Robert Grimm
@apparebit.com
Research scientist at Charles University by day. Apocalyptic prophet by night. https://apparebit.com
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Robert Grimm
@apparebit.com
· Jul 14
Deliberately, With Subterfuge
How to create a portrait to remember a friend by
apparebit.com
In my latest blog post, I explore how to take pictures of a dying friend who is an actor and, more generally, likes to put on a show.
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
That Jimmy Kimmel, causing trouble whereever he goes
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
That Jimmy Kimmel, causing trouble whereever he goes
I step in front of my door (red arrow) and there is a crowd with bouncers, paparazzi, traffic minders, and other assorted riffraff. Where is ICE when you need them?
September 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I step in front of my door (red arrow) and there is a crowd with bouncers, paparazzi, traffic minders, and other assorted riffraff. Where is ICE when you need them?
Grı̆̈mm needn't be grim, but Grı̑̈mm certaininly is.
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Grı̆̈mm needn't be grim, but Grı̑̈mm certaininly is.
Genesis 19 is wild, featuring attempted gang rape, #genocide, lethal witness tampering, & drugged incest. But it also provides an opportunity: By examining how humans have been trying to cope with that age-old genocide, we can elucidate another, on-going genocide. apparebit.com/blog/2025/so...
Sodom, Gomorrah, Gaza
A meditation on two genocides
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August 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Genesis 19 is wild, featuring attempted gang rape, #genocide, lethal witness tampering, & drugged incest. But it also provides an opportunity: By examining how humans have been trying to cope with that age-old genocide, we can elucidate another, on-going genocide. apparebit.com/blog/2025/so...
What is the impact of #ContentModeration on social media? Find out with Shantay 0.5, my tool for analyzing the EU's #DSA #transparency database. This version adds options for report customization, runs with Pola.rs 1.31.0, and improves test coverage incl. by enabling CI.
github.com/apparebit/sh...
github.com/apparebit/sh...
Polars
DataFrames for the new era
Pola.rs
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What is the impact of #ContentModeration on social media? Find out with Shantay 0.5, my tool for analyzing the EU's #DSA #transparency database. This version adds options for report customization, runs with Pola.rs 1.31.0, and improves test coverage incl. by enabling CI.
github.com/apparebit/sh...
github.com/apparebit/sh...
I just posted a blog post about happily dancing in a train seat and the hazards of needlessly planting your flag.
apparebit.com/blog/2025/da...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/da...
Dancing in My Seat
The hazards of needlessly planting your flag
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July 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I just posted a blog post about happily dancing in a train seat and the hazards of needlessly planting your flag.
apparebit.com/blog/2025/da...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/da...
Shantay v0.4, my #Python tool for analyzing the EU’s #DSA #transparency database, adds polish and prepares for future features. Check out its report covering almost 2 years of #ContentModeration with highlights for Meta, TikTok, X, YouTube, and more.
apparebit.github.io/shantay/db.h...
apparebit.github.io/shantay/db.h...
The DSA Transparency Database: All Data
A comprehensive report on the contents of the EU's DSA transparency database
apparebit.github.io
July 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Shantay v0.4, my #Python tool for analyzing the EU’s #DSA #transparency database, adds polish and prepares for future features. Check out its report covering almost 2 years of #ContentModeration with highlights for Meta, TikTok, X, YouTube, and more.
apparebit.github.io/shantay/db.h...
apparebit.github.io/shantay/db.h...
In my latest blog post, I explore how to take pictures of a dying friend who is an actor and, more generally, likes to put on a show.
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
Deliberately, With Subterfuge
How to create a portrait to remember a friend by
apparebit.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In my latest blog post, I explore how to take pictures of a dying friend who is an actor and, more generally, likes to put on a show.
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/de...
I just released v0.3 of Shantay, my tool for analyzing the European Union’s #DSA #transparency database and producing extensive reports. Unlike the EU’s tool, Shantay is designed to run on consumer hardware, no cluster needed. github.com/apparebit/sh...
