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Scott Moore
@scottmoore.bsky.social
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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.
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Later that day....
Woodcut of a 16th century German soldier using a large sword to execute another man. The victim is kneeling, upright, with hands tied together in front of him. He is facing away from the executioner. The executioner stands holding his sword ready to swing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Momento Mori
Six cheap plastic skulls without mandibles arrayed in a pile with two LED candles lighting them. A framed woodcut print of a skeleton drumming is in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Jesus on a crabcake! Someone at HBO Max should be called out as a fool.

This image for Red Tails (2012) shows a MODERN German airbase with Tornado jet fighters. Those men's legacies deserve better than shoddy artwork.

Also, watch Red Tails. It's a very fun film!
Screenshot of a banner for the movie Red Tails (2012) showing three actors portraying members of the Tuskegee Airmen. In the back ground is a post-WWII airbase with very modern Tornado jets with clear Bundesrepublik flags. The mismatch is ahistorical.
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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If only Disney had some Kind of commentary on authoritarian strong men...
Cover of sheet music in red, black, and white. A large humorous caracature of Adolf Hitler is being hit in the eye with an equally large tomato thrown by a relatively smaller Donald Duck in his trademark sailor suit. The force of the tomato not only knocks Hitler's hat off, but also causes the clean eye to form a swastika which is a parody of using exes to denote when a cartoon is dead. The title is in red modern German block letters and reads "der Fuehrer's Face". In white sans serif follows " from the Walt Disney motion picture". At the bottom reads,"Words and Music by Oliver Wallace." Also on the page is "title page ©1942 Walt Disney". " Southern Music Publishing Co, inc. 1619 Broadway, New York." "Buy war bonds and stamps foe victory" A black and white flyer showing the upper body and head of Donald Duck without a hat and wearing a long, loose sleeve shirt hugging an Oscar trophy. The flyer reads: "Once again! Academy Award for best Short Subject cartoon... Der Fuehrer's Face my sincere thanks Walt Disney and staff. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, inc."
September 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.
A 1523 etching of a dentist, his assistant, and his patient. The dentist is an older man with a gray handlebar moustache and close trimmed beard dressed in a coat with a fur collar and a broad-brimmed hat at a jaunty angle. Beside him is a covered table with an array of small containers and medicines in paper or bags. A pole stands nearby with a small banner and a piece of paper with an officials looking seal. The dentist is digging deep into the mouth of his patient who is dressed in a worn doublet, torn pants, and peasant shoes. The patient has his head tilted back and is looking away from the dentist and over his shoulder at the dentist's assistant behind him. She is wearing an embroidered chemise, dress, and over-dress with a purse and knife hanging from her belt. She is looking down at the patient's belt bag which she has open with one hand while the other hand plunders for valuables. The etching is by Lucas van Lyden and is dated 1523.
September 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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35 second horror story. Make up your own ending!

Phenomena happening outside my motel room. Will I survive the night?
August 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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I just experienced singing wires for the first time. Loud enough I can hear them in my motel room.
August 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Good example of why GenAI is “good enough”statistical machine and not a true language machine.

Fort SumNer is in New Mexico

Fort SumTer is in South Carolina
Screenshot of search results for “What is Fort Sumner famous for?” And google’s AI reply, “Fort Sumter is famous for being the site of the first battle of the American Civil War.”
August 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Album art for Boss and the Conch Shells. The calypso house band at the King's Inn & Golf Club on Grand Bahama Island sometime in the 1970s.
August 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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I used hot wheels track supports
Photograph of two 70s vintage red hot wheel track supports that form a square upside down up shape with a raised diamond on the center top making them look like the evil recognizer programs from tron.
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Have some DDT, I mean AI installed in your home.
tldr: a 1947 magazine advert for Trimz DDT Children’s room wallpaper. PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN Against Disease-Carrying Insects! TRIME DDT CHILDRENS ROOM WALLPAPER and Ceiling Paper KILLS FLIES, MOSQUITOS, ANTS ... as well as moths, bedbugs, silverfish and other household pests after contact! [There is too much text to fit into the alt-tag follows, but some highlights follow] NON-HAZARDOUS to children or adults, to pets or clothes. Certified to be absolutely safe for home use. Tested and commended by Parents' Magazine. NO SPRAYS! NO LIQUIDS! NO POWDERS! So convenient, so safe because the DDT is fixed to the paper. It can't rub off! BEAUTIFUL! "Jack and Jill" or "Disney Favorites" - gay new patterns that protect as they beautify a child's room. A young boy looks at a sample of wallpaper and says, “OOOH-L00K DONALD DUCK!” A girl of similar age replies, “GOLLY—THERE'S PLUTO, TOO!”
August 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Not sure if you are using the same tool that reveals donors based on Open Secrets data…
Screenshot of a Fatima Ayub’s post showing that Sen Adam Smith receives political donations from “American Israel Public Affair Committee” or AIPAC.
July 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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And @schiff.senate.gov you should realize that some of us here are using a tool that reveals your donors every time you post.
Screenshot of Senator Adam Schiff’s post with a list of donors. Circled in purple is the “American Israel Public Affairs Committee”.
July 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Me: I need a screwdriver.

