Jackie Lightfield

Regional Publisher, Writer of Mysteries, Explorer.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

A marquee is like a permanent sandwich sign except hanging overhead instead of on the sidewalk. The cookie cutter branding of modern retailers could learn a thing or two about the power of signage.

https://t.co/VrB2o5q8hg

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Today I am stuffing the 600th envelope of the To Have and Have More classic mystery by mail. I am thrilled to be building a publishing startup in this very analog way. Also makes a great Father’s Day gift. 😁

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@Jason I’m emulating Mark Twain and launched a publishing project. https://t.co/MD1Rlj9Ukd

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Hitting the road soon? Tips on how to save some $$$ https://t.co/mp8PPfKRRf

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Looking for a unique Mother’s Day Gift? To Have and Have More, a tale of the Gilded age is shipping now. 8 letters over 90 days to your favorite mom. https://t.co/MD1Rlj9Ukd

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Planning Less, Exploring More: The Joy of Mystery Travel https://t.co/g7otNvVWFD

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

The kids are all right

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

I can’t stop laughing. 🤣🤣

BRAVO!! These 5th grade boys came up with this on their own.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Value engineering killed art and innovation. Planned obsolescence created disposable goods. Our landfills are filled with the receipts.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

There used to be art in everything

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Not such a bad problem, but mailing out stories to my readers is turning into daily trips to the post office.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@realEstateTrent The disturbing trend of influencer gamed algorithms unfortunately also affects local government policy as the planners and zoning officials absorb bad info which turns into bad policy.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Great news out of Dallas. Cell phone bans in schools is a step towards a renewed focus on reading. Reading physical books is exactly why I began Armchair Expeditions, classic mysteries by mail.

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

One year into cell phone bans, Dallas schools see 24% increase in library book checkouts.

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"Public school districts in Texas are almost one school year into the first statewide cellphone ban, and a North Texas school district is seeing positive impacts.

Dallas ISD officials said that, district-wide, they have seen a significant increase in library book checkouts, which they largely attribute to students no longer having cellphones with them during the school day.

"I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

From the first day of school to March 31, 2026, the district reported an increase of more than 200,000 additional books checked out compared to the previous year.

A look at the library checkouts for the previous year:

2025-2026 Total Circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2026) – 1,084,837
2024-2025 Total circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2025) – 872,430

Total library book checkout increase: 24.35%

At Dallas ISD's Hillcrest High, students are following this trend.

Canales said there were roughly 500 books checked out in the first nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year. This school year, that number spiked to about 1,800 books.

"That floored me," Canales said. "I had to re-do the report again because I was like, 'What, are you kidding me?'"

Students felt the impact too.

"Now that I'm busy with a bunch of work and college, I don't find myself missing my phone that much, even at home," said Yamilet Jimenez, 9th grader."

By @laceybeasnews.

@JonHaidt @safe_screens

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@Scobleizer @SawyerMerritt Human behavior is hundreds of thousands of years baked in. Humans like tactile things. Humans like tactile feedback. Humans like to do things without having to read, think, or otherwise get distracted from looking at all the bad driving and bad roads around our vehicles.

[HustleBitch @HustleBitch_]

🚨 UNITED PASSENGER CATCHES INSANE NASA ROCKET LAUNCH FROM PLANE WINDOW — FLIGHT ATTENDANT LOSES IT MID-AIR

A United flight just turned into a front-row seat to history.

A woman captures the exact moment NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches… straight from her window at 30,000 feet.

And then you hear the flight attendant:

“15 years of flying… I’ve been praying to see something like this.”

• Rocket blasting through the clouds
• Crew calling it a “once in a lifetime” moment

He said he flew to Florida multiple times just to see a launch…

Canceled. Every time.

And then this happens midair.

What are the chances you randomly look out your window… and see history taking off?

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire.

It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane

It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs.

Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ?

Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us.

Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Just sent the latest batch of my Gilded Age Mystery by Mail, “To Have and Have More.” It’s the best gift to give when you want your gift to last for at least 90 days.

https://t.co/MD1Rlj9Ukd

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@realEstateTrent 💯 true. Also, showing up in person is another real life hack.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@MKBHD Ok a question. What iOS were you using for each phone?

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@booshabear Thanks for letting me know. https://t.co/MD1Rlj9Ukd

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

Happy to finally launch https://t.co/aOp3niG8OV

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@Teslaconomics Maybe by year 10 there’s a fully automated fleet. But since no one can solve the NYC left turn, weather, sharing roads with bad human drivers, and passenger behavior, the model will need to have people filling in the gaps.

[Jackie Lightfield @turfgrrl]

@Tim_Denning When everyone does the same thing it’s like announcing you are a snowflake in Antarctica.