GitHub - apparebit/shantay: Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB
Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB - apparebit/shantay
github.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I just released v0.3 of Shantay, my tool for analyzing the European Union’s #DSA #transparency database and producing extensive reports. Unlike the EU’s tool, Shantay is designed to run on consumer hardware, no cluster needed. github.com/apparebit/sh...
In preparation of #Unicode 17, I've updated demicode, my tool for exploring the fixed-width rendering of Unicode for terminals.
demicode 1.7 💕 Unicode 17.0
github.com/apparebit/de...
demicode 1.7 💕 Unicode 17.0
github.com/apparebit/de...
GitHub - apparebit/demicode: A tool for diagnosing the messy state of fixed-width rendering for Unicode
A tool for diagnosing the messy state of fixed-width rendering for Unicode - apparebit/demicode
github.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In preparation of #Unicode 17, I've updated demicode, my tool for exploring the fixed-width rendering of Unicode for terminals.
demicode 1.7 💕 Unicode 17.0
github.com/apparebit/de...
demicode 1.7 💕 Unicode 17.0
github.com/apparebit/de...
I just released Shantay 0.2, my #Python library and command line tool for analyzing the EU DSA transparency database. Unlike the EU's own tool, shantay is being developed in the open and designed to process said database, wich is a hefty 1.5 TB, on a laptop or desktop.
github.com/apparebit/sh...
github.com/apparebit/sh...
GitHub - apparebit/shantay: Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB
Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB - apparebit/shantay
github.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I just released Shantay 0.2, my #Python library and command line tool for analyzing the EU DSA transparency database. Unlike the EU's own tool, shantay is being developed in the open and designed to process said database, wich is a hefty 1.5 TB, on a laptop or desktop.
github.com/apparebit/sh...
github.com/apparebit/sh...
Now with handsome typography and a better layout, here's my blog post about the EU's DSA transparency database. Brussels, we have, uhm, problems (plural)!
apparebit.com/blog/2025/sa...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/sa...
Sashay? Shantay!
A first look at the EU’s DSA transparency database
apparebit.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Now with handsome typography and a better layout, here's my blog post about the EU's DSA transparency database. Brussels, we have, uhm, problems (plural)!
apparebit.com/blog/2025/sa...
apparebit.com/blog/2025/sa...
I just released Shantay 0.1, my #Python tool for analyzing the #EU #DSA transparency database. The project readme doubles as a blog post about my experience so far. Let's just say that "transparency theater," "So sad!" and five pretty time series make an appearance. github.com/apparebit/sh...
GitHub - apparebit/shantay: Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB
Trying to make sense of the EU's DSA Transparency DB - apparebit/shantay
github.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I just released Shantay 0.1, my #Python tool for analyzing the #EU #DSA transparency database. The project readme doubles as a blog post about my experience so far. Let's just say that "transparency theater," "So sad!" and five pretty time series make an appearance. github.com/apparebit/sh...
After seven months of adding new features and performing a complete refactoring into submodules, I'm happy to announce prettypretty 0.11.0, my #Rust and #Python library bringing 2020s color science to 1970s terminals.💥 (1/3)
github.com/apparebit/pr...
github.com/apparebit/pr...
GitHub - apparebit/prettypretty: Pretty 🌸 pretty terminals for Rust and Python
Pretty 🌸 pretty terminals for Rust and Python. Contribute to apparebit/prettypretty development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
After seven months of adding new features and performing a complete refactoring into submodules, I'm happy to announce prettypretty 0.11.0, my #Rust and #Python library bringing 2020s color science to 1970s terminals.💥 (1/3)
github.com/apparebit/pr...
github.com/apparebit/pr...