Vendor: Here you go!
Photo of a real tool that has a hammer, calipers, saw, a knife, pliers, wire cutters, wire striped, another knife, a bottle opener, a can opener, and… a screwdriver.
July 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Look upon this massive sploot!

(I am babysitting this cuddle monster all week.)
Photograph of a ginger colored French mastiff on a bed stretched out on its belly with its hind legs stretched out behind. The dog is about 160 lbs and the overall length from front to back of the sploot is about 4 feet.
July 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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I *was* going to make a joke about Ronald Reagan clearing brush on his vacation ranch in 1982, but in verifying this I learned that his ranch was bought by Young America’s Foundation and they have a *museum* with his jeep and chainsaw.

It’s a fake shrine to a fake rancher.
Screenshot of Google map page of “The Reagan Ranch Center — Young America’s Foundation”. Thumbnails of photos are show including one of a dirty blue jeep owned by Reagan.
July 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Communities in Cyberspace. Edited by Marc Smith and Peter Kollock. Specifically, part three.
Photograph of a page from a book. The important part reads. Part Three: Social Order and Control. Hierarchy and Power: Social Control in Cyberspace. by Elizabeth Ried Problems of Conflict Management in Virtual Communities. by Anna DuVal Smith The book this page is from is Communities in Cyberspace. Edited by Marc Smith and Peter Kollock
July 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Quietly slide this across the table:
Photograph from an online Jean Paul Gaultier catalog showing clip-on suspenders with pockets.
July 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Holy shit! This is funny.

Venn der Führer says, "Vee ist dee master race",
Vee "Heil! (thbptttttttt) Heil! (thbptttttttt)" Right in der Führer's face!
Not to love der Führer is a great disgrace so vee
"Heil! (thbptttttttt) Heil! (thbptttttttt)" Right in der Führer's face!
Photograph of a wall at an unknown VA building. On the wall are three photographs. From left to right: JD Vance (unaltered), Donald Trump with an electrocardiogram electrode stuck over each of his eyes as though they were googly eyes, and Sec of VA, Doug Collins (unaltered). The caption of the photo reads, "Someone keeps doing this as my VA".
June 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Just had a sudden reminder that a 40 degree Fahrenheit differential on either side of a thick glass barrier *will* fracture the glass. In this case, aided by the forces of lifting the glass to my mouth.

I’m fine. Water everywhere, but no injury.
Photograph of a heavy bottomed glass on a kitchen counter. The glass is in two pieces split perfectly- no shattering. The bottom rests upright to show it’s fracture and the top rests upside down to show it’s perfectly smooth fracture. The same broken glass with the top resting on the bottom such that the perfect fracture lines up.
June 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Major Taylor by Andrew Ritchie is possibly the best, most detailed biography about him.
Book cover for Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of Champion Bicycle Racer by Andrew Ritchie.
June 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Major Taylor by Andrew Ritchie is possibly the best, most detailed biography about him and includes his time in Europe and Australia.
Book cover for Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of Champion Bicycle Racer by Andrew Ritchie.
June 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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There is always money in the Republic of Bananastan.

Home of the world’s finest banana factories since 2025!
The flag of the republic of bananastan. A bunch of bananas set on a dark red circle which is set on a field of yellow bars, top and bottom, and a green bar in between.
June 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Capitan James T Kirk in the movie "The Wrath of Kahn" shouting, "SCHIIIIIIF!"
June 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I'll be kind, but not nice. Quit making this shit up and passing it around. I'm seeing people say, "Who knows if it's real?"

It's not. It's obvious if you take 5 seconds to look closely.

It's not funny to make these or to pass these around. You are just pissing in the community information pool.
A fake screenshot of Fox "Mews" showing Pam Bondi falsely claiming that anyone who refers to Donald Trump as T.A.C.O will be arrested. Tell-tale signs the picture is a work of fiction are circled in red such as "@MrsPutin", "Liver" instead of "Live" and "Pam Izzoni-Diot - White House Correspondent". Please don't forward this stuff. It simply adds noise to the flood of information we all are subjected to.
June 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM