Reposted by grantimatterTravis Hedge Coke @travishedgecoke.bsky.social · 46mLook it up. It's good for you. 031
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 1hThis is how I approached tabloid journalism, back in the day. It was a form, like the sonnet or haiku, designed to create a certain kind of mindset in the reader. 051
Reposted by grantimatterSébastien Doane, PhD @sebastiendoane.bsky.social · 9hDeleuze and the Bible project CFP! Who's in? Online workshop in March. The objective is to write a collective book... and have (scholarly) fun 🤓 Open for proposals until the end of November. 022
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mostly just reposting this as a form of bookmarking, but also perhaps as something more like marking a water level on a river that may well be flooding. 221
Reposted by grantimatterThe Objective @objectivejournos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"If a $1/word rate matched today’s inflation, the average writer should be making about $2/word. But — according to our data — they aren’t." @fspnwu.bsky.social members jen byers and Elena Novak analyze data from the project's Rate Sharing Database. buff.ly/g7wyXFUbuff.lyFreelance journalism rates have barely changed since 2000New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism. 01820
Reposted by grantimatterroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The best way to understand an unfamiliar band is to hear them cover a familiar song, in their own style. Before the Talking Heads covered Al Green's "Take Me To the River," they briefly made "96 Tears" [Rudy Martinez] their own, but I don't think they ever played it outside of the East Village.youtu.be1975 Early Talking Heads Performing "96 Tears" At The CBGB | Premium FootageYouTube video by Kinolibrary 24119
Reposted by grantimatterNeugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rabbit was a great runner and everyone knew it. No one thought Turtle anything but a slow traveler, but he was a great warrior and very boastful and the two were always disputing about their speed. 193
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDoj... #NewCollegeOfFlorida starts at 26:55.youtube.comWednesday 9/23/26: 'Out of Reach', Doors Open, 'First They Came For My College'YouTube video by wuwmradio 000
Reposted by grantimatterHelen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Japan's traditional moon-viewing season - tsukimi - was celebrated despite cloudy skies, and rewarded the crowds with this spectacular view of the autumn moon at Tokyo Skytree. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene... 014833
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Due a Netflix reboot with low lighting, make the human cop a devout Catholic with a wife with a medical condition. Season 1 arc about Yoyo’s makers collecting data without the department’s (or android’s) approval. Recurring characters: police psychiatrist, chess hustler in park, Louie the Grifter. 340
Reposted by grantimatterAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's #fossilfriday! Here's a guy from HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY: Arthropleura, a (probably!) herbivorous millipede relative that roams the coal forests of Carboniferous Scotland. Survival Verdict: YES. It's got a nasty nip, but we feel if you get bit, you have it coming. 7490127
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Play this for your dog. Or for yourself. youtu.be/QJavHc48iZU?...youtu.beElectric Fan Harp in the bathhouse │ 銭湯で扇風琴 ♨️YouTube video by ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! 000
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anybody here know things about Linux desktop manager? Mine, on (KDE-running) Ubuntu Studio just went away. Bit of a challenge. I woke up the laptop from sleep, it loads up my log-in window, then it shows me the desktop wallpaper, then the icons... and then it goes black, showing only the pointer. 110
Reposted by grantimatterNANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026IT’S WEDNESDAY AGAIN 651593
Reposted by grantimatterDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It is tremendously funny that a group of out-of-state professors who were appointed by a conservative governor suddenly pretend they have faculty governance rights, by doing things like taking votes of no confidence when they don't like how their political project is going. 820144
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026growbeyondgrades.org/events/26sep... What happened at #NewCollegeOfFlorida? Four profs talk about their takeover experience and how they're keeping the candles lit, either still on the campus or at different schools.growbeyondgrades.orgCommunity Gathering - What Happened at New College? — Grow Beyond GradesFor decades, New College of Florida offered a remarkable example of what could happen when an entire institution organized learning without traditional grades or GPAs. Following this week’s podcast, j... 020
Reposted by grantimatterRural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Water tower Friend, NE 201593335
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Colonel lit extra cigarettes before discussing Ezra Pound. 031
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m not that huge a college football fan, but I appreciate that the Air Force Academy does know how to freak out the visiting team. 130
Reposted by grantimatterNeugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The animals were of different sizes and wore coats of various colors and patterns. Some wore long fur, others wore short. Some had rings on their tails and some had none. They were always disputing about their good looks, so at last they agreed to hold a council to decide who had the finest coat. 1264
Reposted by grantimatterTom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I asked ages ago but didn’t get much of a response so I’m taking another swing at it. Does anyone following me either know how to read Cree or know someone who can? 1192167
Reposted by grantimatterNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140426455
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Not all of us, of course: there are plenty of Americans currently fighting fascists with as much venom as the Maquis ever did. But we are no longer automatically the good guys, and De Gaulle: Liberté is the important first step in reflecting what that world looks like onscreen. " 032
