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Matana Roberts

@matanaroberts.bsky.social

3.5K followers 5.1K following 5.4K posts

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 · 1d

the documentary tore me up btw😩

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 2d

ty!

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

yes oh my goodness

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 2d

hi:)

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Q Lazzarus

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 11d

hi.

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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · 11d

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)

Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social · Aug 3

hello I’m a saxophonist in a film, i’m muscular, white, and male…i also sweat a lot and have a permanent crook in my neck from throwing my head back so
much, sometimes it just locks in place and i hve to sleep like tht.

Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hello, I'm an English Professor in a film. I have only ever read Moby Dick, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I quote them extensively in ways that let you know the film writers were English majors.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.