UndEd Grabianowski
@robotviking.bsky.social
Writist. Stardog Champion. Rock singer (exSpacelord). You may know me from Stuff You Should Know. Bylines: Wirecutter/NYT/io9/Nightmare/Apex/more. Need a writer, researcher, or vocalist? DMs open.
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo, NY
Woke up to another day struggling to find a job (professional writer/researcher with 20+ years of experience). Watched a flatbed repossess someone's Jeep. Last week working at the community pantry, people were lining up in the rain at 9 am. Line wrapped around the parking lot when we opened at noon.
This is that 10/90 split economists keep talking about. If you make >$150k a year (top 10% of Americans), everything is AWESOME. If you make less than that, you are struggling to even engage meaningfully in the economy. The collapse has escaped the balance sheets and is visible to the naked eye now.
An observation post-Christmas shopping in Los Angeles: places aimed the affluent were teeming with shoppers in posh outfits spending freely. Areas serving more regular folks were sparsely attended or deserted, with a startling number of vacant storefronts. Few pop-up Christmas shops.
Trouble.
Trouble.
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Woke up to another day struggling to find a job (professional writer/researcher with 20+ years of experience). Watched a flatbed repossess someone's Jeep. Last week working at the community pantry, people were lining up in the rain at 9 am. Line wrapped around the parking lot when we opened at noon.
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And The Dude, who DID abide
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
And The Dude, who DID abide
If you had "choked to death on a pie weight he accidentally baked into a croissant" in the Ed Grabianowski death pool, I'm terribly sorry. You came very close to a big payout tonight, and I doubt you'll get another shot at it.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you had "choked to death on a pie weight he accidentally baked into a croissant" in the Ed Grabianowski death pool, I'm terribly sorry. You came very close to a big payout tonight, and I doubt you'll get another shot at it.
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Merry Shriekmass to all who celebrate.
December 26, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Merry Shriekmass to all who celebrate.
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True facts.
December 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
True facts.
Bro, how sure are you that you're not detritus?
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Bro, how sure are you that you're not detritus?
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You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
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My friends at KnowledgeOwl and @thenotboringtechwriter.com let me share my thoughts about elegant design as it relates to games, knowledge bases, and, uh...chairs. My first published writing in a few years!
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
Games, chairs, knowledge bases, and the principles of elegant design | KnowledgeOwl
Learn how elegant design principles from games and everyday objects can improve your knowledge base architecture and technical writing. Discover how to accomplish your goals with less complexity.
www.knowledgeowl.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My friends at KnowledgeOwl and @thenotboringtechwriter.com let me share my thoughts about elegant design as it relates to games, knowledge bases, and, uh...chairs. My first published writing in a few years!
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
My friends at KnowledgeOwl and @thenotboringtechwriter.com let me share my thoughts about elegant design as it relates to games, knowledge bases, and, uh...chairs. My first published writing in a few years!
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
Games, chairs, knowledge bases, and the principles of elegant design | KnowledgeOwl
Learn how elegant design principles from games and everyday objects can improve your knowledge base architecture and technical writing. Discover how to accomplish your goals with less complexity.
www.knowledgeowl.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My friends at KnowledgeOwl and @thenotboringtechwriter.com let me share my thoughts about elegant design as it relates to games, knowledge bases, and, uh...chairs. My first published writing in a few years!
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
www.knowledgeowl.com/blog/posts/e...
neat 😑
Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
In my six months of looking for work, I’ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever, says columnist for the i newspaper and Diva, Eleanor Margolis
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
neat 😑
Cash donations are always welcome: wscsbuffalo.org/donate/
I will say that the pantry's cash tends to go toward human food staples and necessities (which totally makes sense), hence the lack of pet food. I will come to you to pick up any unopened pet food donations this week. 🤘
I will say that the pantry's cash tends to go toward human food staples and necessities (which totally makes sense), hence the lack of pet food. I will come to you to pick up any unopened pet food donations this week. 🤘
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cash donations are always welcome: wscsbuffalo.org/donate/
I will say that the pantry's cash tends to go toward human food staples and necessities (which totally makes sense), hence the lack of pet food. I will come to you to pick up any unopened pet food donations this week. 🤘
I will say that the pantry's cash tends to go toward human food staples and necessities (which totally makes sense), hence the lack of pet food. I will come to you to pick up any unopened pet food donations this week. 🤘
Local friends, I've been doing shifts at my neighborhood food pantry, and last week I noticed they only had a few bags of puppy food; no adult dog food and no cat food at all. And there was definitely a need for it. If you have some non-expired pet food available that you could donate, please DM me.
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Local friends, I've been doing shifts at my neighborhood food pantry, and last week I noticed they only had a few bags of puppy food; no adult dog food and no cat food at all. And there was definitely a need for it. If you have some non-expired pet food available that you could donate, please DM me.
