Bobcat Moran
@bobcatmoran.bsky.social
She/Her, 少し日本語, probably nerding out about ecology or tokusatsu right now. Clinging by my fingernails to a deeply held belief that, as the late, great Paul Wellstone said, "We all do better when we all do better."
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Minnesota’s Somali community is needed and wanted. They enrich Minnesota and America. I am glad our Somali community is part of my community.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Minnesota’s Somali community is needed and wanted. They enrich Minnesota and America. I am glad our Somali community is part of my community.
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BEIGNET BLANC
Thanks to Sesame Street, we have a Knives Out puppet mystery.
Benoit Blanc Gets Puppety in KNIVES OUT x SESAME STREET Short
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December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
BEIGNET BLANC
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1/ Studying 19th Century France, you quickly learn that many people think "Les Misérables" is set in the French Revolution. (It's not.)
For @today.yougov.com, I polled Americans about when they think it's set.
Lots of Not Sures. But 2/3 of those with an opinion say it IS in the French Revolution:
For @today.yougov.com, I polled Americans about when they think it's set.
Lots of Not Sures. But 2/3 of those with an opinion say it IS in the French Revolution:
![A stacked bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Many Americans — including those who read it — wrongly say Les Misérables is set during the French Revolution."
The chart has the sub-headline: "As far as you know, are the following books set during the French Revolution? [Les Misérables by Victor Hugo] (%)See the data as a share of respondents with an opinion about each book.."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3pbwguskoq5efzi67w3npq2z/bafkreih4bmsinu2x2vaouet3odbwkpm2mrum4dm2rjpkfvktpdkm2rijiu@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1/ Studying 19th Century France, you quickly learn that many people think "Les Misérables" is set in the French Revolution. (It's not.)
For @today.yougov.com, I polled Americans about when they think it's set.
Lots of Not Sures. But 2/3 of those with an opinion say it IS in the French Revolution:
For @today.yougov.com, I polled Americans about when they think it's set.
Lots of Not Sures. But 2/3 of those with an opinion say it IS in the French Revolution:
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Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
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Japanese children in 1971:
There’s a second grasshopper rider???
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Japanese children in 1971:
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Ever wonder what happens to all of the snow that’s plowed to ensure car drivers have clear streets?
It gets piled at corners/bus stops/ crosswalks for people who 🚶🏻/🦼/🦽/🚌 to contend with.
Not great. Let’s #PlowMPLSsidewalks
(Don’t worry, I walked my bike over these piles, didn’t ride it.)
It gets piled at corners/bus stops/ crosswalks for people who 🚶🏻/🦼/🦽/🚌 to contend with.
Not great. Let’s #PlowMPLSsidewalks
(Don’t worry, I walked my bike over these piles, didn’t ride it.)
March 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Ever wonder what happens to all of the snow that’s plowed to ensure car drivers have clear streets?
It gets piled at corners/bus stops/ crosswalks for people who 🚶🏻/🦼/🦽/🚌 to contend with.
Not great. Let’s #PlowMPLSsidewalks
(Don’t worry, I walked my bike over these piles, didn’t ride it.)
It gets piled at corners/bus stops/ crosswalks for people who 🚶🏻/🦼/🦽/🚌 to contend with.
Not great. Let’s #PlowMPLSsidewalks
(Don’t worry, I walked my bike over these piles, didn’t ride it.)
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Two facts:
-Accessibility and walkability are as strong as their weakest links.
-Uncleared sidewalks are a moral statement (even if it is just the curb cuts)
If grandma can't roll over the snow to catch the bus, it isn't good enough.
📸 at 38th and Hiawatha. A major transit hub.
-Accessibility and walkability are as strong as their weakest links.
-Uncleared sidewalks are a moral statement (even if it is just the curb cuts)
If grandma can't roll over the snow to catch the bus, it isn't good enough.
📸 at 38th and Hiawatha. A major transit hub.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Two facts:
-Accessibility and walkability are as strong as their weakest links.
-Uncleared sidewalks are a moral statement (even if it is just the curb cuts)
If grandma can't roll over the snow to catch the bus, it isn't good enough.
