Grizwald
@grizwald.bsky.social
Reposted by Grizwald
I have a theory that the general epistemic crisis has led to a lot of very online people getting used to communicating primarily through oughtposting and kind of forgetting how to deal with isposting
people gotta chill out about making normative vs. descriptive claims. it’s tedious to have to specify “of course, I do NOT support fire” if you’re talking about a house burning down.
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I have a theory that the general epistemic crisis has led to a lot of very online people getting used to communicating primarily through oughtposting and kind of forgetting how to deal with isposting
Reposted by Grizwald
"You have failed to address my specific situation"
This is a) an extremely on-brand Bluesky response to anything and b) kind of illustrating my point
This is a) an extremely on-brand Bluesky response to anything and b) kind of illustrating my point
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"You have failed to address my specific situation"
This is a) an extremely on-brand Bluesky response to anything and b) kind of illustrating my point
This is a) an extremely on-brand Bluesky response to anything and b) kind of illustrating my point
Reposted by Grizwald
If you're on the Death Star, nobody cares that you only did it for the college money
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
If you're on the Death Star, nobody cares that you only did it for the college money
Reposted by Grizwald
This sucks but I think non-Americans being justifiably angry at Americans for what the American government is doing and threatening to do, and Americans experiencing that anger and frustration personally in ways that are unpleasant, is probably an important part of any path back to stability
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
This sucks but I think non-Americans being justifiably angry at Americans for what the American government is doing and threatening to do, and Americans experiencing that anger and frustration personally in ways that are unpleasant, is probably an important part of any path back to stability
Reposted by Grizwald
They want us to kill each other to produce Content
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
They want us to kill each other to produce Content
Reposted by Grizwald
Reposted by Grizwald
[not following football but reading my timeline] hey lets be nice to josh allen i'm sure he's doing his best
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
[not following football but reading my timeline] hey lets be nice to josh allen i'm sure he's doing his best
Reposted by Grizwald
Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
fixing lower back pain requires using lower back muscles. Obvious bug, devs plz patch
discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 AM
fixing lower back pain requires using lower back muscles. Obvious bug, devs plz patch
Reposted by Grizwald
discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
Reposted by Grizwald
Glad that I managed to photo this male Eurasian bullfinch (Domherre) while it was still snow outside, just love the contrast between white and red ☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #birdphotgraphy #BirdLife #RedWed #wildlifephotography #PhotographersUnited #BirdsseenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin #birdphotgraphy #BirdLife #RedWed #wildlifephotography #PhotographersUnited #BirdsseenIn2026
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Glad that I managed to photo this male Eurasian bullfinch (Domherre) while it was still snow outside, just love the contrast between white and red ☺️
#birds #EastCoastKin #birdphotgraphy #BirdLife #RedWed #wildlifephotography #PhotographersUnited #BirdsseenIn2026
#birds #EastCoastKin #birdphotgraphy #BirdLife #RedWed #wildlifephotography #PhotographersUnited #BirdsseenIn2026
I assume Canadian rapprochement with China is part of Trump's master plan to economically weaken and annex us.
Masterful gambit, sir.
Masterful gambit, sir.
Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News
The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the domestic market in exchange for dropping duties on canola products, Prime Minist...
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I assume Canadian rapprochement with China is part of Trump's master plan to economically weaken and annex us.
Masterful gambit, sir.
Masterful gambit, sir.
People are giving this guy a lot of shit for this, but isn't this sort of occasional error the price of following news sources that are pushing news at this speed?
If you don't want news that sometimes features "oops" moments 30 minutes later, follow journalists with longer publication timelines.
If you don't want news that sometimes features "oops" moments 30 minutes later, follow journalists with longer publication timelines.
January 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
People are giving this guy a lot of shit for this, but isn't this sort of occasional error the price of following news sources that are pushing news at this speed?
If you don't want news that sometimes features "oops" moments 30 minutes later, follow journalists with longer publication timelines.
If you don't want news that sometimes features "oops" moments 30 minutes later, follow journalists with longer publication timelines.
Reposted by Grizwald
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
James Gunn is a generational talent, and I think with his Superman movie he somehow managed to give us fresh takes on well-known characters that somehow also remained faithful to them.
Pa Kent being a slovenly hayseed with a clear moral compass instead of a dour Kevin Costner? Unadulterated genius.
Pa Kent being a slovenly hayseed with a clear moral compass instead of a dour Kevin Costner? Unadulterated genius.
as I said earlier, the shitposting monkeys thing is an example of how deeply petty Lex Luthor is. He creates a pocket universe, fills it with cybernetically controlled monkeys, and somehow sets up a twitter client connection across realities to post to our internet.
that "hashtag #supershit" thing from the superman movie is living in my head
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
James Gunn is a generational talent, and I think with his Superman movie he somehow managed to give us fresh takes on well-known characters that somehow also remained faithful to them.
Pa Kent being a slovenly hayseed with a clear moral compass instead of a dour Kevin Costner? Unadulterated genius.
Pa Kent being a slovenly hayseed with a clear moral compass instead of a dour Kevin Costner? Unadulterated genius.
It's unbelievably heartening to me that these sorts of lessons were in fact learned from 2020 by a critical mass of progressives.
Rioting: very cathartic, politically counterproductive. MN's current response is so effective.
