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Matana Roberts

@matanaroberts.bsky.social

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i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors… short list: #neurodivergentadulting #nonbinary #theythem #artssky #musicsky #bookssky #blacksky citizen of the world... we talk "arts" over here and world building... DM Free zone pls and ty✌🏿

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 58m

obv this messed up my entire day lol

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 58m

also last thing I'll say: I can't believe we only got 3 records, oof.

1995 Brown Sugar
2000 Voodoo
2014 Black Messiah

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 1h

idk…if we had nvr seen D’Angelo I think the music would hve still been all tht it was…tht music was bleeding soul…it was him, but also the amazing production and the amazing cast of musicians involved esp
on Voodoo

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 1h

and panic at the disco’s didn’t feel as charged for obv reasons whereas the original video felt like “auction block core”

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 1h

but the untitled video really caused him
so much anguish, and i hope tht never gets overlooked

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 1h

also for the record i always felt he was grossly exploited in the “untitled” how does it feel video…

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 9h

a lot of babies were conceived to his music, i promise you 🥹

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 11h

😩😩😩D’Angelo 😩😩😩

Rest in Power

damn😤

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 4d

the documentary tore me up btw😩

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 5d

ty!

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 5d

i know there was a posthumous gospel compilation in 2023 but i’m still mad we”ll
never get elder whitney houston gospel releases.

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 5d

yes oh my goodness

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 5d

hi:)

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Q Lazzarus

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 14d

new music? what’s out now or coming soon?

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 14d

hi.

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 14d

i’ve reached out to them
many times lol

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Aug 2

The thing about PBS is that LeVar Burton was to me what MrBeast is to kids today.

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“BOO”netteWreck 🎃 @brunettewreck.bsky.social · Aug 2

Nobody puts a gold ballroom in a rental. I said this would happen.

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · Aug 3

by age 30 you should have:

* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · Aug 2

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

Photo of a sketch of a Neanderthal. The headline reads:
Scientists Growing Neanderthal
'Minibrains', Will Connect Them to Crab Robots

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · Aug 3

it’s so awesome to bike there.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 2

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

www.newyorker.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · Aug 3

on one hand i am not and never could be the youngest tenured prof at harvard law school and no one is going to make a movie about my work. on the other, a cop has never been like “sir i’m going to have to ask you to leave the pierogi stand”

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Mike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · Aug 3

Please commit this picture of Alan Dershowitz filming the police to memory so my Halloween costume makes sense

Alan Dershowitz looking like absolute shit filming the police cause he was shut down at the farmers market

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · Aug 3

( oh and women looooooove me)