Joel Bergen
@joelbergen.bsky.social
Can’t decide if I’m going to be sincere or snarky here.
Will probably just post my most basic, boring thoughts. You've been warned.
Will probably just post my most basic, boring thoughts. You've been warned.
I typed "black and white best picture nominees" into Google and their helpful AI Overview feature spit out this paragraph with only four major factual errors (and one minor one). Definitely worth dooming us to a Mad Max-like future.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I typed "black and white best picture nominees" into Google and their helpful AI Overview feature spit out this paragraph with only four major factual errors (and one minor one). Definitely worth dooming us to a Mad Max-like future.
If I hear one more reporter on TV say something like, “President Trump has never been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein,” I’m going to scream. It’s simply not true. Even if you don’t believe “Katie Johnson,” her accusation is something that happened.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If I hear one more reporter on TV say something like, “President Trump has never been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein,” I’m going to scream. It’s simply not true. Even if you don’t believe “Katie Johnson,” her accusation is something that happened.
Flight just got canceled. Apparently all DC area airports (DCA, BWI, IAD) are not accepting incoming flights today.
Hope Trump’s having fun golfing, though.
Hope Trump’s having fun golfing, though.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Flight just got canceled. Apparently all DC area airports (DCA, BWI, IAD) are not accepting incoming flights today.
Hope Trump’s having fun golfing, though.
Hope Trump’s having fun golfing, though.
The only time I’m happy to stand in a long line is on Election Day. #YesOn50
Purely anecdotal — and there seem to be fewer vote centers near me than usual — but turnout at my polling place looks robust.
Purely anecdotal — and there seem to be fewer vote centers near me than usual — but turnout at my polling place looks robust.
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The only time I’m happy to stand in a long line is on Election Day. #YesOn50
Purely anecdotal — and there seem to be fewer vote centers near me than usual — but turnout at my polling place looks robust.
Purely anecdotal — and there seem to be fewer vote centers near me than usual — but turnout at my polling place looks robust.
I apologize for all the times I ever said baseball’s boring.
I also apologize to all the dogs in my neighborhood.
I also apologize to all the dogs in my neighborhood.
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I apologize for all the times I ever said baseball’s boring.
I also apologize to all the dogs in my neighborhood.
I also apologize to all the dogs in my neighborhood.
Did they run out of non-Fox ads to run?
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Did they run out of non-Fox ads to run?
He couldn’t even be bothered to use American demolition equipment.
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
He couldn’t even be bothered to use American demolition equipment.
So happy that A.I. is here to save me from making an embarrassing grammatical error.
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So happy that A.I. is here to save me from making an embarrassing grammatical error.
Guess @washingtonpost.com has just given up on fact-checking. If something as easy to disprove as Dustin Hoffman winning an Oscar for Tootsie can find its way into a pre-written obituary, what other wholly made-up “facts” are they printing these days?
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Guess @washingtonpost.com has just given up on fact-checking. If something as easy to disprove as Dustin Hoffman winning an Oscar for Tootsie can find its way into a pre-written obituary, what other wholly made-up “facts” are they printing these days?
I can’t imagine what Donald Trump sees in Sylvester Stallone…
August 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I can’t imagine what Donald Trump sees in Sylvester Stallone…
It’s an incredibly difficult time in the industry, but if A-List Hollywood liberals had courage, they’d band together right now and declare that none of them would make any new deals with Paramount or Skydance or CBS, at least until the end of the Trump administration.
July 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It’s an incredibly difficult time in the industry, but if A-List Hollywood liberals had courage, they’d band together right now and declare that none of them would make any new deals with Paramount or Skydance or CBS, at least until the end of the Trump administration.
I try not to engage in ad hominem attacks, but Tom Homan both looks and sounds like a thumb.
July 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I try not to engage in ad hominem attacks, but Tom Homan both looks and sounds like a thumb.
Can’t wait for the Real World/Road Rules Challenger disaster.
President Trump says that he is appointing Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to serve as interim administrator of NASA.
The position of NASA Administrator is open after President Trump withdrew the nomination of Elon Musk’s friend Jared Isaacman.
The position of NASA Administrator is open after President Trump withdrew the nomination of Elon Musk’s friend Jared Isaacman.
July 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Can’t wait for the Real World/Road Rules Challenger disaster.
Bluesky may be an echo chamber but at least it’s not a gas chamber.
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bluesky may be an echo chamber but at least it’s not a gas chamber.
Gonna start carrying an air horn when I go for a walk so I can honk at all the cars that almost kill me.
July 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Gonna start carrying an air horn when I go for a walk so I can honk at all the cars that almost kill me.
If you know a safer way to build up immunity to diseases, I’d love to hear it.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you know a safer way to build up immunity to diseases, I’d love to hear it.
Huh, owning people and putting them on a farm. Has anyone ever thought of that before?
April 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Huh, owning people and putting them on a farm. Has anyone ever thought of that before?
I sure hope the SAVE Act doesn’t make it harder for James Donald Bowman to vote.
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I sure hope the SAVE Act doesn’t make it harder for James Donald Bowman to vote.
It’s the stupidity, stupid.
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s the stupidity, stupid.
This entire administration is a clown show, except they’re all the clown from It.
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RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes — Guardian US
Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforce
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April 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This entire administration is a clown show, except they’re all the clown from It.
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner should get Tony Hinchcliffe to host. Or better yet, hire Lara Trump to sing. Maybe that will please Dear Leader enough so that they may continue to have the privilege of credulously transcribing his every lie. It’s what the First Amendment would have wanted.
March 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The White House Correspondents' Dinner should get Tony Hinchcliffe to host. Or better yet, hire Lara Trump to sing. Maybe that will please Dear Leader enough so that they may continue to have the privilege of credulously transcribing his every lie. It’s what the First Amendment would have wanted.
Technically, the U.S. hasn’t declared “war” since 1942, so these were just sparkling things-go-boom plans.
March 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Technically, the U.S. hasn’t declared “war” since 1942, so these were just sparkling things-go-boom plans.
If my name was one letter off from “cuck,” I would just try to not be the most feckless weakling imaginable.
March 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If my name was one letter off from “cuck,” I would just try to not be the most feckless weakling imaginable.
Trump administration, today: We have zero tolerance for anyone who might be antisemitic!
Trump administration, also today: Give Mel Gibson back his guns!
Trump administration, also today: Give Mel Gibson back his guns!
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Trump administration, today: We have zero tolerance for anyone who might be antisemitic!
Trump administration, also today: Give Mel Gibson back his guns!
Trump administration, also today: Give Mel Gibson back his guns!
During this made-for-TV heartwarming moment, a reminder that Trump is slashing NIH work treating juvenile cancer.
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
During this made-for-TV heartwarming moment, a reminder that Trump is slashing NIH work treating juvenile cancer.