Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you feel the need to follow up a post with "Yes, I know this is AI," as though you're acknowledging that AI is a bad thing (which it is, and nice of you to catch up), maybe don't make the post in the first place. This is a sub-skeet. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Related to this, I gave a recent lesson on rejecting the notion of "geniuses," and I worried that I might be tarred and feathered by a bunch of HS sophomores with G/T labels. It will be worth it, they're great kids, but it was a rough day. 3313
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today in "Words I Never Expected To See Strung Together": 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The class that is currently reading Richard III and listening to me rant about the differences between OE and EM will be reading excerpts from Maria's translation of Beowulf in the next unit, because it's the kind of course where I get to do whatever I want. 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Students at the high school where I teach are circulating a petition to stop the use of generative AI by staff at all levels of the district, demanding actual human work for actual human kids. I have so much hope for the future. The kids are alright. 07113
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just sprained my eyeballs from rolling them so hard. 130
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It turns out that "CHECK OUT THE BRAINS ON BRETT!" is in fact an anatomically accurate thing to say. Well played, Tarantino in 1994. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I saw Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, and Gin Blossoms a couple of nights ago, and at one point Chris Barron said how ridiculous it seemed that any of them were doing adult things 35 years ago. I agreed wholeheartedly. Also, for a bunch of old folks, we were a great-looking crowd, too. 110
Reposted by Jim Graysonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026anyway it is actually very fun to have kids deeply interested in the world around them and the people who live in it 48234068
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Seriously, people. Conspiracy theory inevitably collapses under its own weight. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hey, easy there, hoss, I think it's safe to say the people of Kentucky haven't been properly represented in decades, and not just due to this geezer. Let's just get some perspective, is all. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oh wow, this sorts for me and my daughter as well, for both Civil Rights Acts. And the Bay of Pigs. And the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album. And SPARTACUS. I need to lie down. 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Reacher: Judging by the gray in your beard, I'd say you still have fond memories of MySpace. Me: Now listen, this doesn't have to-- Reacher: It's possible you even remember your ICQ handle. 081
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026JACK NICHOLSON AS THE JOKER: I don't know if it's art, but I like it! 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As I launch rehearsals for a community theatre production of Frankenstein tomorrow, I can only offer, in the spirit of @midnightpals.bsky.social: 'Sup, fuckers? 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Don't make me tap the sign again. *taps sign* The Sign: No instructional method is a panacea. I don't hunt werewolves, I teach high school, so stop trying to sell me silver bullets. 030
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Okay, @mapquest.com laid down the challenge, so I had to try it. gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...gulfof.mapquest.comLake Bugsbunnywithasaw - MapQuestCheck out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Bugsbunnywithasaw! 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I poured a glass of whiskey in honor of Tim Curry, but I just keep staring at it in antici... 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is the most wonderful thing I've seen today. 011
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I came downtown tonight to investigate the house music, um, festival in the local park from the cover of the bar across the street. There is in fact very loud, bass-driven music playing for the three people in the park, while Janis Joplin is on the bar's speakers. Gotta love the can-do attitude. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Monty Python: In my day, we had to drink out of a rolled-up newspaper 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Jims of the world must stick together. (Thanks for the follow, @jimc5.bsky.social ) 110
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Dave Matthews told me to eat, drink, and be merry, though I think he might have cribbed that line from an earlier source. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oh good, there's market space for decent fried chicken again. 100
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026There is no moral imperative to implement so-called "AI," in schools or anywhere else. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Was probably, and might well still be, a Tiresome Literature Boy. And listen, it's just rude to come at me about the craft beer. 020
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I believe my grandmothers (however many "greats" as needed) had shotguns for these situations. 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Okay, I wasn't completely sold on the pilot of STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE, but Ep2 has me in absolute stitches. 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Phenomenal thread🧵: (And this is a lady who knows a thing or three about epics in translation and adaptation) 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I strongly suspect that these posts from @lordbusinessman.bsky.social and @ringworm.bsky.social are not as related as my feed would seem to suggest. 100
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Okay, eastern Kentucky, I've been fine a month. Do we really have to get nasty about it? www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bhn...facebook.comFacebook 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was. 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026When a student teacher has a rough day in my classroom, I always start the end-of-day debrief with, "Okay, let's talk about the things that went well. We can get to the other stuff later if there's time." 000
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I wrote a joke about Sisyphus. Guess I'll probably write it again tomorrow. 021
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Important to remember that Lucas would've made the original trilogy with no actors at all if it were practicable. This is still disappointing, though. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...theguardian.comGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and cartsStar Wars director calls AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and says ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’ 020
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026On the other hand, we can absolutely afford to lose another modern Arthur take. T.H. White is still right there, and it's not that big a leap back to the medieval sources from there. (Yes, I read Lawhead as a young man struggling with evangelicalism, and it was... fine, I guess.) 010
Jim Grayson @jimgrayson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Well, this lines right up with research I'm doing into distance in certain plays of Shakespeare. 010
