Baby Boy Monaghan
@babyboymonaghan.bsky.social
Arts editor for MPR as Max Sparber. Award-winning cultural critic & Jewish Studies writer. 3X illegitimate. He/him.
There is a Joe Pera episode where a little boy explains that every day he worries about his family dying and his own death, and I wasn't ready to have to process that
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
There is a Joe Pera episode where a little boy explains that every day he worries about his family dying and his own death, and I wasn't ready to have to process that
I was worried about declining moth populations but apparently it‘s more than made up for by a booming mothman population
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I was worried about declining moth populations but apparently it‘s more than made up for by a booming mothman population
What some of you need to understand is that, whatever your actual politics, a lot of you express it using language you clearly got from spending 14 hours a day on Chan board when you were 10, and we are under no obligation to assume good faith when you speak in the language of bad faith
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What some of you need to understand is that, whatever your actual politics, a lot of you express it using language you clearly got from spending 14 hours a day on Chan board when you were 10, and we are under no obligation to assume good faith when you speak in the language of bad faith
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stan rogers' shipwreck song was so inspiring it saved a man's life in an actual shipwreck, hard to beat that
 At seven o'clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety. 19 Only three men of the thirty-four who had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sd7g4tvhirjb32cufgxgkdvx/bafkreidtlrhwthqs662nnaxn56lbyshaq47wa4vygfyaa5sjbvyf3i5xza@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
stan rogers' shipwreck song was so inspiring it saved a man's life in an actual shipwreck, hard to beat that
My father likes to boast that he was in Duluth when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, but it sank 250 miles from Duluth. That's like boasting you were in Duluth when Paul Shaffer was born in Thunder Bay, Toronto.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My father likes to boast that he was in Duluth when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, but it sank 250 miles from Duluth. That's like boasting you were in Duluth when Paul Shaffer was born in Thunder Bay, Toronto.
For every like, I will give one opinion about Italian food
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For every like, I will give one opinion about Italian food
I know I'm probably not the first to notice this, but if we slowly crawl out of the ocean, our fins become legs and our gills lungs
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I know I'm probably not the first to notice this, but if we slowly crawl out of the ocean, our fins become legs and our gills lungs
Writing a prequel song, On the Deck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Writing a prequel song, On the Deck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
I see you've brought a tic-tac-toe board to a three-dimensional chess fight
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I see you've brought a tic-tac-toe board to a three-dimensional chess fight
Man in waiter's uniform: And may I recommend the ciabatta, it's especially piquant today.
Me: Who are you?
Man: I am the bread sommelier.
Me: This is an Olive Garden.
Man: And I don't actually work here!
Me: Who are you?
Man: I am the bread sommelier.
Me: This is an Olive Garden.
Man: And I don't actually work here!
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Man in waiter's uniform: And may I recommend the ciabatta, it's especially piquant today.
Me: Who are you?
Man: I am the bread sommelier.
Me: This is an Olive Garden.
Man: And I don't actually work here!
Me: Who are you?
Man: I am the bread sommelier.
Me: This is an Olive Garden.
Man: And I don't actually work here!
This is true, although we probably built the Coliseum
Hebrews or “Jews” did not help build the pyramids because there were not yet any Jews at that time. The three Giza pyramids were constructed during the 4th Dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 BCE).
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is true, although we probably built the Coliseum
(Gale Feinberg runs over a hill toward me, maniacally; followed by Gale Johnson, Gale Smith, Gale Baker, Gale Greenhorn.)
Me: Good lord, it's the Gales of November.
Me: Good lord, it's the Gales of November.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
(Gale Feinberg runs over a hill toward me, maniacally; followed by Gale Johnson, Gale Smith, Gale Baker, Gale Greenhorn.)
Me: Good lord, it's the Gales of November.
Me: Good lord, it's the Gales of November.
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The work of women artists spanning 400 years is on view at the Plains Arts Museum in Fargo, from an etching by 17th-century Italian Baroque artist Elisabetta Sirani to a contemporary piece by Laura Youngbird of Breckenridge, Minn.
In Fargo, a long-overdue spotlight on women artists across 400 years
An exhibition at the Plains Art Museum brings together 400 years of women’s artwork, highlighting both celebrated and overlooked creators while confronting how the art world has historically excluded ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The work of women artists spanning 400 years is on view at the Plains Arts Museum in Fargo, from an etching by 17th-century Italian Baroque artist Elisabetta Sirani to a contemporary piece by Laura Youngbird of Breckenridge, Minn.
Really miss Mad Magazine, today I would be singing The Blechhh of th e Edmund Fitzgerald
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Really miss Mad Magazine, today I would be singing The Blechhh of th e Edmund Fitzgerald
Rage watching the Enron documentary
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Rage watching the Enron documentary
I know I’m late to this party but Joe Pera Talks With You is a masterpiece
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know I’m late to this party but Joe Pera Talks With You is a masterpiece
The groyper decided to respond by boasting that he has 10k followers on Facebook, which is like boasting that you made a million in Monopoly money
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The groyper decided to respond by boasting that he has 10k followers on Facebook, which is like boasting that you made a million in Monopoly money
When life borrows from M. R. James
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When life borrows from M. R. James
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Hold on, friends! It's going to get spooky! To celebrate 10k followers, I'm answering your questions about Palestinian folklore here in this mega thread.
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hold on, friends! It's going to get spooky! To celebrate 10k followers, I'm answering your questions about Palestinian folklore here in this mega thread.
Huh, that’s interesting. Let’s see what Talmud actually says.
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Huh, that’s interesting. Let’s see what Talmud actually says.
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So now I find out Elizabeth Berkley is Jewish. With Gina Gershon, and Alan Rachins, showgirls is basically topless Fiddler
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So now I find out Elizabeth Berkley is Jewish. With Gina Gershon, and Alan Rachins, showgirls is basically topless Fiddler
The novel Frankenstein does pass the Bedchel test. Safie learns French from Agatha.
It wouldn’t have added anything to the film, but it happened.
It wouldn’t have added anything to the film, but it happened.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The novel Frankenstein does pass the Bedchel test. Safie learns French from Agatha.
It wouldn’t have added anything to the film, but it happened.
It wouldn’t have added anything to the film, but it happened.
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A new cookbook honors the overlooked home chefs who nourish their communities, including a south Minneapolis artist carrying on their grandfather’s immigrant legacy by grilling his beloved “Drunk Chicken” and reflecting on heritage, activism and belonging.
From Budweiser to kimchi, a new book tells the stories behind immigrant and community recipes
A new cookbook honors the overlooked home chefs who nourish their communities, including a south Minneapolis artist carrying on their grandfather’s immigrant legacy by grilling his beloved “Drunk Chic...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A new cookbook honors the overlooked home chefs who nourish their communities, including a south Minneapolis artist carrying on their grandfather’s immigrant legacy by grilling his beloved “Drunk Chicken” and reflecting on heritage, activism and belonging.
You ever end up owning something you feel you have no earthly right to? I just bought three acetate test pressings that previously belonged to Sammy Davis Jr. and were almost certainly never-releases demos of songs for him to consider recording.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You ever end up owning something you feel you have no earthly right to? I just bought three acetate test pressings that previously belonged to Sammy Davis Jr. and were almost certainly never-releases demos of songs for him to consider recording.