Media Philosophy

The branch of thought that asks what media does to our perception of reality, truth, and each other. If everything is mediated through screens, is there an "unmediated" reality anymore? If you see a war on TV, are you experiencing it or just watching a representation of it? And if your entire knowledge of the world comes through media, are you living in the world or in a media-constructed simulation of it? Media philosophy doesn't have answers, but it does have a lot of questions that will make you feel vaguely uneasy while scrolling through your phone.

Example: "After a day of doomscrolling, he entered a state of media philosophy. 'If I see a disaster on Twitter, then see it again on Instagram, then again on TikTok, am I experiencing the disaster or just experiencing media about the disaster? And if I don't post about it, did it even happen?' He then posted this thought, completing the cycle."

Media Philosophy by Nammugal February 14, 2026

Medium-Duration Motion

Movement that unfolds over minutes, hours, or days—the commute to work, the slow crawl of a deadline, the gradual realization that the person you're dating is not who you thought they were. Medium-duration motion is the rhythm of daily life, too fast to be geological, too slow to be instantaneous, just right for watching paint dry or grass grow or a relationship deteriorate in slow motion. It's the temporal scale of human experience, where most of life happens and most of it is waiting.

*Example: "The medium-duration motion of his morning routine was carefully optimized: 12 minutes for coffee, 8 for shower, 15 for pretending to read the news while actually scrolling social media. When his therapist asked why he scheduled his life to the minute, he said it was the only way to feel in control of a universe that was, at larger scales, completely indifferent."*

Medium-Duration Motion by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Medium-Range Spaceflight

The serious business of leaving Earth orbit and going somewhere—the moon, Lagrange points, maybe Mars if we ever get our act together. Medium-range spaceflight requires weeks or months, real planning, and the willingness to be very far from help if something goes wrong. It's for people who are committed to space, not just sampling it, and who have accepted that they will miss several seasons of their favorite shows, possibly forever, depending on how the landing goes.

Example: "She trained for years for medium-range spaceflight—a six-month mission to a lunar station. She'd miss birthdays, holidays, and the entire run of whatever Netflix series dropped while she was gone. But she'd see Earth rise over the lunar horizon, which seemed like a fair trade, assuming the rocket didn't explode. Her mother was not convinced."

Medium-Range Spaceflight by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Medium-Duration Motion Machines

The vehicles, tools, and systems that shape our experience of movement over hours and days—cars, trains, airplanes, and the humble elevator, which transforms a three-minute stair climb into thirty seconds of awkward silence with a stranger. These machines have redefined human experience, turning journeys that once took weeks into commutes that take hours, giving us more time to be somewhere else and less time to appreciate where we are. The ultimate medium-duration motion machine is the treadmill, which lets you move for an hour and go absolutely nowhere.

Medium-Duration Motion Machines *Example: "His car was a medium-duration motion machine that carried him through two hours of traffic daily. He listened to podcasts about productivity while being completely unproductive, trapped in a metal box, moving at 3 miles per hour, surrounded by other metal boxes also moving slowly. He called it 'commuting,' which is Latin for 'this is fine.'"*

Medium-Duration Motion Machines by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Medruski Cat

A Leva

Medruski Cat say "meow!"

Medruski Cat by medruski March 24, 2026

MediaPod

A phone folder containing streaming, music, video, podcast, and entertainment apps.

“My MediaPod has YouTube, Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, and Plex.”

“I put all my streaming and music apps into the MediaPod.”

“Whenever I want to watch something, I open the MediaPod.”

“The MediaPod keeps all my entertainment apps together.”

MediaPod by Leviath Pro March 29, 2026

Meditist

A person who leads and teaches the art and understanding of meditation.

My new meditist taught much today about meditation!

Meditist by Abolucus March 30, 2026