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Mark Blondin

@markblondin.com

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Writes Material Witness — political economy, media, and what happens to people when the numbers don't add up. Bylines: Longreads, The Humanist, HuffPost. Lives in Vila do Conde, Portugal. materialwitness.markblondin.com

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 25/09/2026

The Petoskey News-Review's editorial board wrote this on October 7, 1996. They saw the potential.

Petoskey News-Review editorial board opinion piece dated October 7, 1996.

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 24/09/2026

Petoskey New-Review editorial on Oct 7. 1996. Read the full story at Longreads. longreads.com/2026/09/22/f...

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 24/09/2026

In 2012 we rented a beach house in Crucita, Ecuador. Within weeks the beach in front of it was a sardine-processing plant. Open-air sheds, no refrigeration, crews standing in water at high tide, children working. The cleaned fish went to canneries 40 miles up the coast.

Fishing boats staged off the coast of Crucita. The story is, "Sardines on the Beach in Crucita."

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 30/07/2026

I was a manager at Coca-Cola until 1995. I sat through the diversity training. Four years after I left, the company settled the largest race discrimination case in US history. The court-ordered remedy was more training. Where DEI actually came from: materialwitness.markblondin.com/p/a-fraud-th...

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 29/07/2026

Most Democrats can read that poll. Check the demographics.

Economist/youGov poll showing results for: Do you think Israel is commiting genocide against the Palestinian civilians?

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Mark Blondin @markblondin.com · 29/07/2026

Let's be clear. Lindsey Graham was a horrible human being.

Quote by Oscar Wilde, " Some men improve the world only by leaving it."

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