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That Paul Moffett

@doctormoffett.bsky.social
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Medieval Arthurian scholar and sessional instructor at Memorial U of Newfoundland. Principal of Clockworks Academy. He/him

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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Some years I clarify that it's Canadian Thanksgiving, but I think there's like a 40% chance the American version is going to be renamed "Trumpsgiving" or something so it's a moot point.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy Thanksgiving!
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How much of something do you have to have done yourself with your own body for it to count as something YOU did? Take making a cake, for example. Did you make the cake if you bought it from a store? If no, what about icing a cake that you bought? Hiring a baker? Using a cake mix? Where's the line?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.defensenews.com/global/europ... I'm sure this will be fine.
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Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039
The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why are literary editors spending their Sundays rejecting me? Don't they have something better to do?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm loving being in a classroom this semester. I don't know if it's just been too long since I was teaching in person or if we've turned a post-covid corner or both but my classes seem really especially full of bright thoughtful insightful creative students and it's a delight.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why not arrest those guys then?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada is doing the opposite of a Brexit. What are we calling it? Entranada?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In retrospect, should they have made Cyclops' optic blasts green or something so people didn't always think they were lasers or heat vision?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm in an airport! Ask me anything.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A study in contrasts, in a convenience store in Ypres.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Went to the top of the tower in Bruges with an Irishman, but everyone survived!
A Belgian town, seen from a great height.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I saw a thing.
The Ghent Alterpiece, brightly lit, in a dark room
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Forecast for Brussels today was "dreary".
Beautiful day. Blue skies.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Spotted Tingle from Legend of Zelda in the Royal Museum of Art in Antwerp.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Spotted Tingle from Legend of Zelda in the Royal Museum of Art in Antwerp.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Prometheus is not having a good day, but the eagle is.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Illuminated Pontificate (book for leading liturgical worship) in the KBR museum in Brussels, where I currently am.
A beautifully illuminated manuscript with music.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm in an airport! Ask me anything.
Airport sign
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Did they ever manage to catch the gummy bears?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It turns out photographs do steal your soul. If you just give them enough time.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Did Interdict Pumpkinpatch and Soft-duvet Grey-toupee ever do a movie together? That one about Bob Dylan, right?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The reviews are in! My mom said she laughed out loud!
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Did it turn out Mush McConnell is still alive?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Let's be friends again.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
TFW someone bothers you with trifles when, after twenty years at last your father's soul will be at peace.
A blurry still of Inigo Montoya spinning to look at the camera.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A short story I wrote was published! Read it here! And tell me what you think! brightflash1000.com/2026/08/03/h...
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Housesitting
By Paul Moffett I was only supposed to feed the cat. Martin asked me to check in on his apartment over the weekend. Feed his cat, water his plants. Check for robbers under the bed, I guess. Now, Ma…
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How good do you imagine different classical composers were as visual artists? Mozart was good, right? But Beethoven couldn't draw a stick figure.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Gary Oldman & Paper Boat in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Alt: Gary Oldman & Paper Boat in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Part of me knows that catastrophizing is irrational and counterproductive, but also I feel like AI is ever worse than most people admit. There's no future in writing or education ... and maybe no future at all for humans. asdgdagnkp qniapvarjn pavr npoavr jknadfv lkjkvdfalbjkbvaf
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm feeling immensely disheartened today.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm going to be sick.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I generally don't like Arthurian adaptations, because they never do what I would do. But that doesn't mean they're bad or shouldn't have been made. I'm glad, in the abstract, that they exist! They're just usually not for me because I'm too close.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am so very tired of hearing people's thoughts about stuff they haven't read or watched or listened to. Just shut up.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Watched Inside Llewyn Davis tonight. One of my favourite movies for sure.
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Oscar Isaac Comforts an Orange Cat
Alt: Oscar Isaac Comforts an Orange Cat
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Talking to a literary agent: "I wrote a middle grade novel" *her face falls* "I also have a short story collection" *her face falls further* "Three plays..." "Well it could be worse. Could be poetry." "... and three poetry chapbooks." 😬 "I'm never selling anything I, am I?" 😬😬😬
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Just back from seeing the Odyssey! I really liked it!
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The Odyssey Jon Bernthal
Alt: Jon Bernthal captioned "Let me tell you somethin' about Odysseus"
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Describe your favourite movie as boringly as possible. Two men try to understand the plot to Hamlet, but never quite do.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Why does The Rock wear a muscle suit in the new Moana? Why bother having a muscly guy play the role?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Shrinkflation is out of control. I remember when malteasers were the size of basketballs.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I really like writing short stories, which is a shame because nobody likes reading short stories.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If I was an American soccer player I'd feel humiliated and robbed.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Me, after writing two plays in three months:
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Chris Hemsworth as Thor: ANOTHER!
Alt: Chris Hemsworth as Thor: ANOTHER!
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I wrote another play! My last one was an Arthurian philosophical tragic drama in verse, so naturally this one is a farce. I wrote a farce!
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We are the e-e-e-e-e-e-Ewoks, we're the
A poster for Killers of the Flower Moon
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What if I wrote another play?
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
For every like on this post I'll spoil a piece of culture that is 100+ years old.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A mirror, but instead of showing you your face it just tells you everything is going to be ok.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reading Rebecca Solnit's "Whose Story is This?" and my favourite is her knack for saying things that once said feel so devistatingly obvious that it's hard to believe anyone ever thought anything else, like how calling a candidate "electable" is statement of taste, not of fact.
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That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Grendel gets up in the morning. His mother: "Good morning sweetie! Do you want cereal or toast for breakfast?" Grendel: "Are there any Danishes?"
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