Jon Mooallem
@jmooallem.bsky.social
jonmooallem.com
Originator of the “Heavy Tarp” theory of societal decline
Originator of the “Heavy Tarp” theory of societal decline
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Jon Mooallem
@jmooallem.bsky.social
· Jan 28
I do not think posting is healthy for me.
”They’d be impressed if they knew I just finished an advance copy of the new (amazing) George Saunders.“ - me, cleaning my gutters on a ladder, thinking about the internet
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
”They’d be impressed if they knew I just finished an advance copy of the new (amazing) George Saunders.“ - me, cleaning my gutters on a ladder, thinking about the internet
mockup of a shirt I’d buy to vent my frustration while shopping at my town’s unnecessarily fancy grocery store, proceeds of which could
go to Feeding America or similar, thus leveraging privileged grievance into actual help for people who need it.
just an idea.
go to Feeding America or similar, thus leveraging privileged grievance into actual help for people who need it.
just an idea.
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
mockup of a shirt I’d buy to vent my frustration while shopping at my town’s unnecessarily fancy grocery store, proceeds of which could
go to Feeding America or similar, thus leveraging privileged grievance into actual help for people who need it.
just an idea.
go to Feeding America or similar, thus leveraging privileged grievance into actual help for people who need it.
just an idea.
very cool you have your own fancy horse to do that, I’ve been getting kicked in the head by a feral mule every day for years
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
very cool you have your own fancy horse to do that, I’ve been getting kicked in the head by a feral mule every day for years
This is so cool I have a mug that looks like this
Jupiter’s Stunning Southern Hemisphere - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/GxRZqB
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is so cool I have a mug that looks like this
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your imposter syndrome gives far too much credit to the genuine article
tfw you rediscover "the elites" are a sea of mediocrities
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
your imposter syndrome gives far too much credit to the genuine article
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I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
I journalism-careered wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I journalism-careered wrong.
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Very funny that we used to have a President Garfield. Imagine what the memes were like back then
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Very funny that we used to have a President Garfield. Imagine what the memes were like back then
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Please enjoy @evrat.bsky.social's frankly hilarious story of working with AI employees (and then enjoy the next season of his podcast!) www.wired.com/story/all-my...
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Please enjoy @evrat.bsky.social's frankly hilarious story of working with AI employees (and then enjoy the next season of his podcast!) www.wired.com/story/all-my...
THIS IS ALSO MY EXPERIENCE
Shell Game is back! Every time Evan tells me something about this season I wind up laughing hysterically even though it’s also obviously very depressing that some people are so desperate to ruin our lives and jobs for this vaporware technology
Episode 1: Minimum Viable Company
Podcast Episode · Shell Game · S2 E1 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
THIS IS ALSO MY EXPERIENCE
are there prediction markets on who’s next, conviction outcomes, etc?
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
are there prediction markets on who’s next, conviction outcomes, etc?
The future is real things, tactile things that make sense on the scale of individual human beings.
That’s where it’s all heading—you heard it here first.
That’s where it’s all heading—you heard it here first.
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The future is real things, tactile things that make sense on the scale of individual human beings.
That’s where it’s all heading—you heard it here first.
That’s where it’s all heading—you heard it here first.
friends I have been listening to rough cuts of some early episodes from Season 2 and holy moly the show @evrat.bsky.social's making is one of a kind. www.shellgame.co
Shell Game | Evan Ratliff | Substack
A podcast and newsletter about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Click to read Shell Game, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
www.shellgame.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
friends I have been listening to rough cuts of some early episodes from Season 2 and holy moly the show @evrat.bsky.social's making is one of a kind. www.shellgame.co
a real “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call” moment
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
a real “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call” moment
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Full Moon
Paterson Ewen
1988
Paterson Ewen
1988
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Full Moon
Paterson Ewen
1988
Paterson Ewen
1988
This insightful paper is by the directors of the Covid oral history project at Columbia which I wrote about for the NYT Mag a couple of years ago—a product of that research.
Good reading, good to think with, with newer and newer species of trouble around the bend.
Good reading, good to think with, with newer and newer species of trouble around the bend.
“theorists of late modernity were preoccupied with how … social actors became ‘paralyzed by increasingly uncertain futures.’ Quite to the contrary, we find that people actively develop cultural tools to adapt to ‘new species of trouble.’ We refer to these tools as repertoires of repair.” /1
Repertoires of repair: managing ontological insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. This article examines the practices used by people who, while in a state of crisis, attempt to restore the sense of continuity and dependability
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This insightful paper is by the directors of the Covid oral history project at Columbia which I wrote about for the NYT Mag a couple of years ago—a product of that research.
Good reading, good to think with, with newer and newer species of trouble around the bend.
Good reading, good to think with, with newer and newer species of trouble around the bend.
It‘s that time of night when Louis Varland gets loose.
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It‘s that time of night when Louis Varland gets loose.
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is there a little league game or something happening tonight?
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
is there a little league game or something happening tonight?
is there a little league game or something happening tonight?
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
is there a little league game or something happening tonight?
we will still detect tsunamis, just not in advance
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
we will still detect tsunamis, just not in advance
True of lots of things! Use your bodies! A great embodification is dawning! Thank you, Pope!
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
True of lots of things! Use your bodies! A great embodification is dawning! Thank you, Pope!
in what universe is it reasonable to get *penalized* for hitting the ball right into the squishy lower wall nook 400 feet away? M-f’ing balloons should have dropped. Free shrimp cocktail.
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
in what universe is it reasonable to get *penalized* for hitting the ball right into the squishy lower wall nook 400 feet away? M-f’ing balloons should have dropped. Free shrimp cocktail.
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I'm teaching my disaster film course again in the spring, and I'm tempted to assign this as their final project.
Create a sequel to San Andreas about the recovery. Create a prequel to Sharknado showing the attempted mitigation efforts, etc. etc.
Disaster movies about response are so boring.
Create a sequel to San Andreas about the recovery. Create a prequel to Sharknado showing the attempted mitigation efforts, etc. etc.
Disaster movies about response are so boring.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm teaching my disaster film course again in the spring, and I'm tempted to assign this as their final project.
Create a sequel to San Andreas about the recovery. Create a prequel to Sharknado showing the attempted mitigation efforts, etc. etc.
Disaster movies about response are so boring.
Create a sequel to San Andreas about the recovery. Create a prequel to Sharknado showing the attempted mitigation efforts, etc. etc.
Disaster movies about response are so boring.