Marissa Skudlarek
@marissaskud.bsky.social
Writes playscripts & computer scripts in English, French, & Python. Proof that there are still artists in San Francisco. She/her.
I’m going to France over the holidays and I just purchased the last available ticket for “Le Misanthrope” at the Comédie-Française on my last night in Paris
and for this, I paid the princely, top-tier sum of 48€
and for this, I paid the princely, top-tier sum of 48€
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m going to France over the holidays and I just purchased the last available ticket for “Le Misanthrope” at the Comédie-Française on my last night in Paris
and for this, I paid the princely, top-tier sum of 48€
and for this, I paid the princely, top-tier sum of 48€
My parents have complained several times that “younger people aren’t showing up to the weekly Saturday protest” in their wealthy blue-state suburb
they don’t quite realize that housing there is so expensive that there are 1.5x as many residents in their 60s/70s as in their 20s/30s
they don’t quite realize that housing there is so expensive that there are 1.5x as many residents in their 60s/70s as in their 20s/30s
this is not a drag of the writer of this particular piece, which is largely sympathetic, but this line of argument makes me nuts
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My parents have complained several times that “younger people aren’t showing up to the weekly Saturday protest” in their wealthy blue-state suburb
they don’t quite realize that housing there is so expensive that there are 1.5x as many residents in their 60s/70s as in their 20s/30s
they don’t quite realize that housing there is so expensive that there are 1.5x as many residents in their 60s/70s as in their 20s/30s
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Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
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I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
my greatest post-pandemic achievement may well be moving to a rent-controlled SF 1BR in February 2024 💅
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
my greatest post-pandemic achievement may well be moving to a rent-controlled SF 1BR in February 2024 💅
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too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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they said my Shahada was the best they'd ever seen, they were so impressed. they couldn't believe it. the means of production, we're going to be looking into it, looking into very strongly.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
they said my Shahada was the best they'd ever seen, they were so impressed. they couldn't believe it. the means of production, we're going to be looking into it, looking into very strongly.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
At the Little Free Library, I saw a book called "Every Shot Must Have a Purpose," which happened to be about golf… but I think that title could work for so many other kinds of cheap nonfiction:
🎥 Filmmaking manual
💉 Anti-vax propaganda
🔫 Philosophy for duellists
🎥 Filmmaking manual
💉 Anti-vax propaganda
🔫 Philosophy for duellists
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
At the Little Free Library, I saw a book called "Every Shot Must Have a Purpose," which happened to be about golf… but I think that title could work for so many other kinds of cheap nonfiction:
🎥 Filmmaking manual
💉 Anti-vax propaganda
🔫 Philosophy for duellists
🎥 Filmmaking manual
💉 Anti-vax propaganda
🔫 Philosophy for duellists
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Actress Sarah Bernhardt #botd starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
"A woman whose life still resonates today for the variety of her talent and her free spirit..” — Annick Lemoine
"A woman whose life still resonates today for the variety of her talent and her free spirit..” — Annick Lemoine
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Actress Sarah Bernhardt #botd starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
"A woman whose life still resonates today for the variety of her talent and her free spirit..” — Annick Lemoine
"A woman whose life still resonates today for the variety of her talent and her free spirit..” — Annick Lemoine
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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For all of you who went through a Mucha phase or indeed have never left their Mucha phase (valid), here is a pencil, watercolor, and gouache study he did for a stained glass window:
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For all of you who went through a Mucha phase or indeed have never left their Mucha phase (valid), here is a pencil, watercolor, and gouache study he did for a stained glass window:
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This reminds me that one of the most famous definitions ever is "a cake, long in shape but short in duration" for ECLAIR in Chambers dictionary.
Most people take it as a jocular reference to deliciousness but it was just an interpretation of the etymology:
'éclair' is "lightning" in French.
Most people take it as a jocular reference to deliciousness but it was just an interpretation of the etymology:
'éclair' is "lightning" in French.
The word "eclair" is short for "electronic Claire". Not many people know this.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This reminds me that one of the most famous definitions ever is "a cake, long in shape but short in duration" for ECLAIR in Chambers dictionary.
Most people take it as a jocular reference to deliciousness but it was just an interpretation of the etymology:
'éclair' is "lightning" in French.
Most people take it as a jocular reference to deliciousness but it was just an interpretation of the etymology:
'éclair' is "lightning" in French.
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Stoppard's "Arcadia" taught me that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics always wins in the sense that everything tends toward disorder & chaos, that it's easier to smash something than put it back together… which might well be how AI will affect our world but is probably not what its promoters intend?
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Stoppard's "Arcadia" taught me that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics always wins in the sense that everything tends toward disorder & chaos, that it's easier to smash something than put it back together… which might well be how AI will affect our world but is probably not what its promoters intend?
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When I was in Tokyo we went to a bar that I can only describe as “Oregon themed.“ There was a big picture of the gov of Oregon and the food was covered in Tilamook. I love pondering why it existed at all and now I am forced to confront the idea that Big Oregon was behind it all along…
In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When I was in Tokyo we went to a bar that I can only describe as “Oregon themed.“ There was a big picture of the gov of Oregon and the food was covered in Tilamook. I love pondering why it existed at all and now I am forced to confront the idea that Big Oregon was behind it all along…
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1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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I've been thinking of you.
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I've been thinking of you.
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I am disappointed no pollster seems to have yet run a survey including the Pope as a 2028 presidential candidate. C'mon, that's some gold-plated clickbait. I saw one that included Mamdani; Leo's actually eligible.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I am disappointed no pollster seems to have yet run a survey including the Pope as a 2028 presidential candidate. C'mon, that's some gold-plated clickbait. I saw one that included Mamdani; Leo's actually eligible.
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Fred and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical "Smiles," which opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1930.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fred and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical "Smiles," which opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1930.
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A three percent illuminated waning crescent moon rises behind the Empire State Building and towers of Hudson Yards as the sun rises in New York City, Tuesday morning.
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A three percent illuminated waning crescent moon rises behind the Empire State Building and towers of Hudson Yards as the sun rises in New York City, Tuesday morning.
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“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
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Also the whole thing is a 360-degree dunk on her device of just calling him "the Politician"
Functionally, the wandering self-indulgence of the bamboo section does a good job of lulling the reader into not being ready for the relentlessly focused intensity of the finale
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Also the whole thing is a 360-degree dunk on her device of just calling him "the Politician"