@mathitak

Designed with American values in mind. Spending more time at https://xitter.cf/t.co/qtSenro5JD these days.

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Joined January 2008
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Washington Nationals
@NationalsSep 4
they're calling it a revolutionary rookie dress-up day
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MLB
@MLB16 Nov 2025
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 🦄
A white stuffed unicorn with blue horn and hooves. It has a white mane and “Ohtani 17” on its side in blue

ALT A white stuffed unicorn with blue horn and hooves. It has a white mane and “Ohtani 17” on its side in blue

MLB
@MLB14 Nov 2025
The legend continues! Shohei Ohtani is the NL MVP for the second straight season!
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.

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.
Vanished Chicagoland@vanishedchicago16 Jul 2025
Here is a night photo of the Woolworths store at The Cermak Plaza Shopping Center in Berwyn, IL!
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Tom Beer@TomBeerBooks4 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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Jon Lauck
@jlauck194116 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).
The Associated Press
@AP16 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…

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78

David Lynch has died at 78. The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks.”

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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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"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/…

A Young Life Tragically Lost | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mark Athitakis reviews Lily Tuck’s novel “The Rest Is Memory.”

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sunset strip billboard for joni mitchell’s blue, released 1971.
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SCREECH
@ScreechTheEagle28 Nov 2024
🍁Happy Thanksgiving🍁
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MLB
@MLB19 Nov 2024
Francisco! That's fun to say! Celebrate Francisco Alvarez's birthday by reposting for a chance to win an autographed @Topps card 🥳
2023 Topps Signature Swatches Dual Relic Autograph Rookie Card - Francisco Alvarez, New York Mets (Topps Certified Autograph Issue | Game-Used Memorabilia) 168/399

ALT 2023 Topps Signature Swatches Dual Relic Autograph Rookie Card - Francisco Alvarez, New York Mets (Topps Certified Autograph Issue | Game-Used Memorabilia) 168/399

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MLB
@MLB19 Nov 2024
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.
1989 Topps Baseball Relic Card from 2024 Topps Baseball Update Series - Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates - Rookie Card w/ Player-Worn Memorabilia - 065/199

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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

Guest column | Sunny shows like ‘Ted Lasso’ aren’t just about blind optimism

Three new books reveal the complex cheerfulness of “The West Wing,” “Ted Lasso” and “Parks and Recreation.”

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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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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.
azcentral
@azcentral11 Nov 2024
Opinion: Here's hoping Donald Trump will show more respect for the military and veterans azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

Opinion: Here's hoping Donald Trump will show more respect for the military and veterans

There have been many documented instances when Trump has expressed a lack of respect for the military, including toward the late Sen. John McCain.

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Traffic: It's just like us.
Arizona DOT
@ArizonaDOT9 Nov 2024
Replying to @ArizonaDOT
Traffic is getting by.
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.@maricopacounty voter check-ins by party 4pm update Indies continue their march overtaking republicans for the in person vote. OTHER: 75.4k (40%) REP: 72.5k (39%) DEM: 39.3k (21%)
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good day to pitch editors y/n
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Acyn
@Acyn2 Nov 2024
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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