{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Greg Moore","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/gregmoore","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"11407","username":"gregmoore","bio":"Missives from the dark forest.","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":112,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/48/11407.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"95789629","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/iChris\">@iChris</a> I have the same problem, LOL. I like the idea from <a href=\"https://micro.blog/annahavron\">@annahavron</a> much better anyway.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95789629","date_published":"2026-08-14T22:54:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"22:54","date_timestamp":1786748092,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95735654","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/iChris\">@iChris</a> Instead of <em>selfie-a-day</em>, do a <em>daily view</em> where you share the most interesting (to you) view from wherever you are.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95735654","date_published":"2026-08-14T02:24:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-14 02:24","date_timestamp":1786674266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95657639","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/dfj\">@dfj</a> You’re in for a treat!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95657639","date_published":"2026-08-12T18:57:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-12 18:57","date_timestamp":1786561040,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95635333","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>The fix is not a better way of highlighting, but building in friction: forcing yourself to retrieve, explain or generate something without the source at hand. That feels harder and less successful in the moment, precisely because you can fail at it, and that friction is what leaves a lasting trace.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://jeroensangers.com/2026/08/06/recognising-information-feels-like-knowing.html\">Jeroen Sanders</a> explaining why you need to reprocess things into your own words to truly internalize them.<br>\nI feel like this applies as much to diary entries as it does studying.</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/08/12/the-fix-is-not-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-12T12:23:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-12 12:23","date_timestamp":1786537382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95614782","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/davoh\">@davoh</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/ericmwalk\">@ericmwalk</a> Thanks!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95614782","date_published":"2026-08-12T03:17:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-12 03:17","date_timestamp":1786504622,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95585171","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> The thing Kai also nails is how  service tech encourages treating the people behind the counter as inhuman. As someone who regularly provides IT support, I empathize with those poor self checkout minders.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95585171","date_published":"2026-08-11T15:34:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-11 15:34","date_timestamp":1786462487,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95574906","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>A high-profile influencer can mobilize a following within hours of posting a standout dish at a restaurant, creating demand for a menu item that can’t possibly be sustained—all to re-create a moment that wasn’t theirs to begin with.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Danny Chau, <a href=\"https://www.theringer.com/2026/08/07/movies/tony-anthony-bourdain-movie-film-kitchen-confidential\">Before He Was Bourdain</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/08/11/a-highprofile-influencer-can-mobilize.html","date_published":"2026-08-11T12:18:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-11 12:18","date_timestamp":1786450701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95419699","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mroutley\">@mroutley</a> <em>That’s</em> as inviting as a view comes.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95419699","date_published":"2026-08-08T19:46:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 19:46","date_timestamp":1786218374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95419616","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/derekpeden\">@derekpeden</a> I got so lucky with the light.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95419616","date_published":"2026-08-08T19:43:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 19:43","date_timestamp":1786218227,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95419602","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/mroutley\">@mroutley</a> Thank you 🙏🏻</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95419602","date_published":"2026-08-08T19:43:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 19:43","date_timestamp":1786218199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95408350","content_html":"<p>Another evening visit to the restored rouge river.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/89b15660bf-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A gently flowing river bordered by rocks and lush greenery winds through a quiet area with houses and power lines visible under a twilight sky.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/08/08/another-evening-visit-to-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-08T15:00:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 15:00","date_timestamp":1786201245,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95403899","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh\">@KimberlyHirsh</a> My friend who teaches Latin very much agrees with you on that. He has his middle and high school students read popular works (Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, etc) that have been translated into Latin so they can experience the difference in the opposite direction. Is a popular lesson.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95403899","date_published":"2026-08-08T13:20:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 13:20","date_timestamp":1786195254,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95290492","content_html":"<p>I am this many years old. 💿</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/b75e4255a4-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A cardboard box contains empty black CD jewel cases cushioned by bubble wrap.