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Relay @relay.fm · 18h

Clockwise 627: R2-D2 / C-3PO Situation

Apple's M5 updates and whether we use AI locally, media that's brought us joy recently, whether the Vision Pro update changes our minds, and the Apple services and products we would rename.

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Clockwise #627: R2-D2 / C-3PO Situation - Relay

Apple's M5 updates and whether we use AI locally, media that's brought us joy recently, whether the Vision Pro update changes our minds, and the Apple services and products we would rename.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 19h

Congrats, dude, this looks cool. I was going to request an ARC but the form was a little more influencer-focused. 😬

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 2d

Dude, I am not sure what the heck you’re talking about. Public transportation and electric vehicles do a lot to reduce emissions.

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Six Colors @sixcolors.com · 2d

Apple TV+ gets a new, familiar name

A vibrant new identity. As a little addendum to the press release announcing when "F1: The Movie" would be available to stream Apple changed the...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 2d

It could leave at any moment. Be ready! Welcome to town.

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 4d

The absolutely nightmarish situation for authors right now is a big part of why I'm probably never going to stop teaching.

I like teaching, but it's frustrating that full-time authoring feels like it will never, ever be an option. At least until I hit retirement age.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 5d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 5d

Check out Dan Moren's ALL SOULS LOST if you can't get enough noir (especially with a dash of the supernatural). www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

All Souls Lost ebook by Dan Moren - Rakuten Kobo

Read "All Souls Lost" by Dan Moren available from Rakuten Kobo. Say hello to Mike Lucifer, Spiritual Consultant. He’s back in town to take care of business. Unfortunately, when busines...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 6d

Now in a situation where I get regular PR emails from Stephen Miller’s wife and I’m not happy about whatever has led me to this point.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 6d

It’s Norway or the highway.

Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 6d

Just wanted to say that I will also declare Norway as my enemy if I don’t win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 6d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 6d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 6d

Duh DUH DUH....DUH DUH....

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 6d

Are there problems with the Catholic church? Sure are. But as far as this philosophy goes, the pope's got the goods.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 6d

Pope Leo is spitting.

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Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 7d

I'm so sorry, Amy. My condolences. 💜

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 7d

Oops, all orange. My review of the iPhone 17 Pro:

Six Colors @sixcolors.com · 7d

iPhone 17 Pro review: Orange you glad you’ve gone Pro?

My iPhone is orange. I mean, really orange. Not "brown but if you hold it in a certain light, it kind of looks orange if...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 7d

I liked this book quite a bit!

JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 12d

For a limited time only, @jeremyteg.bsky.social's THE HAND OF THE SUN KING is on sale for 99 cents wherever you buy ebooks! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 9d

Does it mean fewer jobs or jobs that transition elsewhere?

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 9d

Maybe we ought to have FEWER FUCKING CARS THEN.

CNN @cnn.com · 9d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 9d

There's a lot more going on in that cooking show than I thought.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 10d

Sorry I couldn’t make it tonight. I took a picture yesterday in solidarity. (And didn’t deface any of your books, temped as I was to sign one.)

Dan posing next to a sign for Auston’s author event.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 10d

This Red Sox fan thanks you for your service. 👊

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 12d

Far preferable.

Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 12d

It’s a goddamn crime that Mark Wahlberg has gotten to play both Parker and Spenser in recent years. We can’t find literally anyone else?

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 12d

There's nothing surprising about Apple removing ICEBlock from the App Store. Much as we might want companies to take moral stands, they're simply not designed to—that's the system we've built for ourselves. sixcolors.com/post/2025/10...

Apple’s ICEblock capitulation is business as usual

So, I guess I’m going to need to keep writing this piece. Say what you will about Apple’s decision this week to remove from the App Store the ICEBlock app that provided a way for people…

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13d

My kid actually helps invent the stories which is why they largely feature characters called Peter the Frog and Peter the Duck.

Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 13d

dads having to desperately scramble to make up bedtime stories out of whatever material they have available in their heads is a beautiful tradition and also why it took me until I was in middle school to figure out that Wilt Chamberlain was a real person and not a character my dad made up

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 13d

the bedtime thing rips my heart in half. i would not have a fraction of the creativity i possess without my dad not only reading us books but literally making up stories on the spot every night. cannot express how lucky i was and how sad i am for children being raised by chatbots

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