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Dumbing Down Your Writing Isn't Anti-AI — It's Just Dumb

The answer to AI is not typos

May 22 • Stephen Moore

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April 2026

I’ve Been Writing Online for 10 Years Now. Somehow I've Scraped a Living the Entire Time

Apologies, this newsletter is a little light on the usual tech-focused snark.

Apr 9 • Stephen Moore

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Things I Hate About the Internet

Call me a nostalgia whore or accuse me of wearing the rose-tinted glasses again — but there was a time when the Internet was actually a fun place to be.

Apr 1 • Stephen Moore

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March 2026

RIP The Metaverse: Only $73 Billion Wasted

All 5 users are said to be "devastated"

Mar 18 • Stephen Moore

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AI Fatigue and the Slow Erosion of My Soul

Before we talk about my crushed soul and you shower me with pity, I’ll preface this with why I'm using AI enough for it to be burning me out.

Mar 12 • Stephen Moore

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February 2026

Welcome to the AI-to-AI Internet

I won’t pretend to understand the intricacies of Moltbook — a pseudo-Reddit populated by AI agents instead of humans that made waves this week — but I…

Feb 6 • Stephen Moore

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January 2026

AI Was Always About Money

First, they hook you, then they perpetually worsen the product and price-gouge.

Jan 21 • Stephen Moore

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I’m Tired of Compromising My Values Just to Use Tech

Modern tech is demanding too many trade-offs

Jan 9 • Stephen Moore

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Grok, the Pervert's Paradise

What’s worse than an AI model that self-identifies as MechaHiter? One that also doubles as a child porn machine.

Jan 6 • Stephen Moore

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December 2025

The Year in Bad Tech

A look back at some of the bad tech that’s soured the last 12 months

Dec 17, 2025

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The AI Death Loop

AI models or programs interacting with other AI models or programs is a waste of time, resources and space.

Dec 4, 2025 • Stephen Moore

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November 2025

Word of the Year: Clanker

A term for the future that dates back to a galaxy far, far away

Nov 21, 2025 • Stephen Moore

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