Republicans don’t mind data center expansion (& the horrifically polluting fossil-fuel power generation required), but they know how unpopular that expansion is. so they’re faking concern & slowing the headlong rush a little, but just until after the election. don’t fall for it
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\n\n", "date_published": "2026-09-06T22:51:48-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/09/06/the-police-synchronicity-ii-live/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/09/06/happy-oktoberfest-yes-i-know/", "content_html": "happy Oktoberfest! (yes, I know what month it is. close enough! also I decided I’d stok’d up about enough) 🍺
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"date_published": "2026-09-06T17:28:26-05:00",
"url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/09/06/happy-oktoberfest-yes-i-know/"
},
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"id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/09/05/the-kills-future-starts-slow/",
"content_html": "The Kills, Future Starts Slow, live at Rock en Seine, 2011 🎵\nyoutu.be/H2NGdSyeC…
\n", "date_published": "2026-09-05T22:24:01-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/09/05/the-kills-future-starts-slow/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/20/ive-stopped-donating-to-individual/", "content_html": "I’ve stopped donating to individual campaigns, even for candidates we love. win or lose, those orgs are gone the day after the election. check out these alternatives:
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-08-20T19:17:57-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/20/ive-stopped-donating-to-individual/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/15/happy-birthday-not-that-one/", "content_html": "Happy Birthday (not that one), live on KEXP by the unique band Black Country, New Road 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-08-15T22:38:40-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/15/happy-birthday-not-that-one/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/14/joan-osborne-covering-stevie-wonders/", "content_html": "Joan Osborne, covering Stevie Wonder’s Love’s in Need of Love Today, live on Conan 🎵
\n\n\n\n", "date_published": "2026-08-14T21:22:57-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/14/joan-osborne-covering-stevie-wonders/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/13/stoktoberfest-the-period-of-time/", "content_html": "Good morn' or evening, friends\nHere’s your friendly announcer\nI have serious news to pass on to everybody
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stoktoberfest - the period of time in August when you buy up all the märzen/fest/Oktoberfest beers that are already out, so you’ll have them in October (ok ok, September), when they’ll all be gone (replaced by winter ales) 🍺
\n", "date_published": "2026-08-13T08:18:19-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/13/stoktoberfest-the-period-of-time/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/08/automatic-is-it-now-live/", "content_html": "Automatic, Is It Now?, live at KEXP 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-08-08T21:33:48-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/08/automatic-is-it-now-live/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/08/01/the-grateful-dead-new-speedway/", "content_html": "The Grateful Dead, New Speedway Boogie, live in 1970 🎵
\n\n\n\n", "date_published": "2026-08-01T22:09:24-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/08/01/the-grateful-dead-new-speedway/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/07/25/sinead-oconnor-troy-live-in/", "content_html": "one way or another\nthis darkness got to give
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Sinead O’Connor, Troy, live in 1988 🎵
\n\nthe beauty & raw power from this 22-year-old woman with an acoustic guitar is honestly staggering
\n\n\n", "date_published": "2026-07-25T22:25:39-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/07/25/sinead-oconnor-troy-live-in/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/07/24/tacocat-psychedelic-quinceaera-live-on/", "content_html": "I’d kill a dragon for you
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Tacocat, Psychedelic Quinceañera, live on KEXP 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-07-24T22:06:37-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/07/24/tacocat-psychedelic-quinceaera-live-on/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/07/05/for-any-country-let-alone/", "content_html": "for any country, let alone a host country, let alone this vile kleptocracy, to interfere like this is fucking sickening. for the supposedly apolitical FIFA to give this even a moment’s consideration is worse. way to taint whatever accomplishment the USMNT reaches. way to defile the entire sport ⚽️
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-05T15:32:08-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/07/05/for-any-country-let-alone/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/27/the-world-cup-is-undressing/", "content_html": "The World Cup is undressing the myth of Trump’s American homogeneity ⚽️
\n\n\n", "date_published": "2026-06-27T18:29:13-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/27/the-world-cup-is-undressing/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/20/what-a-day/", "content_html": "If [FIFA] wasn’t so busy kowtowing to authoritarian regimes and fleecing workaday fans, it could be the greatest force for global good since, well, the advent of international flight
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what a day 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 ⚽️ 🏆 🥹
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"date_published": "2026-06-20T21:08:28-05:00",
"url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/20/what-a-day/"
},
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"id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/13/id-given-in-and-was/",
"content_html": "I’d given in and was going to subscribe to the Fox One service for the World Cup, but between ads during the two-per-game hydration breaks & having to see Fox News idiots’ big dumb faces every time we launched the app, decided to cancel. we’ll just watch on Telemundo, no problema ⚽️
\n", "date_published": "2026-06-13T17:33:42-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/13/id-given-in-and-was/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/12/when-you-just-want-to/", "content_html": "when you just want to be friends
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"date_published": "2026-06-12T15:34:06-05:00",
"url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/12/when-you-just-want-to/"
},
{
"id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/09/a-nice-intro-for-the/",
"content_html": "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”)
\n", "date_published": "2026-06-09T13:11:03-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/09/a-nice-intro-for-the/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/06/08/agree-with-this-rave-review/", "content_html": "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
\n", "date_published": "2026-06-08T10:12:53-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/06/08/agree-with-this-rave-review/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/30/215612/", "content_html": "Metric, Black Sheep 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-30T21:56:12-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/30/215612/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/22/220326/", "content_html": "Joan Osborne, St. Teresa 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-22T22:03:26-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/22/220326/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/21/i-didnt-know-how-much/", "content_html": "I didn’t know how much I needed this rainbow
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"date_published": "2026-05-21T20:34:53-05:00",
"url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/21/i-didnt-know-how-much/"
},
{
"id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/09/lorde-homemade-dynamite-httpsyoutubeigvgmhsne/",
"content_html": "Lorde, Homemade Dynamite 🎵
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-09T22:18:01-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/09/lorde-homemade-dynamite-httpsyoutubeigvgmhsne/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/07/a-long-but-fun-atlantic/", "content_html": "a long but fun Atlantic article on The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America (gift link)
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-07T19:12:57-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/07/a-long-but-fun-atlantic/" }, { "id": "http://chrisgrayson.micro.blog/2026/05/02/florence-the-machine-one-of/", "content_html": "Florence + the Machine, One of the Greats, live for World Cafe 🎵
\n\n\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-02T22:03:29-05:00", "url": "https://chrisgrayson.net/2026/05/02/florence-the-machine-one-of/" } ] }arms outstretched\nback from the dead\nstreetlights bursting overhead
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