Rioting: very cathartic, politically counterproductive. MN's current response is so effective.
One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
Ironically a lot of the base of Minnesota's activitists' response was laid as a result of the riots following Chauvin's murder of George Floyd. That's part of why I feel like this administration doesn't understand who they're messing with. The Twin Cities got organized in 2020 and remains so.
January 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It's unbelievably heartening to me that these sorts of lessons were in fact learned from 2020 by a critical mass of progressives.
Rioting: very cathartic, politically counterproductive. MN's current response is so effective.
Rioting: very cathartic, politically counterproductive. MN's current response is so effective.
I guess there's internet beef about the casting of the latest live-action Lara Croft, who is more moderately-shaped than the original video game character.
IMHO this falls under the principle of "if you adapt a character and they don't look like the original, existing fans will obviously be mad".
IMHO this falls under the principle of "if you adapt a character and they don't look like the original, existing fans will obviously be mad".
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I guess there's internet beef about the casting of the latest live-action Lara Croft, who is more moderately-shaped than the original video game character.
IMHO this falls under the principle of "if you adapt a character and they don't look like the original, existing fans will obviously be mad".
IMHO this falls under the principle of "if you adapt a character and they don't look like the original, existing fans will obviously be mad".
This is a thoughtful piece that feels like it was written before the 40k episode in the Prime Video anthology Secret Level. That absolutely showed a path forward.
Also, I disagree that 40k *has to be* about giant armies. Some of its best fiction at present is "lone detective" Inquisition stuff.
Also, I disagree that 40k *has to be* about giant armies. Some of its best fiction at present is "lone detective" Inquisition stuff.
January 16, 2026 at 11:38 AM
This is a thoughtful piece that feels like it was written before the 40k episode in the Prime Video anthology Secret Level. That absolutely showed a path forward.
Also, I disagree that 40k *has to be* about giant armies. Some of its best fiction at present is "lone detective" Inquisition stuff.
Also, I disagree that 40k *has to be* about giant armies. Some of its best fiction at present is "lone detective" Inquisition stuff.
Reposted by Grizwald
February 2026: United States Atlantic Fleet invades Greenland claiming the island was trying to run them over.
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
February 2026: United States Atlantic Fleet invades Greenland claiming the island was trying to run them over.
Reposted by Grizwald
Reading another Guadalcanal book, and the amount of Japanese pilots (and SWOs) that get the intro “the architect of the Pearl Harbor torpedo attack” and end with “KIA late 1942”…
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Reading another Guadalcanal book, and the amount of Japanese pilots (and SWOs) that get the intro “the architect of the Pearl Harbor torpedo attack” and end with “KIA late 1942”…
I think this is harsh. There is rarely a right answer when you find yourself and everything you care about at Trump's mercy.
If Machado was trying to convince Trump that she was a strong leader who could handle Maduro’s thugs while keeping the oil flowing, giving Trump her prize was the exact opposite way to do that. What an epic fail allowing herself to be used like that by the charlatan.
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I think this is harsh. There is rarely a right answer when you find yourself and everything you care about at Trump's mercy.
I think this is true, but it's worth pointing out that a lot of the progressive trumpeting of liberal principles that I grew up hearing in the 90s/early 2000s went up in smoke the minute progressives obtained institutional leverage in the 2010s.
Power is an acid test for idealism.
Power is an acid test for idealism.
I don’t think this is a novel thought, but American conservatism turned out to be a completely fraudulent political movement.
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I think this is true, but it's worth pointing out that a lot of the progressive trumpeting of liberal principles that I grew up hearing in the 90s/early 2000s went up in smoke the minute progressives obtained institutional leverage in the 2010s.
Power is an acid test for idealism.
Power is an acid test for idealism.
Reposted by Grizwald
is kind of interesting how you can see gradations of professionalism among the ICE agents. some older guys who have more restraint, trigger discipline etc vs. the subliterates clearly hired within the last year.
January 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
is kind of interesting how you can see gradations of professionalism among the ICE agents. some older guys who have more restraint, trigger discipline etc vs. the subliterates clearly hired within the last year.
So, my province in Alberta actually privatized our equivalent of the DMV, and it's fantastic. We have many dozens of independent registries competing with each other to provide good customer service, and this sort of story is unheard of.
I just renewed my license and it took five minutes, no appt.
I just renewed my license and it took five minutes, no appt.
It takes an average of 47 days to get an appointment -- a fucking appointment! -- to renew a driver's license in Dallas.
Go ahead and ticket me for driving on an expired license, bitches. I'll take that Due Process argument all the way up the line.
Go ahead and ticket me for driving on an expired license, bitches. I'll take that Due Process argument all the way up the line.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
So, my province in Alberta actually privatized our equivalent of the DMV, and it's fantastic. We have many dozens of independent registries competing with each other to provide good customer service, and this sort of story is unheard of.
I just renewed my license and it took five minutes, no appt.
I just renewed my license and it took five minutes, no appt.
Reposted by Grizwald
I don’t think this is a novel thought, but American conservatism turned out to be a completely fraudulent political movement.
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I don’t think this is a novel thought, but American conservatism turned out to be a completely fraudulent political movement.
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/
Yeah, there are still a few conservatives who believed what they said and meant it. But they’re so insignificant they just don’t matter. 1/