Jess
@jessicaesquire.bsky.social
Queer, ex-Mormon, former lawyer, book reviewer, extremely online. Day job in media. She/her. The Triangle, NC. https://jess-of-the-durbervilles.ghost.io/
This is 1000% dictator shit and it makes everyone feel like we are slowly losing our minds to see everyone so happily go along with dictator shit. Leaving it as is sends a clear message that we are just fine having not just that one but another future dictator president.
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is 1000% dictator shit and it makes everyone feel like we are slowly losing our minds to see everyone so happily go along with dictator shit. Leaving it as is sends a clear message that we are just fine having not just that one but another future dictator president.
LinkedIn knows I was unemployed for 7 months but still thinks I would like to see my year in review. Cursed platform.
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
LinkedIn knows I was unemployed for 7 months but still thinks I would like to see my year in review. Cursed platform.
The number of movies I've seen in the last few years that would be better if they were 20 minutes shorter is A LOT.
December 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The number of movies I've seen in the last few years that would be better if they were 20 minutes shorter is A LOT.
I've been a little stressed about the possibility of an AI bubble and today I talked to my financial advisor, who has been understanding of my opinions like "the stock market is just vibes and I hate it." Her take on the bubble? Don't touch your investments, make sure your cash reserves are solid.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I've been a little stressed about the possibility of an AI bubble and today I talked to my financial advisor, who has been understanding of my opinions like "the stock market is just vibes and I hate it." Her take on the bubble? Don't touch your investments, make sure your cash reserves are solid.
This episode of Money With Katie about the Ambition Penalty with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez shook me up! I thought I knew how bad it was but the data around marriage is something any woman married to a man needs to hear, imo. moneywithkatie.com/the_mwk_show...
The Leisure Gap, Princess Treatment, and Other Hard Truths About "Soft Life" - Money with Katie
Listen & follow The Money with Katie Show: Apple Podcasts | Spotify About This Episode There is perhaps nobody in the financial education space who knows her way around the National Bureau of Economic...
moneywithkatie.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This episode of Money With Katie about the Ambition Penalty with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez shook me up! I thought I knew how bad it was but the data around marriage is something any woman married to a man needs to hear, imo. moneywithkatie.com/the_mwk_show...
The heater cannot keep up with the cold today and I'm SO glad we're out of the frigid temperatures the rest of the week. My house is literally not built for this.
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The heater cannot keep up with the cold today and I'm SO glad we're out of the frigid temperatures the rest of the week. My house is literally not built for this.
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a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a little perspective | patreon.com/lubchansky
It's a good day to use the "Hide post for me" button.
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's a good day to use the "Hide post for me" button.
I want to hang in the Louvre the look on my teenager's face at the line "I'm having dinner with an old friend," at the end of Silence of the Lambs. Just perfection.
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I want to hang in the Louvre the look on my teenager's face at the line "I'm having dinner with an old friend," at the end of Silence of the Lambs. Just perfection.
My favorite book of 2025 and I know I'm not the only one.
If you've yet to purchase Woodworking, the debut novel from Emily St. James (that's me), the ebook is on sale everywhere for a few days. Just $1.99!
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025<br><br>“Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America’s most popular...
bookshop.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My favorite book of 2025 and I know I'm not the only one.
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worth pointing out how we first came to know this. In populations affected by measles, deaths from other infections are elevated for YEARS afterward. So scientists started comparing blood samples and looking for antibodies.
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
worth pointing out how we first came to know this. In populations affected by measles, deaths from other infections are elevated for YEARS afterward. So scientists started comparing blood samples and looking for antibodies.
Best lists are impossible, but I can definitely give you my 10 Favorite Horror Novels released in 2025.
🧵 in alphabetical order by title:
🧵 in alphabetical order by title:
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Best lists are impossible, but I can definitely give you my 10 Favorite Horror Novels released in 2025.
🧵 in alphabetical order by title:
🧵 in alphabetical order by title:
This is one of the three books I am waiting for that I'm not sure will ever exist but I will not give up hope.
I really believe that if Tana French wrote another Dublin Police Squad book it would fix me.
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is one of the three books I am waiting for that I'm not sure will ever exist but I will not give up hope.
I left the Mormon church 20 years ago.
Today my mom asked me to help her with the talk she's giving on Sunday.
Tbh I don't blame her, I was *so* good at talks.
Today my mom asked me to help her with the talk she's giving on Sunday.
