Jon Staebell
@jstaebell.bsky.social
Living in Madison, WI, anti-fascist, pro-Badgers and Cubs.
World's foremost authority on the Dunning Kruger Effect.
World's foremost authority on the Dunning Kruger Effect.
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1/4 Federal Judge Mark Wolf, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan and always considered to be a conservative judge, recently retired. Attached below are just 2 paragraphs from his resignation letter, which is linked here. Please read the entire letter.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
1/4 Federal Judge Mark Wolf, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan and always considered to be a conservative judge, recently retired. Attached below are just 2 paragraphs from his resignation letter, which is linked here. Please read the entire letter.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Opinion | The state of Louisiana owes $172 million to three men who coached or will coach the LSU football team. Here's my scolding op-ed about a blue state's investment in a middle school math tutoring program.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Opinion | The state of Louisiana owes $172 million to three men who coached or will coach the LSU football team. Here's my scolding op-ed about a blue state's investment in a middle school math tutoring program.
I wonder what small mushroom-shaped object he could be compensating for?
“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
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December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I wonder what small mushroom-shaped object he could be compensating for?
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Would have hit him with a second egg, but in France, one egg was un ouef.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Would have hit him with a second egg, but in France, one egg was un ouef.
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In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
This is the song they play between the 3rd and 4th quarters of the Puppy Bowl
jumper hounds
jumper hounds
jumper hounds
jump up jump up and get down
jumper hounds
jumper hounds
jump up jump up and get down
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is the song they play between the 3rd and 4th quarters of the Puppy Bowl
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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Get ready for the holidays and 2026 by purchasing this bird photo wall calendar from my ETSY Store (naturaldelightsphoto.etsy.com). Just $10 plus shipping. They're wonderful presents to give during the upcoming holidays.
#birdphotography #giftideas #calendar #calendar2026 #birds
#birdphotography #giftideas #calendar #calendar2026 #birds
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Get ready for the holidays and 2026 by purchasing this bird photo wall calendar from my ETSY Store (naturaldelightsphoto.etsy.com). Just $10 plus shipping. They're wonderful presents to give during the upcoming holidays.
#birdphotography #giftideas #calendar #calendar2026 #birds
#birdphotography #giftideas #calendar #calendar2026 #birds
And that's when they realized that the DOGE had been inside of them all along
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
And that's when they realized that the DOGE had been inside of them all along
In James Carville's defense, I'm sure it was trans people who convinced Bill Clinton to push for NAFTA, cut welfare, and declare the era of big government was over, right? Right?
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In James Carville's defense, I'm sure it was trans people who convinced Bill Clinton to push for NAFTA, cut welfare, and declare the era of big government was over, right? Right?
Weird how that last sentence got cut off just before the words "I created"
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Weird how that last sentence got cut off just before the words "I created"
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American minds were poisoned and conned by propaganda on Twitter.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
American minds were poisoned and conned by propaganda on Twitter.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
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How embarrassing for Chuck Schumer, Kirstin Gillibrand, Cory Booker, & NY Reps Grace Meng, Dan Goldman, Ritchie Torres, Greg Meeks, Tom Suozzi, & Laura Gillen, that even Donald Trump endorsed Zohran Mamdani before they did.😐
Corporate Democrats just love snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Corporate Democrats just love snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
How embarrassing for Chuck Schumer, Kirstin Gillibrand, Cory Booker, & NY Reps Grace Meng, Dan Goldman, Ritchie Torres, Greg Meeks, Tom Suozzi, & Laura Gillen, that even Donald Trump endorsed Zohran Mamdani before they did.😐
Corporate Democrats just love snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Corporate Democrats just love snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Has anyone checked to see if there's been a change in DHS' advice re: rotting whale carcasses ?
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Has anyone checked to see if there's been a change in DHS' advice re: rotting whale carcasses ?
I bet he has a grandpa in a retirement home so he's used to it
Look, we've seen that Mamdani is really skilled at retail politics.
He has just shown how skilled he is at five-dimensional-chess national politics.
Getting Trump to eat out of his hand. (Until whatever comes into Trump's mind tomorrow.)
He has just shown how skilled he is at five-dimensional-chess national politics.
Getting Trump to eat out of his hand. (Until whatever comes into Trump's mind tomorrow.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I bet he has a grandpa in a retirement home so he's used to it
"Oh yeah, grandpa, I'm sure everyone wore onions on their belt, because it was the style at the time"
I have to wonder what’s going through Mamdani’s head as Trump lies non-stop, rants about windmills, says he stopped 8 wars, etc. ad nauseam.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Oh yeah, grandpa, I'm sure everyone wore onions on their belt, because it was the style at the time"
Tomorrow's Fox News headline: "A bare-chested Trump grasped the Mamdani in a headlock until he agreed to not seize the means of production."
Tomorrow's Mamdani press release: "The mayor-elect helped the President mush up his peas."
Tomorrow's Mamdani press release: "The mayor-elect helped the President mush up his peas."
1. lol
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tomorrow's Fox News headline: "A bare-chested Trump grasped the Mamdani in a headlock until he agreed to not seize the means of production."
Tomorrow's Mamdani press release: "The mayor-elect helped the President mush up his peas."
Tomorrow's Mamdani press release: "The mayor-elect helped the President mush up his peas."
Them: blocking the aisle with their shopping cart in the grocery store.
Me:
Me:
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Them: blocking the aisle with their shopping cart in the grocery store.
Me:
Me:
Them: driving the speed limit on the left lane on the Beltline
Me:
Me:
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Them: driving the speed limit on the left lane on the Beltline
Me:
Me:
It's a good day to watch an old movie
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's a good day to watch an old movie
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For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
For me, Trump’s unhinged and savage use of the epithet “Piggy” triggered a middle school memory of reading Lord of the Flies in which a sane, rational, and sickly character named Piggy with whom I identified is murdered by a mob of angry brutalizing boys.