Morgan Gray
@morganthegray.bsky.social
SF&F nerd, science geek, attempted musician, amateur athlete, professional engineer. Hella nerdy & surprisingly trans.
Pronouns: she/her
PFP: Morgan's geometric logo in black-on-white
Banner: a woman w/ light skin, gray hair, & black lips
Pronouns: she/her
PFP: Morgan's geometric logo in black-on-white
Banner: a woman w/ light skin, gray hair, & black lips
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Morgan Gray
@morganthegray.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Continuing the sword theme, you should imagine me like this.
Candid photo of me taken during this ride.
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Candid photo of me taken during this ride.
New favorite owl just dropped. Look how adorable these night birbs are. 🦉
Not all owls say "who".
The saw-whet owl may have gotten its name from the resemblance of its call to a saw being sharpened on a whet-stone.
Seems like a better name than "3rd-grade-recorder-practice owl."
The saw-whet owl may have gotten its name from the resemblance of its call to a saw being sharpened on a whet-stone.
Seems like a better name than "3rd-grade-recorder-practice owl."
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New favorite owl just dropped. Look how adorable these night birbs are. 🦉
As much as I liked Dr. Hannon, my undergraduate physics classes would have been much more entertaining if Tilda had been my professor.
y'all I am so fucking good at writing multiple choice questions
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As much as I liked Dr. Hannon, my undergraduate physics classes would have been much more entertaining if Tilda had been my professor.
The problems on all my projects just keep piling up. [incoherent, profanity-laced muttering]
Two of my projects are for one customer, and they've both suffered delays. One of them is on the test stand, but there is a technical problem stopping us from testing. The other, I just learned, will need to go back on the same test stand to have data re-taken. It's a $280k nightmare.
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The problems on all my projects just keep piling up. [incoherent, profanity-laced muttering]
Sunday's fat-bike ride started out really well. I was perfectly dressed for the weather (about 29 °F or -2 °C). The 3" (75 mm) of fresh snow on top of the older iced-over snow was beautiful and provided a fun challenge both in grip and rolling resistance. And the entire forest was beautiful.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sunday's fat-bike ride started out really well. I was perfectly dressed for the weather (about 29 °F or -2 °C). The 3" (75 mm) of fresh snow on top of the older iced-over snow was beautiful and provided a fun challenge both in grip and rolling resistance. And the entire forest was beautiful.
"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses!"
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses!"
Two of my projects are for one customer, and they've both suffered delays. One of them is on the test stand, but there is a technical problem stopping us from testing. The other, I just learned, will need to go back on the same test stand to have data re-taken. It's a $280k nightmare.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two of my projects are for one customer, and they've both suffered delays. One of them is on the test stand, but there is a technical problem stopping us from testing. The other, I just learned, will need to go back on the same test stand to have data re-taken. It's a $280k nightmare.
Kermit has been gravel biking since way before it was cool.
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Kermit has been gravel biking since way before it was cool.
This mini-ratchet kit is my favorite multitool to carry on the bike, but I also have another set to keep at home, because it's just so useful for getting into small spaces. Perhaps more importantly, look how adorably tiny the ratchet is!
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This mini-ratchet kit is my favorite multitool to carry on the bike, but I also have another set to keep at home, because it's just so useful for getting into small spaces. Perhaps more importantly, look how adorably tiny the ratchet is!
Because I'm just that self-absorbed.
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Because I'm just that self-absorbed.
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god, “assigned drummer at birth” is somehow even more depressing than the gender shit
“but mummy, i want to play bass!”
“that’s not for you, little ringo. now practice your fills”
“but mummy, i want to play bass!”
“that’s not for you, little ringo. now practice your fills”
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
god, “assigned drummer at birth” is somehow even more depressing than the gender shit
“but mummy, i want to play bass!”
“that’s not for you, little ringo. now practice your fills”
“but mummy, i want to play bass!”
“that’s not for you, little ringo. now practice your fills”
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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What an absolute fucking cunt
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
What an absolute fucking cunt
My riding buddy was out on the trail with me and was feeling pretty strong for parts of the ride.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My riding buddy was out on the trail with me and was feeling pretty strong for parts of the ride.
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My insulated water bottles failed to prevent their contents from freezing.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My insulated water bottles failed to prevent their contents from freezing.
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It’s times like this that I’m most happy to like somewhere that gets real snow.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s times like this that I’m most happy to like somewhere that gets real snow.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
I feel you, Murderbot.
'I remember every word ever said to me.' That was a lie. Who would want that? Most of it I delete from permanent memory.
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I feel you, Murderbot.
Here's a great thread on a few of the ways hippopotamuses are weird and interested, starting with their testes. Thanks to @lilbluegem.bsky.social for sharing this thread with me.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Here's a great thread on a few of the ways hippopotamuses are weird and interested, starting with their testes. Thanks to @lilbluegem.bsky.social for sharing this thread with me.
My insulated water bottles failed to prevent their contents from freezing.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My insulated water bottles failed to prevent their contents from freezing.
It’s times like this that I’m most happy to like somewhere that gets real snow.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s times like this that I’m most happy to like somewhere that gets real snow.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
Rides like today’s also make me wish I’d bought a fat bike when I first moved here.
It was cold but beautiful out on the trail today.
I also put my new rain shell, which is in my signature bright blue, to use for the first time.
I also put my new rain shell, which is in my signature bright blue, to use for the first time.
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It was cold but beautiful out on the trail today.
I also put my new rain shell, which is in my signature bright blue, to use for the first time.
I also put my new rain shell, which is in my signature bright blue, to use for the first time.
QRP with something with horns.
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
QRP with something with horns.
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.