First time I saw The Mothman Prophecies (in a Kansas movie theater), the film broke and burned through just as the bridge collapse started. No one was really sure if it was part of the movie or what, and it was deeply weird and freaky for a second.
But the guy finishes the story of Lee’s sister’s death and then tearfully asks, “What are you going to do?”
Lee’s eyes get real intense and right as he speaks, the film misfed in the projector and the sound that came out was this nonverbal volume-maxed peal of static and flash of total white.
Lee’s eyes get real intense and right as he speaks, the film misfed in the projector and the sound that came out was this nonverbal volume-maxed peal of static and flash of total white.
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
First time I saw The Mothman Prophecies (in a Kansas movie theater), the film broke and burned through just as the bridge collapse started. No one was really sure if it was part of the movie or what, and it was deeply weird and freaky for a second.
All Them Witches with King Buffalo in Toronto last night.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All Them Witches with King Buffalo in Toronto last night.
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Well I can't let Grover down
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well I can't let Grover down
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For over a decade, I've been fighting for WNY's working class. Now, I'm ready to take on Albany and fight for our future. Get to know me and hear what our movement is all about before our canvass launch THIS Saturday, Dec. 6. RSVP 🔗 in bio.
WATCH:
WATCH:
For a Healthy, Housed and Affordable WNY | Meet Adam Bojak
Get to know Adam Bojak, a lifelong Western New Yorker and candidate for NYS Assembly District 149. The status quo isn't good enough--we need a healthy, house...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For over a decade, I've been fighting for WNY's working class. Now, I'm ready to take on Albany and fight for our future. Get to know me and hear what our movement is all about before our canvass launch THIS Saturday, Dec. 6. RSVP 🔗 in bio.
WATCH:
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So the Flash famously has a nemesis named Reverse Flash. DC comics also has a character named Cowgirl. Just putting that out there.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So the Flash famously has a nemesis named Reverse Flash. DC comics also has a character named Cowgirl. Just putting that out there.
What's extra funny is I just had a conversation about this exact topic with some friends recently. I completely forgot that I'd turned it into an article once.
So I've stumbled upon this 10-year old, rather good article about #shadowrun by (I guess) @robotviking.bsky.social and having re-read it I wonder what a 2025 update — featuring the recently Kickstarted (and apparently rather good) SR Anarchy 2.0 #ttrpg — would look like.
gizmodo.com/shadowrun-th...
gizmodo.com/shadowrun-th...
Shadowrun, The Cyberpunk Fantasy Game That Couldn't Keep Up With Reality
Classic cyberpunk/fantasy role-playing game Shadowrun has gone through five editions and dozens of novels, and since its creation in 1989 the
gizmodo.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What's extra funny is I just had a conversation about this exact topic with some friends recently. I completely forgot that I'd turned it into an article once.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
I took a few decent photos at this local wrestling show, but this one is definitely my favorite
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I took a few decent photos at this local wrestling show, but this one is definitely my favorite
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My Spanish publisher, La Biblioteca de Carfax, brings horror gems from the US to Spanish readers—Graham Jones, Due, Keisling, Pugmire, Barron, Ketchum, Langan, Koja, Gran, etc. I’d love to work with/help a publisher interested in bringing Spanish gems to US readers.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My Spanish publisher, La Biblioteca de Carfax, brings horror gems from the US to Spanish readers—Graham Jones, Due, Keisling, Pugmire, Barron, Ketchum, Langan, Koja, Gran, etc. I’d love to work with/help a publisher interested in bringing Spanish gems to US readers.
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In our first candidate endorsement since 2021, we are proud to endorse Adam Bojak for NYS Assembly. @bojak4assembly.bsky.social
Our full statement: buffalo-dsa.org/statements/b...
Our full statement: buffalo-dsa.org/statements/b...
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In our first candidate endorsement since 2021, we are proud to endorse Adam Bojak for NYS Assembly. @bojak4assembly.bsky.social
Our full statement: buffalo-dsa.org/statements/b...
Our full statement: buffalo-dsa.org/statements/b...
I live in a 19th century brick building that's burned at least twice and was a semi-abandoned drug den for multiple decades. I've never experienced anything remotely ghostly except for the old man I occasionally see sitting in my office when I walk past the doorway.
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I live in a 19th century brick building that's burned at least twice and was a semi-abandoned drug den for multiple decades. I've never experienced anything remotely ghostly except for the old man I occasionally see sitting in my office when I walk past the doorway.
My girlfriend really loves Depeche Mode. The other night I played her "Spacegrass" by Clutch and she said she needs a Dave Gahan bobblehead so she can have her
own
personal
JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD!!!
own
personal
JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD!!!
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My girlfriend really loves Depeche Mode. The other night I played her "Spacegrass" by Clutch and she said she needs a Dave Gahan bobblehead so she can have her
own
personal
JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD!!!
own
personal
JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD!!!