Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 19mWatched My Winnipeg. “Guy invents dream mythology for his hometown” is, I guess inherently, such a self-important genre but I love it. 120
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 13hTagging some Allan Sherman records as “MCM” and selling them for $120 each 020
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not to be all “in the year of our lord 2026” but they gotta stop doing the tomahawk thing man. Like are you kidding me. What the hell is wrong with you 3150
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Vacuuming water out of my basement for the dozenth time this year…but it beats watching the Philadelphia Phillies! 2110
Reposted by MarkDougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 26/02/2024theres a kind of dark comedy in murdering someone as a joke 421821
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thinking again about Illich's "Silence is a Commons" talk, got to have one of the highest thoughts-occasioned-to-words ratios of anything I've read in the last decade www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1983_...davidtinapple.comSilence is a Commons by Ivan Illich 071
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026wait...does homie derive from homo, homme (etc)??? (I know there's a similar polari term, which probably does have that origin, but unsure if there's a connection) 350
Reposted by Marktake a lap @dioerasabbath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think I could ever come up with a better title for a new age album 0214
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Theorizing something like a Freelancer’s Guild that would vouch for you as a member in good standing who doesn’t submit slop. People have probably had this idea already. jonmalesic.substack.com/p/how-i-unco...jonmalesic.substack.comHow I uncovered a prolific AI author in religious magazinesCan we preserve the connection between personal writing and human experience in the Slop Age? 3120
Reposted by MarkCar Talk Names @cartalknamebot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Big Band Leader: Juan Anatou 021
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Heard the Texas song and realized I have heard it before - I remembered thinking the intro reminded me of "Slow Hand" (specifically the Conway Twitty cover) with the starting the verse on a minor chord 030
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Heartwarming to see Saquon figuring out the endorsement game. Leaning into his naturally wooden affect and making it work. Very charming tbh. 020
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I absolutely adore these musty translations of the symbolists into Housmanian fluff. Bizarre hothouse moods created. 020
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My favorite shows of the last 25 years are I guess 30 Rock and a bunch of bullshit my ex was into from 2010-14 that I half-watched while in the room 150
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As a child, the name “The Spirit of St. Louis“ held a wild poetry for me. 180
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I saw a werewolf bringing an iced coffee to a job interview 070
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s really cool that the four elements can all cause irreparable damage to stuff 1110
Reposted by MarkChert @chert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026starting an emergency water damage restoration company where i just put all the wet stuff in a freezer and tell the client we have to wait until the technology develops to repair water damage 28515
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Drinking brandy for medical reasons (warm autumn night making me think about high school) 1100
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It feels so wrong that both Chicago teams have made the postseason three times in my adult life. that’s supposed to be a once in a century type occurrence. We are laughing in God‘s face here. 280
Reposted by MarkAzure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dead Flag Blues guy: The food was terrible…and the portions were really small 1414
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Type of shit I’m on tidal.com/album/476388...tidal.comAnonymous 4 & Bruce Molsky - 1865: Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil WarListen to 1865: Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service 020
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New JX Fussell album dropping just as temperatures do...that's what I'm talking about 040
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very much shooting from the hip, will likely reconsider later but one thing about Annie Dillard is that prose has a quality I often despise in others: it is ostentatiously *written* (no human would ever speak like that), labored, you feel the calculation behind it. But it still works! 1130
Reposted by Markhobart mariner @hobartmariner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026my next question is for both candidates. where does songs go after you listen to them 010013
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Marcel! It’s been ages, man. Yeah we’ve got three now, crazy. What’s good with you? You ever find that time you were looking for? 160
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Letting out some wrinkly helium balloons and freaking my wife out #husbandclassics 070
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The DSA guy running for state senate in the next district over is using the Mamdani font/styling for his signs and website; not sure if that's meant to be a clear association for us in the provinces or if it's what I guess they'd call a dog whistle for people "in the know" 110
Reposted by MarkMicah @plinythemillennial.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Charlie Brown 072
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Food blogs were always mostly bad but searching anything like “how to use a food mill” these days (thrifted one and can’t tell if it’s a piece of crap or if I’m just using it wrong) yields a completely unusable flood of slop 160
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Huge line at the bagel shop on Sunday morning; I get to pretend I’m a New Yorker for a little while 050
Reposted by Markshalloween @idlerat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026just because i’m not posting doesn’t mean im not thinking! 181
Reposted by Markhobart mariner @hobartmariner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026need a mr autumn man "steal his look" breakdown. iconic 151
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026just overheard two chuds at work go from "how are you observing this solemn day" to "massive fraud" in ~5 minutes 070
