Thomonique Moore
@hellothomo.bsky.social
you ever wonder what it all really mean? 💫
Thinking about // PhD-ing in Black technoculture, education, + digital media stuff at Penn Annenberg
Raised at @Howard.edu
thomoniquemoore.com
Thinking about // PhD-ing in Black technoculture, education, + digital media stuff at Penn Annenberg
Raised at @Howard.edu
thomoniquemoore.com
Librarians are the pillars of society, change my mind
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Librarians are the pillars of society, change my mind
The Racial Construction of Neoliberalism by @arunkundnani.bsky.social is my fave text that I've read so far among 3 classes so far this semester. Just needed to place that thought somewhere lol
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Racial Construction of Neoliberalism by @arunkundnani.bsky.social is my fave text that I've read so far among 3 classes so far this semester. Just needed to place that thought somewhere lol
just logged into linkedin for the first time in weeks and this was one of my notifications (????). I'm sure there's someone studying the ways corporate media and platforms uptake the use of (queer) AAVE 😵💫
September 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
just logged into linkedin for the first time in weeks and this was one of my notifications (????). I'm sure there's someone studying the ways corporate media and platforms uptake the use of (queer) AAVE 😵💫
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It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.
July 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.
fell down a rabbit hole of productivity today. looked up and its 8pm and i've organized my zotero collection, started on my personal website, re-wrote my professional bio (was putting that off for months/confused about research interests lol)
July 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
fell down a rabbit hole of productivity today. looked up and its 8pm and i've organized my zotero collection, started on my personal website, re-wrote my professional bio (was putting that off for months/confused about research interests lol)
"Participating institutions retain full copyright ownership of their materials. Digitization occurs on-site with all digital files returned directly to the HBCU. Getty and Ancestry also provide campus-wide access to Ancestry’s genealogical research tools."
insightintoacademia.com/hbcu-history...
insightintoacademia.com/hbcu-history...
Multiple Organizations Lead the Charge to Safeguard HBCU History
“There were so many stories that needed to be told.” That’s how Cassandra Illidge, executive director of the HBCU Grants Program at Getty Images, describe
insightintoacademia.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Participating institutions retain full copyright ownership of their materials. Digitization occurs on-site with all digital files returned directly to the HBCU. Getty and Ancestry also provide campus-wide access to Ancestry’s genealogical research tools."
insightintoacademia.com/hbcu-history...
insightintoacademia.com/hbcu-history...
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This is an open biblio that you are welcome to add your work to, if you work fits into critical data center studies:
Here’s an open biblio on critical data center studies research done in the past 15 years!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Critical Data Center Studies
Critical Data Center Studies Books Amoore, Louise. 2020. Ethics Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others Duke https://www.dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics Bedir, M; Groen. L; Kuijpers. M; Sa...
docs.google.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is an open biblio that you are welcome to add your work to, if you work fits into critical data center studies:
Now more than ever it's important that we open our purses and help fund independent journalism! I am a monthly contributor to Hammer & Hope, a magazine rooted in Black politics and culture that centers transnational coalition building across the global majority. givebutter.com/hammerandhope
Hammer & Hope, Inc.
givebutter.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Now more than ever it's important that we open our purses and help fund independent journalism! I am a monthly contributor to Hammer & Hope, a magazine rooted in Black politics and culture that centers transnational coalition building across the global majority. givebutter.com/hammerandhope
"gen alpha phrases" and it's just phrases that Black people across generations say...
"ate that up" is black QUEER language and "secure the bag" has been around since I was at least in middle school
"ate that up" is black QUEER language and "secure the bag" has been around since I was at least in middle school
Turns out all the major LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama 3) struggle to understand Gen Alpha phrases, like "let him cook", "ate that up", "got ratioed", "secure the bag" etc. Research paper written by a soon-to-be 9th grader www.404media.co/ai-models-an...
AI Models And Parents Don’t Understand ‘Let Him Cook’
LLMs are not familiar with “ate that up,” “secure the bag,” and “sigma,” showing that training data is not yet updated to Gen Alpha terminology.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"gen alpha phrases" and it's just phrases that Black people across generations say...
"ate that up" is black QUEER language and "secure the bag" has been around since I was at least in middle school
"ate that up" is black QUEER language and "secure the bag" has been around since I was at least in middle school
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People in Gaza are posting final messages.
May 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
People in Gaza are posting final messages.
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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.
www.phillytrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
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📍The Book I’ve Been Holding in My Chest
I’ve been writing a book for years—one shaped by a single question:Who gets to be understood online?
It’s about grief, algorithms, and Gakirah Barnes.She was 17.She was brilliant.Her life—lived on Twitter—has something to teach us all.
I’ve been writing a book for years—one shaped by a single question:Who gets to be understood online?
It’s about grief, algorithms, and Gakirah Barnes.She was 17.She was brilliant.Her life—lived on Twitter—has something to teach us all.
