Dan Moore
@danm628.bsky.social
Retired principal engineer. Who is quite willing to bore you with how communication systems work. And old computer history, at least the parts I was involved in.
Here to read what some of my favorite authors write.
Here to read what some of my favorite authors write.
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The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.
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I'm sure I am not the first person to think this, but I think having NIGHT OF THE MEEK, this one deeply genuine sweet story about Santa in the middle of THE TWILIGHT ZONE is quietly one of the most crucial pieces in visualizing Rod Serlings overall message of the show
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I'm sure I am not the first person to think this, but I think having NIGHT OF THE MEEK, this one deeply genuine sweet story about Santa in the middle of THE TWILIGHT ZONE is quietly one of the most crucial pieces in visualizing Rod Serlings overall message of the show
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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The CISA's new director, hand-picked by Kristi Noem, asked to be "read in" to highly sensitive, compartmentalized intelligence shared with a select few people in the civilian agency by the NSA or CIA.
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The CISA's new director, hand-picked by Kristi Noem, asked to be "read in" to highly sensitive, compartmentalized intelligence shared with a select few people in the civilian agency by the NSA or CIA.
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
I wish I had taken a picture half this good. I have watched Ospreys chase off Bald Eagles. But this…
As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites.
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I wish I had taken a picture half this good. I have watched Ospreys chase off Bald Eagles. But this…
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Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former NSA employee (16 years) with a pro tip for you. Released controlled document on the left, Epstein on the right. See the difference?
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
In real redactions, some words, headers, and bits will almost always still be visible, but especially classification headers. These documents are UNCLASSIFIED
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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BRB gotta pitch for funding for my new crossover startup, an LLM for silicon valley billionaire techbros wanting to spitball better profit-making ideas: *Ask Blofeld*
![Ask Gordon [BETA]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3553q446gonrogr5klgmzd2x/bafkreig7xg4rxgwviwyhoxqlg5s4mboowtzts6d6jjcfpp37mmllfm5l44@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
BRB gotta pitch for funding for my new crossover startup, an LLM for silicon valley billionaire techbros wanting to spitball better profit-making ideas: *Ask Blofeld*
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A Texas widow received an immigration approval letter for her husband months after he was killed in an ICE facility shooting. The letter would have allowed him to pursue a visa or green card, arriving only after his death. (NBC-DFW5)
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A Texas widow received an immigration approval letter for her husband months after he was killed in an ICE facility shooting. The letter would have allowed him to pursue a visa or green card, arriving only after his death. (NBC-DFW5)
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Thank goodness tragedy was averted. But we shouldn't even be there with our military in the first place.
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thank goodness tragedy was averted. But we shouldn't even be there with our military in the first place.
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CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CBS News Exclusive | While it's appropriate to mourn the students murdered at Brown University, we cannot be distracted from the real tragedy at America's colleges: the silencing of conservative voices.
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“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
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college should, in the US, be free. college is not - nor has it ever been, despite the protestations of our trade school colleagues (business, engineering, etc.) and administrators - simply job training.
the US educational system became the light of the world because of its liberal arts foundation
the US educational system became the light of the world because of its liberal arts foundation
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
college should, in the US, be free. college is not - nor has it ever been, despite the protestations of our trade school colleagues (business, engineering, etc.) and administrators - simply job training.
the US educational system became the light of the world because of its liberal arts foundation
the US educational system became the light of the world because of its liberal arts foundation
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Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic. www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Parkinson’s disease has environmental toxic factors, not just genetic. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
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Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science.
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s Behavior is Reckless
I’ve largely ignored Loeb for the past few weeks. When he started in on his 3I/ATLAS thing, there were plenty of mainstream media outlets willing to give his claims a wide and credulous platform, and ...
sites.psu.edu
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science.
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
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AI has NO emotions. It has zero ability to acquire technical prowess. It cannot feel. It cannot inspire you to feel. It cannot breathe life into art.
It's a pattern-recognition plagiarism machine, hoping you'll think it's a real boy and not fucking Pinocchio. (This may be an insult to Pinocchio.)
It's a pattern-recognition plagiarism machine, hoping you'll think it's a real boy and not fucking Pinocchio. (This may be an insult to Pinocchio.)
I do not care what how much propaganda Silicon Valley tries to spread saying otherwise, a machine vomiting up slop is never ever going to be art to me the way an human being sitting and making something with their soul, knowledge and skill set is.
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
AI has NO emotions. It has zero ability to acquire technical prowess. It cannot feel. It cannot inspire you to feel. It cannot breathe life into art.
It's a pattern-recognition plagiarism machine, hoping you'll think it's a real boy and not fucking Pinocchio. (This may be an insult to Pinocchio.)
It's a pattern-recognition plagiarism machine, hoping you'll think it's a real boy and not fucking Pinocchio. (This may be an insult to Pinocchio.)
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16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
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I think it is fair to say America is no longer the land of the free. The sad part is that it took more than two centuries to build, and less than a year to unravel.
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I think it is fair to say America is no longer the land of the free. The sad part is that it took more than two centuries to build, and less than a year to unravel.
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Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.