Jeff Windsor
@jeffreywindsor.bsky.social
Former professor of literature, current closet poet. Yes, I have a newsletter on Substack, of course. Lover of bicycles, Mormon theology, books, chocolate milk.
If DOGE has "saved" by most estimates $35B, and the Trump regime is going to spend $45B on detaining immigrants... how does this math work, again? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If DOGE has "saved" by most estimates $35B, and the Trump regime is going to spend $45B on detaining immigrants... how does this math work, again? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
I’m not saying that these links are guaranteed to be better than scrolling through social media, but I would wager on it.
If I’m wrong, let me know and I’ll do better next time. And maybe buy you an ice cream cone.
open.substack.com/pub/luckywor...
If I’m wrong, let me know and I’ll do better next time. And maybe buy you an ice cream cone.
open.substack.com/pub/luckywor...
Link Roundup for March 7, 2025
A game, a race, a rule, a tournament, and a quote
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’m not saying that these links are guaranteed to be better than scrolling through social media, but I would wager on it.
If I’m wrong, let me know and I’ll do better next time. And maybe buy you an ice cream cone.
open.substack.com/pub/luckywor...
If I’m wrong, let me know and I’ll do better next time. And maybe buy you an ice cream cone.
open.substack.com/pub/luckywor...
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of…
poets.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
I am annoyed (and surprised) that "smurf" is not a legal word in the Wordle dictionary. I've seen the 1980s cartoon, and so I know that "smurf" is a valid rood for a verb, noun, adverb, and adjective.
March 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am annoyed (and surprised) that "smurf" is not a legal word in the Wordle dictionary. I've seen the 1980s cartoon, and so I know that "smurf" is a valid rood for a verb, noun, adverb, and adjective.
The less I read the news and the more I read books, the happier I get. So I guess I should be grateful to the daily horrors from the White House, because they're dramatically motivating me to spend a lot of time in fiction.
Currently reading: Walker Percy's *The Moviegoer*
Currently reading: Walker Percy's *The Moviegoer*
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The less I read the news and the more I read books, the happier I get. So I guess I should be grateful to the daily horrors from the White House, because they're dramatically motivating me to spend a lot of time in fiction.
Currently reading: Walker Percy's *The Moviegoer*
Currently reading: Walker Percy's *The Moviegoer*
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I can name several presidents who didn't give Ukraine's land to Russia. Biden, Obama ... Bush, Reagan ... Lincoln, Washington ... Millard Fillmore.
Trump's mental decline is worrisome.
Trump's mental decline is worrisome.
March 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I can name several presidents who didn't give Ukraine's land to Russia. Biden, Obama ... Bush, Reagan ... Lincoln, Washington ... Millard Fillmore.
Trump's mental decline is worrisome.
Trump's mental decline is worrisome.
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Robert Johnson was about to sell his soul to the devil, who smiled with glee.
But before he signed, an evil far worse showed up, making even Satan tremble. It was the record executives and their lawyers.
Just when things looked their worst, Elon Musk appeared in a cloud of sulphur. #hbp112
But before he signed, an evil far worse showed up, making even Satan tremble. It was the record executives and their lawyers.
Just when things looked their worst, Elon Musk appeared in a cloud of sulphur. #hbp112
February 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Robert Johnson was about to sell his soul to the devil, who smiled with glee.
But before he signed, an evil far worse showed up, making even Satan tremble. It was the record executives and their lawyers.
Just when things looked their worst, Elon Musk appeared in a cloud of sulphur. #hbp112
But before he signed, an evil far worse showed up, making even Satan tremble. It was the record executives and their lawyers.
Just when things looked their worst, Elon Musk appeared in a cloud of sulphur. #hbp112
Depressing thought experiment:
Paris 1942, except the French Resistance is today’s Democratic Party.
Paris 1942, except the French Resistance is today’s Democratic Party.
February 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Depressing thought experiment:
Paris 1942, except the French Resistance is today’s Democratic Party.
Paris 1942, except the French Resistance is today’s Democratic Party.
I wonder how MAGA people would feel if the next democrat president were to revamp DOGE and cut off funding to the military? Even though Congress approved the budget, the new POTUS redirects all funding to create universal healthcare?
February 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I wonder how MAGA people would feel if the next democrat president were to revamp DOGE and cut off funding to the military? Even though Congress approved the budget, the new POTUS redirects all funding to create universal healthcare?
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Here's a headline that captures the power status in DC right now.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu meets with Elon Musk, Trump joins them
* * *
www.timesofisrael.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here's a headline that captures the power status in DC right now.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Also, my MAGA-leaning friend just told me that the WSJ is "totally liberal." Have I just lost all track of how the world works?
February 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Also, my MAGA-leaning friend just told me that the WSJ is "totally liberal." Have I just lost all track of how the world works?
