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Not too bad, still.
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@grantimatter.bsky.social
· Jan 21
If you just arrived here and are following me, hi! I have a couple lists in my profile you might be interested in. You might even be on one, if you are just getting back into an old account. If you want to be taken off, just let me know.
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
IF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE IS STILL UP YOU ARE OFFICIALLY WHITE TRASH
#HarrysBananaFarm
(Getting a little judgy there, Harry.)
#HarrysBananaFarm
(Getting a little judgy there, Harry.)
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
IF YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE IS STILL UP YOU ARE OFFICIALLY WHITE TRASH
#HarrysBananaFarm
(Getting a little judgy there, Harry.)
#HarrysBananaFarm
(Getting a little judgy there, Harry.)
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What if Sasquatch just wants to sing to you or read you poetry. You don't know. Maybe this is Bigfoot Tom Waits or Bigfoot Dylan Thomas or something. #folkhorrorfriday
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 AM
What if Sasquatch just wants to sing to you or read you poetry. You don't know. Maybe this is Bigfoot Tom Waits or Bigfoot Dylan Thomas or something. #folkhorrorfriday
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Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls
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This book (1886) not only features a drawing of a dragon on its cover, but is also embossed with stylised dragon scales!
The author, Charles Gould, built on Darwin's theory of evolution & proposed that mythical monsters may not be imaginary after all...
📷 Reserve 398.469 GOU
#AppreciateADragonDay
The author, Charles Gould, built on Darwin's theory of evolution & proposed that mythical monsters may not be imaginary after all...
📷 Reserve 398.469 GOU
#AppreciateADragonDay
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
This book (1886) not only features a drawing of a dragon on its cover, but is also embossed with stylised dragon scales!
The author, Charles Gould, built on Darwin's theory of evolution & proposed that mythical monsters may not be imaginary after all...
📷 Reserve 398.469 GOU
#AppreciateADragonDay
The author, Charles Gould, built on Darwin's theory of evolution & proposed that mythical monsters may not be imaginary after all...
📷 Reserve 398.469 GOU
#AppreciateADragonDay
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DUUUUDE! Agency under control of #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous has issued 11th-hour instructions for verifying petition signatures that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize weed. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/16/d... via @browardpolitics.bsky.social
New state directive raises concerns about future of Florida’s marijuana referendum
An order on verifying petition signatures could hurt the proposed Florida referendum on legalizing pot. Several county supervisors of elections said it isn’t backed up by statute or case law.
www.sun-sentinel.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
DUUUUDE! Agency under control of #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous has issued 11th-hour instructions for verifying petition signatures that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize weed. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/16/d... via @browardpolitics.bsky.social
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It used to be said that the internet is for porn, but I think we have now conclusively proven that it's actually for gaslighting.
January 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
It used to be said that the internet is for porn, but I think we have now conclusively proven that it's actually for gaslighting.
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Every so often someone uses the internet precisely as Al Gore intended, and it is a mitzvah
Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Every so often someone uses the internet precisely as Al Gore intended, and it is a mitzvah
I say this as a keen observer of the politicization of higher ed: Reading this has made me wonder if “cancel culture” blamed on the left is actually a result of living in a society where everyone is always afraid of being sued.
Not leftist cancel culture: litigious cancel culture.
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Not leftist cancel culture: litigious cancel culture.
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this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I say this as a keen observer of the politicization of higher ed: Reading this has made me wonder if “cancel culture” blamed on the left is actually a result of living in a society where everyone is always afraid of being sued.
Not leftist cancel culture: litigious cancel culture.
$$$
Not leftist cancel culture: litigious cancel culture.
$$$
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I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell
“A former New College of Florida spokesperson appeared in Sarasota court Thursday morning, Jan. 15, to enter a plea. He appeared almost completely without the bodily tremors punctuating during a hearing more than six months ago.”
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
Former New College of Florida official pleads in indecent exposure cases
Former New College of Florida spokesman Fred Piccolo Jr. appeared in Sarasota court, entering no‑contest pleas to five exposure of sexual organs charges.
www.heraldtribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“A former New College of Florida spokesperson appeared in Sarasota court Thursday morning, Jan. 15, to enter a plea. He appeared almost completely without the bodily tremors punctuating during a hearing more than six months ago.”
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
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Fighting in cold places in the winter, a fascist tradition since 1941.
Really remarkable that in the dead of winter, they have decided to focus their efforts on Minnesota, Maine and Greenland
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Fighting in cold places in the winter, a fascist tradition since 1941.
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Maybe I should have called this one.
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Maybe I should have called this one.
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this is fucking incredible
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
this is fucking incredible
One of Our Submarines (a penitential Thomas Dolby cover) - grant
YouTube video by Grant B
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
May it be so, inshallah.
May she learn on what ground she has built her foundations.
May the water and wind come as they always do and bring clarity, honesty, and awareness.
May she learn on what ground she has built her foundations.
May the water and wind come as they always do and bring clarity, honesty, and awareness.
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
May it be so, inshallah.
May she learn on what ground she has built her foundations.
May the water and wind come as they always do and bring clarity, honesty, and awareness.
May she learn on what ground she has built her foundations.
May the water and wind come as they always do and bring clarity, honesty, and awareness.
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Fred Mertz and Batman canonically share a universe.
George Reeves appeared as Superman in the I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy and Superman, which aired on January 14, 1957.
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Fred Mertz and Batman canonically share a universe.
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![[peanuts, April 12, 1958]
Patty: ISN'T THIS PRETTY, CHARLIE BROWN?
IT'S MY NEW HI-FI BRACELET.
[pause]
Charlie Brown: HOW CAN A BRACELET BE HI-FI?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq6ucuguuc67yqwu4x4eipro/bafkreieir4am6qx4rsl3nyrs6o7ur7pd6btgfvs6yd3czt3i7bnzjyd4jq@jpeg)
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
Why does Chicago Style want to capitalize "If" in a headline?
(Saying "It's a correlative conjunction" is NOT AN ANSWER.)
(Saying "It's a correlative conjunction" is NOT AN ANSWER.)
January 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Why does Chicago Style want to capitalize "If" in a headline?
(Saying "It's a correlative conjunction" is NOT AN ANSWER.)
(Saying "It's a correlative conjunction" is NOT AN ANSWER.)
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This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
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Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
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Become uncontainable
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Become uncontainable