Jonathan
@jonathankessel.bsky.social
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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Results from the special state Senate election assure DFLers 34 seats and Republicans 33.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Results from the special state Senate election assure DFLers 34 seats and Republicans 33.
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omg
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
omg
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genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
My wife is not on Bluesky but... it is our 10th anniversary, and she makes me so happy. If she joins Bluesky some day she can see this and know I love her to the ends of the earth.
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My wife is not on Bluesky but... it is our 10th anniversary, and she makes me so happy. If she joins Bluesky some day she can see this and know I love her to the ends of the earth.
Story:
I spent several years as a business consultant (late 90s through early 2000s) (don't hate, I was in my 20s and Pete Buttigieg turned out OK right?).
For about 2 years I was consulting at Daimler Chrysler in Dearborn, MI, during which I stayed a local hotel virtually every week. 1/?
I spent several years as a business consultant (late 90s through early 2000s) (don't hate, I was in my 20s and Pete Buttigieg turned out OK right?).
For about 2 years I was consulting at Daimler Chrysler in Dearborn, MI, during which I stayed a local hotel virtually every week. 1/?
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Story:
I spent several years as a business consultant (late 90s through early 2000s) (don't hate, I was in my 20s and Pete Buttigieg turned out OK right?).
For about 2 years I was consulting at Daimler Chrysler in Dearborn, MI, during which I stayed a local hotel virtually every week. 1/?
I spent several years as a business consultant (late 90s through early 2000s) (don't hate, I was in my 20s and Pete Buttigieg turned out OK right?).
For about 2 years I was consulting at Daimler Chrysler in Dearborn, MI, during which I stayed a local hotel virtually every week. 1/?
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To my knowledge, there has never been a Halloween blizzard around here. I think if there had been, people would have talked about it.
October 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
To my knowledge, there has never been a Halloween blizzard around here. I think if there had been, people would have talked about it.
Thousands here in Burnsville, MN - these are not DFL (Democratic) activists. These are ordinary people. In a once VERY red suburb.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thousands here in Burnsville, MN - these are not DFL (Democratic) activists. These are ordinary people. In a once VERY red suburb.
#NoKings
#NoKings
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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To be clear, any member of congress who voted for that bill - honoring a person who spent their life attacking the communities I care about - will never receive a single dollar or a single vote from me.
That includes my current representative, who bizarrely thinks this helps her win a senate seat.
That includes my current representative, who bizarrely thinks this helps her win a senate seat.
September 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
To be clear, any member of congress who voted for that bill - honoring a person who spent their life attacking the communities I care about - will never receive a single dollar or a single vote from me.
That includes my current representative, who bizarrely thinks this helps her win a senate seat.
That includes my current representative, who bizarrely thinks this helps her win a senate seat.
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"Is this willful blindness dressed as philosophy? Perhaps. But isn’t willful blindness, at scale, the churning engine of unbridled optimism?"
Ignorance Isn’t the Absence of Knowledge; It Is the Presence of Maximum Comfort
“We are going to have to live here with one another, believing what we believe, disagreeing in the ways we disagree… To recognize that does not mea...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Is this willful blindness dressed as philosophy? Perhaps. But isn’t willful blindness, at scale, the churning engine of unbridled optimism?"
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Someone recently said to me that things will get worse before they get better, but that is not true. There is no guarantee that anything gets better. Things can just continue getting worse and worse.
I can't stop thinking about that today.
I can't stop thinking about that today.
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Someone recently said to me that things will get worse before they get better, but that is not true. There is no guarantee that anything gets better. Things can just continue getting worse and worse.
I can't stop thinking about that today.
I can't stop thinking about that today.
😩
Goodbye Stranger (Remastered 2010)
YouTube video by Supertramp - Topic
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September 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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August 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it
CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.
CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it
CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.
CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.
I think it is time for many of our so-called elites to pick up some Max Weber
The idea that the catastrophic loss of the underpinnings of our institutions is somehow disconnected from our descent into authoritarianism is farcical; yet no one is bothering to cover things as such.
The idea that the catastrophic loss of the underpinnings of our institutions is somehow disconnected from our descent into authoritarianism is farcical; yet no one is bothering to cover things as such.
August 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I think it is time for many of our so-called elites to pick up some Max Weber
The idea that the catastrophic loss of the underpinnings of our institutions is somehow disconnected from our descent into authoritarianism is farcical; yet no one is bothering to cover things as such.
The idea that the catastrophic loss of the underpinnings of our institutions is somehow disconnected from our descent into authoritarianism is farcical; yet no one is bothering to cover things as such.
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"To be clear, we’re not anti-soap. But given the skyrocketing rate of chronic illness in this country, isn’t it worth investigating if soap plays a role?"
Authoritarian CDC Handwashing Guidelines
Under the Trump administration, and the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control have updated their pre...
buff.ly
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"To be clear, we’re not anti-soap. But given the skyrocketing rate of chronic illness in this country, isn’t it worth investigating if soap plays a role?"
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Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
Opinion | 11 tips for becoming a columnist
Here’s my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw