Reposted by grantimatterBrian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 4hwhat is a space suit but a sufficiently advanced Dutch Oven 1507
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 15h"The 29% of colleges that have grown started with lower enrollment, on average, than the 71% athlete-intensive colleges, and with worse margins and lower net tuition per student. And they grew from that." nathanallen140396.substack.com/p/drew-witte... (Secretly about #NewCollegeOfFlorida)nathanallen140396.substack.comDrew, Wittenberg, and the Athlete Racheta rather unexpected conclusion… 000
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 15hHoly shit, listening to this playlist just now, I totally forgot this track existed: youtu.be/KSMmINnngHk?... (I wrote that song - we'd released a split single covering each other, but I don't think this was on the regular album release. These guys went on to far more notability than me....)youtu.beDrainageYouTube video by Burnside Project - Topic 010
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 15hMaybe we are, we really are living in the future that this band promised: youtu.be/KSMmINnngHk?...youtu.beDrainageYouTube video by Burnside Project - Topic 110
Reposted by grantimatterNo Joyman @nojoyman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just learned some shocking and destabilizing information about Roy Orbison 2066584
Reposted by grantimatterThe Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan 7676071081
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026and Espers' annexation of Blue Oyster Cult's "Flaming Telepaths": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxj2... They both will induce trance-like states, I think.youtube.comEspers - Flaming TelepathsYouTube video by emergefromnothing 000
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Toss-up, usually, between Scout Niblett's confiscation of "No Scrubs": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLjR...youtube.comScout Niblett - No ScrubsYouTube video by stabilimenta presents... 100
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Humble suggestion from the peanut gallery: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Humum...en.wikipedia.orgA Humument - Wikipedia 130
Reposted by grantimatterdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026right 191045155
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I had a friend who was mostly convinced that Whitney Houston was Elvis' love child. (Her mother was a backup singer and the timing lined up.) My kids (adopted) have similar finding stories, but Elvis does not line up with them, other than transcendentally. 110
Reposted by grantimatterNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026...chaser. This is all incredible. 094
Reposted by grantimatterJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 19643421225
Reposted by grantimatterKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 07/10/2026Every time I see flyers and posters like this from the archive I’m even more mad about all those lazy fuckers claiming they need AI to make marketing materials because uwu smol bean no budget: 26215
Reposted by grantimatterrupini.bsky.social @rupini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I can't believe no one posted my favorite. I was DYING when I saw this. 311412
Reposted by grantimatterCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites 27169421090
Reposted by grantimatterElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119843560
Reposted by grantimatterBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381682844
Reposted by grantimattercageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026its name is SECRETARIAT. 10/10 no notes 0101
Reposted by grantimatterDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One more: the one organization Rufo has helped to run, has turned into a gold-plated cancel culture mill, where unqualified hacks get high-paying gigs, qualified faculty are pushed out, and academic standards have declined to ensure more men are on campus. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...donmoynihan.substack.comThe NYT Recruiting Brochure for New CollegeA failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost 228057
Reposted by grantimatterAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026From: Crane's Feathers (1977), dir. Ideya Garanina, Soyuzmultfilm 4685161
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The hacky way is to add #t=1h1m1s to the end of your YouTube link, just replacing the "1"s with whatever hour, minute, second you want. Hardcore way is to do it all in seconds, like #t=5068s or whatever. 000
Reposted by grantimatterDeep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 03/10/2026This week's Lost Tale is "Fiend of Fire" (1952) by Eando Binder. Comic books used to include more fiction - and in looking at this ghost story from noted pulp and comic book writer Eando Binder, we try to find out why that was. deepcuts.blog/2026/10/03/l...deepcuts.blogLost Tale: “Fiend of Fire” (1952) by Eando BinderWhen Long introduced [Otto] Binder, Lovecraft smiled and exclaimed, “You’re half of one of my favorite authors!”—Otto Binder: The Life and Work of A Comic Book and Science Fiction… 3229
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's weird that his family never really gets mentioned in this. I mean, there's no way to do it without crossing a line into "personal" but I think that's a game that he consciously plays. Harassment claims... (Rufo's wife came to America as undocumented from Asia - not India, but still.)thestranger.comFormer City Council Candidate Chris Rufo Presents His Evidence of Online HarassmentRufo cited harassment against his family as the reason he dropped out. 020
Reposted by grantimatterJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I was still pretty young when it happened,but yeah, it wound up being more of a Butlerian Crusade than a Butlerian Jihad ..." 720936
Reposted by grantimatterMr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Apparently not only does money talk, it debates theology and ontology 001
Reposted by grantimatterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561421143
Reposted by grantimatters. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 02/10/2026Got a really scary one to start off the month @erinbiba.bsky.social don’t watch in a dark room! 222055
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wait, Ross Bryant was on this show? He's a mainstay in my guilty nerd pleasure RPG listening. Joanne Dramko and I are huge fans. pushtheroll.com He has a rare talent, or has polished his skills in a rare direction.pushtheroll.comPush The Roll - Call of Cthulhu Actual Play & Improv TTRPG ComedyImprov comedy meets Call of Cthulhu actual play in Push The Roll, a fast, funny TTRPG podcast from Ross Bryant and friends. New horror-comedy one-shots weekly. 220
Reposted by grantimatterMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had a question about the scenarios or screenplays of the silent era and thought I would answer with a few posts. I am going to focus on the feature era simply because more material survives. Silent movie scenarios could be all action and stage direction. This example is from 1916: 48626
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"It was really independence that did us in." www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0AX... @mobute.bsky.social interviews Mac Miller about education in Florida. Something maybe anyone working in academia should hear.youtube.comA Conversation with Professor Mac Miller (Sept. 2023)YouTube video by Novo Collegian Alliance 010
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Haunted at apogee barbelith.iamcal.combarbelith.iamcal.comBarbelith 000
Reposted by grantimatterTravis Hedge Coke @travishedgecoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Look it up. It's good for you. 053
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026dc.fandom.com/wiki/Ernest_...dc.fandom.comErnest Franklin (New Earth)Ernest Franklin is the Beard Hunter, a vigilante who hunts and shaves "criminals" with facial hair because he can't grow a beard of his own. The Beard Hunter was hired by the Bearded Gentleman's Club ... 000
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This 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 · 30/09/2026Deleuze 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 · 30/09/2026This is perhaps a better explainer for clarity, although with less of the salacious detail: www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...techpolicy.pressWhat Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AINathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs? 020
grantimatter @grantimatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I knew about Aella’s charts (because data is beautiful) and I’d read the Harry Potter fanfic ( because I used to have a train commute) but never really combined them in this context 110
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. 01920
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