Ed J. Moore
@edjmoore.bsky.social
Art, technology, and videotape. Been avoiding the intersection since the sinkhole incident.
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On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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Thandiwe Muriu (b.1990)
Photographer, Kenya
Photographer, Kenya
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thandiwe Muriu (b.1990)
Photographer, Kenya
Photographer, Kenya
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people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms.
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms.
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
I've been thinking how the internet is like a malevolent curse of ancient myth. This article explains how really well:
www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-intern...
www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-intern...
The Internet is for Extremism - by Jeremiah Johnson
How MrBeast explains why everything online is going insane
www.infinitescroll.us
July 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I've been thinking how the internet is like a malevolent curse of ancient myth. This article explains how really well:
www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-intern...
www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-intern...
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“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Superman is too woke!”
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
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One of the most mature and intelligent things a human can do is say, "I don't know enough right now to have a well-informed opinion on that."
#medsky
#medsky
June 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One of the most mature and intelligent things a human can do is say, "I don't know enough right now to have a well-informed opinion on that."
#medsky
#medsky
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Some people truly have no idea how anything happens in the streets. They see photos and they approve or disapprove of the aesthetics. But they understand NOTHING.
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Some people truly have no idea how anything happens in the streets. They see photos and they approve or disapprove of the aesthetics. But they understand NOTHING.
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I love this. Screens have become a legit problem in cars. And not just because they're a single point of failure to have access to functions of the vehicle.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars.
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I love this. Screens have become a legit problem in cars. And not just because they're a single point of failure to have access to functions of the vehicle.
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A review both brutal and deserved.
Its main point, that a part of the far-left denied the fascist orientation of Trumpism because they viewed their real enemy as centrist liberals is not shocking.
It isn't the first time, after all, the hard-left attacked liberals to the benefit of the fascists.
Its main point, that a part of the far-left denied the fascist orientation of Trumpism because they viewed their real enemy as centrist liberals is not shocking.
It isn't the first time, after all, the hard-left attacked liberals to the benefit of the fascists.
s-usih.org/2025/05/the-...
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
“The Wolves Came”: Richard Steigmann-Gall on Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins’s *Did it Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and America* | Society for US Intellectual History
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins has edited a book which he hoped would finally put to bed the hotly contested Fascism Debate that arose from Trump’s 2016 candidacy, and which has found itself renewed intermi...
s-usih.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A review both brutal and deserved.
Its main point, that a part of the far-left denied the fascist orientation of Trumpism because they viewed their real enemy as centrist liberals is not shocking.
It isn't the first time, after all, the hard-left attacked liberals to the benefit of the fascists.
Its main point, that a part of the far-left denied the fascist orientation of Trumpism because they viewed their real enemy as centrist liberals is not shocking.
It isn't the first time, after all, the hard-left attacked liberals to the benefit of the fascists.
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s-usih.org/2025/05/the-...
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
“The Wolves Came”: Richard Steigmann-Gall on Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins’s *Did it Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and America* | Society for US Intellectual History
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins has edited a book which he hoped would finally put to bed the hotly contested Fascism Debate that arose from Trump’s 2016 candidacy, and which has found itself renewed intermi...
s-usih.org
May 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
s-usih.org/2025/05/the-...
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
Savage review by @notoriousrsg.bsky.social:
"Little did Steinmetz-Jenkins know that, within a year of its publication, his volume would go from being a triumphant coup-de-grace against the liberal tyrannophobes, to an artifact of the shortest victory lap ever taken. "
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Exactly, calls to empathize with and debate conspiracists is a major reason why so many conspiracies have crept back into public discourse. We should treat election truthers and anti-vaxx freaks the way we treat ISIS.
You could argue that conspiracy theories have ballooned in recent decades is precisely *because* these people now have safe spaces online where their delusions are nurtured and shared. In the past, these people would have been told "no" and laughed out of the room before the nonsense could spread.
May 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Exactly, calls to empathize with and debate conspiracists is a major reason why so many conspiracies have crept back into public discourse. We should treat election truthers and anti-vaxx freaks the way we treat ISIS.
This summarizes my thoughts on the internet better than I ever did:
"We made a hive mind. We did it too soon and too fast, and it’s eating us alive."
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-and-break-people-part-1
"We made a hive mind. We did it too soon and too fast, and it’s eating us alive."
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-and-break-people-part-1
March 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This summarizes my thoughts on the internet better than I ever did:
"We made a hive mind. We did it too soon and too fast, and it’s eating us alive."
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-and-break-people-part-1
"We made a hive mind. We did it too soon and too fast, and it’s eating us alive."
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-and-break-people-part-1
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‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters.
Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.
Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.
Venture Capital Kills ‘More Value Than It Creates,’ Author Says
In a new book, World Eaters, tech activist Catherine Bracy says Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit.
www.bloomberg.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters.
Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.
Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.
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Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.
January 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.
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David Lynch has died. He was an unlikely American auteur with a Euro sensibility wrapped in a folksy Midwestern charm, and a serious man who saw dark humor in the mundane and beauty in ugliness. He somehow navigated the mainstream film business without losing his vital and singular artistic vision.
January 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
David Lynch has died. He was an unlikely American auteur with a Euro sensibility wrapped in a folksy Midwestern charm, and a serious man who saw dark humor in the mundane and beauty in ugliness. He somehow navigated the mainstream film business without losing his vital and singular artistic vision.
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There was no other director like him, and it's kind of a miracle that he was able to do all the wild, weird and strange work that he did, for as long as he did, and mostly with studio money. RIP.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There was no other director like him, and it's kind of a miracle that he was able to do all the wild, weird and strange work that he did, for as long as he did, and mostly with studio money. RIP.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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NYTimes was the most credulous, calling 2012 “the year of the MOOC”
Soon the major companies (edX, Coursera) were bankrupt, bought out, and/or never made money.
In subsequent realignments, arts + humanities paid the price for universities’ bad investments. The end.
www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/e...
Soon the major companies (edX, Coursera) were bankrupt, bought out, and/or never made money.
In subsequent realignments, arts + humanities paid the price for universities’ bad investments. The end.
www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/e...
January 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NYTimes was the most credulous, calling 2012 “the year of the MOOC”
Soon the major companies (edX, Coursera) were bankrupt, bought out, and/or never made money.
In subsequent realignments, arts + humanities paid the price for universities’ bad investments. The end.
www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/e...
Soon the major companies (edX, Coursera) were bankrupt, bought out, and/or never made money.
In subsequent realignments, arts + humanities paid the price for universities’ bad investments. The end.
www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/e...
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It's the first week of classes at many colleges and universities, so I'm reupping a piece on the syllabus, which is now mostly just a bureaucratic apparatus. RIP the syllabus.
The Most Disrespected Document in Higher Education
The college syllabus is dead.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's the first week of classes at many colleges and universities, so I'm reupping a piece on the syllabus, which is now mostly just a bureaucratic apparatus. RIP the syllabus.
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The media since 2015.
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The media since 2015.
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