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/08/06/i-am-this-many-years.html","date_published":"2026-08-06T12:49:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 12:49","date_timestamp":1786020575,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95289428","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh\">@KimberlyHirsh</a> The King James Version of <em>Odyssey</em> is the only true translation.😜.<br>\nSeriously though, more people should grow up having to read fan translations of manga to appreciate the art that goes into it.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95289428","date_published":"2026-08-06T12:33:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 12:33","date_timestamp":1786019582,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95096143","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jean\">@jean</a> I’m very sorry to hear about his passing. It’s great that you were so close.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95096143","date_published":"2026-08-03T00:14:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-03 00:14","date_timestamp":1785716088,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95005945","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> Atalanta’s description mirrors my own art school experience that still angers me to this day. It perpetuates the myth of inborn talent and set up generations of students to fail.</p>\n<p>It’s with trepidation that I send my own child to art school this fall.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/95005945","date_published":"2026-08-01T02:47:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 02:47","date_timestamp":1785552439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95005737","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>When I got to art as an undergraduate student, I felt like, oh, this is amazing. I want to be able to learn all of these things. But my program, like most art schools, was basically entirely conceptual. So I didn’t have any practical classes in terms of like how do you learn how to paint better?</p>\n<p>You just have studio time where you sort of figure it out by yourself, and then you have crit classes where you gather with artists or other students who are all doing totally different things, and then you just talk about your project for an hour.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://liap.eu/index.php/2017/06/26/atalanta-arden-miller/\">Atalanta Arden-Miller</a></li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/31/when-i-got-to-art.html","date_published":"2026-08-01T02:35:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 02:35","date_timestamp":1785551714,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94986731","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> LOL, definitely. “So, how many late nights have <em>you</em> spent staring into the middle distance, wondering what she’s up to?”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94986731","date_published":"2026-07-31T18:21:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-31 18:21","date_timestamp":1785522086,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94977381","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Standing in proud solidarity with you on racing into such a momentous milestone.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94977381","date_published":"2026-07-31T15:18:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-31 15:18","date_timestamp":1785511095,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94929215","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> Sources are spotty but reports are coming in about the sounds of applause coming from OG TMNT fans in response to this.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94929215","date_published":"2026-07-30T19:09:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg 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11:20","date_timestamp":1785410410,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94828266","content_html":"<p>Full moonrise</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/c8ed04fa81-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A bright full moon shines through scattered clouds above the silhouette of trees at night.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/28/full-moonrise.html","date_published":"2026-07-29T02:55:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 02:55","date_timestamp":1785293716,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94715965","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/aa\">@aa</a> Definitely a gift.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94715965","date_published":"2026-07-27T04:07:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 04:07","date_timestamp":1785125243,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94715956","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vazquez\">@vazquez</a> I agree. The sweeping changes in society and technology from story to story did give me a sad comfort though. The worst of times don’t stop any more than the best of times.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94715956","date_published":"2026-07-27T04:06:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 04:06","date_timestamp":1785125206,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94715875","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bloftin2\">@bloftin2</a> I’m blown away by how accessible all of the series is in both long and short forms.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94715875","date_published":"2026-07-27T04:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 04:03","date_timestamp":1785124996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94715787","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/aeryn@sunny.garden\" class=\"u-url mention\">@aeryn</a></span> Thank you 😊</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94715787","date_published":"2026-07-27T03:59:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 03:59","date_timestamp":1785124786,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94715682","content_html":"<p>After decades of being buried beneath a shitty parking lot, like a lifted curse, the failed racetrack’s demolition has finally allowed the river to rejoin the world.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/a2f2e290cf-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/26/after-decades-of-being-buried.html","date_published":"2026-07-27T03:52:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-27 03:52","date_timestamp":1785124324,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94578422","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>It would’ve been a hugely valuable lesson years ago, to realize that it’s not simply that my journals and sketchpads don’t <em>need</em> to be perfect. It’s best when they’re not!