Justin Feinstein
@justinfeinstein.bsky.social
Writer, advertising lifer.
Debut novel @TachyonPub 4/2026
Words @Salon @VICE @AP @Vol1Brooklyn
Instructor @SackettStreet
https://tachyonpublications.com/product/your-behavior-will-be-monitored/
Debut novel @TachyonPub 4/2026
Words @Salon @VICE @AP @Vol1Brooklyn
Instructor @SackettStreet
https://tachyonpublications.com/product/your-behavior-will-be-monitored/
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
I'd rather have a root canal than view my LinkedIn Year in Review. How/why is that even a thing?
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'd rather have a root canal than view my LinkedIn Year in Review. How/why is that even a thing?
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December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Love #signed books?
Preordered your signed copy, via Village Well Books & Coffee, of @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's electric, terrifying, and witty debut novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED
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#preorder
Preordered your signed copy, via Village Well Books & Coffee, of @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's electric, terrifying, and witty debut novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED
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#preorder
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Who’s gonna tell ‘em
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Who’s gonna tell ‘em
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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MTG is like that annoyingly one-note character the writers inexplicably decided to go wild with in season 5.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
MTG is like that annoyingly one-note character the writers inexplicably decided to go wild with in season 5.
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
“At some point, it doesn’t matter if the AI is actually trying to start a cult, or is just roleplaying a story about an AI cult, if the cult is actually happening.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“At some point, it doesn’t matter if the AI is actually trying to start a cult, or is just roleplaying a story about an AI cult, if the cult is actually happening.”
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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What I read recently:
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What I read recently:
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
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@zutsuit.bsky.social picks new autumnal sci-fi and fantasy reads from authors including Travis Baldree, Claire North, Victor Manibo and more.
Antimemes and Nanobot Beauty Scams: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
November’s new releases span from epic space opera—starring immortal Pilots and bloodthirsty Sovereigns—to intimate speculative tales posing big questions about changing our facial features or merg…
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@zutsuit.bsky.social picks new autumnal sci-fi and fantasy reads from authors including Travis Baldree, Claire North, Victor Manibo and more.
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social FYI someone appears to be impersonating you in the hopes of duping authors into paying for fake book promo opportunities. Unrelated: dig the podcast!
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social FYI someone appears to be impersonating you in the hopes of duping authors into paying for fake book promo opportunities. Unrelated: dig the podcast!
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Sooooo, like lots of folks who got laid off bc of DJT, I'm still looking for work. Suboptimal!
And so! If you're looking for an excellent progressive writer with years of experience reporting, analyzing, & contextualizing the news under her own byline + as a comms writer w/ progressive causes, hmu!
And so! If you're looking for an excellent progressive writer with years of experience reporting, analyzing, & contextualizing the news under her own byline + as a comms writer w/ progressive causes, hmu!
www.linkedin.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Sooooo, like lots of folks who got laid off bc of DJT, I'm still looking for work. Suboptimal!
And so! If you're looking for an excellent progressive writer with years of experience reporting, analyzing, & contextualizing the news under her own byline + as a comms writer w/ progressive causes, hmu!
And so! If you're looking for an excellent progressive writer with years of experience reporting, analyzing, & contextualizing the news under her own byline + as a comms writer w/ progressive causes, hmu!
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If you're seeking an excuse to sit in total darkness, we invite you to a free screening of BUGONIA, a Yorgos Lanthimos film, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. RSVP here: theonion.com/bugonia/.
(In partnership with @focusfeatures.bsky.social)
(In partnership with @focusfeatures.bsky.social)
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you're seeking an excuse to sit in total darkness, we invite you to a free screening of BUGONIA, a Yorgos Lanthimos film, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. RSVP here: theonion.com/bugonia/.
(In partnership with @focusfeatures.bsky.social)
(In partnership with @focusfeatures.bsky.social)
Really not into this season of Black Mirror.
“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Really not into this season of Black Mirror.
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Guys, I don’t mean to sound like this but there is a felon down the street making AI videos of himself as a king shitting on Americans and the American flag and he is literally tearing down the White House as we speak
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Guys, I don’t mean to sound like this but there is a felon down the street making AI videos of himself as a king shitting on Americans and the American flag and he is literally tearing down the White House as we speak
Realizing I bought tickets to a standing-room-only concert and having preemptive knee pain-induced regrets. Younger me would be disgusted.
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Realizing I bought tickets to a standing-room-only concert and having preemptive knee pain-induced regrets. Younger me would be disgusted.
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
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The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The owner of Twitter just reinstated the accounts of several Nazi who had been suspending for violating Twitter's rules about doxxing other users. Now here's another piece on Bluesky's intellectual diversity problem.
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Books are the only positive, non-entropic version of immortality that exists. Or could ever exist.
If you write one, and anyone cares enough to keep a copy, someone can hear your voice thousands of years after you’re gone.
And you could make them laugh! Or cry. Make them wise. Comfort them.
If you write one, and anyone cares enough to keep a copy, someone can hear your voice thousands of years after you’re gone.
And you could make them laugh! Or cry. Make them wise. Comfort them.
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Books are the only positive, non-entropic version of immortality that exists. Or could ever exist.
If you write one, and anyone cares enough to keep a copy, someone can hear your voice thousands of years after you’re gone.
And you could make them laugh! Or cry. Make them wise. Comfort them.
If you write one, and anyone cares enough to keep a copy, someone can hear your voice thousands of years after you’re gone.
And you could make them laugh! Or cry. Make them wise. Comfort them.
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A statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein titled “Best Friends Forever" has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it. An anonymous group of artists has taken credit.
Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to National Mall
The statue, titled “Best Friends Forever,” was reinstalled after it was removed last week. An anonymous group of artists has taken credit for the work.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A statue depicting Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein titled “Best Friends Forever" has returned to the National Mall, a week after the National Park Service removed it. An anonymous group of artists has taken credit.
Just in time to work out the kinks before the 2026 election cycle.
Users of Sora, a new app from OpenAI, have deployed artificial intelligence to create strikingly realistic videos of events that never took place. The app, and other tools like it, could become increasingly fertile breeding grounds for disinformation and abuse, experts said.
OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just in time to work out the kinks before the 2026 election cycle.
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My amazing wife @debbiemillman.bsky.social has an essay in the NYT today about how Trump is imposing his brand on American democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Louis XIV Moment
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My amazing wife @debbiemillman.bsky.social has an essay in the NYT today about how Trump is imposing his brand on American democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...
Advance copies of Your Behavior Will Be Monitored have arrived. Time for an unboxing!
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Advance copies of Your Behavior Will Be Monitored have arrived. Time for an unboxing!
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter