Designed with American values in mind. Spending more time at mathitak.bsky.social these days.
Joined January 2008
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A one-of-a-kind giveaway for a one-of-a-kind player!
Repost and reply for a chance to win this Shohei Ohtani-inspired stuffed unicorn 🦄
ALT A white stuffed unicorn with blue horn and hooves. It has a white mane and “Ohtani 17” on its side in blue
The legend continues!
Shohei Ohtani is the NL MVP for the second straight season!
ALT Shohei Ohtani NL MVP Pictured: Shohei Ohtani smiles while wearing a road gray Dodgers uniform. Below, Ohtani yells while wearing a home white Dodgers uniform. In the lower right corner is Ohtani’s signature in Japanese.
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Go get the LA Times today.
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Service Merchandise is still open. Old school.
16 Jul 2025
Here is a night photo of the Woolworths store at The Cermak Plaza Shopping Center in Berwyn, IL!
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4 Jun 2025
RIP Edmund White, whose writing meant so much to many. I wrote about my own strong connection to his work and to LGBTQ literature in @KirkusReviews a few years ago. ow.ly/H25F50W4aEe #EdmundWhite
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"The social utility of photojournalism has eroded as images are Photoshopped, morphed, repeated & politicized in ways that make even outsize tragedies feel mundane": @mathitak on THE SYNTHETIC EYE by Fred Ritchin @thamesandhudson @On_The_Seawall bit.ly/4kJpT4C
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Mark Athitakis retweeted
16 Jan 2025
David Keith Lynch was born in Missoula, Montana, on January 20, 1946. His father, Donald Walton Lynch (1915–2007), was a research scientist working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
16 Jan 2025
BREAKING: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," has died at 78. apnews.com/article/david-lyn…
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8 Jan 2025
Call-for-Papers for the Annual Symposium of the
Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature at Michigan State Univ--deadline soon! ssml.org/symposium/ @mathitak @litcleveland @lithub @unlenglish @chicagowrites @robertloerzel @Chicago_Reader @ElectricLit
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7 Jan 2025
"Tuck imagines snippets and fragments from the Czelawa’s life, and combines them with historical facts." @mathitak reviews "The Rest Is Memory" by Lily Tuck. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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sunset strip billboard for joni mitchell’s blue, released 1971.
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Francisco! That's fun to say!
Celebrate Francisco Alvarez's birthday by reposting for a chance to win an autographed @Topps card 🥳
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Taking home the NL Rookie of the Year Award calls for a card giveaway!
Repost for a chance to win this Paul Skenes @Topps Relic Card.
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17 Nov 2024
Guest column by Mark Athitakis: Three new books reveal the complex cheerfulness of “The West Wing,” “Ted Lasso” and “Parks and Recreation.” wapo.st/48PR6x7
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"Although the narrative is deliberately unsettled, it never feels random & the narrator’s melancholic vibe is engrossing": @mathitak on Anna Moschovakis' AN EARTHQUAKE IS A SHAKING OF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH @softskull @On_The_Seawall bit.ly/3URWFFk
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11 Nov 2024
Let's get out of this dumb habit, shall we? He's not going to change, has no motivation to change. Op-eds should be premised on the idea that he can't be shamed. The question becomes what to *do* about it.
11 Nov 2024
Opinion: Here's hoping Donald Trump will show more respect for the military and veterans azcentral.com/story/opinion/…
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Traffic: It's just like us.
9 Nov 2024
Traffic is getting by.
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5 Nov 2024
.@maricopacounty voter check-ins by party 4pm update
Indies continue their march overtaking republicans for the in person vote.
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Trump: Your team is very good. I would say the Greek is a seriously good player, do you agree? And tell me, who has more Greek in him? The Greek or me? I think we have about the same right?
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