Grant Birchmeier
@grantbirchmeier.bsky.social
Dad, software dev, Chicago-suburbanite (ex-Michigander), vinyl-bargain-bin digger, retro gamer, comic reader, I post at https://cityofchicago.live/@GrantB
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Block and move on. They're only here so they can do nazi incel dunks
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October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Block and move on. They're only here so they can do nazi incel dunks
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My son just informed me of this, where They Might Be Giants wrote and recorded a song to sync to the Walk This Way video
vimeo.com/253025437
vimeo.com/253025437
LAST WAVE
https://archive.org/details/LastWave_201712
vimeo.com
October 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
My son just informed me of this, where They Might Be Giants wrote and recorded a song to sync to the Walk This Way video
vimeo.com/253025437
vimeo.com/253025437
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The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
Oh snap, this is my district!
She’s aiming to primary Jan Schakowsky, who’s 80 flippin’ years old and needs to pass the torch
She’s aiming to primary Jan Schakowsky, who’s 80 flippin’ years old and needs to pass the torch
March 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oh snap, this is my district!
She’s aiming to primary Jan Schakowsky, who’s 80 flippin’ years old and needs to pass the torch
She’s aiming to primary Jan Schakowsky, who’s 80 flippin’ years old and needs to pass the torch
Anybody catch Mickey 17 yet? Me and Kathy really liked it.
March 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Anybody catch Mickey 17 yet? Me and Kathy really liked it.
@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Any chance of enabling annual Patreon memberships? I don't even care if it's discounted, I just like paying once instead of 12 times.
(Maybe it's just because I know that, somewhere upstream, the cc company will get a little less of it.)
(Maybe it's just because I know that, somewhere upstream, the cc company will get a little less of it.)
January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Any chance of enabling annual Patreon memberships? I don't even care if it's discounted, I just like paying once instead of 12 times.
(Maybe it's just because I know that, somewhere upstream, the cc company will get a little less of it.)
(Maybe it's just because I know that, somewhere upstream, the cc company will get a little less of it.)
The tallest Oompa Loompa gets to run the Internet Archive
Update: archive.org is back online in a provisional, read-only manner. Learn more in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/i...
October 22, 2024 at 3:10 AM
The tallest Oompa Loompa gets to run the Internet Archive
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Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
October 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
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we're now as far from the release of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as Garth Marenghi's Darkplace was from the release of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
October 8, 2024 at 12:57 AM
we're now as far from the release of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as Garth Marenghi's Darkplace was from the release of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
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"Alien" is considered a horror movie because its premise is "What if unwanted pregnancies could happen to men?"
September 29, 2024 at 2:31 AM
"Alien" is considered a horror movie because its premise is "What if unwanted pregnancies could happen to men?"
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Last week I received a letter telling me that I had violated LAPD IP with my FUCK THE LAPD design. Today my lawyer @questauthority.bsky.social responded.
April 18, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Last week I received a letter telling me that I had violated LAPD IP with my FUCK THE LAPD design. Today my lawyer @questauthority.bsky.social responded.
This instrumental by forgotten 1979 band "Blind Date" kinda shreds. I wrote a little more about this find on my mastodon: cityofchicago.live/deck/@GrantB...
Blind Date Twin Engines 1979
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April 3, 2024 at 3:58 AM
This instrumental by forgotten 1979 band "Blind Date" kinda shreds. I wrote a little more about this find on my mastodon: cityofchicago.live/deck/@GrantB...
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This is dope
All the players unions standing with the Sports Illustrated Union
All the players unions standing with the Sports Illustrated Union
March 5, 2024 at 12:06 AM
This is dope
All the players unions standing with the Sports Illustrated Union
All the players unions standing with the Sports Illustrated Union