vincent
@cranialgunk.bsky.social
I like to make things out of words and picture. Some of those things end up on my blog: www.cranialgunk.com
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Back Into the Light
SPOILERS On a rainy night a bus suffers a mechanical error and goes careening off a bridge into the river below. The driver and the passengers on that bus wake from unconsciousness to a city of perpetual night. Only a very few of the people on that bus realize where they have…
SPOILERS On a rainy night a bus suffers a mechanical error and goes careening off a bridge into the river below. The driver and the passengers on that bus wake from unconsciousness to a city of perpetual night. Only a very few of the people on that bus realize where they have…
Back Into the Light
SPOILERS On a rainy night a bus suffers a mechanical error and goes careening off a bridge into the river below. The driver and the passengers on that bus wake from unconsciousness to a city of perpetual night. Only a very few of the people on that bus realize where they have been taken. I rewatched Light Shop recently. I was in the mood for something haunting and thought provoking but nothing on the multitude of streaming services that I’m subscribed to caught my attention. Then I saw the thumbnail for…
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January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Back Into the Light
SPOILERS On a rainy night a bus suffers a mechanical error and goes careening off a bridge into the river below. The driver and the passengers on that bus wake from unconsciousness to a city of perpetual night. Only a very few of the people on that bus realize where they have…
SPOILERS On a rainy night a bus suffers a mechanical error and goes careening off a bridge into the river below. The driver and the passengers on that bus wake from unconsciousness to a city of perpetual night. Only a very few of the people on that bus realize where they have…
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Any pundit or business pushing "A.i." on people is making a choice NOT to push for better wages and social services for everyone.
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Any pundit or business pushing "A.i." on people is making a choice NOT to push for better wages and social services for everyone.
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Okay, the fundraiser has paused donations on this GoFundMe. I'll post again when I know more.
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Okay, the fundraiser has paused donations on this GoFundMe. I'll post again when I know more.
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Little Liam’s family has a GoFundMe to fight to bring him home from Texas: www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Little Liam’s family has a GoFundMe to fight to bring him home from Texas: www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
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This is absolutely what struck me as a parent of young kids. There's so much love invested into each of these little things, and here it's just ripped away.
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This is absolutely what struck me as a parent of young kids. There's so much love invested into each of these little things, and here it's just ripped away.
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Spider-Man backpack.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Spider-Man backpack.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
A five year old with a Spider-Man backpack.
Peter Parker would be absolutely beside himself.
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Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
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bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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Montclair Sundays, started with next-door neighbors Julie and Liz, has grown into a vital local organization sending the signal every week that we're not going to take this bullshit from Trump and his henchmen. Join us. Just show up -- for your friends, neighbors, children. You'll be glad you did.
Gonna experiment with giving a little more notice this week:
In North Jersey and want to protest this weeks worth of cruelty, stupidity and madness from the Trump Regime?
JOIN US.
SUNDAYS 3 - 4 pm. Corner of Bloomfield Ave & Church St, Montclair. LINK:
www.mobilize.us/montclairsun...
In North Jersey and want to protest this weeks worth of cruelty, stupidity and madness from the Trump Regime?
JOIN US.
SUNDAYS 3 - 4 pm. Corner of Bloomfield Ave & Church St, Montclair. LINK:
www.mobilize.us/montclairsun...
Montclair Sundays Weekly Peaceful Protest · Montclair Sundays
We gather for an hour every Sunday to defend democracy with vigorous peaceful protest, community-building and activist inspo. We started in February and now we usually have 80 - 100 people. We provide...
www.mobilize.us
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Montclair Sundays, started with next-door neighbors Julie and Liz, has grown into a vital local organization sending the signal every week that we're not going to take this bullshit from Trump and his henchmen. Join us. Just show up -- for your friends, neighbors, children. You'll be glad you did.
