Erik Gregersen
@ctgriffes.bsky.social
Formerly Charles Tomlinson Griffes. Mostly reposts, but good ones.
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At last an AI tool I can get behind
“Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.”
antirender.com
“Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.”
antirender.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 AM
At last an AI tool I can get behind
“Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.”
antirender.com
“Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.”
antirender.com
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R.I.P., Demond Wilson. I interviewed him for the AV Club when I did my oral history of Battle of the Network Stars, and this was my favorite of the quotes we used from him. (I need to see if I can find the whole transcription, though, because he was hilarious and very much did not give two fucks.)
January 31, 2026 at 1:47 PM
R.I.P., Demond Wilson. I interviewed him for the AV Club when I did my oral history of Battle of the Network Stars, and this was my favorite of the quotes we used from him. (I need to see if I can find the whole transcription, though, because he was hilarious and very much did not give two fucks.)
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January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The sky at dusk and dawn -- everywhere -- would be a crawling mess of barely-visible dots of light, moving randomly. Like the sky covered with slow-motion TV static.
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The sky at dusk and dawn -- everywhere -- would be a crawling mess of barely-visible dots of light, moving randomly. Like the sky covered with slow-motion TV static.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
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NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
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Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
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This piece is… scary: www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea
OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.
www.forbes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
This piece is… scary: www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
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Beautiful illustrations of iron interacting with rocks, from the publication of a paper, "On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata", delivered by the botanist and geologist George Maw to the Geological Society on April 22nd 1868: publicdomainreview.org/collection/o...
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Beautiful illustrations of iron interacting with rocks, from the publication of a paper, "On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata", delivered by the botanist and geologist George Maw to the Geological Society on April 22nd 1868: publicdomainreview.org/collection/o...
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS ON BIKES IN YELLOWSTONE
Pictures of the 1897 Great Bicycle Ride of the Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, aka the “Buffalo Soldiers,” which went from Fort Missoula to St. Louis — 1,900 miles covered in 41 days.
Pictures of the 1897 Great Bicycle Ride of the Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, aka the “Buffalo Soldiers,” which went from Fort Missoula to St. Louis — 1,900 miles covered in 41 days.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 AM
BUFFALO SOLDIERS ON BIKES IN YELLOWSTONE
Pictures of the 1897 Great Bicycle Ride of the Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, aka the “Buffalo Soldiers,” which went from Fort Missoula to St. Louis — 1,900 miles covered in 41 days.
Pictures of the 1897 Great Bicycle Ride of the Black 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, aka the “Buffalo Soldiers,” which went from Fort Missoula to St. Louis — 1,900 miles covered in 41 days.
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A decade later, Trump and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love of the "poorly educated" into policy, with a series of changes that have hobbled America’s entire knowledge sector.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
Trump Is Making America Stupider
How MAGA is purging scientists and other skilled workers from both the private and public sectors.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A decade later, Trump and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love of the "poorly educated" into policy, with a series of changes that have hobbled America’s entire knowledge sector.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
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Meet the seamstress who has made banners for United Center legends for 40 years.
Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant, made Derrick Rose’s newly retired No. 1 banner — and virtually all others hanging from the stadium’s rafters. blockclubchi.co/3NSm9BV
Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant, made Derrick Rose’s newly retired No. 1 banner — and virtually all others hanging from the stadium’s rafters. blockclubchi.co/3NSm9BV
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Meet the seamstress who has made banners for United Center legends for 40 years.
Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant, made Derrick Rose’s newly retired No. 1 banner — and virtually all others hanging from the stadium’s rafters. blockclubchi.co/3NSm9BV
Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant, made Derrick Rose’s newly retired No. 1 banner — and virtually all others hanging from the stadium’s rafters. blockclubchi.co/3NSm9BV
Trumpism as America’s going-out-of-business sale, part 343
US FACES FIRST POPULATION DROP IN HISTORY, ESTIMATES SHOW
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Trumpism as America’s going-out-of-business sale, part 343
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Thank goodness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPX...
How To Stop Windows From Automatically Resizing In macOS Tahoe
YouTube video by Quick Tutorials
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Thank goodness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPX...
Miniaturized astronauts.
January 30, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Miniaturized astronauts.
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla
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Europa is a moon of Jupiter with a liquid water ocean underneath its thick shell of ice. But *how* thick? Scientists have measured it using data from the Juno spacecraft, and the answer is: pretty damn thick.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/europa-s-i...
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/europa-s-i...
🔭 🧪
Europa’s ice is pretty thick
Also: a barred spiral galaxy more distant than expected
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Europa is a moon of Jupiter with a liquid water ocean underneath its thick shell of ice. But *how* thick? Scientists have measured it using data from the Juno spacecraft, and the answer is: pretty damn thick.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/europa-s-i...
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/europa-s-i...
🔭 🧪
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So *for some reason* I ended up broadening my “Film History” lecture (originally on Czech New Wave) to look at filmmaking in repressive systems w/ Soviet bloc as example. Watched Trnka’s THE HAND (1965), talked about trajectories of Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov, Věra Chytilová..
vimeo.com/116020986
vimeo.com/116020986
Jiri Trnka "Ruka" / The Hand (1965)
Animovaný / Loutkový / Krátkometrážní Československo, 1965, 18 min Režie: Jiří Trnka Scénář: Jiří…
vimeo.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 AM
So *for some reason* I ended up broadening my “Film History” lecture (originally on Czech New Wave) to look at filmmaking in repressive systems w/ Soviet bloc as example. Watched Trnka’s THE HAND (1965), talked about trajectories of Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov, Věra Chytilová..
vimeo.com/116020986
vimeo.com/116020986
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Just realized I can translate the French intertitles in the silent movie I’m watching live by aiming my phone at the screen and glancing at it every time a title card comes up. #lifehack #silentfilm
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Just realized I can translate the French intertitles in the silent movie I’m watching live by aiming my phone at the screen and glancing at it every time a title card comes up. #lifehack #silentfilm
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all those who celebrate it
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all those who celebrate it