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Neven Mrgan
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Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games • Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand • One of the good ones • Portland, OR • he/him
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What a day for soccer scores:

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COMPLETE DOMINATION ⚔️ Manchester City vs. Exeter City | FA Cup Highlights | ESPN FC
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January 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Ana Ea-nāṣir qibima umma nanima. Anumma tāliku kīam taqbiam umma attama: gubari damqūtim ana Gimil-Sin anaddin. Talikma taqbiam ula tepuš. gubari la damqūtim ana mar šipria taškunma umma attam: šumma teleqea leqea, šumma la teleqea atlaka! Iati ana kīma manim tušimma nima kīam temašani?
thereal3ccentric.bsky.social 3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 2d
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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As cynical as I am about this, I emailed Tim Cook today. Maybe someone will read it… and feel something? Anything?
I'm writing to you regarding the ongoing abuse fostered by the X and Grok apps, available in your App Store. I'm sure you're well aware of which particular problem I'm talking about — frankly, it's so awful that I hesitate to even describe it in polite terms. You should remove this app from your store, cease to advertise on their platform, and look to distance your business from theirs in every possible way. This is imperative for moral reasons; your own Legal department can advise you why it may also be so for defensive ones. I've been a developer in Apple's ecosystem for twenty years. I have an Apple Design Award, and l've contributed to many projects that have received that award, as well as other forms of recognition by Apple. Today, I'm embarrassed to even say so. It is not a badge of honor, I assure you. In those two decades, I've seen a number of apps and projects get shut down, publicly criticized, and legislated against by Apple, for infractions ranging from minor IP violations to dubious security concerns, or plain arbitrary judgment calls made by your employees. It's often been frustrating, which is understandable - running a business is hard. It is not so hard that you must wring your hands on the issue of X and their disgusting behavior. Apple has often made a decisive stand on ethical matters, and never has the answer been clearer than on this. You know what the right move here is: remove the app now. Your company is strong enough that you can take whatever monetary or PR repercussions you fear. If you choose not to do this, please think about every real, living human being whose abuse you are supporting. I mean truly, actually try to embody their pain and anxiety. I hope you do the obvious thing here.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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It is truly wild how different a product fresh hummus is from the store tubs. We're talking freshly baked bread vs. boxed croutons.

There's lots of degrees of "from-scratchness" you can do, from soaking and cooking good chickpeas to using canned… Main thing is, blend it to hell and consume warm.
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Ordering stuff online from this company makes me feel like we grizzled veterans of the Sales world travelled to a Hilton in Kansas City to sip cocktails and exchange firm handshakes in the lobby bar
Screenshot of a chat: man in business suit avatar says, Ok. Please check the payment link. (handshake emoji) Me: (check emoji) Paid. man in business suit avatar says, Ok. Thank you. We will start the mass production.
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
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January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Convincing future generations to stay away from radioactive waste with my sign “Please come in here and help! This place was special to us, strangers from the past you don’t know and gain no benefit from helping! Please put yourself at huge risk to help us, solely as a kindness.”
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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I'm teaching an Intro to Sketch Comedy Writing class. FINALLY, you can learn some things from one of the Portland Mercury's Undisputed Geniuses of Comedy (2019)! For the absolute beginner or someone who wants a refresher!

5 Mondays
January 26-February 23
7:00-9:00

Info here!
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Smiling guy with a beard. Intro to Sketch Comedy Writing Mondays Jan 26-Feb 23, 7:00-9:00 PM siren theater dot com
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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[montage of author on a yacht in the Aegean sea with 7 one-pan dinners, all with cocktails in their hands, laughing, wearing swimsuits]
Serious Eats headline: It Gets Dark at 4 P.M.—So I'm Escaping to the Mediterranean With These 7 One- Pan Dinners BY MIMI YOUNG
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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I'm really enjoying the horror-story podcast The Wrong Station. Here's a very short one if you want to test-drive it:

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January 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Just wanted to note that the trilogy spoonerizes to I’ve Snout, Ass Glunion, and Make Up Wed Dan
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Do we need a name for one of these annoying pieces you get when using literally every single paper towel roll holder? How about “tearsail”
Photo of a paper towel roll on a holder with an annoying triangular piece left over from the last tear
January 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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“I’m just-saying,” —Judge
January 8, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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loev biking, in the rain,.
Selfie where I’m totally soaked after biking
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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I’m trying this new text-summarizing feature, so far it’s great: it teases the upcoming chapters just enough, and best of all, I don’t even have to do anything, it’s just included in the book.
Table of Contents of Herman Melville's 'The Confidence Man'
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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I just learned that they make these, and it’s going to make egg storage so much easier 🤯 I’ve been keeping them in a variety of small bowls and containers. This way, I’ve got one convenient basket for them all!
Product photo of a wire basket holding 20 eggs
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Microsoft's CEO Nadella is right that AI is like a multiplier for your mind—it's just that the multiplier is 0.7
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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I actively try not to use company or product names for generic stuff—it's not an Uber, it's a taxi; it's not an Airbnb, it's a rental house. My face is not their billboard.

This is a remnant of growing up a 90s alt kid and despising visible brands on clothing.
mdruker.app Michael Druker @mdruker.app · 5d
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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A Christmas gift I really dug: a “deck of cards” that’s actually an issue of the ‘Ice Cream Man’ horror comic by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo. Always enjoyed the comic, and this medium-mixing work is extremely my thing.
Front of a box of cards with the title Ice Cream Man, The Mortal Coil Shuffle Back of the card box, saying “INSTRUCTIONS A HELPFUL GUIDE TO READING THIS COMIC BOOK • That's right: this might look like a deck of cards, but it is, in fact, a COMIC BOOK • It is a story to be READ; it is NOT a game to be PLAYED. • To correctly experience the story, read the cards in order, starting with Card 1 and ending with Card 55. The cards come packaged in sequence, and are also numbered for your convenience. • DO NOT SHUFFLE THE CARDS! Doing so is tantamount to ripping the pages from a book and then taping them back together al jumbled and out of whack. • Please do enjoy this comic book presented as 55 playing cards. Thank you for reading.” A dozen or so cards fanned in my hand. The top one is a comic panel and a paragraph of text.
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Last year I read my first Steinbeck novel, and I immediately sought out others—loving this guy’s work! Can’t wait to see what he puts out next.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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My goal for this year is to host one impractically large food party per month, and to separately screen one underdog movie per month. I want to bring lots of people together often, and ya can’t beat food and movies.

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mrgan.com Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com · Jul 23
We had that Indian Pizza party last weekend, and after it, a friend sent me this:

"We are obligated to create the social world we want. Intimacy, togetherness—the opposite of the crushing loneliness so many people seem to feel—are what parties alchemize."

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Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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(first guy to go bald) haha what if we all wore hats, which I just invented for no reason
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Oh I didn’t realize this advent calendar came with a copy of Inside (2021)
Cardboard box saying Wooden advent house with numb Bo
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM