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Stephen Blackmoore

@stephenblackmoore.com
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Author of the Eric Carter Necromancer urban fantasy novels. Narrative Designer / TTRPGs / Los Angeles Repped by @lisarodgers.bsky.social www.stephenblackmoore.com www.patreon.com/c/sblackmoore ko-fi.com/sblackmoore

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 17/09/2026
I’ve been wondering about this. The cameras can only hold so much before they run out of room before clearing space by transmitting images to make space. Makes me wonder if there’s a way to flood the camera with triggers rendering it useless for a short period. Like some sort of digital chaff.
The camera’s logs also show the camera struggling with storage. Its logs recorded more than 27,000 “no space left on device” errors while trying to save full-resolution images, along with tens of thousands of related errors, crashes, and reboots. At the same time, about every two minutes, code checked that the camera was still running and logged the message, “Who’s a good boy?!” More than 12,000 of those messages appear in the recovered logs.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 09/09/2026
In California, we're already at $7.87 a gallon for diesel.
California average gas prices
Regular	Mid-Grade	Premium	Diesel
Current Avg.	$5.8797	$6.1080	$6.3045	$7.8730
Yesterday Avg.	$5.8658	$6.0807	$6.2854	$7.8276
Week Ago Avg.	$5.7369	$5.9716	$6.1600	$7.4665
Month Ago Avg.	$5.5930	$5.8278	$6.0209	$6.8605
Year Ago Avg.	$4.6275	$4.8556	$5.0380	$5.1495
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18/08/2026
Poster for Popeye cartoon Let’s You And Him Fight
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18/08/2026
I find it interesting that what they're upset about is the subtext of the comment that he might have an inappropriate relationship and not everything else that is very clearly true and frankly more important.
“He golfs and trades stocks,” the Georgia senator said during a weekend rally in Atlanta. “See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 07/08/2026
This one’s easy. User behavior is that they will leave.
USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 03/08/2026
I vote for any of these
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 02/08/2026
Just pulled up the @watchduty.org map to see how bad things are going today and holy shit.
Map image from app.watchduty.org showing western US fires.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 31/07/2026
Basically AI is this scene from Animal House.
You fucked up. You trusted us.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 30/07/2026
HOW exactly did they expect people who couldn't afford ACA coverage to find another way to get health insurance? THERE ISN'T ANOTHER OPTION. The GOP needs to be destroyed in the next election and people need to be reminded constantly what they did so they can't do it again.
As reported by Healthcare Dive on Wednesday, UHS had initially projected that some patients who dropped their coverage provided by the ACA would find another way to get health insurance.

However, UHS CFO Steve Filton told investors that “it felt like virtually everyone who lost their exchange coverage became an uninsured patient.”
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 23/07/2026
1506 tons of rotting meat carted away. Only 40,990 tons to go. www.latimes.com/california/s...
According to Lineage officials, 521 truckloads of waste — more than 1,506 tons of waste — have already been removed from the warehouse, which housed about 85 million pounds of food, including Kirkland brand meat that fills Costco freezers.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/07/2026
image from the movie REAL GENIUS with the line "I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: "I drank what?""
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/07/2026
Metaphor:
"His address is down a long dirt road with a no trespassing sign."
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 26/06/2026
A ball pit. That's all. Just a ball pit. A very, very, very sad ball pit.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 24/06/2026
This covers everything from zoning, who handles policing, who handles fire and medical, etc. Here's an example: The blue areas are LAPD zones. White is handled by LASD West Hollywood. You see that border at Fountain at the top?
Map showing white areas handled by LA Sheriff and blue handled by LAPD.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18/06/2026
Toxic warehouse fire in Boyle Heights. Stay indoors.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11/06/2026
At some point Elias Thorne the clockmaker is going to break into the real world and then we're all fucked.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 08/06/2026
$3.49 Chuck
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 06/06/2026
Actually…
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 06/06/2026
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 01/06/2026
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 01/06/2026
MOLE
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 24/05/2026
Christ. That blast zone.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 23/05/2026
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 11/05/2026
There are people in LA looking at this map and seriously considering driving to Imperial to save .40 a gallon.
Map of California gas prices.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 07/05/2026
Jesus fucking Christ.
President Trump’s FBI director has a great deal of affection for swag. Merchandise for sale on a website he co-founded—still operating, nearly 15 months into his term—includes beanies ($35), T-shirts ($35), orange camo hoodies ($65), trucker caps ($25), “government gangsters” playing cards (on sale for $10), and a Fight With Kash Punisher scarf ($25).