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck Jordan, <a href=\"https://spectrecollie.com/2026/06/10/semi-precious-paper/\">Semi-Precious Paper</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I love Chuck’s attitude towards keeping unfocused and messy journals. Much like the photos I share on this blog, the process is the whole point.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/24/it-wouldve-been-a-hugely.html","date_published":"2026-07-24T11:56:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-24 11:56","date_timestamp":1784894192,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94517471","content_html":"<p>These cooling winds are quite welcome in July.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/889831c688-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A sky filled with wispy clouds illuminated by soft hues of pink and orange during sunset or sunrise.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/23/these-cooling-winds-are-quite.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T11:49:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 11:49","date_timestamp":1784807373,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94517191","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vazquez\">@vazquez</a> I just completed a reread of William Gibson’s “Sprawl trilogy” (including the Johnny Nemonic short story) and had similar thoughts. I almost felt too comfortable with the cyberpunk world he envisioned because so many parts of it are now just our reality.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/94517191","date_published":"2026-07-23T11:43:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 11:43","date_timestamp":1784807037,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94339047","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>If we allow these [AI] tools to dictate our visual culture, we must accept that it will be vitrified by machines which consider a few billion webpages equivalent to the sum total of human existence. I don’t accept that. How dare we abandon so many countless traditions and people and ideas and nuances, simply because they are under­represented in the training data?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Rutherford Craze, <a href=\"https://mass-driver.com/article/from-human-hands\">From Human Hands</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/20/if-we-allow-these-ai.html","date_published":"2026-07-20T17:34:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 17:34","date_timestamp":1784568874,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94205038","content_html":"<p>It’s Canadian wildfire season again. 😷</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/5eeb70c004-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A hazy sky with the sun partially visible above a grassy field and distant tree line near a building.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/17/its-canadian-wildfire-season-again.html","date_published":"2026-07-18T02:25:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 02:25","date_timestamp":1784341511,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94004780","content_html":"<p>The gate swings open and the dungeon reveals itself before you…</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/c62dac17f0-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A tabby cat is sitting inside a pink and black pet carrier with the door open.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/14/the-gate-swings-open-and.html","date_published":"2026-07-14T20:49:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-14 20:49","date_timestamp":1784062151,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93705122","content_html":"<p>The number of personal projects that AI has killed continues unabated.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/09/the-number-of-personal-projects.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T12:08:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 12:08","date_timestamp":1783598889,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93704784","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jemostrom\">@jemostrom</a> Hand written pieces of our loved ones past are so powerful to go through. That’s really cool you found that.</p>\n<p>(The sheer number of small things that have been killed by, “But with the arrival of AI, I’ve lost all interest in doing this.” is depressingly high for me.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/93704784","date_published":"2026-07-09T12:00:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 12:00","date_timestamp":1783598457,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93672977","content_html":"<p>Backyard Bounty</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/e4af968958-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A clear glass bowl contains a mix of ripe red and unripe green cherry tomatoes on a granite countertop.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/08/backyard-bounty.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T21:38:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 21:38","date_timestamp":1783546730,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93539078","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tracydurnell\">@tracydurnell</a> It was a cool surprise at the end of a dark, flickering-light hallway.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/93539078","date_published":"2026-07-06T17:58:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 17:58","date_timestamp":1783360720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93522354","content_html":"<p>Went to our speakeasy for some live jazz.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/ba9e7ed18a-m.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A dark wooden door features a small oval window in the center resembling an eye, with warm lighting casting shadows around it.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/06/went-to-our-speakeasy-for.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T11:44:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 11:44","date_timestamp":1783338270,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93266181","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>It’s harder to convince people there’s something wrong with them when they intimately understand that the things they are experiencing are normal and shared.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>smallthingsgrowing, <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWg1yr_FIFw/\">What you’re missing without a village is not just material help</a></p>\n<p>The people you know in real life are also trying to figure things out as they can. The problem is not struggling, it’s struggling alone.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/07/01/its-harder-to-convince-people.html","date_published":"2026-07-01T18:47:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 18:47","date_timestamp":1782931634,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93243528","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/aa\">@aa</a> It’s just real life, in all its messiness.