~cgrayson

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:11:03 -0500

a nice intro for the curious: A (total) beginner’s guide to the World Cup (funny, too: “the expanded field means there is a chance for plucky underdogs with little chance of winning – such as Jordan, Curaçao & England – to compete with the big boys”)

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:12:53 -0500

agree with this rave review of Widow’s Bay. we never watch horror, so we weren’t sure about it, but being open to the comedy & silliness has been enough. can’t wait for the last 2 episodes

Sat, 30 May 2026 21:56:12 -0500

Metric, Black Sheep 🎵

youtu.be/FP6nYVOyF…

Fri, 22 May 2026 22:03:26 -0500

Joan Osborne, St. Teresa 🎵

youtu.be/Q0ORZ6812…

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:34:53 -0500

I didn’t know how much I needed this rainbow

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:18:01 -0500

Lorde, Homemade Dynamite 🎵

youtu.be/iG0vGmHs3…

Thu, 07 May 2026 19:12:57 -0500

a long but fun Atlantic article on The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America (gift link)

Sat, 02 May 2026 22:03:29 -0500

Florence + the Machine, One of the Greats, live for World Cafe 🎵

youtu.be/zfXsFODg6…

arms outstretched back from the dead streetlights bursting overhead

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:30:42 -0500

authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Elections as Tools of Autocracy and White Supremacy:

You have often heard me say: Never give up on elections. I stand behind this, now more than ever… This is the time to message that a strike against some of us is a strike against all of us.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:13:19 -0500

resurrected a copy of the website for the now-defunct Austin Computer Book Club. no longer at the “cool” URL of austin.computerbook.club, but back for posterity (and LinkedIn 😊) at computerbookclub.chrisgrayson.net hire me, I ran a Meetup for a couple years! 📚

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:13:26 -0500

Ana Tijoux, 1977 🎵

www.youtube.com/watch

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:20:57 -0500

that Atlantic article that Kash Patel is suing them over is really a must-read. these are pros, and they covered their bases:

the more than two dozen people I interviewed …described Patel’s tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior as a national-security vulnerability

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:44:03 -0500

of all the times he’s claimed “it’s like nothing anybody’s seen before”, whaddya know, this time it’s true! Oil and gas crisis from Iran war worse than 1973, 1979 and 2022 together, says IEA

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:42:34 -0500

Speedy Ortiz, Raising the Skate, live on KEXP 🎵

youtu.be/XW7PXr_HP…

I’m not bossy, I’m the boss

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:02:57 -0500

I finished the book How to Kill a Witch by Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell. a quick, interesting read for women’s history month 📚

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:36:18 -0500

Le Tigre, TKO 🎵

youtu.be/aqhntKPh2…

read about it at your Barnes & Noble

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:00:42 -0500

I’ve shared this before, but since it’s the best performance of the best rock song ever made, a repeat should be okay. Wussy, Teenage Wasteland 🎵

youtu.be/d0jNr6_sS…

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:11:46 -0500

Screaming Females & Garbage, Because the Night 🎵

youtu.be/tOmKGjy-C…

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:00:27 -0500

I don’t use Google anymore (still liking Kagi), but I understand it remains popular, so here’s a tip on how to make the Guardian your go-to news source in Google search

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:37:12 -0500

the Volts podcast is normally about clean energy topics, but this episode with Michael Hobbes about “reactionary centrism” was fantastic. clear-eyed analysis of media and punditry trends that explains a lot about [gestures] …all of this

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:26:14 -0500

this would be a great live performance by Annabelle Chairlegs of their new single Concrete Trees even if she wasn’t wearing the not-yet-released top-secret new Austin FC 2026 away jersey

youtu.be/WCpOkAOZ-…

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:02:53 -0500

amazing RATM cover by Brass Against, Killing in the Name

youtu.be/bGV1xYJFA…

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:48:54 -0500

stunning podcast from The Guardian, Minneapolis citizens on protecting their neighbours from ICE. our own government is (still! after two murders!) terrorizing its own people

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:19:04 -0500

enough is enough. I’m not going to work tomorrow nationalshutdown.org

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:57:59 -0500

The Cranberries, Zombie, live in 1999 🎵

youtu.be/8MuhFxaT7…

Another mother’s breakin' Heart is takin' over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken