Avram Grumer
@avramg.bsky.social
Brooklynite, early blogger, general-purpose nerd, ttRPG noodle-arounder, once and future cartoonist, typeface addict, doggerelist, one-time Hugo finalist, occasional crank. He/him.
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Avram Grumer
@avramg.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hwæt! Aid for the free-trader, from all in hearing,
foemen besiege us, our fusion-oars failing,
gun-spool gone feeble, ship-breath escaping…
foemen besiege us, our fusion-oars failing,
gun-spool gone feeble, ship-breath escaping…
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Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access - Bolts
Explore our ongoing Bolts series, Abortion Rights in State Constitutions. A decade ago, when conservatives were attacking President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act as government encroachment in hea...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
🎶 Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost eyeball and hand.
Some people claim that I’m a lich who’s insane
But I know, I’m rested and tanned. 🎶
Searching for my lost eyeball and hand.
Some people claim that I’m a lich who’s insane
But I know, I’m rested and tanned. 🎶
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
🎶 Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost eyeball and hand.
Some people claim that I’m a lich who’s insane
But I know, I’m rested and tanned. 🎶
Searching for my lost eyeball and hand.
Some people claim that I’m a lich who’s insane
But I know, I’m rested and tanned. 🎶
Yeah, I came to a similar conclusion a year or two back.
It’s not just our current mess. I found gender issues popping up in historical reading about the histories of Zionism and antisemitism.
It probably runs all through politics of all kinds.
It’s not just our current mess. I found gender issues popping up in historical reading about the histories of Zionism and antisemitism.
It probably runs all through politics of all kinds.
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Yeah, I came to a similar conclusion a year or two back.
It’s not just our current mess. I found gender issues popping up in historical reading about the histories of Zionism and antisemitism.
It probably runs all through politics of all kinds.
It’s not just our current mess. I found gender issues popping up in historical reading about the histories of Zionism and antisemitism.
It probably runs all through politics of all kinds.
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our founding engineer can't code for shit; please invest
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
our founding engineer can't code for shit; please invest
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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For those who think impeachment isn't practical good tactics:
If a president violates the constitution or breaks the law and you don't impeach, you're ceding that the constitution is void and so is the law.
So much for practicality and good tactics.
If a president violates the constitution or breaks the law and you don't impeach, you're ceding that the constitution is void and so is the law.
So much for practicality and good tactics.
January 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
For those who think impeachment isn't practical good tactics:
If a president violates the constitution or breaks the law and you don't impeach, you're ceding that the constitution is void and so is the law.
So much for practicality and good tactics.
If a president violates the constitution or breaks the law and you don't impeach, you're ceding that the constitution is void and so is the law.
So much for practicality and good tactics.
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we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
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It’s a form of pareidolia, I think; people have a very hard time with the absolute void at the center of what’s happening, and so the pattern matching wetware, with literally no guidelines, goes ballistic.
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It’s a form of pareidolia, I think; people have a very hard time with the absolute void at the center of what’s happening, and so the pattern matching wetware, with literally no guidelines, goes ballistic.
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Trump is taking the “when you’re a star, they let you do it” approach to annexing sovereign nations.
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Trump is taking the “when you’re a star, they let you do it” approach to annexing sovereign nations.
I wonder what’s so special about this one block (between Washington & Underhill Avenues, Park & Sterling Places) that it had to be carved out of NY-10 (Dan Goldman) and kept in NY-9 (Yvette Clarke).
#Brooklyn
#Brooklyn
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I wonder what’s so special about this one block (between Washington & Underhill Avenues, Park & Sterling Places) that it had to be carved out of NY-10 (Dan Goldman) and kept in NY-9 (Yvette Clarke).
#Brooklyn
#Brooklyn
Do Canada's ambassadors not go to the good schools that teach the difference between “flaunt” and “flout”?
The US “openly flaunting international law sends a signal to all of us that every president and every prime minister is potentially a target of US military action. There doesn’t seem to be any constraints on what the Trump administration would consider.” — former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Do Canada's ambassadors not go to the good schools that teach the difference between “flaunt” and “flout”?
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“Some legal experts said kidnapping foreign heads of state may contravene international law. Others, however, said they wrote some SSRN papers for the Institute for Libertarian Feudalism showing that the heart of the US constitutional tradition is the President can do what he likes, if I like it.”
