Mo Ryan
@moryan.bsky.social
writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
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I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
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I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
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Mo Ryan
@moryan.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Timeline cleanse: one of our two new rescue cats, Chappell Ryan. This faaaace! 😻
One Large, one Small road trip is a classic for a reason
Really great point and also just made me realise that this is part of what made the Mandelorian such an enjoyable show as well.
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
One Large, one Small road trip is a classic for a reason
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I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines
Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
I thought this movie was SO fun. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms & Predator Badlands are 2 franchises going back to basics with more focused storytelling & a sense of humor & odd couple pairings (What if One is Big & One is Small & PB also has What If a Little Cute Critter). In this essay, I will
I was unprepared for how goofy and adorable "Predator Badlands" is. There is no justifiable reason why it should work, but it absolutely does.
February 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I thought this movie was SO fun. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms & Predator Badlands are 2 franchises going back to basics with more focused storytelling & a sense of humor & odd couple pairings (What if One is Big & One is Small & PB also has What If a Little Cute Critter). In this essay, I will
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When people say “I hate writing but I love having written,” they are not saying “I love that some completed text exists.”
They are saying “I love getting to the end of the process and realizing that all the work was worth it, that this sentence really pops, that I nailed it.”
They are saying “I love getting to the end of the process and realizing that all the work was worth it, that this sentence really pops, that I nailed it.”
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
When people say “I hate writing but I love having written,” they are not saying “I love that some completed text exists.”
They are saying “I love getting to the end of the process and realizing that all the work was worth it, that this sentence really pops, that I nailed it.”
They are saying “I love getting to the end of the process and realizing that all the work was worth it, that this sentence really pops, that I nailed it.”
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Say their names.
Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. All killed by ICE. A memorial for them outside Broadview ICE detention center. #abolishice
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Say their names.
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Seriously, this hyper concentration of wealth is one of the top problems facing the country -- the maldistribution is worse than it was before the Great Depression, and their political influence is even greater than it was then thanks to Citizens United etc.
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Seriously, this hyper concentration of wealth is one of the top problems facing the country -- the maldistribution is worse than it was before the Great Depression, and their political influence is even greater than it was then thanks to Citizens United etc.
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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The "E" is for "Epstein"
Just finding out now that the CEO of Chuck E Cheese is mentioned in the Epstein Files
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The "E" is for "Epstein"
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Ok but detained for what crime exactly?
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Ok but detained for what crime exactly?
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Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. All killed by ICE. A memorial for them outside Broadview ICE detention center. #abolishice
February 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. All killed by ICE. A memorial for them outside Broadview ICE detention center. #abolishice
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Chicago folks who can get to Rogers Park tomorrow/Sunday, there’s gonna be a community art build for a big Feb 28 protest at Broadview ICE. Talked to some of the organizers today & theyre great. I plan to be at the 2/28 protest so come thru then (& look for me if you are a newbie and want a buddy) 🔥
February 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Chicago folks who can get to Rogers Park tomorrow/Sunday, there’s gonna be a community art build for a big Feb 28 protest at Broadview ICE. Talked to some of the organizers today & theyre great. I plan to be at the 2/28 protest so come thru then (& look for me if you are a newbie and want a buddy) 🔥
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I highly recommend subscribing to Mutual Aid LA Network's newsletter The Dispatch if you haven't already. Yes, there are local specific activities but there's also recommended actions that can be done by anyone anywhere. 👍🏾 👍🏾
#MutualAid
mutualaidla.org/projects/dis...
#MutualAid
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Dispatch
The Dispatch This monthly newsletter is a roundup of ways to contribute to LA’s mutual aid and community care-based efforts in the form of TIME, ITEMS and/or MONEY as well as what resources each gr…
mutualaidla.org
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I highly recommend subscribing to Mutual Aid LA Network's newsletter The Dispatch if you haven't already. Yes, there are local specific activities but there's also recommended actions that can be done by anyone anywhere. 👍🏾 👍🏾
#MutualAid
mutualaidla.org/projects/dis...
#MutualAid
mutualaidla.org/projects/dis...
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I think “floaty boats murder monster” is how I’m going to refer to all bears from now on
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 15, 2026 at 6:03 AM
I think “floaty boats murder monster” is how I’m going to refer to all bears from now on
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On Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to announce the new thing I'm working on: Meet The Shipping Lane, a newsletter and website about romance in media and why (a lot) more fictional characters should kiss. Please subscribe, follow, and tell me there's an audience for this somewhere. 💕
Consider This Our Meet-Cute
Talking about love is like dancing about architecture. We should do more of it.
www.shipping-lane.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
On Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to announce the new thing I'm working on: Meet The Shipping Lane, a newsletter and website about romance in media and why (a lot) more fictional characters should kiss. Please subscribe, follow, and tell me there's an audience for this somewhere. 💕
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
Troop 6000
www.girlscoutsnyc.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
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not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
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This is the greatest thing I've ever seen
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen
Chicago folks who can get to Rogers Park tomorrow/Sunday, there’s gonna be a community art build for a big Feb 28 protest at Broadview ICE. Talked to some of the organizers today & theyre great. I plan to be at the 2/28 protest so come thru then (& look for me if you are a newbie and want a buddy) 🔥
February 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Chicago folks who can get to Rogers Park tomorrow/Sunday, there’s gonna be a community art build for a big Feb 28 protest at Broadview ICE. Talked to some of the organizers today & theyre great. I plan to be at the 2/28 protest so come thru then (& look for me if you are a newbie and want a buddy) 🔥
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What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
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roses are red
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
February 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
roses are red
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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I sent this one to someone I'm gay for.
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I sent this one to someone I'm gay for.