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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When your second headline is only slightly better than your first

A close-up of a person in a dark suit and patterned tie, wearing glasses, against a softly lit, neutral background. The text reads: “DENNIS HASTERT DIES / The former Republican congressman from Illinois, who served as speaker of the House before a fall from grace, has died at 84.”

Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician
Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in
2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This 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.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yesterday 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.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Riding in a Waymo isn't new, it's riding in the new design!

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NBCC member Cory Oldweiler reviewed "Silencio," written by Clyo Mendoza and translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, for Southwest Review: buff.ly/cfRIcEy

southwestreview.com

Breaking the Silence

By Cory Oldweiler

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today's Wordle word was also an answer in today's NYT crossword puzzle. Wonder how common that is.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That's…not how sports work.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Aren't the Transformers actual aliens? Like from another planet?

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I believe the correct response is, "hell to the no!"

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Can't we just get on with the predetermined outcome?"

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The term "useful idiot" increasingly feels like it should be accompanied by his picture.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Wow! I saw him twice, 25 years apart, and he was already a pretty huge deal 😀

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introduce 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

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finally brought the family to Dodger Stadium. I hadn't been in probably 30 years.

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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Journalism 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.io

Business Correspondent, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

San Francisco, CA

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Our first visit to Ballhalla and a playoff clinching Valkyries win!

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When you have no public trust, you're probably not too concerned with the notion of preserving it…

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And "we can't afford to provide things like heath care" while running up the deficit and spending billions on Trump vanity projects. And voters fall for it with every pendulum swing 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If 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!

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Leaving before your kids are old enough to be ashamed of you is a good move.

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For @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

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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

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hollywood Bowl magnet from last year was sold out by the time I remembered to buy it ☹️

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

drygoods.phish.com/products/s...

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Merriweather Phish magnet to add to the collection since ticket stubs aren't a thing anymore.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Share 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)

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Living 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.

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Jon Seff @jonseff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026