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Don Jacobson Author

@austenesque.bsky.social

Austenesque Author of the Bennet Wardrobe series. Love strong character development with trope breaking plots for Austen variations. Thirteen books so far.

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I WEAR COWBOY HATS ON THE TEEVEE - TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!!!

06.11.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 464    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 9
photo of newspaper page of Arkansas Catholic November 3 1944.

photo of newspaper page of Arkansas Catholic November 3 1944.

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Clearing my desk after "Ghost Flight: A World War II Pride and Prejudice Variation." Lisieux is France's second most important shrine, seeing horrific fighting in 8/44. P 8 of The Arkansas Catholi 11/3/44. The "Miracle of Lisieux" tells the tale of the Carmelites.
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01.07.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest edition of Austenesque Thoughts is available. I examine hw "What if?" is at the core of Austenesque Fiction. open.substack.com/pub/austenes...

25.06.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#writingcommunity, #prideandprejudicevariations

25.06.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ghost Flight: A Darcy and Elizabeth story set in WWII.

Ghost Flight: A Darcy and Elizabeth story set in WWII.

Happy Wednesday! Yes, everyone, the book is finished! "Ghost Flight: A World War II Pride and Prejudice Variation" is available for pre-sale through Release Day--June 30. This Historical Romance can be found at Amazon locations worldwide in e-book and print

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDP7KDR...

25.06.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Photo of homemade succotash

Photo of homemade succotash

Tonight is steak and succotash.

03.06.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Senators Joni Ernst.

Senators Joni Ernst.

Been that since 1965.

31.05.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon promotes Kingsley Wilson to press secretary despite history of antisemitic comments In social media posts, Wilson promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories, including one about the Anti-Defamation League’s founding

As Trumpsters claim they really truly care about antisemitism, note the new Pentagon press secretary. jewishinsider.com/2025/05/king...

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This new way of doing things appears to be corrosive not just to students but also to teachers. Koebler’s investigation shows that the AI lobbyists courted schools by making appeals to instructors, showing them that the likes of ChatGPT would make curriculum-building and assignment-giving that much easier. Now, teachers, too, seem to be taking the easy way out, as a recent New York Times story shows that college professors have been using chatbots to create their lesson plans, just as their students are using them to complete said lesson.

The result of all of this is so obvious that it doesn’t really bear repeating, but I guess will anyways: Everybody who uses AI is going to get exponentially stupider, and the stupider they get, the more they’ll need to use AI to be able to do stuff that they were previously able to do with their minds. The tech industry’s subscriber-based, β€œas-a-service” model is obviously on full display here, except that the subscription will be to intellectual capacity. The more you subscribe, the less β€œorganic” capacity you’ll have.

This new way of doing things appears to be corrosive not just to students but also to teachers. Koebler’s investigation shows that the AI lobbyists courted schools by making appeals to instructors, showing them that the likes of ChatGPT would make curriculum-building and assignment-giving that much easier. Now, teachers, too, seem to be taking the easy way out, as a recent New York Times story shows that college professors have been using chatbots to create their lesson plans, just as their students are using them to complete said lesson. The result of all of this is so obvious that it doesn’t really bear repeating, but I guess will anyways: Everybody who uses AI is going to get exponentially stupider, and the stupider they get, the more they’ll need to use AI to be able to do stuff that they were previously able to do with their minds. The tech industry’s subscriber-based, β€œas-a-service” model is obviously on full display here, except that the subscription will be to intellectual capacity. The more you subscribe, the less β€œorganic” capacity you’ll have.

"Everybody who uses AI is going to get exponentially stupider, and the stupider they get, the more they’ll need to use AI to be able to do stuff that they were previously able to do with their minds"

gizmodo.com/its-breathta...

24.05.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 803    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 35
Meme of Sailors Rest Book cover and review quote

Meme of Sailors Rest Book cover and review quote

Happy Wednesday! One of my favorite projects was the Pride and Prejudice/Persuasion crossover "The Sailor's Rest." Follow Elizabeth & Anne, Darcy & Wentworth through a kidnapping, a naval battle, and a comeuppance in this full-length novel. Available in Spanish, too! www.amazon.com/Sailors-Rest...

23.04.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Novel Idea: The Short Story Launching a banner week

The latest edition of Austenesque Thoughts is available. Please join me to take a look at the differences between novels and short stories. #excerpt from Ghost Flight, too. open.substack.com/pub/austenes...

18.04.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story Amazon.com: The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story eBook : Jacobson, Don: Kindle Store

Today is the launch day for "The Last Gift!"

Sophia enthuses:

"It was a moving, funny, and brilliantly well-written universe, where Jane Austen’s books are in one world.

"The ending had me absolutely choked up. It was so well-written! Words cannot describe it."

www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

15.04.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story Amazon.com: The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story eBook : Jacobson, Don: Kindle Store

Tomorrow is a special day. No, not taxes, but perhaps something related to death? What if July 18, 1817, was not the end, but merely the beginning for Jane Austen? Please enjoy my short story, "The Last Gift" (4,500 words, e-book only), which releases tomorrow. www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

14.04.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll go first. My #Austenesque short story β€œThe Last Gift” is available for preorder thru 4/15. www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

12.04.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy #SelfPromotionSaturday Let your #Austenesque readers know what’s new.

12.04.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

11.04.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 19386    πŸ” 5933    πŸ’¬ 900    πŸ“Œ 316
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The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story Amazon.com: The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story eBook : Jacobson, Don: Kindle Store

My Austenesque short story, The Last Gift, is in Presale through April 15 on all Amazon platforms. The tale considers what would happen if July 18, 1817 was not the end but the beginning for Jane Austen. What if she invented her heaven and her characters awaited her? www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

09.04.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story Amazon.com: The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story eBook : Jacobson, Don: Kindle Store

A tidge over one week before my #Austenesque short story, The Last Gift, is available as an e-book on all Amazon platforms worldwide. 4,500 words.
www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

07.04.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story Amazon.com: The Last Gift: An Austenesque Short Story eBook : Jacobson, Don: Kindle Store

A tidge over one week before my #Austenesque short story, The Last Gift, is available as an e-book on all Amazon platforms worldwide. 4,500 words.
www.amazon.com/Last-Gift-Au...

07.04.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Photo of Love Sourcing a View from a Room

The latest edition of Austenesque Thoughts is available. Looking to see where your plotline will take you.
open.substack.com/pub/austenes...

29.03.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also take note of their masks - as the administration demands that Columbia et al ban masks on campus, so they can identify protesters more easily.

26.03.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2830    πŸ” 680    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 12

Being snatched off the street for your opinions. I'll say it again. We are deciding, right now, whether the aspirations we hold for this country are finished. Whether we're going to let these hoodlums and grifters throw what's left of the American idea into the garbage for their own profit and gain.

26.03.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9038    πŸ” 3955    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 157

The Mayor of Somerville, MA (where this took place) says that the mostly masked ICE agents misidentified themselves as "police" even though they had no connection with either Somerville or Tufts police. whdh.com/news/video-r...

26.03.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1529    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 47
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Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am.

#IncompetentKrasnov

12.03.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75458    πŸ” 17889    πŸ’¬ 1701    πŸ“Œ 685
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

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The acting head of the government’s human resources arm, Charles Ezell, is refusing to testify in tomorrow’s case that challenges the legality of the recent mass firings of federal workers. His absence raises serious questionsβ€”what is there to hide?

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Want to bet they will change all the locks?

11.03.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Quote about empathy.

Quote about empathy.

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Photo of Depression era Americans living Hooverville

Photo of Depression era Americans living Hooverville

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