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Noel Murray

@noelmu.bsky.social

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Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1m

After a bad fall a few months ago, my wife bought me a nice walking stick for my birthday. I liked it so much that I bought her the same for hers. This morning we’ll celebrate 29 years of marriage by walking safely and steadily forward, side by side.

Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 10h

Does what he does professionally. (To tell the truth he is exactly where he wants to be.)

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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 17h

Greil Marcus talking about what criticism is. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Question to Greil Marcus: "What is the purpose of criticism?"

Greil's answer: My next book is about Bryan Ferry, the leader of the band Roxy Music. Now, you listen to a song like Roxy Music’s “More Than This” and you say, what makes this so great? How did that happen? What is going on here? That’s what criticism is, just wrestling with your response to something. That thing where someone has captured a moment so completely that you sort of fall back in awe. That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life as a writer. There is this urge to, not exactly take possession of something, but to become a part of it to some small degree.

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 17h

Joe Posnanski made his write-up of last night's game free to read. It's a gem: www.joeposnanski.com/p/baseball-i...

Baseball is Always Old and Always New

Fifteen innings. A million butterflies. One night reminds us again that Baseball is the Best.

www.joeposnanski.com

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 17h

ACC replay center inception

ACC replay center small box bottom left, referee top right, larger box has replay views but is showing the full screen inside itself half a dozen times

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 19h

Holy shit.

36 Years Later, DC Will Finally Publish a Controversial Canceled Comic Where Swamp Thing Meets Jesus Christ | NYCC 2025 - IGN

In 1989, DC canceled a Swamp Thing comic that would have seen the noble hero meet Jesus Christ. Now, 36 years later, that controversial story will finally see the light of day.

www.ign.com

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 18h

We are now guaranteed a World Series matchup that we’ve never seen before

Baseball is the best!!!!

h/t @jasonbernard.bsky.social for the q

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 18h

sending my egret

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 23h

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 22h

In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very late!

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 1d

At some point you just have to declare the other AL slot vacant and hold some kind of conclave, right?

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

Won’t need it. 🤞

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 1d

Noted good guy Adam Amin is calling the shit out of this game btw. A real multi-sport talent in the mold of Nantz or McDonough

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I get stressed about a baseball game I'm watching on TV, I pull up the MLB website and watch the pitch-by-pitch graphics/text, which is nearly always a full two pitches ahead of the telecast.

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 1d

Krusty the Klown realizing the flaw of his KKK special’s acronym

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

A gift for my Phillies fan friends (and for anyone who appreciates spending the long summer with your guys, even when they fail in the fall). defector.com/what-ill-rem...

What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector

At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

Also my youngest finally got to go see One Battle After Another with a few of their college friends and I've been energized by their giddy post-screening texts about the movie. Good Friday.

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Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 1d

Had a crazy-busy work week (not complaining! freelancers need to stay busy!) plus I spent two mornings driving down to a Little Rock high school to speak in a journalism class (happy to be asked! but stressful for a guy who struggles with stage fright!) so I'm more stoked than usual for the weekend.

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Jordan Hoffman, your friend. @jhoffman.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about a Gen X classic for Decider dot com. Read up! decider.com/2025/10/10/s...

'Something Wicked This Way Comes' unearthed by Disney+, resurfacing long-buried nightmares for Gen X

The camera effects and animated enhancements still look great, as do the matte painted vistas of midwest meadows with multihued fall trees.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

no one played this Connections today but in 20 years it will be hailed as a masterpiece

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

Connections catering to a very particular kind of person today

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