JA Westenberg

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Free market bros crying now thanks a lot

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The only rational response to this level of bad-faith governance is to laugh. Because if you don't laugh, you scream. And if you scream, you're told you're hysterical or unhinged while the world burns down behind you. https://www.theindex.media/lol/

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Everything is on fire. The arsonist is grinning on live TV. And the world is laughing. But make no mistake: they're not laughing with you. https://www.theindex.media/lol/

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My bar for blocking people is so low it’s now a subterranean feature in Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth (Original French Edition, 1864)

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PSA: Under any other President the unsolved and mysterious deaths of 4 US servicemen in an allied foreign country would be front page news.

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Here’s the thing about global Trumpism. It only worked as a way to fuel your own country’s nationalism. If Trump imposes tariffs on your nation, your own nationalism demands that you pivot against Trump or lose your supporters.

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“We’re a family” is the funniest way to tell someone you won’t be paying severance

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If you’re into unfiltered essays on tech, life, philosophy—and how we’re getting it all wrong and right at the same time—I write the Westenberg Letter for you. No fluff. No pandering. Just thought, sharpened. Sign up (it’s reader supported but it’s free) https://www.joanwestenberg.com/

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The thing about “freedom of speech” guys is they never mean yours.

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Featurecide: the slow killing of a product’s soul in pursuit of every trend that moves the needle on engagement metrics, no matter how disconnected it is from the original mission. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/this-is-peak-featurecide/

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This is where meaning lives. In unremarkable afternoons. In laughter that goes unrecorded. In lives that never go viral. In meals that don’t “flush toxins” or whatever absurd promise is making the wellness rounds this week. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-ordinary-sacred/

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Every time an authoritarian con-artist is held accountable, every time the mask slips in a courtroom, the spell weakens. It takes pressure. It takes a public that doesn't flinch when the volume gets turned up. It takes faith - not in the perfection of institutions, but in their potential. https://www.theindex.media/authoritarian-grift-meets-the-grind-of-justice/

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Eat for yourself, not for anyone else Work to pay your bills, not to validate your worth Buy things, not signals Live your own life, not for your feed https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-ordinary-sacred/

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Trump doesn't comprehend soft power because it requires vision, patience, and an ounce of humility — qualities he neither possesses nor respects. And while he plays the strongman, the rest of the world sees what he is: a small man screaming at a mirror. https://www.theindex.media/donald-trump-is-too-weak-to-understand-soft-power/

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We’ve turned living into editing. When every meal is a performance, every outfit a brand decision, every hobby a pitch, there’s no space left for boredom. Or rest. Or actual pleasure. We scroll through each other’s highlight reels while quietly assembling our own, haunted by the suspicion that everyone else is doing it better—and forgetting to live in any of it. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-ordinary-sacred/

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Reality check: There is no point in Apple releasing an M5 iPad if it’s still running a pre-M1 operating system and there are roughly 3-5 “Pro” level apps in the entire ecosystem.

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We’ve confused ‘genius’ with ‘asshole’ for so long, too many people think cruelty is a prerequisite for brilliance.

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Demanding proof from artists that their work isn’t AI is like calling a chef over to your table to prove they didn’t microwave your steak. I’ve hired and worked with a lot of illustrators over the years — and I can tell you, they're not going to jump through hoops to prove they’re not a machine. Most of the artists I know would be deeply insulted by the implication.

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In an age of information, the truly subversive act is to think slowly.

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How the ever living fuck did we reach the point where the actual teachings of Jesus Christ are considered a radical leftist position rather than basic human decency

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