April 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📍The Book I’ve Been Holding in My Chest
I’ve been writing a book for years—one shaped by a single question:Who gets to be understood online?
It’s about grief, algorithms, and Gakirah Barnes.She was 17.She was brilliant.Her life—lived on Twitter—has something to teach us all.
I’ve been writing a book for years—one shaped by a single question:Who gets to be understood online?
It’s about grief, algorithms, and Gakirah Barnes.She was 17.She was brilliant.Her life—lived on Twitter—has something to teach us all.
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We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
aoir.org/riskyresearc...
also I'm sorry I have to keep breaking the news to people that chatGPT can apparently speak Patois now
May 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
also I'm sorry I have to keep breaking the news to people that chatGPT can apparently speak Patois now
we are in so much trouble, dear lord
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
we are in so much trouble, dear lord
I don’t have enough characters to explain here but this has me thinking about how changes in how we consume media (viewing TV collectively vs streaming individually) has shifted how much younger generations likely know about artists before their time.
Tina Turner releases “What’s Love Got To Do With It” today in 1984 — a song she hated at first but recorded on the advice of her manager, Roger Davies, who was engineering her comeback.
When it won three Grammys (including Song and Record of the Year), she gave one of the awards to him. 💕 #RIP
When it won three Grammys (including Song and Record of the Year), she gave one of the awards to him. 💕 #RIP
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don’t have enough characters to explain here but this has me thinking about how changes in how we consume media (viewing TV collectively vs streaming individually) has shifted how much younger generations likely know about artists before their time.
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SINNERS is an extraordinary fantastic lens through which to process (African-) American history.
Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America."
reactormag.com/the-devil-in...
Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America."
reactormag.com/the-devil-in...
The Devil in America - Reactor
Scant years after the Civil War, a mysterious family confronts the legacy that has pursued them across centuries, out of slavery, and finally to the idyllic peace of the town of Rosetree. The shatteri...
reactormag.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
SINNERS is an extraordinary fantastic lens through which to process (African-) American history.
Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America."
reactormag.com/the-devil-in...
Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America."
reactormag.com/the-devil-in...
Cannot believe this was his debut. Amazing performance!
#Sinners is Miles Caton's debut acting role
He learned blues guitar for the part, practicing over five hours a day for two months leading up to filming
(via Variety)
He learned blues guitar for the part, practicing over five hours a day for two months leading up to filming
(via Variety)
April 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Cannot believe this was his debut. Amazing performance!
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After two [IMAX] viewings of SINNERS, I finally wrote my review. As you can imagine, it's about 1500 words. Yet, simply put, if I had seen this as a religiously-stifled teen, it would've liberated me sooner. #SinnersMovie
Read my five-star review here:
rendyreviews.com/movie-review...
Read my five-star review here:
rendyreviews.com/movie-review...
'Sinners' Review: Ryan Coogler's Blood-soaked Southern Gothic Horror Masterpiece
Coogler’s first original flick is a staggeringly sophisticated studio horror with so much on its mind and sharpened fangs ready to bite.
rendyreviews.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
After two [IMAX] viewings of SINNERS, I finally wrote my review. As you can imagine, it's about 1500 words. Yet, simply put, if I had seen this as a religiously-stifled teen, it would've liberated me sooner. #SinnersMovie
Read my five-star review here:
rendyreviews.com/movie-review...
Read my five-star review here:
rendyreviews.com/movie-review...
Hello! #SinnersMovie is somebody’s dissertation chapter! Need all the historians who were in the writers room to come to the front 😭
April 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hello! #SinnersMovie is somebody’s dissertation chapter! Need all the historians who were in the writers room to come to the front 😭
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Well profs, "would you help the Gestapo?" is a live question.
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to ‘intervene’ in potential ICE detainments on campus
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to “intervene” in ICE detainments
A memo sent by the Office of General Council at Johns Hopkins instructs faculty and staff not to intervene if federal law enforcement detain a community member on campus.
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Well profs, "would you help the Gestapo?" is a live question.
I'm one of the 15 mill whose data 23andme has and I know I'm among the minority when I say this but I don't really regret my decision. I made it knowing full well the risks, and as a very nerdy person I learned a ton! I took the little tutorials they provide to learn about what the genetic..
March 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm one of the 15 mill whose data 23andme has and I know I'm among the minority when I say this but I don't really regret my decision. I made it knowing full well the risks, and as a very nerdy person I learned a ton! I took the little tutorials they provide to learn about what the genetic..
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the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty
they are also really, really stupid
they are also really, really stupid
March 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty
they are also really, really stupid
they are also really, really stupid
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UPDATE: Palestine Studies Search is back up! They could delay us and annoy us, but they could not keep us down.
Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...
Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
UPDATE: Palestine Studies Search is back up! They could delay us and annoy us, but they could not keep us down.
Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...
Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...
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For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.