Werner Herzog's Bear
@jasontebbe.bsky.social
Teacher, historian, and blogger. Born and raised in Nebraska, working and living in Jersey.
Substack: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused https://jasontebbe.substack.com/
Substack: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused https://jasontebbe.substack.com/
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Paranoid conspiracy theories are a way for stupid people to feel smart and important.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Paranoid conspiracy theories are a way for stupid people to feel smart and important.
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If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...
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You should be ashamed of yourself if you’re still defending Noam Chomsky in 2026. Discard him in the regrettable dustbin of history where he belongs.
lol lol lol
Epstein invited Thiel to have dinner with Chomsky.
You got to hand it to old Noam, buddying up with two billionaires while playing a tankie revolutionary in public.
Epstein invited Thiel to have dinner with Chomsky.
You got to hand it to old Noam, buddying up with two billionaires while playing a tankie revolutionary in public.
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
You should be ashamed of yourself if you’re still defending Noam Chomsky in 2026. Discard him in the regrettable dustbin of history where he belongs.
Fleeing Germany in the “hungry (18) forties,” dodging the Kaiser’s draft post unification, getting some land that couldn’t be had in Germany or Sweden.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Fleeing Germany in the “hungry (18) forties,” dodging the Kaiser’s draft post unification, getting some land that couldn’t be had in Germany or Sweden.
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This guy literally had himself photographed dressed up like Christ on the cross while holding a sign saying “atheist”
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This guy literally had himself photographed dressed up like Christ on the cross while holding a sign saying “atheist”
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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Not the Onion, somehow.
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Not the Onion, somehow.
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Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
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For too long the media has lost trust with the average American, we’ve prioritized the voices of elites at the expense of the working man. So please, once again, we must support this weird Epstein files freak I hired.
“.. Weiss insists she does not want to cut ties with Attia over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and sees it as giving in to the mob.”
@calderone.bsky.social #$PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
@calderone.bsky.social #$PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 AM
For too long the media has lost trust with the average American, we’ve prioritized the voices of elites at the expense of the working man. So please, once again, we must support this weird Epstein files freak I hired.
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Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
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10 YEARS AGO NOBODY CLAPPED
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 PM
10 YEARS AGO NOBODY CLAPPED
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Lol these three journalists spent months publishing "Harvard is about to cave" stories based only on WH sources
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Lol these three journalists spent months publishing "Harvard is about to cave" stories based only on WH sources
The current situation is just not sustainable. If Republicans refuse to break their omertà with Trump things are going to get “interesting.”
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The current situation is just not sustainable. If Republicans refuse to break their omertà with Trump things are going to get “interesting.”
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I mean, Kid Rock, sure, that’s their one guy. The rest I assume are a genAI response to the prompt “make up some plausible names for generic right-wing American entertainers”
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I mean, Kid Rock, sure, that’s their one guy. The rest I assume are a genAI response to the prompt “make up some plausible names for generic right-wing American entertainers”
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Each of these 7 items would easily be the biggest scandal for like 45 Presidents.
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Each of these 7 items would easily be the biggest scandal for like 45 Presidents.
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University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
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multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
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1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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If you watch the reaction of everyone else in the room, it seems very unlikely that this “sound effect” has been added for comedic purposes.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
If you watch the reaction of everyone else in the room, it seems very unlikely that this “sound effect” has been added for comedic purposes.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
The fact that everyone sprints away like there’s a Sarin leak… I’ve seen enough, our president shit himself in the oval office on live TV.
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The classic of the genre, from the British Daily Star:
On the left is a picture of, and a leering caption about, the 15 year old singer Charlotte Church
On the right, fire and brimstone about the perverts behind Brass Eye, and the "Paedogeddon" episode* corrupting the nation...
On the left is a picture of, and a leering caption about, the 15 year old singer Charlotte Church
On the right, fire and brimstone about the perverts behind Brass Eye, and the "Paedogeddon" episode* corrupting the nation...
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The classic of the genre, from the British Daily Star:
On the left is a picture of, and a leering caption about, the 15 year old singer Charlotte Church
On the right, fire and brimstone about the perverts behind Brass Eye, and the "Paedogeddon" episode* corrupting the nation...
On the left is a picture of, and a leering caption about, the 15 year old singer Charlotte Church
On the right, fire and brimstone about the perverts behind Brass Eye, and the "Paedogeddon" episode* corrupting the nation...
So are all the centrist media outlets going to demand that Republicans have to be less extreme after the Rehmet win? Just asking because any time a Democrat loses a blue district the entire political media apparatus says Democrats have to support conservative policies.
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
So are all the centrist media outlets going to demand that Republicans have to be less extreme after the Rehmet win? Just asking because any time a Democrat loses a blue district the entire political media apparatus says Democrats have to support conservative policies.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
How I know the tide is turning: if you criticized Trump in public last year conservatives would push back and defend him or go after liberals; now they just say “There’s no need to get political.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
How I know the tide is turning: if you criticized Trump in public last year conservatives would push back and defend him or go after liberals; now they just say “There’s no need to get political.”