Jeffrey Overstreet
@overstreet.bsky.social
Author of Auralia's Colors, its three sequels, & Through a Screen Darkly. Next one in 2026! Awarded “2024 Professor of the Year” by students at Seattle Pacific University. Find me at LookingCloser.org & Substack. My writing is 100% A.I.-free.
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
I am willing to go see a musical called WICKET FOR GOOD.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am willing to go see a musical called WICKET FOR GOOD.
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I had the immense privilege of interviewing writer-director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton about my favorite film of the year, Train Dreams. Read it on @letterboxd.social Journal here: boxd.it/2Po
The New World: Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton on balancing the mythic and the intimate in Train Dreams • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, a...
boxd.it
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I had the immense privilege of interviewing writer-director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton about my favorite film of the year, Train Dreams. Read it on @letterboxd.social Journal here: boxd.it/2Po
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
Seattle, you can still see TRAIN DREAMS on the big screen for another week at The Crest. Invite your friends.
Then you can cross the street and talk about how good it is at Ridgecrest Public House.
Then you can cross the street and talk about how good it is at Ridgecrest Public House.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seattle, you can still see TRAIN DREAMS on the big screen for another week at The Crest. Invite your friends.
Then you can cross the street and talk about how good it is at Ridgecrest Public House.
Then you can cross the street and talk about how good it is at Ridgecrest Public House.
Since I turned off Gmail Smart Features, I’ve lost the function that limits notifications to actual personal emails. So, now it’s WE OWN AND READ ALL OF YOUR EMAIL or OUR SERVICE BOMBARDS YOU ALL DAY LONG AND MAKES YOU MISERABLE.
Are there any humane email services out there?
Are there any humane email services out there?
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Since I turned off Gmail Smart Features, I’ve lost the function that limits notifications to actual personal emails. So, now it’s WE OWN AND READ ALL OF YOUR EMAIL or OUR SERVICE BOMBARDS YOU ALL DAY LONG AND MAKES YOU MISERABLE.
Are there any humane email services out there?
Are there any humane email services out there?
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Can you imagine thinking you were qualified to run for US Congress just two years after graduating from college? Karoline Leavitt did. She announced her candidacy in 2021. Then she started dating her future husband in 2022. She was 24/25 and he was 57/58. She also lied during her campaign.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Can you imagine thinking you were qualified to run for US Congress just two years after graduating from college? Karoline Leavitt did. She announced her candidacy in 2021. Then she started dating her future husband in 2022. She was 24/25 and he was 57/58. She also lied during her campaign.
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Wings of Desire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Babette’s Feast
Raising Arizona
But how dare you make me leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Midnight Run, and Do the Right Thing?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Babette’s Feast
Raising Arizona
But how dare you make me leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Midnight Run, and Do the Right Thing?
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wings of Desire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Babette’s Feast
Raising Arizona
But how dare you make me leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Midnight Run, and Do the Right Thing?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Babette’s Feast
Raising Arizona
But how dare you make me leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Midnight Run, and Do the Right Thing?
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Like, say, the frankness of people who said Charlie Kirk was a terrible person?
Karoline Leavitt, President Trump's press secretary, on Thursday spun an incident in which Trump called a reporter from Bloomberg "piggy" last week, saying journalists should appreciate the "frankness."
Trump Calling Reporter ‘Piggy’ Was ‘Frankness,’ White House Says
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, addressed for the first time a schoolyard insult that President Trump lobbed at a Bloomberg News reporter last week.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Like, say, the frankness of people who said Charlie Kirk was a terrible person?
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.
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This is unprecedented in my memory.
Slotkin and Kelly are both on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan are all on the House Armed Services Committee, and Crow is on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
They would not be doing this without cause.
Slotkin and Kelly are both on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan are all on the House Armed Services Committee, and Crow is on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
They would not be doing this without cause.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is unprecedented in my memory.
Slotkin and Kelly are both on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan are all on the House Armed Services Committee, and Crow is on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
They would not be doing this without cause.
Slotkin and Kelly are both on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan are all on the House Armed Services Committee, and Crow is on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
They would not be doing this without cause.
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⚠️ Sitting US senators and representatives are publicly communicating to the members of the US military and intelligence communities that they should not obey illegal orders:
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
⚠️ Sitting US senators and representatives are publicly communicating to the members of the US military and intelligence communities that they should not obey illegal orders:
I mean . . . my birthday was last month. But I can still find it in my heart to accept gifts. Thank you for asking.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I mean . . . my birthday was last month. But I can still find it in my heart to accept gifts. Thank you for asking.
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
Spent almost 4 hours writing a post on my Ghost site last night & it suddenly said “Someone else is working on this post. Saving isn’t working.” Then everything I’d written vanished except for some preliminary notes, and there was no way to recover them, no earlier draft to restore. I quit forever.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Spent almost 4 hours writing a post on my Ghost site last night & it suddenly said “Someone else is working on this post. Saving isn’t working.” Then everything I’d written vanished except for some preliminary notes, and there was no way to recover them, no earlier draft to restore. I quit forever.
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
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I'm sorry, but when, not if, we finally get the government back, we need to regulate the shit out of this entire industry
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm sorry, but when, not if, we finally get the government back, we need to regulate the shit out of this entire industry
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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"..carrying out unprecedented surge in public executions... The June 14 execution of Turki al-Jasser, a journalist known for exposing corruption within the Saudi royal family, raises concerns that the Saudi govt is using the death penalty to crush peaceful dissent... HRW
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"..carrying out unprecedented surge in public executions... The June 14 execution of Turki al-Jasser, a journalist known for exposing corruption within the Saudi royal family, raises concerns that the Saudi govt is using the death penalty to crush peaceful dissent... HRW
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
It can be tiresome to take the "not all evangelicals" tack, but it's good to see Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Nicole Martin at Christianity Today fiercely speaking out for victims of Epstein, Maxwell, and Trump.
Republicans and Democrats Clash on Epstein File Release - Christianity Today
On Wednesday, Democrats released emails from the late Jeffrey Epstein that seem to indicate President Donald Trump may have been aware that Epstein The newest documents remind Christians to support se...
www.christianitytoday.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It can be tiresome to take the "not all evangelicals" tack, but it's good to see Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Nicole Martin at Christianity Today fiercely speaking out for victims of Epstein, Maxwell, and Trump.
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“Mark Epstein, brother of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has alleged that the Epstein files are being edited to remove Republican names
"The reason they're going to be releasing the files... is that they're sabotaging these files.”
"The reason they're going to be releasing the files... is that they're sabotaging these files.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Mark Epstein, brother of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has alleged that the Epstein files are being edited to remove Republican names
"The reason they're going to be releasing the files... is that they're sabotaging these files.”
"The reason they're going to be releasing the files... is that they're sabotaging these files.”
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Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.
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 5:56 PM
Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.