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.🏃♂️💪🏈☕💻
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Star Trek Picard, and Discovery, unpicked everything that was special about Star Trek for me. Not gonna watch anything following that timeline.
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Star Trek Picard, and Discovery, unpicked everything that was special about Star Trek for me. Not gonna watch anything following that timeline.
Agree 100%. Andor was robbed. One of my all-time favorite TV shows, and that has nothing to do with it being Star Wars.
gizmodo.com/im-claiming-...
gizmodo.com/im-claiming-...
I'm Claiming Stellan Skarsgård's Golden Globe for 'Andor'
The incredible 'Star Wars' show has been largely snubbed this award season, but one of its stars hasn't.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Agree 100%. Andor was robbed. One of my all-time favorite TV shows, and that has nothing to do with it being Star Wars.
gizmodo.com/im-claiming-...
gizmodo.com/im-claiming-...
No notes. This is how it's done. Feels more supportive to the community she's writing about too: "I would not ever, like, try to use my sexuality as a way of being like, 'See, I have the right to write these books,' because I don't think that that's how it works."
www.out.com/books/heated...
www.out.com/books/heated...
'Heated Rivalry' author Rachel Reid breaks silence on discourse of her sexuality
The Heated Rivalry book author broke her silence on fans who speculated about her own sexuality.
www.out.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
No notes. This is how it's done. Feels more supportive to the community she's writing about too: "I would not ever, like, try to use my sexuality as a way of being like, 'See, I have the right to write these books,' because I don't think that that's how it works."
www.out.com/books/heated...
www.out.com/books/heated...
I was a guest on the @cultofmac.com podcast this week to talk about my new fitness app, Reps & Sets 26. We discuss how to start strength training, and how I used vibe coding to develop the app. Check it out here:
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Would you put a sticker on a folding iPhone?
Podcast Episode · Cult of Mac · 08/01/2026 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I was a guest on the @cultofmac.com podcast this week to talk about my new fitness app, Reps & Sets 26. We discuss how to start strength training, and how I used vibe coding to develop the app. Check it out here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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1/2 It's @jwomack.bsky.social 's birthday today, so let’s talk books. His Dryco series is some of the best SF/cyberpunk/whatever you want to call it around and includes to extraordinary Random Acts of Senseless Violence.
January 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
1/2 It's @jwomack.bsky.social 's birthday today, so let’s talk books. His Dryco series is some of the best SF/cyberpunk/whatever you want to call it around and includes to extraordinary Random Acts of Senseless Violence.
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A lot of great moments in the film, but William S. Burroughs prophesying is my favorite.
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
A lot of great moments in the film, but William S. Burroughs prophesying is my favorite.
I made my annual Roscón de Reyes - a Spanish tradition for Epiphany. This one turned out pretty good, though I say so myself.
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I made my annual Roscón de Reyes - a Spanish tradition for Epiphany. This one turned out pretty good, though I say so myself.
I'm very excited to announce that my new fitness app, Reps & Sets 26, is out now! You can read all about it here:
www.cultofmac.com/news/reps-an...
www.cultofmac.com/news/reps-an...
New fitness app Reps & Sets 26 gets serious about strength training
Designed exclusively for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, strength-training app Reps & Sets 26 was developed by a long-time Cult of Mac writer.
www.cultofmac.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I'm very excited to announce that my new fitness app, Reps & Sets 26, is out now! You can read all about it here:
www.cultofmac.com/news/reps-an...
www.cultofmac.com/news/reps-an...
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New Year's resolution: Gonna mix it up, try something new, stunt on the skyline a little
less dipshit, more cumclown
less dipshit, more cumclown
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
New Year's resolution: Gonna mix it up, try something new, stunt on the skyline a little
less dipshit, more cumclown
less dipshit, more cumclown
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
This is the feel-good story I didn't know I needed:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This is the feel-good story I didn't know I needed:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I’ve got no time for Jake Paul. But I also have no time for people getting off on someone else’s fear and physical injury. People revealed who they were this weekend on Bsky.
December 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’ve got no time for Jake Paul. But I also have no time for people getting off on someone else’s fear and physical injury. People revealed who they were this weekend on Bsky.
It's like a set from Paddington.
Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's like a set from Paddington.
I’m actually quite optimistic about AI, and I’ve had a lot of success with vibe coding. But one thing it clearly doesn’t do is come up with ideas. It can’t. It has no intentionality. Without a prompt it does nothing.
None of the examples in this article are “restarting the world’s idea machine.” They are AI tools helping scientists automate rote or routine tasks.
December 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I’m actually quite optimistic about AI, and I’ve had a lot of success with vibe coding. But one thing it clearly doesn’t do is come up with ideas. It can’t. It has no intentionality. Without a prompt it does nothing.
There have always been corners of the internet inhabited by trolls. The idea that we’re must frequent those places to civilize them is nonsense. It’s sad that Twitter became one, but there we are.
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There have always been corners of the internet inhabited by trolls. The idea that we’re must frequent those places to civilize them is nonsense. It’s sad that Twitter became one, but there we are.
Taglab es ahora una empresa española.
Y, por supuesto, Reps & Sets también hablará español.
Taglab is a Spanish company now. So, naturally, Reps & Sets will also be available in Spanish.
Y, por supuesto, Reps & Sets también hablará español.
Taglab is a Spanish company now. So, naturally, Reps & Sets will also be available in Spanish.
December 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Taglab es ahora una empresa española.
Y, por supuesto, Reps & Sets también hablará español.
Taglab is a Spanish company now. So, naturally, Reps & Sets will also be available in Spanish.
Y, por supuesto, Reps & Sets también hablará español.
Taglab is a Spanish company now. So, naturally, Reps & Sets will also be available in Spanish.
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Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.
A fight over which default Microsoft font to use? Lol. Wait until they discover Microsoft moved to Aptos years ago. And Android’s Open Sans is a better poor man’s Helvetica.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A fight over which default Microsoft font to use? Lol. Wait until they discover Microsoft moved to Aptos years ago. And Android’s Open Sans is a better poor man’s Helvetica.
Nope. If it was Shakespeare, it would be iambic pentameters.
Forsooth an error has occurred this day.
An SSL connection can't be made.
Forsooth an error has occurred this day.
An SSL connection can't be made.
Say what you like, that guy was so far ahead of his time.
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Nope. If it was Shakespeare, it would be iambic pentameters.
Forsooth an error has occurred this day.
An SSL connection can't be made.
Forsooth an error has occurred this day.
An SSL connection can't be made.
My take is, only TOS, TNG, and DS9 are cannon. The rest are just a disturbed dream Dr Bashir had one night after one too many Romulan ales at Quarks.
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My take is, only TOS, TNG, and DS9 are cannon. The rest are just a disturbed dream Dr Bashir had one night after one too many Romulan ales at Quarks.
If you've been wondering what I've been up to these past five months, here's a sneak peak - the all new Reps & Sets, coming soon.
Normal Apple Core podcasting service will be resumed shortly.
Normal Apple Core podcasting service will be resumed shortly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you've been wondering what I've been up to these past five months, here's a sneak peak - the all new Reps & Sets, coming soon.
Normal Apple Core podcasting service will be resumed shortly.
Normal Apple Core podcasting service will be resumed shortly.
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“Go back to your country”: a close read(ing) ✊🏾✊🏾
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Go back to your country”: a close read(ing) ✊🏾✊🏾
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What does idk stand for
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
What does idk stand for