89
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 21h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Back in the 90s when I spent time there Johnson County, KS, (affluent suburbs of KC) was very GOP. Now it's blue and ought to get the same attention from the media as rural and rust belt counties gone red. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Pastor Adam Hamilton Wins Kansas Democratic Senate Primary (Gift Article)
The Rev. Adam Hamilton will be a serious underdog against Roger Marshall, a Republican, but Democrats think the state could be competitive if the November environment is favorable enough to them.
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The fact that these people have the nerve to open their mouths to talk about “protecting women and girls” while doing shit like this… whew!
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
It's so fucking hard to be a capitalist billionaire these days
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 21h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Except for religious studies, the graduates of these "loan ineligible" majors are disproportionately women. Fans of this policy have probably never considered that social worker, cosmetician, teachers aide, etc might be low-paying jobs *because* women do them. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.
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Fascism btw
H.D. Gregg@hdgregg.bsky.social · yesterday"I go and I see a woman standing there in office clothes, but with a Homeland Security vest over the top. And I see six more agents standing in my front yard," Thoreson told NPR. "She said, 'We have a warrant for your arrest, for conspiracy.'" www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
I graduated with my master's degree only 12 years ago. I was reading one book every week for one of my historiography courses. At a public state university. If this is the problem that Harvard is facing, I'm kind of curious what my college is going through. I can't imagine it's that much better.
Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲@jodyhouser.bsky.social · 2d ago"By asking them to read, professors are arbitrarily withholding information from students by forcing them to get it through this more difficult medium." Your depressing read for the day (gift article). That quote is about students at HARVARD, by the way. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I never want to hear about “bitter clinging” ever again.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
I hate gambling but I’m thinking I should place bets that there will be a bombing and end to bombing every weekend.
Reuters@reuters.com · 3d agoOil tumbles as Trump cancels attack on Iran to reach nuclear deal reut.rs/3TzpU26
I once had a longtime criminal defense attorney tell me he felt guilty people often said “there’s no way this could have happened because of X, Y and Z,” instead of ”this did not happen because I did not do it.”
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
come on down and claim your "i did donald trump favors and i got stabbed in the back for the trouble" t-shirt, gulf state oligarchs, we set up a whole supply chain and warehouse network for these things, they're always in high demand, drop shipping couldn't keep up with it
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d agoBehind the scenes, Gulf countries are frustrated with what they see as a lack of a clear strategy from the U.S. as the war drags on, subjecting their territories to frequent Iranian attacks, people familiar with the matter said.
The Platner thing has me burned out on paying attention to primaries. Is the Michigan one actually worth my attention?
The entire political press exists of, by, & for people outraged Democrats would tax their parents' vacation homes. What of it is worthwhile is an evolutionary spandrel
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 4d agoOhhhhhh this explains Alex Berenson’s whole deal
I think the made for TV movie about the Loch Ness Monster starring Ted Danson is the clear winner here.
Zach Wilson@televisionaryzw.bsky.social · 4d agoSaturday isn’t November 23rd, 1996: what would you watch?
That this criminal returned to power represents a total institutional failure
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d ago🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed. 1/
So does this mean he’s coming out as a Catholic?
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d agoI don't know about you, but I don't like the way Trump is gripping Jesus.
in this scenario i’m the guy and my landlord is my wife
The Jealous Cactus@jealouscactus.bsky.social · 4d agoSomewhere there is a guy complaining his wife won't let him have a skull toilet
As a German-American I think our role in ending the Confederacy was our greatest moment of glory in this country and anyone who's got a problem with it should be haunted by the ghosts of the brave men who gave their lives for their adopted homeland until the day they die.
