Jeff Giesea
@jeffgiesea.bsky.social
🇺🇸 dad, entrepreneur, writer. Post-Trump political independent. Interested in the intersection of technology, culture, and politics. I write weekly essays on my substack: https://jeffgiesea.substack.com
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Labor market and inflation data have taken a turn for the worse over the past few weeks. But this economy has taken a bunch of hits in recent years and kept on ticking, so economists aren't doomcasting yet.
Here's my effort to put it all together: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
Here's my effort to put it all together: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labor market and inflation data have taken a turn for the worse over the past few weeks. But this economy has taken a bunch of hits in recent years and kept on ticking, so economists aren't doomcasting yet.
Here's my effort to put it all together: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
Here's my effort to put it all together: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
New: my take on what’s happening in LA open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
Middle Son of California
Immigration, identity, and spectacle in the Golden State — a personal reflection
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June 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New: my take on what’s happening in LA open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
New: I wrote about finding a good live in hyperreality and moving beyond the emptiness of postmodernism. My answer to Jean Baudrillard. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/thrive-in-...
How to thrive in the simulacra
Finding our humanity in a hyperreal world
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April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New: I wrote about finding a good live in hyperreality and moving beyond the emptiness of postmodernism. My answer to Jean Baudrillard. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/thrive-in-...
Last August, I overcame my internal cringe and my past and endorsed Harris. I'd like been have been proven wrong, but Trump's first 100 days have vindicated this calculus. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/kamala-har...
Coming out of the coconut closet
why I am endorsing Kamala Harris for President
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April 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Last August, I overcame my internal cringe and my past and endorsed Harris. I'd like been have been proven wrong, but Trump's first 100 days have vindicated this calculus. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/kamala-har...
I wrote about a new American archetype: Headphone Americans open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
Headphone Americans - a new archetype
curation, hydration, atomization
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April 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I wrote about a new American archetype: Headphone Americans open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
This is the core paradox of Trumpism: in attempting to forestall decline, they're accelerating it. The tariff regime is a perfect illustration of this.
From my latest essay: "This is what late-stage empire feels like" jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
From my latest essay: "This is what late-stage empire feels like" jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the core paradox of Trumpism: in attempting to forestall decline, they're accelerating it. The tariff regime is a perfect illustration of this.
From my latest essay: "This is what late-stage empire feels like" jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
From my latest essay: "This is what late-stage empire feels like" jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
The most craven and psychopathic cohort in American politics are those who were NeverTrumpers in 2016 and Trump die-hards in 2024. This group includes the VP and Musk.
March 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The most craven and psychopathic cohort in American politics are those who were NeverTrumpers in 2016 and Trump die-hards in 2024. This group includes the VP and Musk.
Guys like Senator Mike Lee and VP JD Vance bash the UK as a dystopia while backing policies like disappearing people into Salvadoran prisons without due process (over an autism tattoo?) and deploying ICE against student visa holders for writing op-eds. The hypocrisy is staggering.
March 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Guys like Senator Mike Lee and VP JD Vance bash the UK as a dystopia while backing policies like disappearing people into Salvadoran prisons without due process (over an autism tattoo?) and deploying ICE against student visa holders for writing op-eds. The hypocrisy is staggering.
New: I wrote about a pressing dilemma for the arts and humanities: AI content that simulates human expression. And why authorship matters. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/quality-ai...
The AI poem you love is still slop
why authorship is crucial to human expression, especially as AI gets good
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March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New: I wrote about a pressing dilemma for the arts and humanities: AI content that simulates human expression. And why authorship matters. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/quality-ai...
New: Agency is the new superpower open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
Agency is the new superpower
With AI, intelligence is no longer scarce — but agency is. This has implications.
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March 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New: Agency is the new superpower open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
Remember Trump's Warsaw speech in 2017, standing in front of the Uprising Monument? He should eat his fucking words.
March 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Remember Trump's Warsaw speech in 2017, standing in front of the Uprising Monument? He should eat his fucking words.
Musk's recent behavior is convincing me of an uncomfortable truth — that he's functionally acting as a Russian mouthpiece, whether he realizes it or not.
March 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Musk's recent behavior is convincing me of an uncomfortable truth — that he's functionally acting as a Russian mouthpiece, whether he realizes it or not.
The Thielist question not enough of us are asking is: What if Trump is the Antichrist — or an agent of Armageddon?
Our deepest challenge is discerning when the medicine is worse than the disease. Boldness is good, but discernment and humility are even more critical.
Our deepest challenge is discerning when the medicine is worse than the disease. Boldness is good, but discernment and humility are even more critical.
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Thielist question not enough of us are asking is: What if Trump is the Antichrist — or an agent of Armageddon?
Our deepest challenge is discerning when the medicine is worse than the disease. Boldness is good, but discernment and humility are even more critical.
Our deepest challenge is discerning when the medicine is worse than the disease. Boldness is good, but discernment and humility are even more critical.
Video: JD Vance and Trump’s foreign policy train wreck open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
JD Vance and Trump’s foreign policy train wreck
A recording from Jeff Giesea's live video
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March 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Video: JD Vance and Trump’s foreign policy train wreck open.substack.com/pub/jeffgies...
Funny how a movement that prides itself on restoring masculine energy is upset that Zelensky didn't dress appropriately or say thanks enough.
March 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Funny how a movement that prides itself on restoring masculine energy is upset that Zelensky didn't dress appropriately or say thanks enough.
The liberal progressive bubble is annoying (hello Bluesky! lol), but the MAGA one is worse because it combines bad sensemaking with moral failure.
March 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The liberal progressive bubble is annoying (hello Bluesky! lol), but the MAGA one is worse because it combines bad sensemaking with moral failure.
A friend gave me the prompt: What does it feel like to live in the current political moment? This essay is my response — it feels like a rocket that could explode at any minute. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-polit...
This political moment feels like a rocket
Will we make it to Mars or crash in a ball of flames?
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February 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A friend gave me the prompt: What does it feel like to live in the current political moment? This essay is my response — it feels like a rocket that could explode at any minute. jeffgiesea.substack.com/p/this-polit...
Today's a weird day for me. I like the "vibe shift" but do not like Trump. I am still center-right but also recognize the issues.
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today's a weird day for me. I like the "vibe shift" but do not like Trump. I am still center-right but also recognize the issues.
There's never been a better time for a bipartisan discussion about oligarch power. Although it's a left-coded issue, many people on the right are ready to have this conversation. Might surprise you. Personally, I think we should roll back Citizens United.
January 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There's never been a better time for a bipartisan discussion about oligarch power. Although it's a left-coded issue, many people on the right are ready to have this conversation. Might surprise you. Personally, I think we should roll back Citizens United.
Musk is our first memetic president.
Yes, I do believe he has too much power.
Yes, I do believe he has too much power.
December 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Musk is our first memetic president.
Yes, I do believe he has too much power.
Yes, I do believe he has too much power.
We wanted flying cars but still have 14 million American children living with hunger.
December 20, 2024 at 1:06 PM
We wanted flying cars but still have 14 million American children living with hunger.
Bezos is a broligarch www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
For Jeff Bezos and his businesses, Washington has become more important
Executives at companies founded by the billionaire Post owner have sought contact with Trump. He argues he didn’t end presidential endorsements out of self-interest.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Bezos is a broligarch www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed.
Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump
The enormous spending from the world’s richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed.