Mark Francis Jaeger
@markjaeger.bsky.social
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Before I was a novelist I was a newspaper columnist and while I loved that gig, I have this fear that over the course of time my whole shtick would have become a series of unpleasant "just asking questions" columns that would make people want to avoid me socially, I mention this for no reason
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Before I was a novelist I was a newspaper columnist and while I loved that gig, I have this fear that over the course of time my whole shtick would have become a series of unpleasant "just asking questions" columns that would make people want to avoid me socially, I mention this for no reason
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Deep Texan cultural snark
Older man, to a younger man, one who isn’t his son: “I got a pair of boots older’n you are, son.”
Younger man, if he’s heard this before: “Don’t call me son ‘less you put me in the will.”
Older man, to a younger man, one who isn’t his son: “I got a pair of boots older’n you are, son.”
Younger man, if he’s heard this before: “Don’t call me son ‘less you put me in the will.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Deep Texan cultural snark
Older man, to a younger man, one who isn’t his son: “I got a pair of boots older’n you are, son.”
Younger man, if he’s heard this before: “Don’t call me son ‘less you put me in the will.”
Older man, to a younger man, one who isn’t his son: “I got a pair of boots older’n you are, son.”
Younger man, if he’s heard this before: “Don’t call me son ‘less you put me in the will.”
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Wait, RFK Jr was wrong about something relating to medical science? This has literally ever happened before in the history of the world, my god, my whole worldview has been upended
Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wait, RFK Jr was wrong about something relating to medical science? This has literally ever happened before in the history of the world, my god, my whole worldview has been upended
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Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
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Republicans in Congress can’t be counted on to condemn their leader calling for the execution of their legislative colleagues.
They are a profoundly pathetic and anti-American group of cucks.
They are a profoundly pathetic and anti-American group of cucks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Republicans in Congress can’t be counted on to condemn their leader calling for the execution of their legislative colleagues.
They are a profoundly pathetic and anti-American group of cucks.
They are a profoundly pathetic and anti-American group of cucks.
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump won't veto the Epstein bill, because an override would make him a loser, and that's what he hates most.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump won't veto the Epstein bill, because an override would make him a loser, and that's what he hates most.
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If Trump had campaigned on imposing economic shock as "medicine" for America, could he have won? People bought a Pig in a Poke...
April 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If Trump had campaigned on imposing economic shock as "medicine" for America, could he have won? People bought a Pig in a Poke...
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Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
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THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines.
He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.
Want to bet that they use Oracle Cloud, owned by Trump buddy Larry Ellison? He doesn't want to lose revenue...
BREAKING: In a reversal, all NOAA Research sites will now remain online with "no interruption in service," according to the agency. NOAA had previously moved to cancel the research division's cloud services contract.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites in Reversal
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency will preserve access to websites tied to its research division, after previously moving to cancel a cloud web services contract that supports many of its...
www.bloomberg.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Want to bet that they use Oracle Cloud, owned by Trump buddy Larry Ellison? He doesn't want to lose revenue...
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
And this is improving life for Americans? Tell me how...
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And this is improving life for Americans? Tell me how...
Where's the end to the Russian war against Ukraine that Trump promised? Are the tariffs meant to deflect attention from that failure? And what about Gaza? More of the same?
April 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Where's the end to the Russian war against Ukraine that Trump promised? Are the tariffs meant to deflect attention from that failure? And what about Gaza? More of the same?
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I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
Well, in truth the rest of the world doesn't ban Pharma ads. They just don't dangle obscene profits in front of Pharma.
Amen to that.
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Well, in truth the rest of the world doesn't ban Pharma ads. They just don't dangle obscene profits in front of Pharma.
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The Trump Administration has a strict conflict of interest policy.
To serve, you must have a conflict of interest.
Ethics = self-interest.
To serve, you must have a conflict of interest.
Ethics = self-interest.
DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions
Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.
www.wired.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Trump Administration has a strict conflict of interest policy.
To serve, you must have a conflict of interest.
Ethics = self-interest.
To serve, you must have a conflict of interest.
Ethics = self-interest.
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that Trumpers think the US Postal *SERVICE* should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government
February 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
that Trumpers think the US Postal *SERVICE* should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government