The Sound of Blackened Teeth
I needed to be told the story to fully appreciate it. I wasn’t a fan of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth when I first read it. The audiobook changed my mind. Its narrator, Suehyla El Attar gave Cassandra’s words a rhythm and an “oomph” that the voice in my…
I needed to be told the story to fully appreciate it. I wasn’t a fan of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth when I first read it. The audiobook changed my mind. Its narrator, Suehyla El Attar gave Cassandra’s words a rhythm and an “oomph” that the voice in my…
The Sound of Blackened Teeth
I needed to be told the story to fully appreciate it. I wasn’t a fan of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth when I first read it. The audiobook changed my mind. Its narrator, Suehyla El Attar gave Cassandra’s words a rhythm and an “oomph” that the voice in my head could not. Listening. I developed an appreciation for the poetry in Cassandra’s writing. Her descriptions do more than detail an action or object. They inform how that action or object’s meaning (as well as some melodramatic flair). For example, this is how Cassandra describes the act of Phillip, her rich American character, taking off his shoes and putting on a pair of slippers before entering the house:
cranialgunk.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Sound of Blackened Teeth
I needed to be told the story to fully appreciate it. I wasn’t a fan of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth when I first read it. The audiobook changed my mind. Its narrator, Suehyla El Attar gave Cassandra’s words a rhythm and an “oomph” that the voice in my…
I needed to be told the story to fully appreciate it. I wasn’t a fan of Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth when I first read it. The audiobook changed my mind. Its narrator, Suehyla El Attar gave Cassandra’s words a rhythm and an “oomph” that the voice in my…
The Tsundokuist
I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s…
I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s…
The Tsundokuist
I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s supposed to be an expression of the individual’s healthy relationship with continued learning as well as an admission of not knowing it all. I am a tsundokuist (this word I made up). I buy books three-at-a-time only to forsake two, reading just the one before buying three more.
cranialgunk.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Tsundokuist
I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s…
I learned a new word: Tsundoku. It’s a portmanteau (another new word I learned) of the Japanese words tsunde-oku (to let things pile up) and dukosho (to read). Tsundoku is the act of buying books and letting them just pile up without reading them. According to Tanner Garrity, it’s…
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Yep. Abolish “A.i.”
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yep. Abolish “A.i.”
Just before the start of the Thanksgiving rush I wandered the Wifredo Lam retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. His horned creatures seemed curious and mischievous to me. Not demonic or frightening.
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Just before the start of the Thanksgiving rush I wandered the Wifredo Lam retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. His horned creatures seemed curious and mischievous to me. Not demonic or frightening.
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This has gotten very little coverage in the US, but on Monday US military contractors or troops or some other paramilitary group placed signs on a beach in Mexico, claiming it as US territory. (The contested location is close to the SpaceX base outside Brownsville)
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Restricted’: Did US troops try to cordon off a Mexican beach?
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum seeks the International Boundary and Water Commission intervention.
www.aljazeera.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This has gotten very little coverage in the US, but on Monday US military contractors or troops or some other paramilitary group placed signs on a beach in Mexico, claiming it as US territory. (The contested location is close to the SpaceX base outside Brownsville)
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
I visited Galerie Templon in NYC yesterday and spent a moment immersed in Chiharu "Connected to the Universe." I took pictures of my favorite pieces. The single needle-like figure and the threads shooting out of it into intricate swirls and messy loss threads spoke volumes to me.
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I visited Galerie Templon in NYC yesterday and spent a moment immersed in Chiharu "Connected to the Universe." I took pictures of my favorite pieces. The single needle-like figure and the threads shooting out of it into intricate swirls and messy loss threads spoke volumes to me.
In a Lyft, in an Uber, or in a taxi there is something carthartic about the ride from LaGuardia through Queens and Brooklyn to Manhattan.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In a Lyft, in an Uber, or in a taxi there is something carthartic about the ride from LaGuardia through Queens and Brooklyn to Manhattan.
The time is just whooshing by! I'm having a hard time coping with the fact that we'll be singing "Auld Land Syne" in just about 8 weeks! Before then, I wanted to share some pics from this year's @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social It's been the highlight of my October every year! flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzkLw
NYCC 2025
Cosplay pictures from the 2025 New York Comic Con
flic.kr
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The time is just whooshing by! I'm having a hard time coping with the fact that we'll be singing "Auld Land Syne" in just about 8 weeks! Before then, I wanted to share some pics from this year's @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social It's been the highlight of my October every year! flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzkLw
@newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social I want to change my survey answer to panels I'd like to see next year - I'd like to see "Friday the 13th: The Series." This JoBlo Originals video brought back so many good memories for me. youtu.be/6V-PReNYmnA?...
WTF Happened to Friday The 13th: The Series (1987-1990)?!
YouTube video by JoBlo Originals
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social I want to change my survey answer to panels I'd like to see next year - I'd like to see "Friday the 13th: The Series." This JoBlo Originals video brought back so many good memories for me. youtu.be/6V-PReNYmnA?...
I recently learned Tubi is streaming my favorite adaptation of the classic "Journey to the West" - the 1996 Hong Kong TVB production starring Dicky Cheung! AND they're streaming it in its original Cantonese with English subtitles!
youtu.be/NDK4OqFmpJQ?...
youtu.be/NDK4OqFmpJQ?...
西游記 1996 主題曲 (短版) Journey to the West 1996 Theme | 张伟健 Dicky Cheung
YouTube video by Singapore Dialects 新加坡方言社
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I recently learned Tubi is streaming my favorite adaptation of the classic "Journey to the West" - the 1996 Hong Kong TVB production starring Dicky Cheung! AND they're streaming it in its original Cantonese with English subtitles!
youtu.be/NDK4OqFmpJQ?...
youtu.be/NDK4OqFmpJQ?...
This was the sky over Houston Street yesterday. What do you see?
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This was the sky over Houston Street yesterday. What do you see?
Thank you @jamesgunn.bsky.social for the more realistic portrayal of Krypto. Superman was a lot of fun but it was Krypto that made the movie for me. I honestly teared up a bit as it made me think of my own dog that passed earlier this year.
July 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you @jamesgunn.bsky.social for the more realistic portrayal of Krypto. Superman was a lot of fun but it was Krypto that made the movie for me. I honestly teared up a bit as it made me think of my own dog that passed earlier this year.
If you're in the area, walk through the new Diane Arbus exhibit at the Park Avenue Armory. Spread out among the photos on this grid-like lattice are reflective surfaces that in a way add your reflection/your portrait to the hundreds taken by Arbus.
youtu.be/auszvr6kaXw?...
youtu.be/auszvr6kaXw?...
Trailer | Diane Arbus: "Constellation"
YouTube video by Park Avenue Armory
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
If you're in the area, walk through the new Diane Arbus exhibit at the Park Avenue Armory. Spread out among the photos on this grid-like lattice are reflective surfaces that in a way add your reflection/your portrait to the hundreds taken by Arbus.
youtu.be/auszvr6kaXw?...
youtu.be/auszvr6kaXw?...
I just learned that there's also a Live Aid documentary on CNN tonight.
(still shellshocked that it's 40 years old! 😲🤯😳)
www.cnn.com/live-aid-whe...
(still shellshocked that it's 40 years old! 😲🤯😳)
www.cnn.com/live-aid-whe...
Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World | CNN
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, this four-part series tells the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history. Their inspiration sparked a rem...
www.cnn.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I just learned that there's also a Live Aid documentary on CNN tonight.
(still shellshocked that it's 40 years old! 😲🤯😳)
www.cnn.com/live-aid-whe...
(still shellshocked that it's 40 years old! 😲🤯😳)
www.cnn.com/live-aid-whe...
Has it really been 40 years? I have vague memories of getting up early on a Saturday in the summer before my freshman year at college with a stack of blank VHS tapes and my finger on the record button of the family VHS player. I think I was there almost the entire day.
youtu.be/DhdyAest3EQ?...
youtu.be/DhdyAest3EQ?...
Live Aid - 40th Anniversary (PART 2)
YouTube video by Live Aid
youtu.be
July 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Has it really been 40 years? I have vague memories of getting up early on a Saturday in the summer before my freshman year at college with a stack of blank VHS tapes and my finger on the record button of the family VHS player. I think I was there almost the entire day.
youtu.be/DhdyAest3EQ?...
youtu.be/DhdyAest3EQ?...