um this doesn't rhyme

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Why did volleyball change so you can throw the ball. Seems like... sort of breaks the thing that's... in the name of the sport

I think the BlueSky execs here made the mistake of jumping to the "we gloat because we're so powerful and have you locked in" when most of us are like "it's sort of fine but we could take it or leave it"

if they ever make a Dota 2 TCG I am, as the kids say, cooked

I'd love to get more folks into my Patreon because I started a Book Club, and this month we are reading "James" by Percival Everett. Here's a discount code TOKKY that will let you join for $1 for the first month! Lots of BTS and personal vlogs behind that tiny paywall! patreon.com/chrisgraceco...

people on TikTok are arguing that Jason Williams was better than John Stockton. I always hated John Stockton. There is no world where Jason Williams was better

I hope my friends in NYC consider voting for Zohran Mamdani. I think he is a bright hope for democracy (and the Democrats) in America, and it's a feature not a bug that he is ineligible to become President.

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Sometimes it seems like identity is just "which cult do you belong to?" It feels like society flattens out Apple, Marvel, Taylor Swift, Jesus, Trump, Netanyahu, Elon, and Labubus into just different toxicities (and the flattening makes it harder to identify which ones are genuinely dangerous)

If you are feeling anxious in our current tech times I highly recommend this sober perspective from Cory Doctorow: www.theverge.com/podcast/8090...

Is it crazy I like Zohran more because he doesn’t know Billy Joel?

AUSTINSANITY

i have played Vantage and you should too www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcy-...

Check out @theaterbear.com and me on CBS News Boston! Also get ready for my scintillating insights like "I like to make eye contact with people" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u74...

y'all would be so fucked if i was a vampire

I'm sorry if this is elitist but why the fuck are you going to Essen Spiel and playing Flip 7

Remember when Lyft started and you had to sit in the front seat and fist bump the drivers

USA! USA!!!!! Yes I’m talking about the Chopin Competition

Genuine question: why do I care if the AI bubble crashes? For the average person (that doesn't live in SF or Austin) unless their mutual fund or pension is heavily invested in Nvidia are they really going to be affected when it crashes?

I'm staying in a Boston apartment building with a bunch of international students. Never seen so many packages in the mail room from SpeedX, UniUni, and... new discovery... Weee!

If you are wanting some free beautiful piano music watch the Chopin Competition livestream! It's day 2 of the finals! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riE...

Hey the band Cloud Cult still exists and their 2024 album “Alchemy Creek” is lovely!

fun fact, the guy that wrote the "First they came..." poem voted for the Nazi Party in 1933, so I'd say he did a little more than "not speak up"

If you are in the board games industry, I wish you luck in this crazy chaotic tariff world, and if I can help you in any way please let me know. Also if you vote for MAGA this November or next, you are dumb

I asked Sora to make a portrait of "Chris Grace from Dropout"

sorry y'all. i LOVE internet drama but I can't get into the bass player wars

I'm watching the Chopin Competition and I relate so much to these Chinese kids sweating gallons of water from their face (and I guarantee their shirts have completely dry pits) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bpI...

this is a hilarious website www.sometimesredsometimesblue.com

Say what you will about the Riyadh thing it's impressive how people can dunk on their own reputation so quickly!

Omg I just thought about when zohran gets to 55 and lets himself go a little and he’s Secretary of State and it’ll be socially acceptable for him to also have an OF

i wonder why perfectly good thriller or action or sci-fi or fantasy stories in their second or third seasons end up becoming character comedies? Like no, I liked the cool plot and the intensity and stuff, I don't need the people to start quipping and being cutesy

Rekha you got some SPLAINING to do...🫵 @chrisgrace.com

wow TMDB is way faster than IMDB, give it a try. It's kind of annoying how major websites these days are still slow (or even slower than they used to be)

this is an excellent resource, what a great deep dive on how to edit videos for YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgD...

Rest in peace Diane Keaton. What an icon!!

I just hope the reality of the tariffs is discussed, that they are a tax on small businesses. I know it won't... it'll be distorted and manufacturing won't come back to the US, but that is my hope.

Oh fun. I’m learning German and “parrot” is Papagei, as in Papageno the bird from The Magic Flute which Mozart wrote in German which we all know is too harsh for singing

Excellent discussion of OBAA here www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uK6...

Yes, then use 'Close Talking' to drive away your study partners

oh my god Katie Porter yelled at a staffer in a Zoom anyway the Lancet put out a study that 55,000 children in Gaza are malnourished www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This is a great list sashachapin.substack.com/p/50-things-...

Honestly I like this Taylor album way more than the Poets one

big picture bros are being really parasocial with OBAA well worth a read is this blackgirlwatching.substack.com/p/one-battle...

I've never been more serious: I hate brown switches

the reason @jay.bsky.team's posts suck is that they're tinged with "this comedy bit is funny because I'm the boss" they're just humorless mean gloating so if you're not interacting with the power dynamic (or worse, a target of it) they are not only not funny, but feel like bullying jay, you suck

yes I pitched that and yes it was directly inspired by "I Saw the TV Glow"

You might have heard that Libs of TikTok and Elon Musk are being as stupid as they normally are and attacking my pal @hamishsteele.bsky.social for having a trans character in Dead End: Paranormal Park. The best way to show support for Hamish is to buy his new book GO-MAN! It's delightful!

GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is available to preorder wherever you get your comics or via the link in my bio! This is a middle-grade superhero book with themes of friendship and self-belief with an autistic lead! Volume 1 is out August 26th! #comic #autismawareness #autism

attention Dire Wolf digital board games are on sale in Steam... Dune Imperium for $16 and more... I really like learning these games this way. Dune Imperium has a setting where it speeds through opponent turns. You can literally play a game in 15 minutes! store.steampowered.com/publisher/DWD