Scott Moore
@scottmoore.bsky.social
I used to be a professional online community builder (1995-2020). I have eclectic interests: coffee roasting, kludge DIY, 16thC Germany, History of Surgery...
Now, I just have opinions: all of them are wrong, but some of them are useful. Willing to learn.
Now, I just have opinions: all of them are wrong, but some of them are useful. Willing to learn.
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Happy Winter Solstice over here :)
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Happy Winter Solstice over here :)
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There are few personal fundraisers on here for me, but this is one of them. About two weeks ago, my husband’s best friend was diagnosed with cancer and his fiancée, my bridesmaid, has had to drop everything to take care of him. That includes work (which denied her leave). Help them out, please.
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gofund.me
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There are few personal fundraisers on here for me, but this is one of them. About two weeks ago, my husband’s best friend was diagnosed with cancer and his fiancée, my bridesmaid, has had to drop everything to take care of him. That includes work (which denied her leave). Help them out, please.
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Wow, as someone who supports Propublica and donates to support their journalism every year I am surprised and disturbed to read this.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wow, as someone who supports Propublica and donates to support their journalism every year I am surprised and disturbed to read this.
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Bertha Boronda.
Charged with "mayhem" for slicing off her husband's you-know-what with a straight razor.
Apprehended while disguised, wearing men's clothing and mounting a bicycle to make her escape
San Jose, California. 1908.
Mayhem indeed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
Charged with "mayhem" for slicing off her husband's you-know-what with a straight razor.
Apprehended while disguised, wearing men's clothing and mounting a bicycle to make her escape
San Jose, California. 1908.
Mayhem indeed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Bertha Boronda.
Charged with "mayhem" for slicing off her husband's you-know-what with a straight razor.
Apprehended while disguised, wearing men's clothing and mounting a bicycle to make her escape
San Jose, California. 1908.
Mayhem indeed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
Charged with "mayhem" for slicing off her husband's you-know-what with a straight razor.
Apprehended while disguised, wearing men's clothing and mounting a bicycle to make her escape
San Jose, California. 1908.
Mayhem indeed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_...
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Just saw another commercial for it so let me say again:
Mr Clean Magic Eraser is a 10,000 grit melamine sanding sponge. Don’t use them to clean anything in your home. It’ll fuck up your paint and your surfaces and your finishes.
It’s also bad to touch or breathe around, so yeah.
Mr Clean Magic Eraser is a 10,000 grit melamine sanding sponge. Don’t use them to clean anything in your home. It’ll fuck up your paint and your surfaces and your finishes.
It’s also bad to touch or breathe around, so yeah.
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just saw another commercial for it so let me say again:
Mr Clean Magic Eraser is a 10,000 grit melamine sanding sponge. Don’t use them to clean anything in your home. It’ll fuck up your paint and your surfaces and your finishes.
It’s also bad to touch or breathe around, so yeah.
Mr Clean Magic Eraser is a 10,000 grit melamine sanding sponge. Don’t use them to clean anything in your home. It’ll fuck up your paint and your surfaces and your finishes.
It’s also bad to touch or breathe around, so yeah.
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You guys have pushed Snowed to #13 in monster fiction for teens. Nice! This post gives links to buy it for all your readers, not just Kindle.
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You guys have pushed Snowed to #13 in monster fiction for teens. Nice! This post gives links to buy it for all your readers, not just Kindle.
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This is actually important for two reasons.
1) Just recognising implicit sexism when it comes up, either in you or others.
2) Recognising the power of framing on social media and how it can override context and even common sense. Next time you're asked to join a dogpile, perhaps consider this.
1) Just recognising implicit sexism when it comes up, either in you or others.
2) Recognising the power of framing on social media and how it can override context and even common sense. Next time you're asked to join a dogpile, perhaps consider this.
Okay, this is a fascinating case of social media priming.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
I want this woman thrown in prison for at least a decade.
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is actually important for two reasons.
1) Just recognising implicit sexism when it comes up, either in you or others.
2) Recognising the power of framing on social media and how it can override context and even common sense. Next time you're asked to join a dogpile, perhaps consider this.
1) Just recognising implicit sexism when it comes up, either in you or others.
2) Recognising the power of framing on social media and how it can override context and even common sense. Next time you're asked to join a dogpile, perhaps consider this.
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Okay, this is a fascinating case of social media priming.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Okay, this is a fascinating case of social media priming.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
This is The 0th Law of Online Community Management:
Your ToS/community guidelines apply to you and *all* of the company.
Your ToS/community guidelines apply to you and *all* of the company.
