jjgstein
@jeffgstein.bsky.social
Books, writing, baseball, travel, hanging out on the couch. Searching for my log lady
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Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
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This is so eloquently brutal.
That’s the thing with huge piles of money: those who endeavor singularly to attain them rarely possess the capacity to enjoy either the money or even the simple beauty of a sunset or a poem.
Billionaires don’t need more money: they need therapy.
That’s the thing with huge piles of money: those who endeavor singularly to attain them rarely possess the capacity to enjoy either the money or even the simple beauty of a sunset or a poem.
Billionaires don’t need more money: they need therapy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is so eloquently brutal.
That’s the thing with huge piles of money: those who endeavor singularly to attain them rarely possess the capacity to enjoy either the money or even the simple beauty of a sunset or a poem.
Billionaires don’t need more money: they need therapy.
That’s the thing with huge piles of money: those who endeavor singularly to attain them rarely possess the capacity to enjoy either the money or even the simple beauty of a sunset or a poem.
Billionaires don’t need more money: they need therapy.
Ouch
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ouch
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
McTominay what a goal! Bellissima! #sscnapoli
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
McTominay what a goal! Bellissima! #sscnapoli
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I was sort of curious to see how ChatGPT would manage this task. So here's my prompt, and the robot's intro email:
October 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.
Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
- Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
- Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.
Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
- Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
- Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
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"Exhibit A" in Tylenol's upcoming lawsuit against our irresponsible nitwit president.
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Exhibit A" in Tylenol's upcoming lawsuit against our irresponsible nitwit president.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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The political assassination of the Speaker of the Minnesota House was a terrible harbinger for our democracy. The profound silence from Republicans afterwards was worse.
The political assassination of Charlie Kirk is a terrible harbinger for our democracy. Again, the response is antidemocratic.
The political assassination of Charlie Kirk is a terrible harbinger for our democracy. Again, the response is antidemocratic.
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The political assassination of the Speaker of the Minnesota House was a terrible harbinger for our democracy. The profound silence from Republicans afterwards was worse.
The political assassination of Charlie Kirk is a terrible harbinger for our democracy. Again, the response is antidemocratic.
The political assassination of Charlie Kirk is a terrible harbinger for our democracy. Again, the response is antidemocratic.
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
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It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/
How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors?
Who does that?
Who the fuck are we?
What are we?
What have we become?
How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors?
Who does that?
Who the fuck are we?
What are we?
What have we become?
TikTok video by @
www.tiktok.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/
How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors?
Who does that?
Who the fuck are we?
What are we?
What have we become?
How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors?
Who does that?
Who the fuck are we?
What are we?
What have we become?
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Yeah yeah we just wanna know if it’s fatal, doc
August 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yeah yeah we just wanna know if it’s fatal, doc
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We had mail in when he won, and mail in when he lost…basically he is just an idiot
August 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We had mail in when he won, and mail in when he lost…basically he is just an idiot
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”