Mariel Tam-Ray
@mtamray.bsky.social
Content editor at DentonRC.com || Volunteer deejay at KUZU.fm 92.9 || Girl Scout cookie wrangler || Denton, TX
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Mariel Tam-Ray
@mtamray.bsky.social
· Aug 3
A motorcyclist barreled down between two lanes of stopped cars on the I-35E frontage road so he could turn right onto Brinker. He even took both hands off his handles to show off. All of us drivers could only stare helplessly at his backpack in the form of Garfield.
“Hey, Siri. Flip record to Side B.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Hey, Siri. Flip record to Side B.”
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humble about everything except my unprecedented and unfathomable drip. We just have to be realistic
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
WFH election night jackfruit carnitas tacos.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
WFH election night jackfruit carnitas tacos.
My newspaper got rid of a long-standing ban on poems in letters to the editor, which means we now have a submission that attempts to rhyme "shingle" with "Mengele."
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My newspaper got rid of a long-standing ban on poems in letters to the editor, which means we now have a submission that attempts to rhyme "shingle" with "Mengele."
A motorcyclist barreled down between two lanes of stopped cars on the I-35E frontage road so he could turn right onto Brinker. He even took both hands off his handles to show off. All of us drivers could only stare helplessly at his backpack in the form of Garfield.
August 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A motorcyclist barreled down between two lanes of stopped cars on the I-35E frontage road so he could turn right onto Brinker. He even took both hands off his handles to show off. All of us drivers could only stare helplessly at his backpack in the form of Garfield.
Hang on to your hats, grocery shoppers. Denton is going to be a two-H-E-B town.
H-E-B plans second Denton grocery at University and Bonnie Brae, on land it bought a decade ago
Texas grocery company H-E-B is planning not one but two stores for Denton.
dentonrc.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hang on to your hats, grocery shoppers. Denton is going to be a two-H-E-B town.
Some things I am involved in:
Tonight is KUZU's big birthday show, Revolution 8 at Rubber Gloves. >> www.kuzu.fm
Sunday is the last day to vote for local businesses in Best of Denton. >> bestofdenton.com
& it's always, always a good day to support public media. >> give.kera.org/fm-standard
Tonight is KUZU's big birthday show, Revolution 8 at Rubber Gloves. >> www.kuzu.fm
Sunday is the last day to vote for local businesses in Best of Denton. >> bestofdenton.com
& it's always, always a good day to support public media. >> give.kera.org/fm-standard
Best of Denton - Denton Record-Chronicle
Nominate your favorite businesses so they have a chance to be the Best of Denton! The Best of Denton celebrates the best businesses, organizations, people, and more
bestofdenton.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Some things I am involved in:
Tonight is KUZU's big birthday show, Revolution 8 at Rubber Gloves. >> www.kuzu.fm
Sunday is the last day to vote for local businesses in Best of Denton. >> bestofdenton.com
& it's always, always a good day to support public media. >> give.kera.org/fm-standard
Tonight is KUZU's big birthday show, Revolution 8 at Rubber Gloves. >> www.kuzu.fm
Sunday is the last day to vote for local businesses in Best of Denton. >> bestofdenton.com
& it's always, always a good day to support public media. >> give.kera.org/fm-standard
FYI, the cheapest vacation rental in Paris, Texas, is the "Villa in Paris," aka a room at a Mȯtel 6 that gets 2.7 stars on TripAdvisor.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
June 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
FYI, the cheapest vacation rental in Paris, Texas, is the "Villa in Paris," aka a room at a Mȯtel 6 that gets 2.7 stars on TripAdvisor.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
From an obituary in my newspaper:
"Gene was a connoisseur of toast, a favorite food, and was always looking for the most perfect toast. She declared the toast she experienced in Hawaii the best toast ever."
"Gene was a connoisseur of toast, a favorite food, and was always looking for the most perfect toast. She declared the toast she experienced in Hawaii the best toast ever."
May 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
From an obituary in my newspaper:
"Gene was a connoisseur of toast, a favorite food, and was always looking for the most perfect toast. She declared the toast she experienced in Hawaii the best toast ever."
"Gene was a connoisseur of toast, a favorite food, and was always looking for the most perfect toast. She declared the toast she experienced in Hawaii the best toast ever."
Been looking for this photo for a while, and my husband dug up his copy. Me staring down Rhett Miller at an Old 97’s show at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, “98 or “99. Photo by Abi Cohen. A favorite, to my chagrin, of the late Packy Saunders’.
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Been looking for this photo for a while, and my husband dug up his copy. Me staring down Rhett Miller at an Old 97’s show at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, “98 or “99. Photo by Abi Cohen. A favorite, to my chagrin, of the late Packy Saunders’.
“I recognized that one word in that song.”
— my husband at the Midlake show after “Van Occupanther”
— my husband at the Midlake show after “Van Occupanther”
May 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“I recognized that one word in that song.”
