joanne mcneil
@jomc.bsky.social
wrote a couple books including the novel WRONG WAY
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On the latest episode of Selected Novels, Jess Swoboda and Zach Fine talk to @jomc.bsky.social about J.G. Ballard’s “Concrete Island,” and how its mix of surreality and social critique influenced both her fiction and criticism:
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Selected Novels | Joanne McNeil on J.G. Ballard - The Point Podcast
On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist and cultural critic Joanne McNeil about J.G. Ballard’s Concrete Island.Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the no...
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I’ve been reading and thinking about JG Ballard’s work for over twenty years and I appreciated this opportunity to talk with The Point about his singular genius.
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PG&E is having a massive outage in San Francisco. Waymo robots aren't handling the traffic light outages well. Cell service is also out is some places.
No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages.
CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages.
CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
December 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
PG&E is having a massive outage in San Francisco. Waymo robots aren't handling the traffic light outages well. Cell service is also out is some places.
No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages.
CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
No surprise as Waymo robots & cell have repeatedly failed during power outages.
CPUC regulates both Waymo and PG&E (Profit Greed & Explosions).
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Everyone treats "autonomy" as a singular technological problem, that once "solved" will simply create a profit-generating machine, but the hard reality is that this technology is a constant negotiation between profits on one hand and the level of safety and behavior society will tolerate on the road
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Everyone treats "autonomy" as a singular technological problem, that once "solved" will simply create a profit-generating machine, but the hard reality is that this technology is a constant negotiation between profits on one hand and the level of safety and behavior society will tolerate on the road
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
by now, there must be more stories about people who fell in love with chatbots than actual people who fell in love with chatbots
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
by now, there must be more stories about people who fell in love with chatbots than actual people who fell in love with chatbots
if you are among the few staff critics reviewing books, films, music, art, &c, it is your professional duty to take a chance on things. Attend a random screening, pick up a self-published book, follow whims and offer full-throated generous praise for anything that makes an impression on a shoestring
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if you are among the few staff critics reviewing books, films, music, art, &c, it is your professional duty to take a chance on things. Attend a random screening, pick up a self-published book, follow whims and offer full-throated generous praise for anything that makes an impression on a shoestring
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they did get 6 figure salaries for working part time. presumably their oversight didn't extend to the deplorable conditions of content moderators
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
they did get 6 figure salaries for working part time. presumably their oversight didn't extend to the deplorable conditions of content moderators
thinking back to when Facebook launched its Oversight Board in 2020—a transparent move to defuse crises on its own terms, a fig leaf to evade external audits and appeal to the technocrats.
"Self-regulating" trillion dollar company is now a model for AI firms to playact as their worst critics.
"Self-regulating" trillion dollar company is now a model for AI firms to playact as their worst critics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
thinking back to when Facebook launched its Oversight Board in 2020—a transparent move to defuse crises on its own terms, a fig leaf to evade external audits and appeal to the technocrats.
"Self-regulating" trillion dollar company is now a model for AI firms to playact as their worst critics.
"Self-regulating" trillion dollar company is now a model for AI firms to playact as their worst critics.
going get wild when Waymo transitions out of the "good to users" stage of the enshittification cycle
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December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
going get wild when Waymo transitions out of the "good to users" stage of the enshittification cycle
www.reddit.com/r/waymo/comm...
www.reddit.com/r/waymo/comm...
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not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
a paywalled substack chat is an interesting marketing strategy
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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This Saturday!! Only a few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
What Comes After Social Media?
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
What Comes After Social Media? A Talk & Book Signing with Joanne McNeil
Join author Joanne McNeil for a presentation on the history of social media followed by a discussion on imagining new spaces online.
www.eventbrite.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This Saturday!! Only a few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
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now listening to this @techwontsave.us episode with @jomc.bsky.social about autonomous vehicles and delivery robots, particularly relevant following the recent tragedy of a waymo taxi killing a locally beloved bodega cat
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil — Tech Won't Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss the proliferation of delivery bots and robotaxis and how they recycle disproven claims about how technology will improve transportation. Joanne McNeil ...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
now listening to this @techwontsave.us episode with @jomc.bsky.social about autonomous vehicles and delivery robots, particularly relevant following the recent tragedy of a waymo taxi killing a locally beloved bodega cat
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“With machines (however remotely assisted) where essential workers used to be, those who WFH are ever more shielded from strangers beneath their tax bracket.”
@jomc.bsky.social isn’t cuckoo for Coco bots in LARA no. 2.
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@jomc.bsky.social isn’t cuckoo for Coco bots in LARA no. 2.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“With machines (however remotely assisted) where essential workers used to be, those who WFH are ever more shielded from strangers beneath their tax bracket.”
