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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 18/10/2026

My take on Ryan Murphy: people misunderstand him. His thing is making ads. He’s very good at it. The ads for his horror shows are some of the best and most creative I’ve ever seen. I loved catching his ads in buses and billboards, they were always so weird and fun.

CREEPY CATALOG show with two panels.

I just can't with Ryan Murphy's bulls**t anymore.

Ryan Murphy is the Tyler Perry of white people.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 18/10/2026

Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and post one that you like

A collection of vintage toys, including two boats

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 15/10/2026

I think this could always be at zero with this dude. He cut his nose on a fence barking at a dog and got blood everywhere when he came in.

Big dog with a sign that says “0 days that shadow has been a menace to this household”

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 13/10/2026

Ever done one? They’re super fun.

Double exposure of a Joshua tree cyanotype

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 30/09/2026

My favorite time of year approacheth

“Mentally I’m here” with loads of jack-o’-lanterns in a cozy kitchen

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 30/09/2026

I asked it to clarify what it meant, and was gaslit.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 20/09/2026

I wasn’t aware of this Calvin and Hobbes comic. And living near such (nearly) unspoiled beauty really does drive home how priceless it is.

Calvin and Hobbes comic.

C: PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT OPENING MORE WILDERNESS FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE VALVE OF OIL, TIMBER, MINERALS, AND HOUSING, BUT NOT THE VALUE OF UNSPOILED BEAUTY, WILDLIFE, SOLITUDE, AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
H: WE NEED TO START PUTTING PRICES ON THE PRICELESS.
C: YEAH, IF OUR WOODS ARE WORTH A ZILLION JILLION BAGILLION, THINK WHAT ALASKA IS WORTH.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 18/09/2026

Happy Boy Harsher release day to all who celebrate

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 16/09/2026

Here for the spooky weirdo at the function to Emmy award sweeping legend transformation. Also, the litmus test for my friendship is how you feel about Widow’s Bay.

Katie Dippold side by side photo. Left: caption Tbt to Halloween when I dressed as the babadook but my friend's house had more of a grown ups drinking wine vibe. Right: her accepting an Emmy.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 15/09/2026

If a horse can draw a carriage I’d say so

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 14/09/2026

Did you know you can throw a birthday party for a mini donkey? Neither did I, but I went. Geronimo was a perfect angel baby.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 10/09/2026

No living painter nor any camera lens could come half as close to capturing the beauty that was this evening sky.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 09/09/2026

I just saw the title for Metroid Ravenous and hoped they’d crossed Kirby with Samus. Watched the trailer and lol they actually did. Looks sick

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 09/09/2026

The #iOS27 #AI feature "Write with Siri" weirds me out. I was texting about a bad haircut I got (don’t worry, I’m being very brave about it), and saw you can just ask Siri what to say in a thread. So I tried it.

Screenshot with text: It sounds like the other person is being incredibly supportive and affectionate, especially since you're feeling a bit self-conscious about your haircut.
You could respond by simply thanking them for their sweet words, or you could match their affection and tell them how much you appreciate their support. Something like, "Thank you, that really means a lot to me. I love you too," could work well.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 03/09/2026

It’s spooky season and you’re getting a bunch of memes the next two months

When the guy at spirit Halloween asks if you need help with Ron Swanson saving “i know more than you”

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 02/09/2026

It is never not Halloween in my soul

Everyone: it’s still summer! Me: [photo of a pumpkin snowman ripping guts out of a pumpkin head with an exposed rib cage.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 01/09/2026

Shit, not Wendell Berry. I had really only recently begun reading his work through my friend @bryanzug.bsky.social. It was this what got me into him. What a voice.

Questionnaire
by Wendell Berry 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for
the success of the free market and global trade?
Please name your preferred poisons. 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are
you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of
your favorite evils and acts of hatred. 3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization? Please list the monuments, shrines, and works of art you
would most willingly destroy. 4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate? List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most
readily do without. 5. State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security, for which you would kill a child. Name, please, the
children whom you would be willing to kill.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 28/08/2026

Hello from way out there

A sunrise peeks above mountains, cradled between two rocks

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 15/09/2025

Part of my weekend included a little glowforge project, a little lantern! Bonus points if you can guess the band it’s associated with!

A glowing lantern with an emerald cut out

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 09/09/2025

Want to short-circuit a gaslighter? Here’s how. PS: You’ll see a few videos about this from me, it’s a big biiiig topic. #weneedtotalk #communicationskills

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 05/09/2025

Hey the world can really suck sometimes but I did download Hollow Knight Silksong last night and it’s incredible. Also, my dogs are cute

Two dogs laying on the floor and cuddling. One a large German shepherd, the other a medium size boxer mix. The medium size dog thinks she can take the larger one. She cannot.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 04/09/2025

Is the chat getting out of hand? Here are some ways to stop it from spiraling. #weneedtotalk #communicationskills

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 02/09/2025

Ooooh passive aggressiveness at work is my favorite topic to talk about. Here’s (just a few ways on) how to handle it. #weneedtotalk #communicationskills

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 30/08/2025

Driving through this was the perfect cap to an incredibly tumultuous time in my life. Say what you will about signs, but it was so bright, so beautiful. Seeing it gave me hope for the future and the life I’m building.

A rainbow, bright and beautiful, shot through a car windshield, with Lord Huron’s “What do it mean” song playing on the infotainment system

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 28/08/2025

What do you do when someone hijacks your meetings? I get this request a lot. #WeNeedToTalk #CommunicationSkills

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 26/08/2025

I’m not sure what hurt worse, the accuracy of this or my back

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 21/08/2025

Nerds will see this and say “Hell yeah”

Pixel art of Doomguy sitting in front of a computer. On Zoom. It says Zoom instead of Doom. It’s pretty niche humor.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 20/08/2025

I humbly submit we just give him a lot of dubious food and see what happens. You never know!

Dubious food from Zelda breath of the world. It’s pixelated because to see it would uncover a horror no mortal can comprehend.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 19/08/2025

Recently adopted a 90 pound behemoth who is *such* a sweet spirit. He’s finally opening up, too, after nearly 3 weeks of shyness. He takes toys and treats now and he plays so well with his sister, a 60 pound tank.

A big sweet black dog loving his dragon egg while sunning on the deck. Bougie, some may say.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 14/08/2025

The folks at TJ’s can be Predator-level brutal

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 13/08/2025

I’m just saying, for absolutely no reason in particular, that if someone signs up for something like the app in this screenshot in the free tier, they could find a lot of emails and contact info for people at companies they might want to contact.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 12/08/2025

I made biscuits! One of two, maybe three things* I claim from my Southern Heritage ™ (You can't get good biscuits out of the south unless you use this one brand, and someone was kind enough to gift me some.) * The others: Y'all, ain't.

Delicious warm southern biscuits on a plate.

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 11/08/2025

This week: Nice Weather, my coaching practice, relaunches. Here’s some art I made to support it!

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 10/08/2025

This might be my favorite Lebowski meme

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Joshua Graves @joshuagraves.me · 02/07/2025

Fifteen years in design has taught me one thing: tools don’t spot problems, people do. Next week I’m publishing Listening Is A Design Tool, a field guide to slowing down so you can go fast. Drop a DM if you'd like an early copy in your inbox!