Joshua Louis Moss
@joshuamoss.bsky.social
Film professor. Author. Screenwriter. Muse. Vonnegut Lover. Nice Jewish Boy. Ph.D. in Critical Studies. Associate Professor and Chair of the Media Arts, Design, and Technology department at Cal State, Chico.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the guy that just burned down the EPA, the Board of Education, the CDC, the fight controllers, and the IRS might not care if the government shuts down.
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the guy that just burned down the EPA, the Board of Education, the CDC, the fight controllers, and the IRS might not care if the government shuts down.
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the only way to revitalize america's economy is to begin building ludicrously impractical atrium hotels again
September 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the only way to revitalize america's economy is to begin building ludicrously impractical atrium hotels again
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Okay, I've deleted my earlier post. Apparently, this is *not* a pipe. But the fact that I thought it was says a lot about society.
August 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Okay, I've deleted my earlier post. Apparently, this is *not* a pipe. But the fact that I thought it was says a lot about society.
The genius of Jesus Christ Superstar, aside from the great music, locates in how it is not actually about Jesus at all. It is about myth, celebrity, and superstardom. The cruelty of politics and the impossibility of leading a true revolution. Our yearning to make it all make sense.
August 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The genius of Jesus Christ Superstar, aside from the great music, locates in how it is not actually about Jesus at all. It is about myth, celebrity, and superstardom. The cruelty of politics and the impossibility of leading a true revolution. Our yearning to make it all make sense.
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ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ar...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study
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At the age of 44, I've finally grown mature enough to stop pretending I don't like the Bee Gees.
June 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At the age of 44, I've finally grown mature enough to stop pretending I don't like the Bee Gees.
How has no one made the connection that Joe Rogan's "I'm just a comedian having conversations" shtick is the same approach as the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?
April 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How has no one made the connection that Joe Rogan's "I'm just a comedian having conversations" shtick is the same approach as the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?
Is it ironic that an apt name for Trump's bizarre form of garish performance comedy would be "Concentration Camp"
April 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Is it ironic that an apt name for Trump's bizarre form of garish performance comedy would be "Concentration Camp"
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I’m running for Congress.
I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e...
Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...
I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e...
Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...
Unf*ck Our Country
YouTube video by Mike Sacks for Congress
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April 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’m running for Congress.
I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e...
Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...
I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e...
Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.
April 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do to get a zero payment down three year lease on the latest Tesla Model 3"
March 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do to get a zero payment down three year lease on the latest Tesla Model 3"
"The Conversation" came out in 1974. John Cazale would live another four years. Gene Hackman lived another 50. As the film told us, we try to control our media to presume we can control life. But there is no control in the end. Not the volume. Not the on/off switch.
February 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"The Conversation" came out in 1974. John Cazale would live another four years. Gene Hackman lived another 50. As the film told us, we try to control our media to presume we can control life. But there is no control in the end. Not the volume. Not the on/off switch.
Rachel Dratch triumphantly performing a Debbie Downer sketch without breaking is a unique form of meta comedy
February 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Rachel Dratch triumphantly performing a Debbie Downer sketch without breaking is a unique form of meta comedy
How soon until Trump decides that DEI is why supermarkets sell brown eggs as well as white ones
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
How soon until Trump decides that DEI is why supermarkets sell brown eggs as well as white ones
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Being a father means constantly saying goodbye to the ones you love most as they grow and change, finding in your heart the courage to love them more even while encouraging them to need you less and to become fully independent.
And so, even a quick smile or text from them can reduce you to tears.
And so, even a quick smile or text from them can reduce you to tears.
January 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Being a father means constantly saying goodbye to the ones you love most as they grow and change, finding in your heart the courage to love them more even while encouraging them to need you less and to become fully independent.
And so, even a quick smile or text from them can reduce you to tears.
And so, even a quick smile or text from them can reduce you to tears.
Ventura Blvd. Wednesday, 6:37am.
January 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ventura Blvd. Wednesday, 6:37am.
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January 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Starting off my "Cowboys and Gangsters" class next week with a screening of "Shane," a film that still resonates with today's students. A great way to begin by asking students to critically interogate heroism in genre films.
January 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Starting off my "Cowboys and Gangsters" class next week with a screening of "Shane," a film that still resonates with today's students. A great way to begin by asking students to critically interogate heroism in genre films.
Did the four Supreme Court justices that tried to prevent private citizen Donald Trump from being sentenced in court even bother to offer a legal justification?
January 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Did the four Supreme Court justices that tried to prevent private citizen Donald Trump from being sentenced in court even bother to offer a legal justification?
Starting to think there might be some bots on Bluesky
January 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Starting to think there might be some bots on Bluesky
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When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
January 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
January 20th is the end of the Twilight Zone episode when Trump enters an empty oval office and Rod Serling steps out and explains that each of us find our own jails in our own ways.
January 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
January 20th is the end of the Twilight Zone episode when Trump enters an empty oval office and Rod Serling steps out and explains that each of us find our own jails in our own ways.