Graham Bower
@grahambower.bsky.social
Designer. Writer. Fitness geek. Developer of Reps & Set, co-host of Apple Core podcast. Barcelona #CancerSurvivor #ABitDeaf #GoPats 🏳️🌈 He/Him
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Graham Bower
@grahambower.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello Bluesky! I'm a graphic designer, writer, podcaster, fitness fanatic, and gay married dog daddy. 🏳️🌈👬🐶 Originally from London, now living in Barcelona. 🇬🇧🇪🇸 Obsessions include: running, calisthenics, queer fiction, American football, coffee, and computers.🏃♂️💪🏈☕💻
I dunno about this new Bluesky logo. It looks like it’s got a big ol’ donkadonk booty.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I dunno about this new Bluesky logo. It looks like it’s got a big ol’ donkadonk booty.
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I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
The East Wing of the White House was built in the 1940s and was arguably already a monstrous addition to a beautiful historic building. You can see from the demolition work it is made of steel and concrete.
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The East Wing of the White House was built in the 1940s and was arguably already a monstrous addition to a beautiful historic building. You can see from the demolition work it is made of steel and concrete.
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It's wild how much it feels like people are desperate to memory hole this entire phenomenon, to me. How viciously everyone who pointed out the emperor had no clothes were criticized. How content they all seem to be to let the biggest wealth transfer of the decade just fade out w/o REAL examination.
-gross fork in a sink food disposal like laughter- I REMEMBER PUTTING THIS THING OUT 3 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED THIS JOB AND IT'S STILL HERE, WITH DUST AGED PAGE EDGES LOL
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's wild how much it feels like people are desperate to memory hole this entire phenomenon, to me. How viciously everyone who pointed out the emperor had no clothes were criticized. How content they all seem to be to let the biggest wealth transfer of the decade just fade out w/o REAL examination.
Hague's use of "safe spaces" and "cancel culture" here is sloppy. He needs to be clear about what he means. If all he's saying is students should expect to hear challenging ideas, then fine. But this could just as easily mean nowhere will be safe at Oxford and anyone who objects will be pushed.
Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hague's use of "safe spaces" and "cancel culture" here is sloppy. He needs to be clear about what he means. If all he's saying is students should expect to hear challenging ideas, then fine. But this could just as easily mean nowhere will be safe at Oxford and anyone who objects will be pushed.
Books and reading are fetishised over other forms of culture because they take a little more effort to consume and have become a class signifier.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Books and reading are fetishised over other forms of culture because they take a little more effort to consume and have become a class signifier.
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I'm looking through my Macintosh user guide (the booklet that accompanied my 1984 Macintosh) for the first time in a while, and I'm a little obsessed with this graphic explaining scrolling.
October 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm looking through my Macintosh user guide (the booklet that accompanied my 1984 Macintosh) for the first time in a while, and I'm a little obsessed with this graphic explaining scrolling.
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the brain of the median voter needs to be studied for science
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
the brain of the median voter needs to be studied for science
Brexit. Boris Johnson. And now Reform. British voters are like moths to a flame.
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Brexit. Boris Johnson. And now Reform. British voters are like moths to a flame.
D. Just for India. But I’ll take the lamingtons too.
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
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For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
September 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
D. Just for India. But I’ll take the lamingtons too.
I wonder how flat-earthers/anti-vaxers would react if they discovered scientists actually believe time speeds up and slows down, depending on our relative speed.
September 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I wonder how flat-earthers/anti-vaxers would react if they discovered scientists actually believe time speeds up and slows down, depending on our relative speed.
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"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
Love that feeling when you discover someone you used to like following on Twitter here on Bluesky. Feels like slowly putting the world back together, one piece at a time.
September 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Love that feeling when you discover someone you used to like following on Twitter here on Bluesky. Feels like slowly putting the world back together, one piece at a time.
