Jen Uphoff Gray
@jengray.bsky.social
Director. Madisonian. Forward-thinker.
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I know not every TV critic is familiar with the trappings of the romance genre, but I’m tired of the implication that sex can’t be an important plot driver for individual and shared character development.
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know not every TV critic is familiar with the trappings of the romance genre, but I’m tired of the implication that sex can’t be an important plot driver for individual and shared character development.
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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My brief thoughts on "Death by Lightning" -- the new Netflix series about the assassination of James Garfield, based on the book "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard, one of the most entertaining historical novelists of our era.
Top of my mind: superb casting.
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Top of my mind: superb casting.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My brief thoughts on "Death by Lightning" -- the new Netflix series about the assassination of James Garfield, based on the book "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard, one of the most entertaining historical novelists of our era.
Top of my mind: superb casting.
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Top of my mind: superb casting.
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the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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I feel like the universe just played Fuck-Mary-Kill with Jonathan Bailey, Zohar Mamdani, and Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I feel like the universe just played Fuck-Mary-Kill with Jonathan Bailey, Zohar Mamdani, and Dick Cheney
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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We need a total and complete shutdown of people using the term “the DNC” until our country's posters can figure out what the Democratic National Committee actually is and does.
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We need a total and complete shutdown of people using the term “the DNC” until our country's posters can figure out what the Democratic National Committee actually is and does.
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The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
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"And these Chicagoans, big strong big-shouldered ones with tears in their eyes, they come to me, and they say 'Mr. Trump, please save us from improv comedy. And I say, oh, 'I will send troops to clean things up and figure out what the hell is going on.' Then they say to me, 'Yes, and...?'"
October 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"And these Chicagoans, big strong big-shouldered ones with tears in their eyes, they come to me, and they say 'Mr. Trump, please save us from improv comedy. And I say, oh, 'I will send troops to clean things up and figure out what the hell is going on.' Then they say to me, 'Yes, and...?'"
Whew, this thread. Feels like the inside of my brain spilling out.
You are the one who has to “do something”. More specifically, the white person who has actually bothered to read this whole thread. The majority of the voting populace that refuses to vote for Democrats with a majority of their votes. Stop desecrating the memory of John Lewis.
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Whew, this thread. Feels like the inside of my brain spilling out.
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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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Those aren’t reviews. Those are opinions, and they have their place and uses, but they do not substitute for deeply informed and engaging critical writing, which is a skill that takes time, practice, and experience to develop.
Life changes. Organisms/organizations need to adapt. I'm sure people go to crowdsourced info for reviews, like Goodreads, just like Yelp and others for restaurant reviews.
August 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Those aren’t reviews. Those are opinions, and they have their place and uses, but they do not substitute for deeply informed and engaging critical writing, which is a skill that takes time, practice, and experience to develop.
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Fortunately we have these things called amphitheaters and auditoriums and theaters and stages and all sorts of architecture and infrastructure that facilitates in-person connection among large groups of humans.
Now is the time to use them incessantly!
Now is the time to use them incessantly!
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fortunately we have these things called amphitheaters and auditoriums and theaters and stages and all sorts of architecture and infrastructure that facilitates in-person connection among large groups of humans.
Now is the time to use them incessantly!
Now is the time to use them incessantly!
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i’m not going to accept any statement on the “steep environmental cost” of air conditioning while countries are backtracking on their climate goals to keep powering AI
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
How do air conditioners work, and what is the effect on the environment?
As record heatwaves boost demand for cooling, air conditioning becomes vital – but with a steep environmental cost.
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July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i’m not going to accept any statement on the “steep environmental cost” of air conditioning while countries are backtracking on their climate goals to keep powering AI
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If you love A Chorus Line or theater or New York or dancers or singers, take a break and watch this. The faces! The feelings! If you start sniffling at around the 4:30 mark, we're friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUIs...
July 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you love A Chorus Line or theater or New York or dancers or singers, take a break and watch this. The faces! The feelings! If you start sniffling at around the 4:30 mark, we're friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUIs...
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Imma tattoo this on the forehead of every single techbro, C-Suite, and university upper admin person I can hold down.
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Imma tattoo this on the forehead of every single techbro, C-Suite, and university upper admin person I can hold down.
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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Another way to look at this is that Stephen Colbert has 10 months without a single fuck to give. Tear them all apart until they throw you out of the building, man.
BREAKING: CBS is canceling "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert tells studio audience. It will end in May 2026.
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his 'Late Show' in May 2026
CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against CBS Global settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” story.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Another way to look at this is that Stephen Colbert has 10 months without a single fuck to give. Tear them all apart until they throw you out of the building, man.
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Democrats used every possible tool at their disposal to stop this.
It is moving forward because voters chose to let Republicans control Congress and the White House.
If you are mad about it, that’s good — but only if you’re angry at the actual villains here. Be mad at Republicans.
It is moving forward because voters chose to let Republicans control Congress and the White House.
If you are mad about it, that’s good — but only if you’re angry at the actual villains here. Be mad at Republicans.
BREAKING: Trump's big bill clears key test vote in Senate as Republicans race to get measure to president's desk ahead of his July Fourth deadline.
Senators prep for a weekend of work to meet Trump's deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts
The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.
bit.ly
June 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Democrats used every possible tool at their disposal to stop this.
It is moving forward because voters chose to let Republicans control Congress and the White House.
If you are mad about it, that’s good — but only if you’re angry at the actual villains here. Be mad at Republicans.
It is moving forward because voters chose to let Republicans control Congress and the White House.
If you are mad about it, that’s good — but only if you’re angry at the actual villains here. Be mad at Republicans.
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The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics