Michael Graves
@mjgraves.bsky.social
Techy into home automation, music & video production, scifi, amateur economist, father of canines, certified wino. Early into/out of Twitter. Blogs at https://www.mgraves.org/
Yesterday, our Subaru would not start. It needed a new battery. We had been warned about this when it last went in for service.
Went down the street to the local O'Really Automotive and got a new battery. Had it installed in under an hour.
Got my Man card punched for another 3 months.
Went down the street to the local O'Really Automotive and got a new battery. Had it installed in under an hour.
Got my Man card punched for another 3 months.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yesterday, our Subaru would not start. It needed a new battery. We had been warned about this when it last went in for service.
Went down the street to the local O'Really Automotive and got a new battery. Had it installed in under an hour.
Got my Man card punched for another 3 months.
Went down the street to the local O'Really Automotive and got a new battery. Had it installed in under an hour.
Got my Man card punched for another 3 months.
Julio met a very big Staffy at the dog park this weekend. He was short, but very robust. And friendly.
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Julio met a very big Staffy at the dog park this weekend. He was short, but very robust. And friendly.
My own little personal experience with enshitification. Maybe. www.mgraves.org/2025/11/rumi...
Ruminations on a toothbrush
The other day, we were coming back from taking Julio to the vet. Stella wanted me to stop at a pharmacy to pick something up. There was a CVS on the route home, so I pulled in. She waited with Juli…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My own little personal experience with enshitification. Maybe. www.mgraves.org/2025/11/rumi...
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If ICE agents believe they have blanket immunity or that citizens have no right to record them, it’s up to the rest of us to disabuse them of that error.
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders
Notwithstanding pronouncements from leading officials of the Trump administration, the consensus of federal courts is that the Constitution protects the right to record immigration raids, and federal ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If ICE agents believe they have blanket immunity or that citizens have no right to record them, it’s up to the rest of us to disabuse them of that error.
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
A free society depends on public oversight of government force, and on courts that uphold that freedom. @walterolson.bsky.social
@kairyssdal.bsky.social I'm with you on the coconut watter. It's gross.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social I'm with you on the coconut watter. It's gross.
El Dogo Julio posing for a photo at Congressman Bill Archer Family Bark Park, arguably one of the best dog parks in Texas. He's a regular there.
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
El Dogo Julio posing for a photo at Congressman Bill Archer Family Bark Park, arguably one of the best dog parks in Texas. He's a regular there.
We know that sending the world's largest aircraft carrier, B-1 and B-52 bombers, and F-35 stealth fighters to topple one South American leader we don't like is somehow crazy. It also means that those Epstein files must be really something. - Roger Gray www.texasoutlawwriters.com/what-is-truth/
What is Truth? | Texas Outlaw Writers
When "alternative facts" become gospel.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We know that sending the world's largest aircraft carrier, B-1 and B-52 bombers, and F-35 stealth fighters to topple one South American leader we don't like is somehow crazy. It also means that those Epstein files must be really something. - Roger Gray www.texasoutlawwriters.com/what-is-truth/
"There are people to blame. They've got houses that are very flamable." - @edzitron.com
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Enshittification With Ed Zitron at the Seattle Public Library | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
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October 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"There are people to blame. They've got houses that are very flamable." - @edzitron.com
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This was very interesting! It certainly rang true for me.
OddLots: The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar
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OddLots: The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar
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October 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This was very interesting! It certainly rang true for me.
OddLots: The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar
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OddLots: The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar
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Hey @cbsmornings.bsky.social your carnival barkers hawking junk are super annoying. Way to turn a fine franchise into something cheap and disreputable.
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hey @cbsmornings.bsky.social your carnival barkers hawking junk are super annoying. Way to turn a fine franchise into something cheap and disreputable.
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According to a story in Variety, as of October 1, 2025 Tivo has finally stopped selling their hardware DVRs. But even a year after cutting the cord, I'm not ready to give mine up just yet.
www.mgraves.org/2025/10/tivo...
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Tivo is finally done selling DVR hardware
“This is the end. My only friend, the end.” – Jim Morrison, The DoorsAccording to a story in Variety, as of October 1, 2025 Tivo has finally stopped selling their hardware DVRs. “TiVo no longer man…
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October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
According to a story in Variety, as of October 1, 2025 Tivo has finally stopped selling their hardware DVRs. But even a year after cutting the cord, I'm not ready to give mine up just yet.
www.mgraves.org/2025/10/tivo...
www.mgraves.org/2025/10/tivo...
This is kind of cool. Except, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Denmark still do have kings.
October 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is kind of cool. Except, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Denmark still do have kings.
Been thinking about this a lot lately.
I am the radical left.
As in, I am the radical that has been left by Americas constant march to the right since the 1970s.
Reagan lied. Government is NOT the problem.
Bad / incompetant / self-serving government is the problem.
I am the radical left.
As in, I am the radical that has been left by Americas constant march to the right since the 1970s.
Reagan lied. Government is NOT the problem.
Bad / incompetant / self-serving government is the problem.
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Been thinking about this a lot lately.
I am the radical left.
As in, I am the radical that has been left by Americas constant march to the right since the 1970s.
Reagan lied. Government is NOT the problem.
Bad / incompetant / self-serving government is the problem.
I am the radical left.
As in, I am the radical that has been left by Americas constant march to the right since the 1970s.
Reagan lied. Government is NOT the problem.
Bad / incompetant / self-serving government is the problem.
In mid-September we spent a week in Canada visiting with family. This picture is one of the docks at Birchland Cottages, a small resort run by my brother, near Iron Bridge, Ontario. It’s a beautiful spot, with dock for each cottage.
www.mgraves.org/2025/09/what...
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What’s up, Doc? I mean, with docks?
In mid-September we spent a week in Canada visiting with family. This picture is one of the docks at Birchland Cottages, a small resort run by my brother, near Iron Bridge, Ontario. It’s a beautifu…
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September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In mid-September we spent a week in Canada visiting with family. This picture is one of the docks at Birchland Cottages, a small resort run by my brother, near Iron Bridge, Ontario. It’s a beautiful spot, with dock for each cottage.
www.mgraves.org/2025/09/what...
www.mgraves.org/2025/09/what...
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
~Theodore Roosevelt
~Theodore Roosevelt
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
~Theodore Roosevelt
~Theodore Roosevelt
This article took me literally three years to complete. That is, it got started, set aside, taken up again. Set aside again. Rewritten to not openly disparage a vendor. Set aside a third time. Eventually completed when I was forced to revisit the issue yet again. www.mgraves.org/2025/09/a-di...
A dirty little tale of a Mitsubishi mini-split heat pump
I’ve worked from my home office in Houston since May of 2001. Technically, it’s the apartment that’s part of our detached garage. When we bought this place it was equipped with a hefty through-the-…
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September 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This article took me literally three years to complete. That is, it got started, set aside, taken up again. Set aside again. Rewritten to not openly disparage a vendor. Set aside a third time. Eventually completed when I was forced to revisit the issue yet again. www.mgraves.org/2025/09/a-di...
Reposted by Michael Graves
I feel like this documentary is going to hit a lot of kids of the 80s and 90s very hard.
John Candy: I Like Me - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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September 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I feel like this documentary is going to hit a lot of kids of the 80s and 90s very hard.
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
I don’t get out much these days. www.mgraves.org/2025/08/mobi...
Mobile Data Access: 4G vs 5G
I don’t get out much these days. At least not compared to years ago, when I was almost constantly travelling to and from various broadcast facilities. Nonetheless, based upon that past experience, …
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August 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I don’t get out much these days. www.mgraves.org/2025/08/mobi...
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New ICE recruitment ad just dropped via Jesse Welles
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New ICE recruitment ad just dropped via Jesse Welles
Last weekend I ventured out to our local Micro Center. I hadn’t been there for several years. It was an interesting and enjoyable experience, even if I didn’t buy anything on this occasion. In some fashion, it was a grounding experience.
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www.mgraves.org/2025/08/sund...
Sunday Afternoon at The Micro Center
Last weekend I ventured out to our local Micro Center. I hadn’t been there for several years. It was an interesting and enjoyable experience, even if I didn’t buy anything on this occasion. In some…
www.mgraves.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Last weekend I ventured out to our local Micro Center. I hadn’t been there for several years. It was an interesting and enjoyable experience, even if I didn’t buy anything on this occasion. In some fashion, it was a grounding experience.
www.mgraves.org/2025/08/sund...
www.mgraves.org/2025/08/sund...
Reposted by Michael Graves
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters."
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters."
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.
Real macho stuff.
Late last year I detailed my quest to find a small public address system for use by our local civic association. What follows are some notes about how I’ve used it over the past nine months... www.mgraves.org/2025/08/revi...
Revisiting the Alto Professional Presenter
Late last year I detailed my quest to find a small public address system for use by our local civic association. I settled upon the Alto Professional Presenter, which is a portable, battery operate…
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August 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Late last year I detailed my quest to find a small public address system for use by our local civic association. What follows are some notes about how I’ve used it over the past nine months... www.mgraves.org/2025/08/revi...
Reposted by Michael Graves
Why not just not interview Navarro anymore?
EISEN: Why not just incentive drug makers? The tariffs feel unnecessary because that's just gonna raise their costs and make it harder for them to produce in America
PETER NAVARRO: I think you're underestimating the ability of this country and its entrepreneurs to move quickly
PETER NAVARRO: I think you're underestimating the ability of this country and its entrepreneurs to move quickly
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Why not just not interview Navarro anymore?