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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. MarvelousMarks.com

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · Aug 27

My newest for @mcsweeneys.net, I detail the ways in which your child should definitely, absolutely, positively not destroy their school issued Chromebook: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...

I Assume All Responsibility If My Child Jams a Bic Pen into Her School-Issued Chromebook

I understand I am responsible if my child renders her Chromebook a paper weight by mercilessly and giddily jamming a Bic pen into the power jack, c...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 1d

And JBJ obviously

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 2d

showing up to grandpa's will reading like

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome sign
Turton, SD

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 2d

Discovery and cultivation of methane-eating microbes is such a neat story because it encompasses such simple instincts of discovery science and the will to make things better. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

The Very Hungry Microbes That Could, Just Maybe, Cool the Planet

www.nytimes.com

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 4d

Shut it down

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Benjamin (he/him/his) @benzed.bsky.social · 4d

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 4d

Beach Boys - Smiley Smile I mean Good Vibrations is on this for chirsakes

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Sean @cackalackdev.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 4d

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

Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 4d

If so this has got to be it. My favorite late (3.0?) R.E.M.

Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 5d

This is a cool story about how spending a little bit of dough on the arts can be really helpful (and the journalism around it equally helpful!)

Liam Beran @liamberan.bsky.social · 5d

Why is the city of Madison spending $14,000 on a ‘regional music brand?’

@isthmusmadison.bsky.social

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Why is the city of Madison spending $14,000 on a ‘regional music brand?’

A local marketing firm will develop a ‘music brand’ for Madison under a proposal the city council passed on Sept. 16.

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Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about Napheesa Collier's power play, Cathy Engelbert's puppet leadership, a changing ownership landscape and how the next commissioner should take a collaborative approach to the WNBA entering its player empowerment era:

theringer.com/2025/10/02/w...

The WNBA Is at a Breaking Point

Napheesa Collier went scorched earth on Cathy Engelbert for a reason. The players are fed up—and the firestorm is here.

theringer.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Jul 27

one academic view i hold is that declared helplessness surrounding administrative tasks is both rude and non-credible

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jw 💀 @farwent.net · 7d

A good joke would be if Streisand tried to *stop them* from relaunching it and thereby got a ton of free press for the org.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 7d

I think we can all agree too many people had pinned all their hopes and dreams on Bill Burr

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 9d

But is it better than 69 Love Songs? gizmodo.com/physicists-s...

Physicists Smash Record With Magnetic Field 700,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s

The technology could have promising applications for nuclear fusion research and other commercial uses, the researchers said.

gizmodo.com

Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 9d

My take: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...

I Assume All Responsibility If My Child Jams a Bic Pen into Her School-Issued Chromebook - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

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Jenny Peek @jennypeek.bsky.social · 13d

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 14d

This week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions, Joan Shelley on her remarkable LP Real Warmth, anthropologist David Graeber & her daughter's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" fascination.

Listen wherever you get pods & direct at AD:
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/24/t... @talkhouse.bsky.social

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Jack Probst @jackprobst.com · 15d

My favorite cover in the year 2025.

If I Had a Boat by Kieran Hebden & William Tyler on Apple Music

Song · 2025 · Duration 11:18

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 15d

Official movie too if you think about it

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16d

Is it a good thing for an industry when people are constantly inventing new words to describe the terrible side effects of your product?

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 16d

You don't say!

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Josh Kantor @jtkantor.bsky.social · 16d

I'm not allowed to disclose the identity of the handsome surprise guest accordionist at tomorrow night's Baseball Project / Minus 5 show at the Crystal Ballroom. Tickets via crystalballroomboston.com/events/the-b...

Photo of Linda Pitmon taking a selfie of The Baseball Project standing together on a stage with the theater seating behind them. Mike Mills, Linda, and Scott McCaughey (L-R) are in the front row; Peter Buck and Steve Wynn (L-R) are in the back row. To the right of Scott's head, I've inserted a traditional yellow smiley face to imply the guest performer.

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Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 16d

ok yup that explains it

J.B. Pritzker and Mary Kathryn "MK" Pritzker posing as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, respectively.

Mark E. Griffin @marvelousmarks.bsky.social · 16d

Jimmy has friends everywhere. #Andor

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

variety.com

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