John T (the GRA is silent)

@grajohnt.bsky.social

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Vibe Personality Hire Geology PhD, maker of absurd things, radio, and other nonsense. Always interested in how we learn through failure. Also at grajohnt @chaos.social

A Chrome 'download' icon with the hint text "Install Thomas Bradley"
A battered but unopened two pack of Radio Shack (Archer) PL-259s
Argent, a bend Gules, overall a Bernese Mountain Dog rampant, ppr.
A partially lit LED strip in a thin plastic frame
A modular synth edge-lit by warm white LED n00ds.
The inside of the mask showing a label with an insta QR code and the text "PLEASE MARK WHERE YOU CAUGHT ME AND SHARE!", along with a google-maps-style location marker sticker
An array of engraved and formed acrylic masks in various colors
A FB Marketplace ad for a (sic) Buike by someone who doesn't know how old it is or what's wrong with it, just that it's been sitting in the driveway for "7-8 years".
A custom F350 that has been stretched out so it has six doors and rims the size of a toddler.
Radar composite over Texas showing rain, ice, mixed precip, and snow
Ad for a 1978 Lada 1600
An ad for a Rolls Royce Turbine engine
A flattened bottle of washer fluid on a driveway with its contents spread down the driveway.
A spark at the end of a hair-thin enameled wire attached to a coil. A neon lamp is waved back and forth and lights up when close to the spark.
Mardi gras masks engraved with the parade route in purple/yellow and copper/black
A bernese mountain dog laying on her back and lazily barking at the door
A graph of temperature over time in Houston showing a range in the last 2.5 days of 0C to 26C.
A "package delivered" photo showing a blurry mess
A cuneiform tablet 3D printed in metallic copper - held in a hand
A single-handed clock that goes around once per year, showing straight up winter solstice today.
A filament spool with less than half a wrap of filament remaining
A white pack held in a hand that sasy SILICA GEL "DO NOT EAT" THROW AWA DESSICANT and some text in Chinese which I assume says, "Actually very tasty".
A sign above a bookstore shelf that says "TikTok made me buy it!"
A pair of gold inlaid war quoits
A closed well-lit laser cutter with a very dirty acrylic lid
The New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle showing "gilet" not being a word.
A pendant with a brass sun engraved with J+A set above a spiral of silver wire
A single set of finished earrings made from engraved acrylic filled with resin are moved aside to show a pile of dozens of failures
A small paper bag with a sticker that says "Bring France Home"
A scribble in the shape of a christmas tree cut into acrylic and embedded with epoxy - about the size of a thumbnail and held between two fingers.
An 8mm hex wrench held in front of a Wera advent calendar
A Prusa 3D printer display screen showing ~9km of filament printed and 428d of print time.
An amethyst geode made into an infinity mirror lit by RGB LEDs playing different patterns
A BLUE Ryobi circular saw
The edge of an amethyst geode with part of the opaque skin stripped away
A slice of an amethyst geode lit from behind with an RGB LED ring.
A weather forecast ranging from 30C to 7C
A keycap-sized pcb with large and small letters printed on it in a 3x3 matrix, held in a hand