@jomc.bsky.social isn’t cuckoo for Coco bots in LARA no. 2.
nyra.nyc/articles/way...
@jomc.bsky.social isn’t cuckoo for Coco bots in LARA no. 2.
nyra.nyc/articles/way...
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@jomc.bsky.social was just on “Tech Won't Save Us” and part of the discussion was about the behavior of delivery robots like this techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil - Tech Won’t Save Us
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October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@jomc.bsky.social was just on “Tech Won't Save Us” and part of the discussion was about the behavior of delivery robots like this techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
This Saturday!! Only a few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
What Comes After Social Media?
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
What Comes After Social Media? A Talk & Book Signing with Joanne McNeil
Join author Joanne McNeil for a presentation on the history of social media followed by a discussion on imagining new spaces online.
www.eventbrite.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This Saturday!! Only a few tickets left www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
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One of the take away listening to this is how once again we don't think of people with disabilities, delivery robots tearing down the middle of the sidewalk #disablityawareness #robots
#ai
#ai
Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable.
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One of the take away listening to this is how once again we don't think of people with disabilities, delivery robots tearing down the middle of the sidewalk #disablityawareness #robots
#ai
#ai
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Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable.
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable.
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
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always such a pleasure to chat with @jomc.bsky.social, especially on subject like robotaxis, delivery robots, the labor behind it all, and what they’re doing to neighborhoods. don’t miss our chat!
Silicon Valley wants to make cities more efficient by taking away anything that makes them enjoyable.
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
This week @jomc.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why robotaxis and delivery bots aren’t solving any real problems with transport and cities.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/299_...
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
always such a pleasure to chat with @jomc.bsky.social, especially on subject like robotaxis, delivery robots, the labor behind it all, and what they’re doing to neighborhoods. don’t miss our chat!
What Comes After Social Media?
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
What Comes After Social Media? A Talk & Book Signing with Joanne McNeil
Join author Joanne McNeil for a presentation on the history of social media followed by a discussion on imagining new spaces online.
www.eventbrite.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What Comes After Social Media?
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
I’m giving a talk at the Philosophical Research Society in LA on what’s changed since LURKING was published. Learn about the past and future of the web, and alternatives to corporate online community. Limited tickets. Nov 1st 5-7pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-comes...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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My latest in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy: a profile of T.A.P.E. (Teach. Archive. Preserve. Exhibit.) and their incredible efforts in bringing museum-quality archival processes to the public.
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filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
Joanne McNeil on Digitizing VHS
Joanne McNeil on how Los Angeles’s Whammy! is helping to preserve people’s VHS archives.
filmmakermagazine.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My latest in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy: a profile of T.A.P.E. (Teach. Archive. Preserve. Exhibit.) and their incredible efforts in bringing museum-quality archival processes to the public.
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
My latest in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy: a profile of T.A.P.E. (Teach. Archive. Preserve. Exhibit.) and their incredible efforts in bringing museum-quality archival processes to the public.
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
Joanne McNeil on Digitizing VHS
Joanne McNeil on how Los Angeles’s Whammy! is helping to preserve people’s VHS archives.
filmmakermagazine.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My latest in @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy: a profile of T.A.P.E. (Teach. Archive. Preserve. Exhibit.) and their incredible efforts in bringing museum-quality archival processes to the public.
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
filmmakermagazine.com/131808-analo...
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The "robotaxi" analog is a theme of the novel 'Wrong Way' by @jomc.bsky.social
We also don't know if a person is connected by the magic of cheap telecommunications, like the Waymo teloperators in Manila, California, Arizona, and wherever else Waymo chooses to put them with no regulatory oversight.
We also don't know if a person is connected by the magic of cheap telecommunications, like the Waymo teloperators in Manila, California, Arizona, and wherever else Waymo chooses to put them with no regulatory oversight.
All I'm saying is that when you write "I am alive" on some paper and put it in a photocopier, judging by the output we don't know that there's *not* a very small man in there. And maybe he deserves rights
October 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The "robotaxi" analog is a theme of the novel 'Wrong Way' by @jomc.bsky.social
We also don't know if a person is connected by the magic of cheap telecommunications, like the Waymo teloperators in Manila, California, Arizona, and wherever else Waymo chooses to put them with no regulatory oversight.
We also don't know if a person is connected by the magic of cheap telecommunications, like the Waymo teloperators in Manila, California, Arizona, and wherever else Waymo chooses to put them with no regulatory oversight.
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As seen on FB, reminds me of @jomc.bsky.social's book:
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September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As seen on FB, reminds me of @jomc.bsky.social's book:
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