Jim Grayson
@jimgrayson.bsky.social
teacher, writer, dad, hobbyist, snark
My opinions are only my own.
My opinions are only my own.
IYKYK
“I want to boot some head too”
October 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
IYKYK
If 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.
This is a sub-skeet.
September 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
If 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.
This is a sub-skeet.
Related 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.
It will be worth it, they're great kids, but it was a rough day.
like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up.
September 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Related 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.
It will be worth it, they're great kids, but it was a rough day.
Today in "Words I Never Expected To See Strung Together":
New, incredibly specific competitor 🪶 In the continuous archaeological news race to label finds as “first” just, um, dropped.
These are the first feathers ever found in fossilized dinosaur poop
The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.
www.sciencenews.org
September 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Today in "Words I Never Expected To See Strung Together":
The 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.
Ask me how many times people who hear that I translated an Old English epic have insisted that Old English is just Shakespeare (whose plays are written in Early Modern English.) Note: someone just screwed up, it's not gonna be in Old English, folks.
September 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The 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.
Students 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.
I have so much hope for the future. The kids are alright.
September 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Students 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.
I have so much hope for the future. The kids are alright.
Just sprained my eyeballs from rolling them so hard.
Robert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’.
The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
September 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Just sprained my eyeballs from rolling them so hard.
It turns out that "CHECK OUT THE BRAINS ON BRETT!" is in fact an anatomically accurate thing to say. Well played, Tarantino in 1994.
September 22, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It turns out that "CHECK OUT THE BRAINS ON BRETT!" is in fact an anatomically accurate thing to say. Well played, Tarantino in 1994.
I 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.
Also, for a bunch of old folks, we were a great-looking crowd, too.
I'm at the Sleater-Kinney/Liz Phair show in Prospect Park and I swear every single person I ever met or even knew about when I was young & going to shows is here, and all of us are old now, and there is no way to make this sound sincere but I really do mean it: my god we all look so much better now
September 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I 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.
Also, for a bunch of old folks, we were a great-looking crowd, too.
Reposted by Jim Grayson
anyway it is actually very fun to have kids deeply interested in the world around them and the people who live in it
September 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
anyway it is actually very fun to have kids deeply interested in the world around them and the people who live in it
Seriously, people. Conspiracy theory inevitably collapses under its own weight.
For the love of god please stop saying he’s dead, people. I can’t take it anymore
September 15, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Seriously, people. Conspiracy theory inevitably collapses under its own weight.
Hey, 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.
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
September 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Hey, 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.
Oh 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.
I need to lie down.
So my 3 year old daughter’s birth date was farther from 9/11/01 than my own birth date was from the passage of the Civil Rights Act
September 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Oh 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.
I need to lie down.
Reacher: 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.
Me: Now listen, this doesn't have to--
Reacher: It's possible you even remember your ICQ handle.
me: hey, aren't you jack reacher?
reacher: poster. mid-tier, by the look of it. you were on twitter until it became x. now you're just on one of the knockoffs, most likely bluesky, because you don't have the self-confidence for instagram or tiktok.
me: ok t—
reacher: peaked in the buzzfeed era.
reacher: poster. mid-tier, by the look of it. you were on twitter until it became x. now you're just on one of the knockoffs, most likely bluesky, because you don't have the self-confidence for instagram or tiktok.
me: ok t—
reacher: peaked in the buzzfeed era.
September 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Reacher: 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.
Me: Now listen, this doesn't have to--
Reacher: It's possible you even remember your ICQ handle.
JACK NICHOLSON AS THE JOKER: I don't know if it's art, but I like it!
September 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
JACK NICHOLSON AS THE JOKER: I don't know if it's art, but I like it!
As I launch rehearsals for a community theatre production of Frankenstein tomorrow, I can only offer, in the spirit of @midnightpals.bsky.social:
'Sup, fuckers?
'Sup, fuckers?
August 31, 2026 at 1:26 AM
As I launch rehearsals for a community theatre production of Frankenstein tomorrow, I can only offer, in the spirit of @midnightpals.bsky.social:
'Sup, fuckers?
'Sup, fuckers?
Don'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.
*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.
It's not enough for a movement to just say "Look, explicit instruction is important to understand and have in your toolkit" (Which it is! I'm not anti-instruction!), a movement needs a bogeyman to align itself and its followers *against*.
It is literally written into government policy in many American states AND national policy of many countries!
August 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Don'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.
*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.
Okay, @mapquest.com laid down the challenge, so I had to try it.
gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...
gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...
Lake Bugsbunnywithasaw - MapQuest
Check out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Bugsbunnywithasaw!
gulfof.mapquest.com
August 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Okay, @mapquest.com laid down the challenge, so I had to try it.
gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...
gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...
Stay strong, Google Maps.
August 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Stay strong, Google Maps.
I poured a glass of whiskey in honor of Tim Curry, but I just keep staring at it in antici...
August 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I poured a glass of whiskey in honor of Tim Curry, but I just keep staring at it in antici...
Hang this in the Louvre.
Palmer, Dolly Parton has been famous for two verified miracles for longer than I've been alive
important to remember that the process takes some time and requires at least two verified miracles.
August 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Hang this in the Louvre.
Make a band bigger:
Blues Travel Agency
Blues Travel Agency
Make a band bigger:
Duran Duran Duran
Duran Duran Duran
Make a band bigger:
Jimmy Eat Solar System
Jimmy Eat Solar System
August 24, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Make a band bigger:
Blues Travel Agency
Blues Travel Agency
This is the most wonderful thing I've seen today.
THREAD.
A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...
A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...
August 23, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This is the most wonderful thing I've seen today.
I love this: "My IQ is no."
Anyway, these days, my score on an IQ test would be "lol, I'm not taking that, dude." However smart I am, it's smart enough for my purposes.
August 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I love this: "My IQ is no."
I 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.
Gotta love the can-do attitude.
August 23, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I 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.
Gotta love the can-do attitude.