John
@gemiston.bsky.social
Eastern Shore, MD; husband(1), dad (5), father-in-law (3), grandad(4), best friend; two-wheeler, stumbling outdoorsman, ocean lover, counter of bluebirds, quondam consultant; haiku sophomore . . . . My tide goes in and out.
On this In 2005, Angela Merkel took power as Germany’s first female chancellor.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On this In 2005, Angela Merkel took power as Germany’s first female chancellor.
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Also Washington Post! Sorry if all this self-promotion is unseemly but writing books is horrible and I may never get to do this again so here we are www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025
The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Also Washington Post! Sorry if all this self-promotion is unseemly but writing books is horrible and I may never get to do this again so here we are www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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We are parching our planet for racist AI memes and for men to have chatbot girlfriends who don't challenge them www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends
AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We are parching our planet for racist AI memes and for men to have chatbot girlfriends who don't challenge them www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Gasped at the ending to this. (It's all cool edgy fun and games until someone gets chatbot-induced psychosis.) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters
Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?
www.theatlantic.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gasped at the ending to this. (It's all cool edgy fun and games until someone gets chatbot-induced psychosis.) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Recently finished @sophiegilbert.bsky.social's Girl on Girl which contextualizes the culture of the late 90s/early 00s, and what led to and surrounded the push to extreme exposure, especially for women. Highly recommend
Also useful for understanding why so many women in their 40s are full of rage
Also useful for understanding why so many women in their 40s are full of rage
I think a lot of people don’t realize how insanely pervasive and coercive the early 2010s “the only way to make it as a young writer is to publish insanely confessional, raw online essays about your darkest secrets and trauma” culture was.
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Recently finished @sophiegilbert.bsky.social's Girl on Girl which contextualizes the culture of the late 90s/early 00s, and what led to and surrounded the push to extreme exposure, especially for women. Highly recommend
Also useful for understanding why so many women in their 40s are full of rage
Also useful for understanding why so many women in their 40s are full of rage
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Almost like they're ... royals
And actually astonishing when you think about it: The Trump administration's top officials are choosing to separate themselves from the public—more to the point: separate themselves from any visible protest—and live on military bases.
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Almost like they're ... royals
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A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different:
No, Women Aren’t the Problem
America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but, sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A recent essay, “The Great Feminization,” posits that the growing influence of women is harming U.S. institutions. @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues that the real problem facing American culture is quite different:
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This is such an embarrassing time to be alive.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is such an embarrassing time to be alive.
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
From AP: In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry, the first state supreme court to do so.
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From AP: In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry, the first state supreme court to do so.
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A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A discussion sparked by a piece whose opening argument was that Larry Summers was the tragic, rational victim of a feminized woke mob
Our President is in a state of improvident and hopeless vigilance. Like a man committed on uncertain ice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Our President is in a state of improvident and hopeless vigilance. Like a man committed on uncertain ice.
If Trump wants another romantic night with Bill Clinton, who are we to judge?
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If Trump wants another romantic night with Bill Clinton, who are we to judge?
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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JD Vance is very consistent… in saying or doing whatever it takes to get ahead politically.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JD Vance is very consistent… in saying or doing whatever it takes to get ahead politically.
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This. This. This. A million times, this.
Do you want to know why Michelle Obama won’t run for president?
Here it is, and she’s not wrong…
Here it is, and she’s not wrong…
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This. This. This. A million times, this.
From the Peter G. Peterson Foundation:
The Trump administration’s authoritarian populist turn has heightened political risk substantially. It has done so by reducing transparency and accountability, disregarding the rule of law, and undermining the liberal international order . . . .
The Trump administration’s authoritarian populist turn has heightened political risk substantially. It has done so by reducing transparency and accountability, disregarding the rule of law, and undermining the liberal international order . . . .
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
From the Peter G. Peterson Foundation:
The Trump administration’s authoritarian populist turn has heightened political risk substantially. It has done so by reducing transparency and accountability, disregarding the rule of law, and undermining the liberal international order . . . .
The Trump administration’s authoritarian populist turn has heightened political risk substantially. It has done so by reducing transparency and accountability, disregarding the rule of law, and undermining the liberal international order . . . .
There’s no way out for Trump now. His predacious pedophilia is
too palpable to be obscured by sophistry, to atrocious to be palliated by hypocrisy.
too palpable to be obscured by sophistry, to atrocious to be palliated by hypocrisy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There’s no way out for Trump now. His predacious pedophilia is
too palpable to be obscured by sophistry, to atrocious to be palliated by hypocrisy.
too palpable to be obscured by sophistry, to atrocious to be palliated by hypocrisy.