Tbh I don't blame her, I was *so* good at talks.
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I left the Mormon church 20 years ago.
Today my mom asked me to help her with the talk she's giving on Sunday.
Tbh I don't blame her, I was *so* good at talks.
Today my mom asked me to help her with the talk she's giving on Sunday.
Tbh I don't blame her, I was *so* good at talks.
Some I liked, some I hated, some I haven't heard of, some I didn't finish, and one I would not read if you paid me.
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Some I liked, some I hated, some I haven't heard of, some I didn't finish, and one I would not read if you paid me.
I don't know how long it's been since HBO undid its rebrand but if you use their app they still don't list anything from the Max era in the HBO section, including Hacks and The Pitt. Is someone over there just refusing to filter tags correctly? It's so weird.
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I don't know how long it's been since HBO undid its rebrand but if you use their app they still don't list anything from the Max era in the HBO section, including Hacks and The Pitt. Is someone over there just refusing to filter tags correctly? It's so weird.
When I read BAD BLOOD back when I was a young innocent 38 year old I realized that all these rich, powerful men that run companies were actually very stupid.
And every day since I realize that I have once again given them too much credit and I need to lower my opinion of them further.
And every day since I realize that I have once again given them too much credit and I need to lower my opinion of them further.
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When I read BAD BLOOD back when I was a young innocent 38 year old I realized that all these rich, powerful men that run companies were actually very stupid.
And every day since I realize that I have once again given them too much credit and I need to lower my opinion of them further.
And every day since I realize that I have once again given them too much credit and I need to lower my opinion of them further.
Look nothing makes sense anymore but Disney handing over its characters so anyone can make videos of Mickey Mouse doing cocaine is so out of character for the company that I truly don't understand what is happening.
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Look nothing makes sense anymore but Disney handing over its characters so anyone can make videos of Mickey Mouse doing cocaine is so out of character for the company that I truly don't understand what is happening.
In 2007 when the recession hit everyone said oh no if only we'd seen it coming.
This time we do see it coming and we're all just gonna sit here and watch it happen, I guess.
This time we do see it coming and we're all just gonna sit here and watch it happen, I guess.
"Nvidia is also CoreWeave’s exclusive supplier of chips and one of its major investors, meaning CoreWeave is using Nvidia’s money to buy Nvidia’s chips and then renting them right back to Nvidia."
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 2007 when the recession hit everyone said oh no if only we'd seen it coming.
This time we do see it coming and we're all just gonna sit here and watch it happen, I guess.
This time we do see it coming and we're all just gonna sit here and watch it happen, I guess.
One of the only things I miss from living in Utah is that sometimes in the grocery store there would be other people also singing along to the easy listening music playing over the store speakers.
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One of the only things I miss from living in Utah is that sometimes in the grocery store there would be other people also singing along to the easy listening music playing over the store speakers.
The problem is I've read 30 books that have been released since my last newsletter. Catching up feels impossible. But ignoring all of them also feels impossible.
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The problem is I've read 30 books that have been released since my last newsletter. Catching up feels impossible. But ignoring all of them also feels impossible.
It's too cold already. I don't like it. I want a do-over.
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's too cold already. I don't like it. I want a do-over.
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If it's not an Evil sequel with Kristen Bouchard and Father Acosta solving demonic cases in Rome, I don't want it!
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If it's not an Evil sequel with Kristen Bouchard and Father Acosta solving demonic cases in Rome, I don't want it!
School is cancelled... Will the dentist be cancelled tho?
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
School is cancelled... Will the dentist be cancelled tho?
I've been getting so many gold stars in therapy lately. Here's my secret:
1) Make no progress for years. You may even want to get worse.
2) Go get your hormones checked and find out you're in menopause.
3) Start hrt and realize you've been hormonally crazy for years and it's all not that hard.
1) Make no progress for years. You may even want to get worse.
2) Go get your hormones checked and find out you're in menopause.
3) Start hrt and realize you've been hormonally crazy for years and it's all not that hard.
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've been getting so many gold stars in therapy lately. Here's my secret:
1) Make no progress for years. You may even want to get worse.
2) Go get your hormones checked and find out you're in menopause.
3) Start hrt and realize you've been hormonally crazy for years and it's all not that hard.
1) Make no progress for years. You may even want to get worse.
2) Go get your hormones checked and find out you're in menopause.
3) Start hrt and realize you've been hormonally crazy for years and it's all not that hard.