Reposted by grantimattergrantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jeez. That is something. thebradentonjournal.substack.com/p/watch-gop-... Kirschner’s campaign manager is a #NewCollegeOfFlorida alum. His opponent was part of the takeover.thebradentonjournal.substack.comWatch GOP Manatee Commissioner George Kruse explain his support for Democrat Kelly Kirschner“Republicans for Kirschner” hope bipartisan support will help carry former Sarasota mayor to Congress. 032
Reposted by grantimatterNeugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. The possum used to have a long bushy tail and was so proud of it that he combed it out every morning 1327
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jeez. That is something. thebradentonjournal.substack.com/p/watch-gop-... Kirschner’s campaign manager is a #NewCollegeOfFlorida alum. His opponent was part of the takeover.thebradentonjournal.substack.comWatch GOP Manatee Commissioner George Kruse explain his support for Democrat Kelly Kirschner“Republicans for Kirschner” hope bipartisan support will help carry former Sarasota mayor to Congress. 032
Reposted by grantimatterDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future. 201444722
Reposted by grantimatterJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A simple fact. News itself is now heavily partisan-ideologically coded. The Trump right and much of the partisan right doesn’t consume news as traditionally understood. So most efforts like this and to a lesser extent the Post, to find these more ideologically balanced audiences can’t … 31966167
Reposted by grantimatterlukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is 128131712119
Reposted by grantimatterElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 16/09/2026Ok this got to two thousand likes I’m going to go sulk and write an essay literally nobody is asking for while wondering why I remain such a niche taste. 1553
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Still can't believe I found this roughed-out #JennyEverywhere story 21 years later. That's a long time in a Yahoo inbox.... archive.org/details/some... Small bit of indie comics history, I guess.archive.org 131
Reposted by grantimatterMerlin Mann @hotdogsladies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026@grantimatter.bsky.social Mac Miller anecdote. 🥲 www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-...merlinmann.comEp. 639: "A Third App" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin MannThe Problem : John doesn’t instill enough fear in people. (Recorded on September 14... 151
Reposted by grantimatterKen Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026watching THEY LIVE, a 30-year-old movie that frames a homeless camp sweep as an obvious evil conducted by violence-addicted cops 5687153
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"An insurrection is not a charade that spreads from place to place in search of a new dawn, it is rather a sustained focus that becomes unbeatable. The ‘return to normal’ discovers there never was a normal, it was all abnormal, and it’s no longer accepted." #chaos #magickcoronzon.com 001
Reposted by grantimatterFeathers McGraw @feathersmcgraw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The war with Canada escalates as America throws its brightest at the Cronenberg gap. 101
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hey, if the 90s are having a retro moment now, are we about due for a swing revival revival? youtu.be/na1yQ_fKUF0?...youtu.bePut A Lid On It - Squirrel Nut Zippers (1996)YouTube video by clotho98 020
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"[Newt Keen has] been facing the same ups and downs as larger ranches — which can have herd sizes in the thousands. In the past few years, Keen’s ranch has weathered hurricanes, a drought and ever-changing federal policies that impact the cost of feed, fuel and fertilizer."bradenton.comTrump wants cheaper beef. DeSoto County ranchers worry that plan will backfireThis month, the average price of a pound of ground beef was $6.89, up 10% from July 2025, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 000
Reposted by grantimatterErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 10/09/2026But Media Twitter was also incredibly pernicious for civilians, I think, in ways that people and communities felt and could name in a few specific parts, but that I don't think has really been fully articulated as a whole thing. 3273
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Is "the almighty algorithm" an AI? How much of Musk's Twitter takeover makes sense as a live lab for AI social-engineering training? How much more efficient than the Romanian bot-farms from 10 years ago can LLMs be? 010
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Remember the pie. The man who threw the pie. www.npr.org/2026/08/30/n...npr.orgNoel Godin, who made powerful people nervous around cream pies, dies at 80For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill Gates. 000
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well, this is interesting political news out of Sarasota. Just flipped the Bridget Ziegler school board, t, and now... kellykirschner.com/press/new-po... Early days yet, but you know, it's interesting....kellykirschner.comPoll: Kirschner & Gruters in Dead Heat in FL-16 - Kelly Kirschner for U.S. Congress - FL 16Democrat Kelly Kirschner leads Republican Sydney Gruters 40% to 39% in a new survey of Florida’s 16th Congressional District. The live interviewer/text to web poll was conducted by SEA Research & Poli... 001
Reposted by grantimatterThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026“Humanity has never faced a more deadly carrier of disease and bacteria than children, and their total removal is a massive medical breakthrough and a milestone in the management of illness in this country,” — Jane Christiansen, CDC spokesperson theonion.comCDC Successfully Eradicates ChildrenATLANTA—Hailing its success as a major victory for the public health and safety of all Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it had successfully eradicated ch... 301571273
Reposted by grantimatterJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him. 713007834
Reposted by grantimatterDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Me at every party, finally giving up and letting my wife know i can’t take anymore and need to go home. 😂 2447748
Reposted by grantimatterCordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026Art and nature fuse. The exotic Passiflora ligularis, defined by purple fringes and complex patterns. A stunning documentary of botanical beauty captured in its natural harmony #botany #passiflora #flora #naturalhistory #biogeography #luiscordobapharchive #fineartphotography #flowers 2201326272