Hey @jensimmons.bsky.social, I just ran into my #1 Safari gripe again: When browsing history view, opening a link in a new tab makes the view go blank for +/-1s and then reset to start of timeline. Hence I lose my position and can't just open another close-by link. If only Safari stayed put... 🧞♂️🍾
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hey @jensimmons.bsky.social, I just ran into my #1 Safari gripe again: When browsing history view, opening a link in a new tab makes the view go blank for +/-1s and then reset to start of timeline. Hence I lose my position and can't just open another close-by link. If only Safari stayed put... 🧞♂️🍾
My personal website apparebit.com doesn't have intrusive analytics. But I do collect and (occasionally) analyze the server logs. At first glance, it looks like traffic was growing substantially (and slowing down again) over the last year. Alas, much of that traffic is suspect... 1/2
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My personal website apparebit.com doesn't have intrusive analytics. But I do collect and (occasionally) analyze the server logs. At first glance, it looks like traffic was growing substantially (and slowing down again) over the last year. Alas, much of that traffic is suspect... 1/2
You'd think that a continuous integration environment is fail-fast and doesn't ignore test failures. Not @github.com Actions with the Windows runner and the default shell (pwsh). The corresponding bug report was opened in 2022 and closed by GitHub, yet the atrocious behavior persists. WTF?!
January 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You'd think that a continuous integration environment is fail-fast and doesn't ignore test failures. Not @github.com Actions with the Windows runner and the default shell (pwsh). The corresponding bug report was opened in 2022 and closed by GitHub, yet the atrocious behavior persists. WTF?!
Configuring prettypretty, my #Rust & #Python library for better terminal styles, requires querying a #terminal for its color theme. But existing Rust crates seemed too much & too little. So I wrote a new, lightweight terminal library for Unix & Windows. v0.1.0 is out now!
crates.io/crates/prett...
crates.io/crates/prett...
December 23, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Configuring prettypretty, my #Rust & #Python library for better terminal styles, requires querying a #terminal for its color theme. But existing Rust crates seemed too much & too little. So I wrote a new, lightweight terminal library for Unix & Windows. v0.1.0 is out now!
crates.io/crates/prett...
crates.io/crates/prett...
I'm happy to announce v1.5 of demicode, my tool for exploring the fixed-width rendering of Unicode. It improves the output of the test scripts and updates the Unicode version oracle to for the recently released Unicode 16.0.0.
github.com/apparebit/de...
github.com/apparebit/de...
GitHub - apparebit/demicode: A tool for diagnosing the messy state of fixed-width rendering for Unicode
A tool for diagnosing the messy state of fixed-width rendering for Unicode - apparebit/demicode
github.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I'm happy to announce v1.5 of demicode, my tool for exploring the fixed-width rendering of Unicode. It improves the output of the test scripts and updates the Unicode version oracle to for the recently released Unicode 16.0.0.
github.com/apparebit/de...
github.com/apparebit/de...
I conduct a study that, amongst its findings, shows that the Covid-19 pandemic did NOT cause a substantial increase in child sexual exploitation, thereby disproving claims in peer-reviewed papers and Europol/Interpol reports. Whose paper gets the big red content warning? 😜
arxiv.org/abs/2402.14625
arxiv.org/abs/2402.14625
December 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I conduct a study that, amongst its findings, shows that the Covid-19 pandemic did NOT cause a substantial increase in child sexual exploitation, thereby disproving claims in peer-reviewed papers and Europol/Interpol reports. Whose paper gets the big red content warning? 😜
arxiv.org/abs/2402.14625
arxiv.org/abs/2402.14625
Unfortunately, little seems to have changed over the last eight years in US politics. At least, that's my impression after re-reading my own post-election analysis. Please share, especially if you have Republican-leaning friends.
apparebit.com/features/ubu...
apparebit.com/features/ubu...
Ubu Trump? Trump Roi!
The nihilism of Donald Trump
apparebit.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Unfortunately, little seems to have changed over the last eight years in US politics. At least, that's my impression after re-reading my own post-election analysis. Please share, especially if you have Republican-leaning friends.
apparebit.com/features/ubu...
apparebit.com/features/ubu...