Mark Athitakis's Avatar

Mark Athitakis

@mathitak

Writer, mostly about books.

1,172
Followers
527
Following
2,503
Posts
25.07.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Mark Athitakis @mathitak

CRANES - Jewel (Bryan "Chuck" New & Robert Smith 12" Mix)
CRANES - Jewel (Bryan "Chuck" New & Robert Smith 12" Mix) YouTube video by Noise Records

Only recently discovered that Robert Smith did a remix of it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHcm...

07.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do a road test. Got one for my father-in-law after a procedure and they can be a bit harder to steer than you might expect.

06.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA dingdongs used to be so eager to tell people who did that!

06.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gas up nearly $1/gal in the past few days here. Who's making the "I did that!" stickers I saw on pumps all the time during the Biden years?

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I maaaaaaaaay have Homer Simpsonishly typed "fuzzy british palace hat" into the google to find out what it's actually called.

06.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Team GB wearing bearskins after dingers. A+

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Working on some new home decor

06.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

!!!

06.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

me when the Janus Films logo comes up on movie night

06.03.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Jerry Bryant is still at it. Good for him. wgntv.com/news/chicago...

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Foggy First Friday. March morning today in Chicago at sunrise as the fog rolled across the skyline.

06.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
Wordlebot acknowledging failure.

Wordlebot acknowledging failure.

I've never seen Wordlebot fail before. Was hoping it'd sing "Daisy" to me.

06.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jessica Foster for DHS Secretary

05.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Michael A. Smith
American, 1942-2018, Torowead, Arizona, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Michael A. Smith American, 1942-2018, Torowead, Arizona, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Torowead, Arizona, by Michael A. Smith
American, 1942-2018
1978

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/125482

05.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we...

Literary fiction is just taking its cues from Big Razor. theonion.com/fuck-everyth...

05.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: I'll cc you.

15-year-old son: What does "cc" mean?

Me: Carbon copy.

15-year-old son: What's a carbon copy?

Me: <looks at watch, sighs>

04.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They walked so I could sit.

04.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both were shepherds.

04.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

two-weeksin'

04.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guess I'm gonna have to work harder to rate a message from a Nobel winner.

04.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
scam email purporting to be from Sally Rooney

scam email purporting to be from Sally Rooney

got an email from sallAIy rooney

04.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Carl Sandburg’s iconic 1914 poem β€œChicago” recently gained fresh relevance when a judge read it aloud in a court ruling addressing DHS use of force.

That inspired our arts desk to ask some well-known Chicagoans to recite it, with help from Bill Kurtis, Sandra Cisneros, Colston Loveland and others.

04.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

IEEE Spectrum readers + guitar nerds = geekpocalypse

04.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
How Did Hendrix Turn His Guitar Into a Wave Synthesizer? How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.

Delightfully nerdy study of Jimi Hendrix's guitar rig from an EE perspective: spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix...

04.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968, Their First Murder, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Weegee (Arthur Fellig) American, born Poland, 1899–1968, Their First Murder, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Their First Murder, by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968
1941

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/143616

04.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like when a play-by-play guy praises a baseball player for "not trying to do too much" because it makes me feel like I have what it takes to be an MLBer. I, too, can not try to do too much.

04.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's literally curtains for the Constitution in the Oval Office.

03.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Submitted a poem, like a damn grownup.

03.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GB unis upgraded from low-effort to medium-effort.

03.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whiskey Fridays With Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

03.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0