Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

@jeremytache.bsky.social 😂😂😂 I went to Carnegie Mellon and my son is a sophomore at Case Western 🤣🤣🤣 what a delightful pair of OLIs 🏈🏈

Inks detail

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

@jeremytache.bsky.social watching you grinning, rapt at every Tim Kurkjian story tonight has been truly delightful ⚾️

@aaronmeyers.bsky.social ⏳⌛️

…this is the second show I’ve seen by this director where a dude is covered in something in his underwear at curtain call

Hard launch: cornea transplant edition. It’s haaaaaappening! 1/

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

So last night, Avi took over WRUW-FM’s long-running jazz program ‘Down By the Cuyahoga’ — hosted by his mentor Jim Szabo — and transformed it into ‘Down by the Monongahela’. Here’s his intro. Full playlist and show at wruw.org 🎶

So last night, Avi took over WRUW-FM’s long-running jazz program ‘Down By the Cuyahoga’ — hosted by his mentor Jim Szabo — and transformed it into ‘Down by the Monongahela’. Here’s his intro. Full playlist and show at wruw.org 🎶

This summer it’ll be 10 (!!) years since my mom’s been gone. We were only able to donate her corneas, because organ damage from radiation & cancer drugs. And now, here I am a decade later, getting cornea transplants. (No, not from her. Corneas are only viable for a week or so.)

@jeremytache.bsky.social Hey there, JerBear! Just caught up with this week’s Pitch Clock, and I’m wondering if you (and Samson maybe?) can address the elephant in the room for us poor maligned Pittsburgh fans: is there any chance in hell that ownership *won’t* botch things with Skenes??

Thanks to the phenomenal @andreashockling.bsky.social for capturing, in illustration, the essence of being 12, with a disability that other people might find limiting, but that doesn't keep you from dreaming big www.publicsource.org/high-school-...

CEOs should just carry bulletproof backpacks like the kids

friends—and enemies too—you deserve better than this crappy business model

@dilettanterypod.bsky.social I’ve been revisiting the pod this week, and I don’t think I ever overtly communicated how A+++ your voice & general aural presentation are in these episodes.

We are here to protect and celebrate Freedom of Expression. Today. Always.

It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety

10 years ago a single bathroom bill passed in north carolina received so much pushback from all angles that the fucking NBA boycotted the state btw. that’s where we were then versus now. cool cool cool

9) In the same spirit, understand and value the scale at which you can work. You know a language that detained kids at the border speak? Translate for them. You can offer to take care of your neighbor’s kids while they organize the local tenant’s union. Do it. It’s vital work.

8) Nobody needs a fucking hero. Just do something. Every day. Play to your strengths and do what you can. I am a researcher and have no delusions about being an organizer. But I produce work that is actionable and I deliver it to people who can use it. That’s all I can do and it’s enough.

We don’t study the Reconstruction era of US history nearly enough when I personally think we really REALLY need to. I also honestly & truly think the reason we don’t is entirely by design. I think it’s especially relevant in this current climate when you look at Andrew Johnson’s role cumulatively.

So I’m one of the featured peeps at Story Club PGH Story Slam on Nov 19th at 7pm EST at @cityofasylum.bsky.social Yes, that’s tomorrow. Yes, it’s sold out. Yes, you can stream it for free. cityofasylum.org/program/stor...

It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!

@dilettanterypod.bsky.social whew. you were one of the only remaining reasons i was still checking twitter 😒😏

So, hi. It’s been a bit. Meanwhile, I’ve been doing some printable educational zines for various organizations & campaigns. Here’s one about citizen-led ballot initiatives (or referendums), with some extra info specific to PA & Pittsburgh. Originally for the Project for Responsive Democracy.

The utter joy when you get included, the absolute fucking betrayal when you’re not. 💀💀💀

I think Starter Packs are a really good idea, but also I’ll never make one myself as it gives me MySpace Top Friends PTSD.

back in my day when you signed up for comics bsky, we didn't have fancy starter packs...all we had was one steve lieber post that we used to find each other for like 18 months

So, hi. It’s been a bit. Meanwhile, I’ve been doing some printable educational zines for various organizations & campaigns. Here’s one about citizen-led ballot initiatives (or referendums), with some extra info specific to PA & Pittsburgh. Originally for the Project for Responsive Democracy.

Just a small note: Please reconsider calling ppl coming here from twitter "refugees." It's kinda offensive, realistically. It's leaving a site. Actual refugees...I mean come on, you have to see how it's not cool, right? Anyway, you do you, I just wish you wouldn't use it.

If you’re a newbie, know that it is Bluesky etiquette to add alt text to any image that you post.

What’s all the invalid handle stuff? 🤔

Bone weary.

It’s such a weird phenomenon, this oversaturation of social media community options. Like, we all had a nice thing that then wasn’t so nice anymore, and the resulting diaspora has both reinvigorated some conversations and robbed us from others.

I’m going to try this again. Miss (some of) you 🧡

Nessie's been my favorite cryptid since I was a kid. Everything I learned about fossils and animals made it clear she's not out there, but I still like the idea of living plesiosaurs swimming along unconcerned with all our human nonsense.

Shout out to Conrad for getting ready in the dark at 5am - even whispering to Petunia as he gave her treats - so I could sleep a little longer before driving back to Pittsburgh. Shhhh. Don’t tell him I was already awake 😽😻

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs is out in paperback tomorrow! Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for excellence in science writing, the tale recounts global disaster 66 million years ago and how life thrived in the aftermath. It’s a science story, but also a coming out tale rooted in my transness. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕

dessa @ (le) poisson rouge in nyc last night was unfuckingreal

i’m seeing dessa tonight at lpr in the village, and the freedom of not giving a fuck how i’ll look on this rainy, grey nyc day is both very new to me and also very much welcomed. why did it take me 44 years to internalize my comfort over everything else??

(1/2) Just thinkin' my little thoughts under late-stage capitalism

Hey Pittsburgh! I’m looking for 2 decent-but-affordable 😝 tickets to Pitt vs. Florida State at Heinz Field on Nov 4. Hmu.

Hey Pittsburgh! I’m looking for 2 decent-but-affordable 😝 tickets to Pitt vs. Florida State at Heinz Field on Nov 4. Hmu.