January 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
“Some legal experts said kidnapping foreign heads of state may contravene international law. Others, however, said they wrote some SSRN papers for the Institute for Libertarian Feudalism showing that the heart of the US constitutional tradition is the President can do what he likes, if I like it.”
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
Am I supposed to conclude that Schumer thinks Congress should have been given the opportunity to fully participate in the nation-building quagmire?
Is that the moral? No subjugation without participation?
Is that the moral? No subjugation without participation?
Schumer: "Congress should not be sidelined as the Trump administration, gets sucked into another nation building quagmire and we're going to hold them accountable, protect American lives to protect America's interests. No one can explain to me how this is America first."
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Am I supposed to conclude that Schumer thinks Congress should have been given the opportunity to fully participate in the nation-building quagmire?
Is that the moral? No subjugation without participation?
Is that the moral? No subjugation without participation?
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24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
Anyone else think “The Sharpest Lives,” by My Chemical Romance, would make a really good opening theme for an anime?
My Chemical Romance - The Sharpest Lives
YouTube video by My Chemical Romance
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January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Anyone else think “The Sharpest Lives,” by My Chemical Romance, would make a really good opening theme for an anime?
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You know, it’s plausible that this was done without a plan for what comes after because the only real goal was to get video of US troops looking cool arresting Marudo so it can be posted Online. It seems to be the only thing that matters to this administration.
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
You know, it’s plausible that this was done without a plan for what comes after because the only real goal was to get video of US troops looking cool arresting Marudo so it can be posted Online. It seems to be the only thing that matters to this administration.
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Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
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Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
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I expected more from the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 AM
I expected more from the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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one thing that i suspect predisposes people to LLM psychosis is a lack of contact with people who do imaginative work. i think a lot of people’s day to day experience doesn’t reveal to them how easy it is to treat unreal things as real
as always, tabletop gaming is a life skill
as always, tabletop gaming is a life skill
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 AM
one thing that i suspect predisposes people to LLM psychosis is a lack of contact with people who do imaginative work. i think a lot of people’s day to day experience doesn’t reveal to them how easy it is to treat unreal things as real
as always, tabletop gaming is a life skill
as always, tabletop gaming is a life skill
A trans woman tapped me on the shoulder at Trader Joe’s today to thank me for wearing a trans ally pin.
Between that and the positive reaction to my Wilfred Owen parody earlier, it’s been a pretty good day.
Between that and the positive reaction to my Wilfred Owen parody earlier, it’s been a pretty good day.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
A trans woman tapped me on the shoulder at Trader Joe’s today to thank me for wearing a trans ally pin.
Between that and the positive reaction to my Wilfred Owen parody earlier, it’s been a pretty good day.
Between that and the positive reaction to my Wilfred Owen parody earlier, it’s been a pretty good day.
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Trump: horse
Doctor: good, and this one?
Trump: panda bear
Dr: good, and this one?
Trump: they don't screw, the panda
Dr: sir
Trump: they try to make them screw, no good
Dr: sir, the card
Trump: has anybody ever said before about the panda don't screw?
Dr: um ... no
Trump: nobody can do this like me
Doctor: good, and this one?
Trump: panda bear
Dr: good, and this one?
Trump: they don't screw, the panda
Dr: sir
Trump: they try to make them screw, no good
Dr: sir, the card
Trump: has anybody ever said before about the panda don't screw?
Dr: um ... no
Trump: nobody can do this like me
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Trump: horse
Doctor: good, and this one?
Trump: panda bear
Dr: good, and this one?
Trump: they don't screw, the panda
Dr: sir
Trump: they try to make them screw, no good
Dr: sir, the card
Trump: has anybody ever said before about the panda don't screw?
Dr: um ... no
Trump: nobody can do this like me
Doctor: good, and this one?
Trump: panda bear
Dr: good, and this one?
Trump: they don't screw, the panda
Dr: sir
Trump: they try to make them screw, no good
Dr: sir, the card
Trump: has anybody ever said before about the panda don't screw?
Dr: um ... no
Trump: nobody can do this like me
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Ad nauseum I remind people that the Turing Test doesn’t measure the intelligence of the machine, it measures the point at which you can be fooled.
January 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Ad nauseum I remind people that the Turing Test doesn’t measure the intelligence of the machine, it measures the point at which you can be fooled.