Baby Boy Monaghan
@babyboymonaghan.bsky.social
Arts editor for MPR as Max Sparber. Award-winning cultural critic & Jewish Studies writer. 3X illegitimate. He/him.
BlueSky leaping into the pie discourse like
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
BlueSky leaping into the pie discourse like
This is my vintage Nordstrikk’s sweater and it’s one of the best things I own.
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is my vintage Nordstrikk’s sweater and it’s one of the best things I own.
A lot of the motifs were already there — reindeer, stars. And the silhouette should be familiar — bulky.
So these got absorbed into patterns for Christmas sweaters.
So these got absorbed into patterns for Christmas sweaters.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A lot of the motifs were already there — reindeer, stars. And the silhouette should be familiar — bulky.
So these got absorbed into patterns for Christmas sweaters.
So these got absorbed into patterns for Christmas sweaters.
There isn’t a direct lineage, but American holiday home knitting patterns took their visual grammar from things like Norwegian sweaters.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There isn’t a direct lineage, but American holiday home knitting patterns took their visual grammar from things like Norwegian sweaters.
I'm going to hunt and kill the iceberg that sank the Titanic
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm going to hunt and kill the iceberg that sank the Titanic
Looks so good
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Looks so good
Bought this absolutely deranged Mickey bucket hat and love it so much
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Bought this absolutely deranged Mickey bucket hat and love it so much
Back on my bullshit (making zines)
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Back on my bullshit (making zines)
News: Police have a photo of the vandal who spray painted a synagogue.
Gentiles: Gasp! He’s Jewish!
The photo:
Gentiles: Gasp! He’s Jewish!
The photo:
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
News: Police have a photo of the vandal who spray painted a synagogue.
Gentiles: Gasp! He’s Jewish!
The photo:
Gentiles: Gasp! He’s Jewish!
The photo:
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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.
They must just have left their cameras running
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They must just have left their cameras running
Me trying to eat a hot dog during a Zoom work meeting
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Me trying to eat a hot dog during a Zoom work meeting
Do they teach history in your country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Do they teach history in your country?
Take my tears and that's not nearly all --
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Take my tears and that's not nearly all --
An oversized tub perfect for languishing
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An oversized tub perfect for languishing
Tom from this year's Bake Off looks like a French cat burglar named Frangipane
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tom from this year's Bake Off looks like a French cat burglar named Frangipane
There was a moment in time when whoever makes ties for Sears lost their damn mind
October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There was a moment in time when whoever makes ties for Sears lost their damn mind
Why did Rush Limbaugh have a weirdly psychedelic line of ties?
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Why did Rush Limbaugh have a weirdly psychedelic line of ties?
Since people are posting pictures of their cat, I thought I would as well
October 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Since people are posting pictures of their cat, I thought I would as well