One thing not for sale is liquor, because liquor is something Patel gives away for free.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 05/05/2026
For no reason whatsoever here's USC's attendance cost breakdown for two semesters.
2026-2027 Estimate of Cost of Attendance
The following are the estimated two-semester costs for a full-time USC undergraduate (taking 12-18 units each semester):

On Campus	Off Campus	With Parents or Relatives
Tuition (12-18 units for two semesters)	$75,384	$75,384	$75,384
Fees	$1,952	$1,952	$1,952
Housing*	$13,510	$13,140	$8,776
Food*	$8,442	$8,442	$3,762
Books/Supplies	$670	$670	$670
Transportation	$1,188	$1,188	$2,070
Personal/Misc	$2,016	$2,016	$2,016
Total**	$103,162	$102,792	$94,630
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 05/05/2026
Who wore it better?
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 03/05/2026
Intellivision’s B-17 Bomber. One of the first games that had a reasonably intelligible voice, which for 1982 was kind of a big deal. Couldn’t say “gauges”, though. It would tell you there was a problem and to look at them in the cockpit with “Check gogs inside.”
Text from the box of the Intellivision B-17 Bomber game.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 02/05/2026
DAMN YOU ELON DAMN YOU TO HELL
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 21/04/2026
I'm sure whatever it's about it will be a steady and measured and well thought out discussion on the topics at hand. Or, you know, this.
Kash Patel getting shitfaced with a bunch of hockey players showing the professionalism one would expect from the head of the FBI.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 14/04/2026
Temu meat giving some real Apple Cabin Foods vibes here.
Flyer for Apple Cabin Foods featuring things like Dessert Chowder, Coodlers, and Orphan Daniels.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 13/04/2026
Who says the Pope is weak on crime?
THE BISHOP
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 10/04/2026
And Essayli's comments are, well, very Essayli.
“Look, America is founded on free enterprise and capitalism,” Essayli said. “Anyone who attacks our values, our way of life, our system, which provides the best goods and services to the most people, we’re gonna come after aggressively.”
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 10/04/2026
I wonder if this email I just received telling me how someone can help sell my 13-year-old book was AI generated. It's a mystery!
An email header from "Hamber Smiggles" titled "Eric Carter and the broader market: A perspective on "Dead Things"
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 01/04/2026
Ah, yes, Rolling Thunder 2, the Namco game that won us the Vietnam War.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 21/03/2026
I look forward to the day I can say the same thing about this guy.
"Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead.
He can no longer hurt innocent people! President
DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/03/2026
Obviously.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 16/03/2026
$3.72, you say?
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 14/03/2026
Chipotle, where you can get a chicken burrito with a side of vibe coded python script.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 08/03/2026
LA gas right now versus a year ago. I wonder how that happened. It’s a mystery.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 03/03/2026
Um...
SHIPPING industry officials have been told that US naval protection to restart tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is not an immediate option.

Following multiple requests from industry bodies, representatives of the US Navy have briefed senior industry figures to confirm that there is no availability of naval escorts and no timeline for when such arrangements will be available, if at all.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 03/03/2026
Sam Altman’s business card.
Card that says 
Wile E. Coyote
Genius
Have Brain   Will Travel
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 02/03/2026
M*A*S*H
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 01/03/2026
Poster for the movie WIZARDS.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 25/02/2026
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 24/02/2026
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 23/02/2026
Gonna have to update this scene.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 21/02/2026
This sums up a lot of the problem with the LA literary scene among other things. We are a city decimated by malicious investors and billionaires. Of course, we always have been. It’s just gotten worse.
Los Angeles has few, if any, literary institutions with any name recognition.
The need for an serious writing outlet is pressing in a city decimated by malicious investors and billionaires. But it remains dubious that a magazine run by a board of directors that seem divorced from the realities of writers and the workers in the trenches of magazine editing can be that outlet.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 20/02/2026
Today's mood is John Goodman running down a burning hallway with a shotgun screaming, "I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!"
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 19/02/2026
Mood
MacReady from The Thing saying "Nobody trusts anybody now. And we're all very tired."
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