joanne mcneil
@jomc.bsky.social
wrote a couple books including the novel WRONG WAY
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@jomc.bsky.social
· Jun 5
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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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.
nyra.nyc/articles/way...
@jomc.bsky.social isn’t cuckoo for Coco bots in LARA no. 2.
nyra.nyc/articles/way...
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
techwontsave.us
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.
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...
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:
scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-...
scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-...
related to my last tweet: i had always wondered why authors from the wealthiest backgrounds seemed to be the most obsessed and strategic about landing major 250k+ book deals...
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
related to my last tweet: i had always wondered why authors from the wealthiest backgrounds seemed to be the most obsessed and strategic about landing major 250k+ book deals...
it's pretty much impossible for someone who makes six figures and up to understand how anyone gets by on half that or less. but that lower class includes most of this country! meanwhile virtually all art, journalism & culture is coming from a sheltered pov that only sometimes gestures at empathy
August 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
it's pretty much impossible for someone who makes six figures and up to understand how anyone gets by on half that or less. but that lower class includes most of this country! meanwhile virtually all art, journalism & culture is coming from a sheltered pov that only sometimes gestures at empathy
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Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
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Also, just to say, I learned abt this book this am from an article about a footballer who reads books:
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
which weirdly reminded me of:
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/14/a...
and that I recently enjoyed @jomc.bsky.social's Wrong Way:
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
which weirdly reminded me of:
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/14/a...
and that I recently enjoyed @jomc.bsky.social's Wrong Way:
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
“Wrong Way” Takes the Shine Off the Self-Driving Car
Joanne McNeil’s novel suggests that much of what we think of as technological progress is a new way to obscure human labor.
www.newyorker.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also, just to say, I learned abt this book this am from an article about a footballer who reads books:
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
which weirdly reminded me of:
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/14/a...
and that I recently enjoyed @jomc.bsky.social's Wrong Way:
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
which weirdly reminded me of:
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/14/a...
and that I recently enjoyed @jomc.bsky.social's Wrong Way:
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
construction just got started next door to me and i'm finding it difficult to stay focused in my once (blissfully) quiet apartment. what should i do?
i just ordered a white noise machine. are there any noise-canceling headphones that work on silent mode? (still appreciate recs even if they don't)..
i just ordered a white noise machine. are there any noise-canceling headphones that work on silent mode? (still appreciate recs even if they don't)..
July 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
construction just got started next door to me and i'm finding it difficult to stay focused in my once (blissfully) quiet apartment. what should i do?
i just ordered a white noise machine. are there any noise-canceling headphones that work on silent mode? (still appreciate recs even if they don't)..
i just ordered a white noise machine. are there any noise-canceling headphones that work on silent mode? (still appreciate recs even if they don't)..
New from me in the latest @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy on EZTV: once a “parallel universe to Hollywood” where even features could be made for $50, and its remarkably expansive video archive
filmmakermagazine.com/130958-profi...
filmmakermagazine.com/130958-profi...
Hollywood Underground: Joanne McNeil on EZTV’s Inventive Body of Work - Filmmaker Magazine
Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
filmmakermagazine.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New from me in the latest @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy on EZTV: once a “parallel universe to Hollywood” where even features could be made for $50, and its remarkably expansive video archive
filmmakermagazine.com/130958-profi...
filmmakermagazine.com/130958-profi...
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“What’s better than something or someone who anchors you to the present and makes you wish to experience minutes as minutes rather than seconds or hours?” @jomc.bsky.social jomc.substack.com/p/cutting-th...
cutting through the noise
The thing I’m always looking for—in art, in life, in general—is something that cuts through the noise.
jomc.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“What’s better than something or someone who anchors you to the present and makes you wish to experience minutes as minutes rather than seconds or hours?” @jomc.bsky.social jomc.substack.com/p/cutting-th...
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Good mail today to receive this insanely beautiful book from @endlessbookshelf.bsky.social, with amazing observations on the stories inside from Guy Davenport, @jomc.bsky.social & @greatdismal.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good mail today to receive this insanely beautiful book from @endlessbookshelf.bsky.social, with amazing observations on the stories inside from Guy Davenport, @jomc.bsky.social & @greatdismal.bsky.social
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Some news from the Filmmaker Magazine newsletter (which is that I’m stepping down after 33 years)!
June 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some news from the Filmmaker Magazine newsletter (which is that I’m stepping down after 33 years)!
cutting through the noise jomc.substack.com/p/cutting-th...
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
cutting through the noise jomc.substack.com/p/cutting-th...
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this Point conversation with @jomc.bsky.social on Ballard & CONCRETE ISLAND is as close as you can get to having coffee with Joanne, by which i mean high praise thepointmag.buzzsprout.com/1791285/epis...
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...
thepointmag.buzzsprout.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
this Point conversation with @jomc.bsky.social on Ballard & CONCRETE ISLAND is as close as you can get to having coffee with Joanne, by which i mean high praise thepointmag.buzzsprout.com/1791285/epis...