Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a new one: Bought resale tickets for a baseball game on Ticketmaster and the tickets never showed up. Ended up getting better seats for the same price from StubHub, but now I have to deal with getting my refund from TM. 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yesterday I tried to simplify a tedious process and built my first Mac Shortcut. Even learned a little AppleScript. It kinda works. Ask me nothing because I don't actually know what I'm doing. 001
Reposted by Jon SeffNational Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NBCC member Cory Oldweiler reviewed "Silencio," written by Clyo Mendoza and translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, for Southwest Review: buff.ly/cfRIcEysouthwestreview.comBreaking the SilenceBy Cory Oldweiler 003
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today's Wordle word was also an answer in today's NYT crossword puzzle. Wonder how common that is. 100
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Forgot what a great album this ismusic.apple.comBossanova (2026 Remaster) by Pixies on Apple MusicAlbum · 2026 · 14 Songs 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Aren't the Transformers actual aliens? Like from another planet? 020
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The term "useful idiot" increasingly feels like it should be accompanied by his picture. 010
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Phish Colin Hay David Bowie Guns N' Roses Tom Jones Charlie Hunter James Brown Zach Bryan Billy Joel Simon & Garfunkel 110
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This one's for @flophousepodcast.com The Joy of the Great Trash Movienewyorker.comCinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie AuteurWhy do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference. 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Finally brought the family to Dodger Stadium. I hadn't been in probably 30 years. 020
Reposted by Jon SeffSheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Journalism Job Alert: there are three jobs open on the NYT tech team in San Francisco. We are hiring for reporters to cover Anthropic, xAI, and a general AI business reporter. Message me if these interest you and you want to apply! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...job-boards.greenhouse.ioBusiness Correspondent, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging TechnologiesSan Francisco, CA 02524
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Our first visit to Ballhalla and a playoff clinching Valkyries win! 020
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026When you have no public trust, you're probably not too concerned with the notion of preserving it… 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If this were happening under a Democratic pres, Fox would be on it 24 hours a day and there would be nonstop hearings by Republicans in Congress. Under Trump? Whatever dear leader says! 121
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Leaving before your kids are old enough to be ashamed of you is a good move. 000
Reposted by Jon SeffCory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026For @southwestreview.bsky.social I wrote about Thomas Bunstead’s thoughtful new translation of Marina Closs’s “The Depopulation,” a great novel exploring how a Guaraní community overseen by Spanish Jesuits in the 1500s reacts to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Son of God.southwestreview.com“The Mirage of All That Was Beyond Saving”By Cory Oldweiler 031
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time." c.im/@BBC/117037600730781809 010
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Merriweather Phish magnet to add to the collection since ticket stubs aren't a thing anymore. 280
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Share your first three concerts. I'll start. Genesis (Paul Young opened) The Rolling Stones (Living Colour and Guns N' Roses opened) Billy Joel (no opener) 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Living most of my life on the west coast, I saw 25 Grateful Dead shows over 3 years (1993–1995) and so far only 26 Phish shows over 32 years (1994–now). Funny how being a husband/father/ostensible grown-up changes things. 020
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Does anyone other than James Carville think that James Carville is relevant to the Democratic Party anymore? 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026"The president has no impulse control and lies for political reasons" is an interesting take FOR A SUPPORTER. 001
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Fall is shaping up to be a good season for my audiobook habit. Four preorders, er, in the books. 020
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Happened to be in NYC so I took the advice of @elliottkalan.bsky.social and went to the Duchamp exhibit at MoMA. 031
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Arrived in NYC and was disappointed that Mamdani wasn't waiting to greet me at Penn Station. 2161
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026On the Acela from Philly to NYC. Just stopped at false Penn Station. Can't fool this Californian that easily! 000
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Odd flight path from SFO to BWI, but we successfully avoided the thunderstorms and a lot of rough air 100
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This should be obvious, but any Democrat who votes to approve any of Trump's awful nominees should he voted out. 011
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Live your life in a such a way that you don't have to spring for a reinforced grave to support the weight of all those dancers. 010
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I spoke to Mitch McConnell for two hours and he let me do all the talking. 010
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Some 18-year Jameson to celebrate our second 17-year-old passing his driving test! 130
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Today we celebrate Jeff Goldblum saving the world with a PowerBook 5300. 021
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 04/07/2026"We love America!" say Republicans while actively trying to turn the country into a combo of North Korea (unaccountable dictatorship), Russia (corrupt oligarchy), and Iran (religious zealotry), with a hearty soupçon of Nazi Germany for old times' sake. 020
Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Remember that brief moment when people talked about CJ Roberts "losing control of SCOTUS" instead of gleefully ripping up the Constitution? Good times. 010