Andrew Moore | Great Books Prof
@greatbooksprof.bsky.social
Professor of Great Books at St. Thomas University. I also make videos about books on YouTube. linktr.ee/greatbooksprof
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Starting off 2025 with 25K on YouTube! 🙏🎉
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Books Not Bars For The Holidays
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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A thing we've gotta get better at is recognizing that WHEN YOU CHOOSE to write a story about something, debate something, invite people to opine about something, those CHOICES are not politically neutral!
There's no "just asking questions."
You're CHOOSING the topics that take up public space.
There's no "just asking questions."
You're CHOOSING the topics that take up public space.
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A thing we've gotta get better at is recognizing that WHEN YOU CHOOSE to write a story about something, debate something, invite people to opine about something, those CHOICES are not politically neutral!
There's no "just asking questions."
You're CHOOSING the topics that take up public space.
There's no "just asking questions."
You're CHOOSING the topics that take up public space.
What a relief to mark a paper these days and see a comma where it shouldn't be -- to find evidence that a person who makes mistakes has written this essay!
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What a relief to mark a paper these days and see a comma where it shouldn't be -- to find evidence that a person who makes mistakes has written this essay!
Food for thought.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Food for thought.
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The urge to send this to my high school English profs😩🔥
Thank you @greatbooksprof.bsky.social for this legendary call to action on reading more novels📖. Thx for not shying away from authoritarianism and its current impact.
youtu.be/mYKWtZbMJtI?...
Thank you @greatbooksprof.bsky.social for this legendary call to action on reading more novels📖. Thx for not shying away from authoritarianism and its current impact.
youtu.be/mYKWtZbMJtI?...
People Who Read Are Harder to Control
YouTube video by Great Books Prof
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December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The urge to send this to my high school English profs😩🔥
Thank you @greatbooksprof.bsky.social for this legendary call to action on reading more novels📖. Thx for not shying away from authoritarianism and its current impact.
youtu.be/mYKWtZbMJtI?...
Thank you @greatbooksprof.bsky.social for this legendary call to action on reading more novels📖. Thx for not shying away from authoritarianism and its current impact.
youtu.be/mYKWtZbMJtI?...
Hard to overstate how bad this is for politics.
It's basically the same business model as scam e-mails from a Nigerian prince, except it's way more reliable and profitable, oh, and it destroys democracy.
It's basically the same business model as scam e-mails from a Nigerian prince, except it's way more reliable and profitable, oh, and it destroys democracy.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hard to overstate how bad this is for politics.
It's basically the same business model as scam e-mails from a Nigerian prince, except it's way more reliable and profitable, oh, and it destroys democracy.
It's basically the same business model as scam e-mails from a Nigerian prince, except it's way more reliable and profitable, oh, and it destroys democracy.
Reporters and citizens should investigate these kinds of changes thoroughly.
Who "drafted" this new policy? Who initiated this review and change? Who was advocating for it?
Who, specifically, are the people saying "We should relax about swastikas"?
Who "drafted" this new policy? Who initiated this review and change? Who was advocating for it?
Who, specifically, are the people saying "We should relax about swastikas"?
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Reporters and citizens should investigate these kinds of changes thoroughly.
Who "drafted" this new policy? Who initiated this review and change? Who was advocating for it?
Who, specifically, are the people saying "We should relax about swastikas"?
Who "drafted" this new policy? Who initiated this review and change? Who was advocating for it?
Who, specifically, are the people saying "We should relax about swastikas"?
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Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Yawns are weird. You're tired? Why don't you open your mouth really big about it? What's that? You're not tired, but you saw someone else open their mouth big? Well, guess what.
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Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
Discovered this morning that I have no idea how to spell characature...? charicateur..." charicature...?
...caricature.
...caricature.
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Discovered this morning that I have no idea how to spell characature...? charicateur..." charicature...?
...caricature.
...caricature.
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neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that
I am writing reference letters. I put a lot of effort into them. They take some doing.
And I'm just thinking, "Man, there must be so many ChatGPT-composed reference letters floating around out there." What a mess...
And I'm just thinking, "Man, there must be so many ChatGPT-composed reference letters floating around out there." What a mess...
September 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I am writing reference letters. I put a lot of effort into them. They take some doing.
And I'm just thinking, "Man, there must be so many ChatGPT-composed reference letters floating around out there." What a mess...
And I'm just thinking, "Man, there must be so many ChatGPT-composed reference letters floating around out there." What a mess...
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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Millennials are middle aged now but not me. I stayed young somehow
September 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Millennials are middle aged now but not me. I stayed young somehow
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I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
May 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
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Why do you lock your door at night. Is it because you think I'll come in and debate you. Are you afraid of free speech
May 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Why do you lock your door at night. Is it because you think I'll come in and debate you. Are you afraid of free speech
Seems like only a moment ago that numerous pundits and academics were in a frenzy about "Free Speech on Campus(!)"
Turns out those people weren't concerned about free speech on campus at all.
Turns out those people weren't concerned about free speech on campus at all.
April 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Seems like only a moment ago that numerous pundits and academics were in a frenzy about "Free Speech on Campus(!)"
Turns out those people weren't concerned about free speech on campus at all.
Turns out those people weren't concerned about free speech on campus at all.
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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brains in front of zombies on treadmills will provide a source of sustainable energy for the apocalypse but what do i know i’m just a girl.
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
brains in front of zombies on treadmills will provide a source of sustainable energy for the apocalypse but what do i know i’m just a girl.
Other, more competent governments and their leaders are not just going to submit to Trump’s chaotic whims.
Step by step, countries around the world are going to pull away and seek out more reliable trade and security partners.
Step by step, countries around the world are going to pull away and seek out more reliable trade and security partners.
April 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Other, more competent governments and their leaders are not just going to submit to Trump’s chaotic whims.
Step by step, countries around the world are going to pull away and seek out more reliable trade and security partners.
Step by step, countries around the world are going to pull away and seek out more reliable trade and security partners.
Just spit ballin’ here, but maybe you shouldn’t use your vote to troll your sister-in-law.
March 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just spit ballin’ here, but maybe you shouldn’t use your vote to troll your sister-in-law.
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tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article)
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)
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once i remember why i walked into this room it's over for you all
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
once i remember why i walked into this room it's over for you all