📸 at 38th and Hiawatha. A major transit hub.
-Accessibility and walkability are as strong as their weakest links.
-Uncleared sidewalks are a moral statement (even if it is just the curb cuts)
If grandma can't roll over the snow to catch the bus, it isn't good enough.
📸 at 38th and Hiawatha. A major transit hub.
I'm the proud owner of a couple of their skirts, and they're worth it! Designs that I get so many positive comments on, pockets even bigger than the men's jeans that I own, and a cut that means they're are SO fun to spin in! And they come in a GIANT size range!
hey y’all our sale is still ongoing and ngl as a small business that uses certified ethical labor we could really use the sales 😅 it’s been a damn rough year
#store
My astronaut midi skirts, along with all my non-November releases, are 25% off through December 10th!
My skirts:
•Have HUGE pockets
•Are made in a SEDEX & OEKO-TEX certified factory
•Have art drawn by humans
My astronaut midi skirts, along with all my non-November releases, are 25% off through December 10th!
My skirts:
•Have HUGE pockets
•Are made in a SEDEX & OEKO-TEX certified factory
•Have art drawn by humans
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I'm the proud owner of a couple of their skirts, and they're worth it! Designs that I get so many positive comments on, pockets even bigger than the men's jeans that I own, and a cut that means they're are SO fun to spin in! And they come in a GIANT size range!
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FYI the whole point of Fox News is to reinforce the message in the video below
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
FYI the whole point of Fox News is to reinforce the message in the video below
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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Today is Primidi the 11th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate wax.#JacobinDay
More information on wax
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate wax.#JacobinDay
More information on wax
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Primidi the 11th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate wax.#JacobinDay
More information on wax
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate wax.#JacobinDay
More information on wax
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This a fascinating view of how newspapers functioned nearly 60 years ago. Review a NY play with no #localangle but to inform its readers of what’s happening in the world using language and presenting ideas for an adult, educated audience instead of generating clicks and subscribers.
In 1968 the afternoon newspaper in Minneapolis sent its arts writer to New York to review Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This a fascinating view of how newspapers functioned nearly 60 years ago. Review a NY play with no #localangle but to inform its readers of what’s happening in the world using language and presenting ideas for an adult, educated audience instead of generating clicks and subscribers.
Honestly, not a bad job of justifying why Sumino's actress suddenly changed. Definitely appreciate that they did an in-show explanation for the target audience (kindergarten-age kids) rather than just pretend nothing had happened.
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Honestly, not a bad job of justifying why Sumino's actress suddenly changed. Definitely appreciate that they did an in-show explanation for the target audience (kindergarten-age kids) rather than just pretend nothing had happened.
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Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
I spent this entire video going, "NO," in increasingly upset tones. What do you MEAN he drinks one of these monstrosities EVERY MORNING
LOVE IS BLIND fans know you can make quick work of Thanksgiving leftovers with a turkey smoothie
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I spent this entire video going, "NO," in increasingly upset tones. What do you MEAN he drinks one of these monstrosities EVERY MORNING
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There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
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Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
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“There are Minnesota people who don’t eat at Culver’s because it’s a Wisconsin brand,” according to the announcer of this Gopher-Badger game. These people do not exist, you are making up a guy to tell us about.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“There are Minnesota people who don’t eat at Culver’s because it’s a Wisconsin brand,” according to the announcer of this Gopher-Badger game. These people do not exist, you are making up a guy to tell us about.
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Today is Décadi the 10th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the pickaxe.#JacobinDay
More information on the pickaxe
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the pickaxe.#JacobinDay
More information on the pickaxe
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Décadi the 10th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the pickaxe.#JacobinDay
More information on the pickaxe
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the pickaxe.#JacobinDay
More information on the pickaxe
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can bluesky please stop hiding replies just because they have bad words in them? i'm a grownup, i can read the word "fuck"
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
can bluesky please stop hiding replies just because they have bad words in them? i'm a grownup, i can read the word "fuck"
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Jet fuel can't melt steel breems
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jet fuel can't melt steel breems
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS