Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 2hPulling three used tissues out of my pocket and throwing away the most threadbare one like I'm a tennis player eyeing balls pre-serve 070
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 2hCosta Doing Business would've been really, really good; he left money on the table there 010
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 4hlol for sure. I have met big fans of Fludd or Place of Greater Safety and was curious what you might say 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 4hI should. Any recommendations? (I have read some of her wild LRB pieces about religion) 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 5hyou hear it and you gotta think everyone on every side is happy with that one 070
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 6h(and, to be mean, it's hard to catechize where there's no theology (I can say that, I went to Wheaton)) 010
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 6hI don't know why I hadn't considered the 'brand' thing but yeah, the relentless self-promotion grind (and its preference for simplistic prescriptions and lifehacks) has got to be a big part of it, at least among people who use words like 'platform' in earnest. 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 7hNot to psychologize too deeply but I suspect childhood conversion baggage lurks behind any future conversions 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 7hI wouldn't want to speak to mainliner experience, but in the evangelical wilds it's always church by and for converts. Very little in the way of catechesis/formation; the goal with kids is to engender a conversion, and scary stories about hell is unfortunately a tried and true route. 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 7hhighly recommended if you would like Copland run through a big '90s prestige' filter 020
Reposted by MarkAvery Edison @averyedison.com · 11/10/2026interesting—this article in the washington ghost claims the reason halloween isn’t scary anymore is because this latest clutch of zombies were all raised with too much screamtime 1462596
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 23hBut if that interview were actually part of the novel in an elaborate metafictional gambit >>>>>> 120
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I wish it were less dependent on punctuation. Feels like cheating. 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Cool October porch; boxelder bugs loitering: auditions for leaves 190
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trad Michael Pollan: “don’t listen to anything your grandmother wouldn’t recognize as music” 070
Reposted by MarkAzure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Getting JUST RESTING MY EYES on a headstone 28210
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I had to replace a cat last year and the car was promptly totaled three months later. Solidarity. 130
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This old redbud is pretty messed up but I’m crazy about its shape 1220
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Made the choice early on to sacrifice two 12-inches to the toddler as 'her' records, and almost a year later she loves taking those two out of the sleeves and throwing them around but respectfully does not touch any of the rest. Plans of a visionary dad 🧠🧠🧠 1230
Reposted by MarkAzure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Does anyone know if we have the spectacle today 1231
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026head down we're almost there www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmpb...youtube.comAsateYouTube video by Yasuaki Shimizu - Topic 000
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't really mind MFA texts for everything but I do reserve a special hatred for those who compose the messages such that the code isn't visible in the preview 030
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is like how most early film editors were women because the craft was considered analogous to sewing 280
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Listened this afternoon. Definitely shared DNA with Black Saint, some really cool effects from orchestrating a big group like that. Also some very "80s fusion" stuff that I kinda bounce off of—still working my way into that era of jazz, and Jaco in general. I respect but don't love him. 110
Mark @samueltwain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026we don't need to patronize the weird guys of art like that 040