Regardless of user behavior it would seem to me that if you’re trying to create a healthier ecosystem you would simply not ever engage in behavior like this? You would instead demonstrate the standards you’re asking people to live up to?
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is The 0th Law of Online Community Management:
Your ToS/community guidelines apply to you and *all* of the company.
Your ToS/community guidelines apply to you and *all* of the company.
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GRUSS VOM KRAMPUS!
Merry Krampusnacht!
Merry Krampusnacht!
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
GRUSS VOM KRAMPUS!
Merry Krampusnacht!
Merry Krampusnacht!
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
I did *not* have "my career has made me an enemy of the state" on my authoritarian bingo card.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I did *not* have "my career has made me an enemy of the state" on my authoritarian bingo card.
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Our rule by unelected law wizards is permanent until actuarial tables dictate otherwise
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Our rule by unelected law wizards is permanent until actuarial tables dictate otherwise
@profanity.accountant Am I going to H-E-double-hockey sticks?
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@profanity.accountant Am I going to H-E-double-hockey sticks?
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I feel this so much.
Since the couch was my bed and fam was binge watching movies, I had no place to go. I resorted to hiding in the dark dining room with over-the-ear headphones and loud music.
Good people, give your beloved introverts some alone time!
Since the couch was my bed and fam was binge watching movies, I had no place to go. I resorted to hiding in the dark dining room with over-the-ear headphones and loud music.
Good people, give your beloved introverts some alone time!
The thing I hate about being a guest in someone else’s house is that once my social battery gets low I need to disappear and for everyone to pretend I’m no longer there.
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I feel this so much.
Since the couch was my bed and fam was binge watching movies, I had no place to go. I resorted to hiding in the dark dining room with over-the-ear headphones and loud music.
Good people, give your beloved introverts some alone time!
Since the couch was my bed and fam was binge watching movies, I had no place to go. I resorted to hiding in the dark dining room with over-the-ear headphones and loud music.
Good people, give your beloved introverts some alone time!
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
godammit! I *am* my own evil twin.
godammit! I *am* my own evil twin.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
godammit! I *am* my own evil twin.
godammit! I *am* my own evil twin.
Sharing this because it's a good tutorial on how avoid behaving badly.
One of the most freeing things for me as an activist was learning to disregard the commentaries of other "activists" whose entire personality was to find anything you were doing and poke a hole in it because why not.
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sharing this because it's a good tutorial on how avoid behaving badly.
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They damage purposefully or otherwise technical terms as well as are individually ignorant. A system is what it does & the technology sector's hype machine destroys terminology, giving rise to cultish language. amandamontell.com/cultish/
Read our detangling of this here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Read our detangling of this here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
They damage purposefully or otherwise technical terms as well as are individually ignorant. A system is what it does & the technology sector's hype machine destroys terminology, giving rise to cultish language. amandamontell.com/cultish/
Read our detangling of this here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Read our detangling of this here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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The idea that just because you can make it make sense means it's a valid interpretation of a series of facts, utterances, data points, is exactly why we have methods. Because cognition is powerful enough to spin any story, without constraints, one can infer anything from anything if they want to.
If you're an intelligent person you can always find a way to interpret something however you want, e.g. you can say AI is good & zoom in on facts & figures that seem to make that case. But that's not a good way to analyse & why methods exist. We can use astrology like reasoning to get to any result.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The idea that just because you can make it make sense means it's a valid interpretation of a series of facts, utterances, data points, is exactly why we have methods. Because cognition is powerful enough to spin any story, without constraints, one can infer anything from anything if they want to.
Really hope this shows up on God Awful Movies, @piatpod.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Really hope this shows up on God Awful Movies, @piatpod.bsky.social
I certainly hope that loads of people are reminded that they haven't fucked to Portishead in a while and are making up for it all weekend long.
Me? It's a gray day in California and I'm listening and remembering great times and partners I had or wish I had the Portishead experience with.
Me? It's a gray day in California and I'm listening and remembering great times and partners I had or wish I had the Portishead experience with.
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
As he moves into film production with the thriller Game, the musician – also known for Beak> – answers your questions on Myspace rappers, sex playlists and whether Portishead will ever make new music
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I certainly hope that loads of people are reminded that they haven't fucked to Portishead in a while and are making up for it all weekend long.
Me? It's a gray day in California and I'm listening and remembering great times and partners I had or wish I had the Portishead experience with.
Me? It's a gray day in California and I'm listening and remembering great times and partners I had or wish I had the Portishead experience with.