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J. Chris Mueller

@jchrismueller.bsky.social
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News editor, TTRPG enthusiast, comedy fan. Madison, Wis. He/him

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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I like it when a live song comes up in a shuffle and you hear like half a stage banter. It's like listening to someone with ADHD tell a story. Such mystery!
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This came to mind this week time.com/5829275/firs...
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The First Secret Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
On the way to his first inauguration, Abraham Lincoln got word that he was at risk of attack. Brad Meltzer on how he survived.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police shooting on Madison’s Willy Street leaves 1 dead madison.com/news/local/c...
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Police shooting on Madison’s Willy Street leaves 1 dead
At least one person has died after a police shooting on Williamson Street and South Baldwin Street on Madison’s Near East Side Wednesday.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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Trump says 'Islamic Republic of Japan' fired missiles at US ship
President Donald Trump mistakenly said the "Islamic Republic of Japan" fired 111 missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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I Think You Should Leave: You Gotta Give!!!
ALT: I Think You Should Leave: You Gotta Give!!!
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Can't wait to see some city-sponsored fireworks this weekend. Socialism rules!
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Yes Sir! Woman's Patriotic Salute
ALT: Yes Sir! Woman's Patriotic Salute
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I also cancelled by Amazon subscription yesterday so lemme tell ya, Bezos has a lot on his plate right now.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Accidentally" is an interesting choice
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Me, currently housing a box of Triscuits:
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Starship Troopers: I'm Doing My Part!
ALT: Starship Troopers: I'm Doing My Part!
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Breaking: Vehicle that can barely function off-road also can't drive underwater.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Artemis:
Samwise Gamgee: "If I take one more step it'll be the farthest from home I've ever been."
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In honor of April 1: "Jokes have been ruined by people who aren't good at telling jokes." youtu.be/2kozx_d-Mlw?...
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Mike Birbiglia - I'm Joking - Thank God For Jokes
YouTube video by Mike Birbiglia
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Me, a non sports boy, filling out my office basketball bracket this week
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a man is screaming in a car and the words not everybody knows are above him
Alt: a man is screaming in a car and the words not everybody knows are above him
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In other news, he's already been cast in the next Daily Wire movie. apnews.com/article/what... LaBeouf used homophobic slurs while assaulting New Orleans bar patrons, police say
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Shia LaBeouf used homophobic slurs while assaulting New Orleans bar patrons, police say
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been charged with battery and is accused of repeatedly using homophobic slurs while hitting multiple people at a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Someday, I'll spell "Caribbean" right on the first try in a headline. Today is not that day.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Headline: Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge 'this job sucks'
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Not satire
Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel; Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
😢
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a woman sitting in front of a laptop with #schitts creek on the bottom right
ALT: a woman sitting in front of a laptop with #schitts creek on the bottom right
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Me listening to the beginning of today's @ridiculouscrime.bsky.social episode
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a football player for the patriots is talking to a reporter
ALT: a football player for the patriots is talking to a reporter
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@ridiculouscrime.bsky.social - You know what's ridiculous? apnews.com/article/rent...  Employee accused of stealing 47 vehicles from Avis Budget car rental site at New York airport
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Employee accused of stealing 47 vehicles from Avis Budget car rental site at New York airport
Police in upstate New York say a car rental employee at the Syracuse airport stole 47 vehicles from the business and rented them out at other locations around the region.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Quick question: Did anyone listen to the lyrics of either of these songs?
ROME (AP) — Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States gathered in Rome on Friday to share their thoughts on the election of the first U.S.-born pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I hope it's him
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
@ridiculouscrime.bsky.social You know what's ridiculous? apnews.com/article/gard...
apnews.com
Ant smugglers arrested in Kenya as government warns of changing trafficking trends
Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficki...
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🤔
AP news story: 
“It seems like we’ve decided to begin a trade war on all fronts,″ said Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. He said he wanted to know who in the Trump administration he should hold responsible — and “choke″ — if the tariffs fail and Americans suffer from higher prices and slower economic growth."We're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Famously Real Person Uncle Sam
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A company town you say? Seems like a cool and unprecedented idea that has no unfortunate history
Headline: ‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’

Subhead: The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
apnews.com/article/pupp...
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'Puppy Mountain' photo draws onlookers to a Chinese riverside
A vacation photo posted online by Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan and captioned “Puppy Mountain” has become a sensation in China.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is certainly one of the ideas of 2025
Progresso soup-flavored hard candy
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is how the Bible got started
Caption to a photo: A controlled fire whirl burns during a test in the department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, speaks to a reporter, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Worcester, Mass.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This headline is pretty metal apnews.com/article/anci...
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Lasers help archaeologists study ancient tattoos on Peruvian mummies
Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My friend is in LA so she explained the fires to me in Midwest terms
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Jason Joyce @jasonjoyce.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This State Journal photo from Jimmy Carter's 1976 campaign visit to Madison shows a little of the city's (missing) irreverent side:
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Orang cat with a surly expression
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
the one and only www.youtube.com/watch?v=EznG...
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Tom Waits - Silent Night & Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
YouTube video by metasulfito
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
TIL this is a Real Guy
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
as someone who works at News I agree
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The gender pay gap strikes again
9 Ladies Dancing, $8,557.37; 10 Lords a Leaping, $15,579.65
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/07/2024
Well this is grim
weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgptand i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here"

the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine

with the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world

but with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNEDthis kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me.

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stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h

he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood

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stillorangecrushed @stilloranged. 7h

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it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
WaPo: Good morning! Time for existential dread!
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
Become ungovernable
Headline: Rats are high on marijuana evidence at an infested police building, New Orleans chief says
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Become ungovernable
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Bear in Florida steals $45 Taco Bell delivery off someone's porch moments after it was dropped off
An Orlando-area family had their food delivery stolen off their front porch by a black bear, and the whole incident was caught on camera.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Happy Midwest Second Summer to those who celebrate
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Wasn't Musk's big thing to stop the bot accounts? I've gotten more fake follows in the last six months than I have in the previous 10 years on Twixter.
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
This is staggeringly confusing
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J. Chris Mueller @jchrismueller.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible
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