Jonathan Marks
@marksjo1.bsky.social
Professor, freelance writer, author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education
Don't look at me. I suggested AI Dom DeLuise for our "America is Back" campaign and you scoffed. "Name Sounds French!" "Dom DeLuise has been dead since 2009!" Blah, blah, blah. Tell me that a brought-back-from-the-dead-through-AI Dom DeLuise wouldn't have taken a better picture!
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Don't look at me. I suggested AI Dom DeLuise for our "America is Back" campaign and you scoffed. "Name Sounds French!" "Dom DeLuise has been dead since 2009!" Blah, blah, blah. Tell me that a brought-back-from-the-dead-through-AI Dom DeLuise wouldn't have taken a better picture!
I regret ruining Thanksgiving by loudly proclaiming, when it came time to say what I was thankful for, that expressing gratitude was a form of David Frenchism that we cannot indulge when we have rough work to do. On a more positive note, my spiked cranberry muffins were a hit.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I regret ruining Thanksgiving by loudly proclaiming, when it came time to say what I was thankful for, that expressing gratitude was a form of David Frenchism that we cannot indulge when we have rough work to do. On a more positive note, my spiked cranberry muffins were a hit.
This Thanksgiving, I will be demanding that each member of my family express their gratitude to me in the servile and exaggerated manner that, alone, can fill the vast empty place inside. So, like a cabinet meeting.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This Thanksgiving, I will be demanding that each member of my family express their gratitude to me in the servile and exaggerated manner that, alone, can fill the vast empty place inside. So, like a cabinet meeting.
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i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading
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Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Shortchanged
How Advanced Placement Cheats Students
www.press.jhu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Trump's line about the murdered Jamal Khashoggi—"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about....Things happen."—is truly heinous. It's evil.
The president of the United States said that. In the nauseatingly gilded Oval Office. Next to the dictator who ordered the killing.
The president of the United States said that. In the nauseatingly gilded Oval Office. Next to the dictator who ordered the killing.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump's line about the murdered Jamal Khashoggi—"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about....Things happen."—is truly heinous. It's evil.
The president of the United States said that. In the nauseatingly gilded Oval Office. Next to the dictator who ordered the killing.
The president of the United States said that. In the nauseatingly gilded Oval Office. Next to the dictator who ordered the killing.
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Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.
Problem: it's late. Family's asleep. But screeching "They Want to Kill Us! We Can't Play By The Rules Anymore!" is the only mode of self-soothing that works for me now.
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Problem: it's late. Family's asleep. But screeching "They Want to Kill Us! We Can't Play By The Rules Anymore!" is the only mode of self-soothing that works for me now.
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In case you were wondering why the DOJ Civil Rights Division is investigating a minor scuffle at Berkeley, it’s because the President of the United States saw hype clips circulated by bad-faith click-farmers in the right-wing marketplace, of course.
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
In case you were wondering why the DOJ Civil Rights Division is investigating a minor scuffle at Berkeley, it’s because the President of the United States saw hype clips circulated by bad-faith click-farmers in the right-wing marketplace, of course.
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No matter how hard I try, and no matter how long it goes on, I just can't get used to the president of the United States routinely promoting lies of the most imbecilic and easily disprovable nature (or in this case mistaking satire for reality).
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
No matter how hard I try, and no matter how long it goes on, I just can't get used to the president of the United States routinely promoting lies of the most imbecilic and easily disprovable nature (or in this case mistaking satire for reality).
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
While you suckers were eating or watching TV or whatever you do, I was out reimagining the possible and then, right after, redefining the possible. My—as I call it—wow factor is off the charts. You? Stuck in the past. Sorry to be blunt. But, for me, every season is truth season.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
While you suckers were eating or watching TV or whatever you do, I was out reimagining the possible and then, right after, redefining the possible. My—as I call it—wow factor is off the charts. You? Stuck in the past. Sorry to be blunt. But, for me, every season is truth season.
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"Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals....His actions, which are without precedent in recent decades ... [have created] an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another."
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals....His actions, which are without precedent in recent decades ... [have created] an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another."
I'm not saying that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. What I am saying is that Dave from Psychology and I were born to be warriors, are not allowed to be warriors, and are also ridiculed when we try to bring this up under "New Business" at faculty meetings.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm not saying that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. What I am saying is that Dave from Psychology and I were born to be warriors, are not allowed to be warriors, and are also ridiculed when we try to bring this up under "New Business" at faculty meetings.
