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Mark J. Knippel

@swellsort.bsky.social
632 followers 817 following 574 posts

Musician, writer, composer, dog person, food person

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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 22h
Look I know this is probably an automated account, but seems like there is something of more local concern happening today... ktvz.com/news/2026/10...
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BREAKING NEWS: Multiple Victims Following Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, Including Children
Update: From Bend Police: At approximately 12:59 p.m., Bend Police responded to Silver Rail Elementary on reports of an active shooter. The first call indicated that an unknown man had shot into a car...
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Michael Scott Declares Bankruptcy in The Office
Alt: Michael Scott Declares Bankruptcy in The Office. Just because he yelled it doesn't make it real
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Tragicomedy
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Shostakovich string quartets are quite a journey, especially as background to cleaning and football
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/10/2026
Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way theonion.com/forward-thinking-ceo-h…
Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"adult content" lol
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Didn't trump do the exact same thing on one of his mortgages?
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey just like Fidel Castro!
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My only question to @christhompson.bsky.social is how did Color Star not get in on this action??
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LeBron James Is Commuting In A Fanatics Helicopter | Defector
LeBron James wasn’t pretending. He really is taking daily helicopter rides from his home in New York City to the offices of his new employer, the Philadelphia 76ers. Since the start of October, the Le...
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yale isn't sending their best
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
wrote about one of the craziest worms of all time defector.com/this-worm-ha...
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This Worm Has No Ifs And Many Butts | Defector
In the 1870s, as the research ship HMS Challenger passed through the Philippines during its circumnavigation of the Earth, it dredged up a sponge from the gray sludge 95 fathoms (nearly 600 feet) belo...
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In a completely different way, Shostakovich
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I worked for years running a festival orchestra that was more or less paid for by ticket sales to a pop music series (the Hollywood Bowl model, so to speak) and even then, the board sought a magic button that would balance the orchestra budget. Even when the whole org generated a surplus each year!
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Large Marge Pee Wee Herman Scary Scene
ALT: Large Marge Pee Wee Herman Scary Scene
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Has an NFL game ever started with two consecutive interceptions?
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In other words, I don't find AI particularly useful, and consider it the ultimate solution in search of a non-existent problem
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The only place I've found it useful in our sphere is editing a grant application to meet character requirements when I've blathered on too long in the narrative, since social fluency isn't quite as crucial to a grant narrative. But even then, I edit the shit out of it, so it doesn't really save time
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Did it go... well?
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As an Oregon alum, I'll always have a soft spot for Chip, but good lord he's weird
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is how I learned Chip Kelly is employed lol
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He IS a mild family crisis
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Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got a big hell yeah from me
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 01/10/2026
Mike tolin you city loving FREAK!!!!
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you ever wondered why us PNWers don't use an umbrella, it's simply because we're better than you
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Glad to see you properly yielded to a pedestrian
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How we feel about L Ron Hubbard and his clones?
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Texans bills, incomplete pass to kayshon boutte, probably 2 minutes left in 1st quarter
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@cjzero.bsky.social clip Ian eagle saying "he was looking for booty" please and thank you
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
MAKE A BAND EDIBLE: Cheezer
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey, someone has to escort Trump
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
To him, Energy secretary is the coffee runner
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tomato time
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Defector @defector.com · 02/09/2026
It's time to grow up: defector.com/its-time-to-...
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It’s Time To Grow Up | Defector
HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but…
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We were on the verge of breaking up Ticketmaster, every music fan's dream for the last 4 decades, until Trump intervened www.wsj.com/business/med...
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The Trump Intervention That Got the DOJ Off Live Nation’s Back
Antitrust case started out aiming to force the concert giant to sell Ticketmaster. After two White House meetings, a deal kept the company intact.
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Defector @defector.com · 24/08/2026
Is my hair red? A Defector Slack investigation: defector.com/is-my-hair-r...
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Is My Hair Red? A Defector Slack Investigation | Defector
I won’t dispute that I once had red hair. Back in 2019, just for kicks, I went with a bright Hayley Williams–esque red that petered out for obvious reasons the following year. Then in 2025, with a…
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
CEO said a thing!
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My vocabulary has embiggened today
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Pressing the Ban Key
ALT: Pressing the Ban Key
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Lvb's 4th concerto is better though
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American Families for Vaccines @familiesforvaccines.org · 10/08/2026
Today’s executive order puts protections for kids and communities in the crosshairs. States don’t have to follow that lead. Take action to protect strong vaccine policies and keep preventable diseases out of our schools and communities. www.vaccineadvocacy.org/campaign/ActNow
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Defend Our Families from the Anti Vaccine Agenda
Disease Doesn't Care About Politics
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
gets incredible air here
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pick and roll defense don't care what gender you are
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Defector @defector.com · 07/08/2026
Whenever one googles a WNBA player, one of the suggested questions seems to be "Who is the transwoman in the WNBA?" defector.com/the-mystery-...
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The Mystery Of Google's Fixation On "The Transwoman In The WNBA" | Defector
As anyone who has used Google might already know, when you conduct a search on the site, it will suggest more searches of potential interest under a “People also ask” heading. The makeup of these…
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Metal-Aged Mom @metalagedmom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hello metal bands, your AI flyers are costing you ticket sales.
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Ah but did you consider B Dorian?
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Mark J. Knippel @swellsort.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
He would love that shit, both the smokin up and the groovy tunes!
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...
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We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector
In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...
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dissected @trepanation.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
don’t give a Fuck about tech innovations. make birria tacos bigger
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
DINOSAURS ARE COOL TRANSPHOBIA IS NOT
This is a raptor design on a t shirt with the text, dinosaurs are cool transphobia is not 

Happy pride!
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