— my husband at the Midlake show after “Van Occupanther”
— my husband at the Midlake show after “Van Occupanther”
It's not an election night newspaper unless I can get the word "handily" into at least one headline.
May 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It's not an election night newspaper unless I can get the word "handily" into at least one headline.
Reposted by Mariel Tam-Ray
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
Is there gonna be a throwdown between Cavedweller and Gravedweller on the slab at Rubber Gloves?
March 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Is there gonna be a throwdown between Cavedweller and Gravedweller on the slab at Rubber Gloves?
“... All the people I know who were interesting and wild, I met through John. He was like a bridge between the different scenes in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton.” — Martin Iles on John Freeman, in this portrait by Christian McPhate in the DRC
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An outrageous art-rock memorial honors John Freeman, whose wild creativity ignited a Denton scene in the ’90s
The first time Jermy Johnson saw Denton icon John Freeman perform in the late ’90s, Johnson recalls a colossal show: people in costumes, an air raid siren, a smoke machine
dentonrc.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“... All the people I know who were interesting and wild, I met through John. He was like a bridge between the different scenes in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton.” — Martin Iles on John Freeman, in this portrait by Christian McPhate in the DRC
dentonrc.com/entertainmen...
dentonrc.com/entertainmen...
Oh, you haven’t met my cactus yet? His name is Uncle Baby Billy.
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oh, you haven’t met my cactus yet? His name is Uncle Baby Billy.
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Even APPLYING to The Onion in college (and obviously failing) made me a better, tighter writer. It's great exercise for making your sentences shorter, funnier, less robotic, more unhinged, smellier and/or more beautiful.
Write some headlines. It's good for the heart.
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Write some headlines. It's good for the heart.
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Even APPLYING to The Onion in college (and obviously failing) made me a better, tighter writer. It's great exercise for making your sentences shorter, funnier, less robotic, more unhinged, smellier and/or more beautiful.
Write some headlines. It's good for the heart.
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Write some headlines. It's good for the heart.
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
FYI: If you look for Guantanamo Bay on Google Maps, there's this pooch who genuinely loves the nearby dog park.
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FYI: If you look for Guantanamo Bay on Google Maps, there's this pooch who genuinely loves the nearby dog park.
"Hillwood Multifamily just broke ground on a multifamily development named Harvest House."
Coming soon to suburbia: Rubber Gloves Estates and Oak Street Draft Homes.
Coming soon to suburbia: Rubber Gloves Estates and Oak Street Draft Homes.
Hillwood breaks ground for hundreds of luxury units in booming Argyle
The building boom continues in Argyle.
dentonrc.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"Hillwood Multifamily just broke ground on a multifamily development named Harvest House."
Coming soon to suburbia: Rubber Gloves Estates and Oak Street Draft Homes.
Coming soon to suburbia: Rubber Gloves Estates and Oak Street Draft Homes.
Overheard in the newsroom: "This is just me talking out of my rump roast, because I don't know ..."
March 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Overheard in the newsroom: "This is just me talking out of my rump roast, because I don't know ..."
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ACES National Grammar Day Poetry Contest. 2nd place: Andy Hollandbeck
I don't mean to seem confrontational
About use of the marks punctuational,
But commas, you snarks,
Go inside the quote marks
When you're dealing with copy quotational.
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
I don't mean to seem confrontational
About use of the marks punctuational,
But commas, you snarks,
Go inside the quote marks
When you're dealing with copy quotational.
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
March 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
ACES National Grammar Day Poetry Contest. 2nd place: Andy Hollandbeck
I don't mean to seem confrontational
About use of the marks punctuational,
But commas, you snarks,
Go inside the quote marks
When you're dealing with copy quotational.
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
I don't mean to seem confrontational
About use of the marks punctuational,
But commas, you snarks,
Go inside the quote marks
When you're dealing with copy quotational.
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
Reposted by Mariel Tam-Ray
ACES National Grammar Day Poetry Contest winners: All the poems that fit. 4th place: Joseph Stitt
screaming in horror,
the misplaced modifier
frightens me awake
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
screaming in horror,
the misplaced modifier
frightens me awake
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ACES National Grammar Day Poetry Contest winners: All the poems that fit. 4th place: Joseph Stitt
screaming in horror,
the misplaced modifier
frightens me awake
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
screaming in horror,
the misplaced modifier
frightens me awake
#GrammarDay tinyurl.com/bvbrv3t4
Today this English major successfully converted 11,250,859 from base-10 to hexadecimal with pencil and paper for a trivia question.
March 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Today this English major successfully converted 11,250,859 from base-10 to hexadecimal with pencil and paper for a trivia question.
I misread "Might as well just ship us to the glue factory" as: "Might as well just glue us to the ship factory."
March 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I misread "Might as well just ship us to the glue factory" as: "Might as well just glue us to the ship factory."