Amazing The Economist could write this whole piece and not mention COVID once, while still finding the time to harumph about social media:
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable
Youth used to be cheerful. No more
www.economist.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Amazing The Economist could write this whole piece and not mention COVID once, while still finding the time to harumph about social media:
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
No lie detected. This new utility app icons objectively suck. How did Apple arrive here?
daringfireball.net/2025/08/maco...
daringfireball.net/2025/08/maco...
MacOS 26 Tahoe’s Dead Canary Utility App Icons
These are the not the work of carpenters who care about the backs of the cabinets they’re building. These icons are so bad, they look like the work of untrained “How hard can it be?” dilettante carpen...
daringfireball.net
August 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
No lie detected. This new utility app icons objectively suck. How did Apple arrive here?
daringfireball.net/2025/08/maco...
daringfireball.net/2025/08/maco...
It sucks this is happening to Lexi Love. Hope she comes out of it Lexier than ever.
www.out.com/news/rupauls...
www.out.com/news/rupauls...
Drag Race's Lexi Love says copyright drama resulted in 3 canceled gigs so far
The Drag Race star claims that the alleged copyright owner "is now attacking my social media, Cameo, and streaming music."
www.out.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It sucks this is happening to Lexi Love. Hope she comes out of it Lexier than ever.
www.out.com/news/rupauls...
www.out.com/news/rupauls...
People dismissing the value of the AI because there is a stock market bubble right now might want to reflect on the dotcom bubble in 2000, where it turned out that the Internet was a fad and websites were pointless. These days no one uses the Internet and Amazon is a distant memory.
August 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
People dismissing the value of the AI because there is a stock market bubble right now might want to reflect on the dotcom bubble in 2000, where it turned out that the Internet was a fad and websites were pointless. These days no one uses the Internet and Amazon is a distant memory.
Ok. I was wrong about GPT5. It’s actually pretty amazing for vibe coding, and much more up to date on Apple’s frameworks that Claude Sonnet. A bit slow, but worth the wait.
August 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ok. I was wrong about GPT5. It’s actually pretty amazing for vibe coding, and much more up to date on Apple’s frameworks that Claude Sonnet. A bit slow, but worth the wait.
Steve Jobs didn't create great products by trusting his gut. He did it by hiring the best experts and only approving the ideas they fought hardest for.
August 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Steve Jobs didn't create great products by trusting his gut. He did it by hiring the best experts and only approving the ideas they fought hardest for.
This hasn't been my experience at all. I got compile errors on GPT-5 immediately. I guess I'm less interested in AI designing UI for me, because I'm a designer and I prefer to hand-code that bit. For now, I'm sticking with Claude 4 Sonnet
9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/v...
9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/v...
GPT-5 brings big improvements to Mac vibe coding - 9to5Mac
My former colleague Parker Ortolani has been experimenting with “vibe coding” for months, building native and web apps by steering...
9to5mac.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This hasn't been my experience at all. I got compile errors on GPT-5 immediately. I guess I'm less interested in AI designing UI for me, because I'm a designer and I prefer to hand-code that bit. For now, I'm sticking with Claude 4 Sonnet
9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/v...
9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/v...
I remember reading about AI research decades ago, when the theory was that consciousness was an emergent property of complex neural networks. Today people insist AIs are *not* conscious. My question is, scientifically speaking, how do you know? What test proves you are, while AIs are not? I'll wait.
August 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I remember reading about AI research decades ago, when the theory was that consciousness was an emergent property of complex neural networks. Today people insist AIs are *not* conscious. My question is, scientifically speaking, how do you know? What test proves you are, while AIs are not? I'll wait.
Laura Dern. I like Laura Dern. (But even she couldn’t save The Last Jedi.)
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy is 10 years old, say something you like about it
I like when Unkar Plutt gives Rey “one quarter portion”
I like when Unkar Plutt gives Rey “one quarter portion”
August 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Laura Dern. I like Laura Dern. (But even she couldn’t save The Last Jedi.)