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Mark E. Griffin
@marvelousmarks.bsky.social
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Writer for hire of science, music, food, culture, and kids. Podcaster of those things, too.
Audio producer, writer, storyteller, McSweeney's, Cap Times, Wisconsin Life, etc.
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If it turns out that offensive rebounds are as valuable (or moreso?) than 3s, than it's going to bring balance to the force. And the beauty is, it was bound (ugh, no pun I swear) to happen. Someone was going to innovate!
A Decal with the NBA logo that says "I love this game"
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Penny Marshall, gesturing.
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Good afternoon, #Sciwri25!
I-90 looking west from O’Hare
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Gotta eat your pre #Sciwri25 eggs
A plate of three sunny side up eggs and 1.5 slices of Madison Sourdough bread.
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Perfect line Karalis
“The Celtics are the anti-Thunder to start this season. Where OKC has played 116 minutes of basketball over two double-overtime games, the Celtics have basically played more like 72.”
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Nice piece on player reactions to the #NBA betting scandal from @noadalzell.bsky.social. Illuminating quote from Jaylen Brown, who I know is talking direct $$$, but he knows ad revenue from gambling sites is part of the reason the cap (& his salary) keeps going up www.celticsblog.com/articles/123...
“We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that, but we’ve got to deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling stuff. And then on top of that, it creates more integrity issues, etc. So I’m not sure what the answer is going forward, but definitely something that we got to spend more time having conversations about.” the first sentence is highlighted by the skeeter.
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Shut it down
Herbie Hancock Headhunters album cover
October 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Feels a little bit like cheating bc we’re not even into Stevie’s golden era but
A cover of the album signed sealed delivered
October 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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ok yup that explains it
J.B. Pritzker and Mary Kathryn "MK" Pritzker posing as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, respectively.
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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This is going to be a massive boon to education, the state’s economy, and general wellbeing. Wonder how many other states copy it www.kunm.org/local-news/2...
A childcare provider cares for three young children in a daycare center.
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Also FINALLY a book about writing that doesn’t excoriate me for not clacking the keys on my Olympia from 8 AM - 2 PM every single day
Let me also admit: When I hear or read another writer advise a writing schedule, I roll my eyes. Sometimes, in the interest of playing well with others, I have to roll them in my mind only. It strikes me as a privileged suggestion-and, yes, one that ignores women's realities in particular-to assume that one has the time, space, and multiple supports available to make a daily writing practice realistic.
September 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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#DearWriter by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social is a warm blanket infused with a rallying cry for writers like me. Can’t wait to get deep into it
Book cover: “Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, by Maggie Smith” the book is lime green with yellow words and squiggles for the “i”
September 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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In the odd case that other things have taken priority, for @mcsweeneys.net, I imagine the consequences of classroom Chromebook defenestration: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
quote: I will also be accountable if she periodically peers out the window as the screen softly dims over the course of several hours, flickering a Morse code of despair as its AI bot, Gemini, softly whimpers to the gym teacher slumped in the adjacent car alone, crying his free period away. If he, too, breaks down, sobbing “What has become of me?” into a bag of ranch-flavored Bugles during his only free period, I will reimburse Mr. Smidley for all mental-health services.
September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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September 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Saw a butterfly I’ve never seen before, and it was really happy to have a phone stuck in its face. Then I see there is an article about it! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
A bright blue butterfly with a green head and four wings sits on a log.
August 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Things are rough in Beantown
"Misery rating 9" with a logo of the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins and a red cup on the left with googly eyes.
August 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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TIL that there is a two and a half hour director's cut of the 1989 movie The Wizard, starring Jenny Lewis and Fred Savage.
Text: In an interview with Retro Gamer, director Holland admitted that he had some issues with the final script: "I argued with the studio that we were shooting way too much footage – more than we could ever possibly use [...] I lost the argument and was told flat out by Universal to shoot the entire script".[10] According to Holland, the original cut of the film was over 2.5 hours long and that nearly an hour of footage needed to be deleted in order to make the film a suitable length for family viewing. The deleted material was finally released in 2020 on the collector's edition Blu-ray of the film. Most of the deleted footage comes from the original cut of the opening act which explores Corey's home life in more detail, including deliberately antagonizing his older brother, his mother's emotional issues surrounding Jimmy and her divide from her former family. Nick's alcoholism is also... "The Wizard" movie poster.
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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July 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Dammit McSweeney’s!
Allman Brothers Band: You do not own a bong, but can quickly make one from a piece of fruit or an abandoned toilet.
July 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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June 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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This is such a great line that kind of encompasses healthy eating in America. You're not battling yourself, you're battling an entire industry constantly trying to feed you bad stuff.
Question: Because cheesecake is really good. Answer: Cheesecake is really good. That's the other thing about surgery or Ozempic. If you think that's cheating, then what do you call them putting out six different kinds of Oreos every year?
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Finally getting a chance to recombobulate, @danshafer.bsky.social
A handsome man wearing a debonair cap and sunglasses standing under the “Recombobulation Area” sign at Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport.
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Great rundown @wired.com on this place (w a shoutout to @minakimes.bsky.social's outreach in the sports world).

My one concern is that when the CEO gives the pitch, as a layperson with limited understanding of how the "ecosystem" works, I get a little lost. #scicomm www.wired.com/story/big-in...
Quote: Question: Is there anything else you want people to know about Bluesky? Answer: This is a choose-your-own-adventure game. You can get in there and customize the experience as much as you want. If you’re not finding what you want within the Bluesky app, there might be another app within the protocol ecosystem that will give you what you want. If you can’t find it, you can build it. You don’t get this level of control anywhere else.
May 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Thank you!
Highlighted first sentence: “I don’t think Celtics fans are in the mood to respectfully doff a cap to the opponent just yet. New York went oh-fer against all three 60-win teams in the NBA this season, but they have currently out-lasted two of them and they could add the third if Denver beats OKC tomorrow night. It’s been a weird postseason so far, but champions are supposed to have some level of immunity to weird results. They said all season long they know what it takes to win, yet they didn’t do whatever that was. “It almost feels worse,” Brown said of losing after having won a title. “We were trying to do something special, go back-to-back. We had a great group, we played well all year, so I think this probably stings even more.”
May 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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