🙂 I thought of you recently as I have an upcoming leather project I’m working on. It’s nice when projects remind me of people.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/93243528","date_published":"2026-07-01T11:23:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 11:23","date_timestamp":1782905007,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93243297","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> That’s a beautiful way to beat the heat.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/gregmoore/93243297","date_published":"2026-07-01T11:19:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 11:19","date_timestamp":1782904777,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93161809","content_html":"<p>Ascension</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/40e860d543-m.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A curved staircase with a metal railing is positioned in a bright, airy interior featuring arched stained glass windows and ornate architectural details.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/29/ascension.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T02:59:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 02:59","date_timestamp":1782788375,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93100038","content_html":"<p>Sacred Doorway</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/a1544e8b22-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A hallway leads to a wooden double door with an arched top, set beneath a golden dome adorned with small crosses.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/28/sacred-doorway.html","date_published":"2026-06-29T01:26:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 01:26","date_timestamp":1782696384,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93055014","content_html":"<p>”Your local caffeine dealer”</p>\n<p>The most appropriately advertised coffee shop.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/cac139b6e9-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A person stands at the entrance of a green building with a sign that reads YOUR LOCAL CAFFEINE DEALER, next to outdoor seating with picnic tables and umbrellas.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/28/your-local-caffeine-dealer-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-28T04:29:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 04:29","date_timestamp":1782620963,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92999804","content_html":"<p><em>Star Dream Fountain</em><br>\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Fredericks\">Marshall M. Fredricks</a>, 1908-1998</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/3cdde0b75b-m.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A green statue of a man holding a woman above his head stands on a geometric pedestal in an outdoor park in Royal Oak, Michigan with trees and buildings in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/27/star-dream-fountain-marshall-m.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T04:23:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 04:23","date_timestamp":1782534184,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92962790","content_html":"<p>If anyone wants to hire me, I’ve really got my finger on the pulse of middle-aged white guys trying to get their hair cuts at the least busy time of day who end up all going at the same time.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/26/if-anyone-wants-to-hire.html","date_published":"2026-06-26T15:40:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 15:40","date_timestamp":1782488400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92874099","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>Whenever you’re lucky enough to find it, you have to receive life’s poetry – even when, and especially if, it makes for a funny story to tell.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Federico Viticci, <a href=\"https://www.macstories.net/stories/wwdc-2026-between-seasons/\">WWDC 2026: Between Seasons</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/25/whenever-youre-lucky-enough-to.html","date_published":"2026-06-25T11:48:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 11:48","date_timestamp":1782388094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92727508","content_html":"<p>The Last Burning of the Light</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/ef9d7cd3af-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Silhouetted trees stand against a colorful sky at sunset with hues of purple, pink, and blue.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/23/the-last-burning-of-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-23T12:20:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-23 12:20","date_timestamp":1782217255,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92667577","content_html":"<p>Fortress of higher learning.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5332/2026/197050b13e-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"University of Toledo Center for Visual Arts. A large, modern building with curved and angular dark stone walls is situated on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/22/fortress-of-higher-learning.html","date_published":"2026-06-22T15:34:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 15:34","date_timestamp":1782142473,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92584891","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>The world, one giant selfie jostle. Eventually, right before the machines turn off our light of meat-based consciousness, we’ll do some Borgesian space selfie and be done with it all. But for now, we selfie on the ground, with great desperation, preening for the screen, to be uploaded to god only knows where for god only knows what audience. The volume of media captured defies comprehension. It is empyrean in volume, flip-flopping beyond theory into the theology of bytes, for how could so many selfies be contained within the physics of our world?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Craig Mod, <a href=\"https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/228/\">Walking The Brooklyn Bridge</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me/2026/06/20/the-world-one-giant-selfie.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T03:50:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Greg Moore","url":"https://blog.gregmoore.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F48%2F11407.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"gregmoore"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 03:50","date_timestamp":1782013853,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}