Is it just me or does "out for delivery" mean something other than "it's on the truck, and you're on the route." I've had a package OFD for six hours, and the est delivery time is... still four hours away.
It's like the trucks are Santa's sleigh now.
It's like the trucks are Santa's sleigh now.
February 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Is it just me or does "out for delivery" mean something other than "it's on the truck, and you're on the route." I've had a package OFD for six hours, and the est delivery time is... still four hours away.
It's like the trucks are Santa's sleigh now.
It's like the trucks are Santa's sleigh now.
I was opposed to red dye no. 3 before it was cool.
Not that I did anything about it, but if you would have asked how I feel about red dye no. 3, I would have said, "not great, really." Because I am on the cutting edge of health, science, and red dye no. 3.
Not that I did anything about it, but if you would have asked how I feel about red dye no. 3, I would have said, "not great, really." Because I am on the cutting edge of health, science, and red dye no. 3.
January 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was opposed to red dye no. 3 before it was cool.
Not that I did anything about it, but if you would have asked how I feel about red dye no. 3, I would have said, "not great, really." Because I am on the cutting edge of health, science, and red dye no. 3.
Not that I did anything about it, but if you would have asked how I feel about red dye no. 3, I would have said, "not great, really." Because I am on the cutting edge of health, science, and red dye no. 3.
Also, if you want to read the post, including my medium-long poem about Joseph the husband of Mary, it's here: open.substack.com/pub/luckywor... (Poem is in the middle and is typographically obvious.)
Lucky about Advent, week 4
Some Advent thoughts about love, some scriptures, a long poem, and a number of pretty US postage stamps
open.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Also, if you want to read the post, including my medium-long poem about Joseph the husband of Mary, it's here: open.substack.com/pub/luckywor... (Poem is in the middle and is typographically obvious.)
I write a Substack newsletter (I know, I know...) and it makes me peeved that my automated cross-posting options are the popular platforms from _five years ago_. It's nearly 2025! Where's the bsky option? Threads? Mastodon?
December 20, 2024 at 9:05 PM
I write a Substack newsletter (I know, I know...) and it makes me peeved that my automated cross-posting options are the popular platforms from _five years ago_. It's nearly 2025! Where's the bsky option? Threads? Mastodon?
@gruber.foo Regarding cities with competition in newspapers, Salt Lake City metro area (1.2M pop) has two major papers, each with a very different demographic and perspective. Only a medium sized market, but real competition in print journalism does exist here.
December 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
@gruber.foo Regarding cities with competition in newspapers, Salt Lake City metro area (1.2M pop) has two major papers, each with a very different demographic and perspective. Only a medium sized market, but real competition in print journalism does exist here.
This has always been my modus operandi. At the bookstore, it's always one for thee, and one for me.
holiday shopping tip: if you're buying a book for someone on your list, go ahead and throw one in for yourself, too. Or a couple. You deserve it.
December 10, 2024 at 8:50 PM
This has always been my modus operandi. At the bookstore, it's always one for thee, and one for me.
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people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
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The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.
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you gotta hand it to crypto bros, they really know how to celebrate xmas with their annual secret grift exchange
November 25, 2024 at 5:06 PM
you gotta hand it to crypto bros, they really know how to celebrate xmas with their annual secret grift exchange
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100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
November 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
I've been listening to young guys (late 30s and early 40s) at work get very excited about the rise of all their crypto, and they will always ask me how much bitcoin I own, or what currencies I have in my wallet.
"None," I say. "I have never owned a nickel's worth of crypto."
"None," I say. "I have never owned a nickel's worth of crypto."
November 22, 2024 at 8:45 PM
I've been listening to young guys (late 30s and early 40s) at work get very excited about the rise of all their crypto, and they will always ask me how much bitcoin I own, or what currencies I have in my wallet.
"None," I say. "I have never owned a nickel's worth of crypto."
"None," I say. "I have never owned a nickel's worth of crypto."
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A thing I worried about when my second kid was about to be born was not having time for a creative output so I started writing a nightly haiku about the kids or being a parent thinking if I didn't do anything creative all day, at least I did that, to me it was Minimum Viable Creativity.
November 9, 2024 at 4:45 AM
A thing I worried about when my second kid was about to be born was not having time for a creative output so I started writing a nightly haiku about the kids or being a parent thinking if I didn't do anything creative all day, at least I did that, to me it was Minimum Viable Creativity.
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Holy shit, Mad Magazine
👏👏👏
Pulling no punches.
👏👏👏
Pulling no punches.
November 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Holy shit, Mad Magazine
👏👏👏
Pulling no punches.
👏👏👏
Pulling no punches.
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No really, there are NO good billionaires.
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 AM
No really, there are NO good billionaires.