Ryan Moulton
@moultano.bsky.social
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Ryan Moulton
@moultano.bsky.social
· Jun 4
This, to me, is what artists owe to the world in an indoor, screen-saturated age. If people are going to experience the world second hand, fair enough. Let it not be third hand or fourth hand.
Millennials should take advantage of the fact that we're the last generation whose music you can play on instruments and get together to jam.
as the husband of a mahjong addict, dudes need to identify an activity that can be done relatively easily in groups with minimal financial commitment so they can get out of the house for 2-3 hours on a school night, have two beers, and shoot the shit with their buddies.
It won't be mahjong tho.
It won't be mahjong tho.
This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Millennials should take advantage of the fact that we're the last generation whose music you can play on instruments and get together to jam.
Hey it's a beautiful Sunday. Might be a great time to
Notice when this is what your scrolling actually is.
www.youtube.com/shorts/F8sCF...
www.youtube.com/shorts/F8sCF...
Kitty Aggressively Licks Frying Bacon on Computer Screen
YouTube video by Memefarm Rights Management
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November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey it's a beautiful Sunday. Might be a great time to
Protip: If you take a kid's nose, and then pop it in your mouth and puff up your cheeks (because they're full of nose) then spit it out into your hand again before you give the nose back, it is much more effective.
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Protip: If you take a kid's nose, and then pop it in your mouth and puff up your cheeks (because they're full of nose) then spit it out into your hand again before you give the nose back, it is much more effective.
Am I doing this right?
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Am I doing this right?
Somebody has to spend their time and attention being parochial, or you lose the paroch.
This is the primary damage of social media.
This is the primary damage of social media.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Somebody has to spend their time and attention being parochial, or you lose the paroch.
This is the primary damage of social media.
This is the primary damage of social media.
Every debate about AI on here about whether it is good or evil, verboten or not, presumes it can be prevented, and that seems so out of touch I don't even feel like reading to the end of a post, even the rebuttals.
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Every debate about AI on here about whether it is good or evil, verboten or not, presumes it can be prevented, and that seems so out of touch I don't even feel like reading to the end of a post, even the rebuttals.
I don't get why old stories don't make more sense. You would think that over generations retelling would tend to make stories more coherent as people's memories corrupt them into things that make sense to them, but this doesn't seem to happen.
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I don't get why old stories don't make more sense. You would think that over generations retelling would tend to make stories more coherent as people's memories corrupt them into things that make sense to them, but this doesn't seem to happen.
Tip of the hat to DDLJ for convincing a generation of Indian women (and one in particular) that gregarious foreigners who play the mandolin are cool.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tip of the hat to DDLJ for convincing a generation of Indian women (and one in particular) that gregarious foreigners who play the mandolin are cool.
How old were you when you developed strong opinions about drywall anchors?
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
How old were you when you developed strong opinions about drywall anchors?
Perks of finally owning property.
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Perks of finally owning property.
Wordle should free the minmaxxers from their soulless plight by banning any starting word you've used in the last month.
I do this by letting my kids pick the starting word, but for those people who don't have a reading-aged kid handy.
I do this by letting my kids pick the starting word, but for those people who don't have a reading-aged kid handy.
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wordle should free the minmaxxers from their soulless plight by banning any starting word you've used in the last month.
I do this by letting my kids pick the starting word, but for those people who don't have a reading-aged kid handy.
I do this by letting my kids pick the starting word, but for those people who don't have a reading-aged kid handy.
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The Pope is cool honestly
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Pope is cool honestly
Absolutely. People should go into politics for the money, and not *whisper* ₜₕₑ ₘₒₙₑᵧ.
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Absolutely. People should go into politics for the money, and not *whisper* ₜₕₑ ₘₒₙₑᵧ.
The first log scale projection I've seen with realistic error bars.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The first log scale projection I've seen with realistic error bars.
The saga of Gemini and baby turtle.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The saga of Gemini and baby turtle.
I have a feeling that when I'm old and anything you want can be delivered by drone for 5¢ per mile I'm still going to feel like it's wasteful to get food delivered.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I have a feeling that when I'm old and anything you want can be delivered by drone for 5¢ per mile I'm still going to feel like it's wasteful to get food delivered.
It's crazy that we make artists think about hexadecimal every time they pick a color. It's the most raw sharp edged way that the internals of the computer are still exposed to users.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's crazy that we make artists think about hexadecimal every time they pick a color. It's the most raw sharp edged way that the internals of the computer are still exposed to users.
I'm incapable of making long term plans to read a book, and then reading it. All books that I read must be started the moment they strike my fancy, or they're gone forever, a bit like reading a tweet except that it takes 8 disconnected hours to do.
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm incapable of making long term plans to read a book, and then reading it. All books that I read must be started the moment they strike my fancy, or they're gone forever, a bit like reading a tweet except that it takes 8 disconnected hours to do.
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
95% of the viral ragebait remodelings that go from cozy home to hospital gray are done by the listing agent and not the occupant.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
95% of the viral ragebait remodelings that go from cozy home to hospital gray are done by the listing agent and not the occupant.
Education seems like the domain where the low standards of social science research have had the most consequence. Every single robust finding would be actionable.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Education seems like the domain where the low standards of social science research have had the most consequence. Every single robust finding would be actionable.
Combining the first and second post of this thread was enough to turn it into one of my most viral tweets ever. I wonder I should repost here with that edit.
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Combining the first and second post of this thread was enough to turn it into one of my most viral tweets ever. I wonder I should repost here with that edit.
Whenever honey bees visit my particularly aromatic flowers, like basil or lavender, I hope that I'm making some nearby beekeepers' honey interesting.
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Whenever honey bees visit my particularly aromatic flowers, like basil or lavender, I hope that I'm making some nearby beekeepers' honey interesting.
They should give you one sick day per year for DOMS.
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
They should give you one sick day per year for DOMS.