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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I unexpectedly recorded a podcast episode about how crossword puzzles are made. If you ever wanted to listen to me natter on about this for 30 unprepared minutes, or simply are curious, here's your chance! open.spotify.com/episode/2jt8...

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Tangent - Creating Crossword Puzzles with Rachel

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Just five minutes of a student acrobat doing her little drills and tricks all through 2025. If you're quick you might spot a hang glider and a cat! youtu.be/g3Kh8hdQGWc

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Rachel Grey 2025 Training Montage

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My prettiest few photos from 2025... only two of them contain cats. photos.app.goo.gl/gi7YDeJr5R1R...

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Artsiness 2025 · Jan 1 – Oct 26, 2025 📸

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Rest here, weary traveler: a lady, who is me, installs a window blind. Nothing goes wrong.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

"I didn't expect that MY death would, unfortunately, be worth it in 2025". Irony can be pretty ironic.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Gift link below -- I got to share space in an article along with @lizthegrey.com , where we both spoke with @kateconger.com about changes in Big Tech over the years. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...

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So Long to Tech’s Dream Job

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The beauty-industrial complex responds to climate change: or, my glimpse of hell during today's CVS visit.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My 48th birthday was yesterday and all's well

A woman doing a handstand in flowy pants.

A cake made from a stack of crepes, with raspberries on top.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Ah, the social sciences. You can die in obscurity or live to see your research co-opted by advertising.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A quick shout-out to Ayo Edebiri, whose name just appeared in two consecutive NYT crossword puzzles. I can see I'll be well rewarded for remembering her. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Ede...

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Ayo Edebiri - Wikipedia

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Some things are even more interesting after they break. I'd love to draw these shapes and shadows sometime!

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I spent the month of March quitting my job at Google, a time consuming endeavor that led to me not posting an outdoor handstand photo in March. I'm giving myself a pass on that, all things considered, but I'll also post two in April. Here's the first.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New Black Mirror season this Friday, and now there's going to be a new Love Death + Robots collection in mid-May? We are rich in dark science fiction, to go with our dark reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnvk...

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LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 4 | Official Teaser | Netflix

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I do this on Friday for the first time in a decade, and then can't figure out why my weekend workouts feel so tired. A mystery.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

More drawing homework. As a friend of mine said, they are *very* abstract nudes...

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A business makes more than it spends. Now the extra money gets to go somewhere, which is nice. Does it go to a) shareholders, b) workers, c) customers, d) the state, e) the community at large, f) someone else (patent holders)?

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I happened to stumble across the "I know I'm being successful when..." list I wrote around 2020. The first item on that list is still my favorite: "I know I'm being successful when... at least one cat seeks me out on a regular basis." What lets you know you're living the way you want to?

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A bit of handstand choreography I learned this morning. It could use some smoothing out, but I already like how it feels.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Healthy adult here, but the problems I do have always seem to involve my skin. I used ~5 ointments etc this morning. Watching myself through alien eyes: "The creature's sole barrier against a hostile environment is weak and eroding. No doubt it will dissolve soon and the creature will die."

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Completed drawing homework: fifty cylinders. I think I graduate to cubes next.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Just the best photo I've taken of my cat recently. Hi Tetra.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Also what's the opposite of "Stay hungry, stay foolish" because that's my idea of good advice. Maybe "Grow wise, and learn what is enough for you".

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Please enjoy this stupid human trick by me & my husband on Sunday.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

After last night's snowstorm in Somerville, MA.

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Rachel Grey @greyoctagon.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'm taking an online drawing course through Udemy (the teacher is Brent Eviston), specifically about volume and form. Here is my completed homework for the first lecture, on spheres! A bit tedious, but they did get better over time.

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