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Imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama sent masked goons into deep red neighborhoods in Texas or Florida and they started grabbing people off the street and teargassing anyone who objected
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama sent masked goons into deep red neighborhoods in Texas or Florida and they started grabbing people off the street and teargassing anyone who objected
70% off this month. How can you afford *not* to get my book? Don't make me rely on reclusive billionaire, Timothy Mellon to help P.U.P unload what an internal Signal chat to which I was accidentally added calls "that *#$% albatross." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Let's Be Reasonable
A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education
press.princeton.edu
October 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
70% off this month. How can you afford *not* to get my book? Don't make me rely on reclusive billionaire, Timothy Mellon to help P.U.P unload what an internal Signal chat to which I was accidentally added calls "that *#$% albatross." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.
lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.
Took my enemy down a notch by calling him "vainglorious" on the faculty floor. He later told friends, "I was ready to be called vain, but I was not ready for that!" My two supporters carried me out on their shoulders, even though one had a calf strain from the last time.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Took my enemy down a notch by calling him "vainglorious" on the faculty floor. He later told friends, "I was ready to be called vain, but I was not ready for that!" My two supporters carried me out on their shoulders, even though one had a calf strain from the last time.
In contrast, my petition to replace Bad Bunny with a karaoke contest between me, the captain of each competing team, and an AI of the late Captain Lou Albano, is receiving no coverage because the MSM doesn't want you to know about it.
An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 37-year-old country artist George Strait.
nbcbay.com/vmXhPns
This is so fucking ridiculous!
nbcbay.com/vmXhPns
This is so fucking ridiculous!
Online petition to replace Bad Bunny's performance at Super Bowl sparks debate
An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 73-year-old country artist George Strait.
nbcbay.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In contrast, my petition to replace Bad Bunny with a karaoke contest between me, the captain of each competing team, and an AI of the late Captain Lou Albano, is receiving no coverage because the MSM doesn't want you to know about it.
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ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash.
Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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October 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash.
Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Been a while since I saved the humanities singlehandedly and very quickly. Today, on my dog walk, I noticed, though it was quite early, a group in the park that was on day two of reading Don Quixote aloud. They waved their thanks. I smiled and nodded. Clyde let out a humanities-celebrating "woof!"
I have been on a”victory tour” to celebrate how I recently saved the humanities. In every state, someone comes up to me and says some variant of “Sir! No one thought the humanities could be saved. But you saved them very quickly!”
Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Been a while since I saved the humanities singlehandedly and very quickly. Today, on my dog walk, I noticed, though it was quite early, a group in the park that was on day two of reading Don Quixote aloud. They waved their thanks. I smiled and nodded. Clyde let out a humanities-celebrating "woof!"
I have been on a”victory tour” to celebrate how I recently saved the humanities. In every state, someone comes up to me and says some variant of “Sir! No one thought the humanities could be saved. But you saved them very quickly!”
Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.
September 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have been on a”victory tour” to celebrate how I recently saved the humanities. In every state, someone comes up to me and says some variant of “Sir! No one thought the humanities could be saved. But you saved them very quickly!”
Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.
September 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.
People are unfair. In my own recent speech at the U.N., I focused on when I sent a letter to them suggesting they change their name to the Justice League, because of the crossover potential. They went in a different direction, I said, and now they're doing badly and I'm amazing.
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
People are unfair. In my own recent speech at the U.N., I focused on when I sent a letter to them suggesting they change their name to the Justice League, because of the crossover potential. They went in a different direction, I said, and now they're doing badly and I'm amazing.
Me: I consumed some hummus today and can't figure out whether this means I'm anti-Palestinian or implicitly killed Jesus or Charlie Kirk. Or does it mean all of these things? I mean, I just like hummus.
My sensitivity consultant: Was it ultraprocessed?
My sensitivity consultant: Was it ultraprocessed?
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Me: I consumed some hummus today and can't figure out whether this means I'm anti-Palestinian or implicitly killed Jesus or Charlie Kirk. Or does it mean all of these things? I mean, I just like hummus.
My sensitivity consultant: Was it ultraprocessed?
My sensitivity consultant: Was it ultraprocessed?