Marian Call
@mariancall.bsky.social
Songwriter, writer writer, director of MusicAlaska / AKIMI, probably owes you an email.
Still rockin on Bandcamp, Twitch, and Patreon.
Still rockin on Bandcamp, Twitch, and Patreon.
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Marian Call
@mariancall.bsky.social
· Nov 3
Used to hang out on Twitter. Used to travel the world and play concerts in your living rooms.
Still writing, still singing, starting to play live shows again. Stepping into advocacy and organizing for the Alaska music scene, which helped make me.
It's nice to hear y'all's voices again.
Still writing, still singing, starting to play live shows again. Stepping into advocacy and organizing for the Alaska music scene, which helped make me.
It's nice to hear y'all's voices again.
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"Who Moved My Cheese" is a book about people who tell their saddest stories to a wheel of cheddar, to find out who can provoke the most overwhelming emotional reaction
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Who Moved My Cheese" is a book about people who tell their saddest stories to a wheel of cheddar, to find out who can provoke the most overwhelming emotional reaction
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If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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Ay Lelum Bright Stars collection at VIFW 2025 Spirit of the West Coast night
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ay Lelum Bright Stars collection at VIFW 2025 Spirit of the West Coast night
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
oh no. oops. fuck. i always try to do a holiday livestreaming concert, but i don't have a single available weekend day before Christmas. HOW DID PAST ME SCHEDULE FUTURE ME SO BADLY
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
oh no. oops. fuck. i always try to do a holiday livestreaming concert, but i don't have a single available weekend day before Christmas. HOW DID PAST ME SCHEDULE FUTURE ME SO BADLY
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I yelled “ohmygod” so loud after opening the mail, my husband had to come investigate. The new @mcsweeneys.net quarterly is unbelievable. Their design team is *chef’s kiss*
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I yelled “ohmygod” so loud after opening the mail, my husband had to come investigate. The new @mcsweeneys.net quarterly is unbelievable. Their design team is *chef’s kiss*
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Every single member of Congress needs to do a month long challenge where they have no car, no healthcare and they have to figure out how to live on minimum wage. I think they would all change their tune really quickly.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Every single member of Congress needs to do a month long challenge where they have no car, no healthcare and they have to figure out how to live on minimum wage. I think they would all change their tune really quickly.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
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Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
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deliverable-itis isn’t new (see thread above) but suddenly it’s WEBSCALE
“solution-shaped objects” is a plague on our society
i’ve been ranting about how cos that create customer support tools — and the companies that use them — pretend “closing a ticket” is The Job of support since 2009
“solution-shaped objects” is a plague on our society
i’ve been ranting about how cos that create customer support tools — and the companies that use them — pretend “closing a ticket” is The Job of support since 2009
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
deliverable-itis isn’t new (see thread above) but suddenly it’s WEBSCALE
“solution-shaped objects” is a plague on our society
i’ve been ranting about how cos that create customer support tools — and the companies that use them — pretend “closing a ticket” is The Job of support since 2009
“solution-shaped objects” is a plague on our society
i’ve been ranting about how cos that create customer support tools — and the companies that use them — pretend “closing a ticket” is The Job of support since 2009
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despite everything going on, one thing that gives me hope is the way across a world of cultures we've all agreed to have different words for "Germany"
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
despite everything going on, one thing that gives me hope is the way across a world of cultures we've all agreed to have different words for "Germany"
extremely worth reading, on recent changes to FDA process:
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
extremely worth reading, on recent changes to FDA process:
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“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
They don't make Sunday, Charlie Brown. Because of God.
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
They don't make Sunday, Charlie Brown. Because of God.
common culture and common society are two different things -- it is not necessary to have one to have the other -- i will be thinking on this for a long while.
In my article, I quoted something from Stuart Hall's "Culture, Community, Nation," an essay first published in a 1993 issue of Cultural Studies. He writes:
"It should not be necessary to look, walk, feel, think, speak exactly like a paid-up member of the buttoned-up, stiff-upper-lipped, ...
"It should not be necessary to look, walk, feel, think, speak exactly like a paid-up member of the buttoned-up, stiff-upper-lipped, ...
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
common culture and common society are two different things -- it is not necessary to have one to have the other -- i will be thinking on this for a long while.
i wonder for a moment where these gentlemen are, then I think how lucky I am to know a good number of them, actually (they do tend to cluster). and they don't think they're doing anything special -- just being people.
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
i wonder for a moment where these gentlemen are, then I think how lucky I am to know a good number of them, actually (they do tend to cluster). and they don't think they're doing anything special -- just being people.
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A banger of a Sunday sermon from the menswear guy.
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A banger of a Sunday sermon from the menswear guy.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
i went with a city commission to tour one of the large ships (much smaller than this). we learned shipbuilding companies keep sizing up these ships faster than cities can build large enough docks to accommodate them; communities perpetually spend billions on infrastructure yet always lag behind
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
i went with a city commission to tour one of the large ships (much smaller than this). we learned shipbuilding companies keep sizing up these ships faster than cities can build large enough docks to accommodate them; communities perpetually spend billions on infrastructure yet always lag behind
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM