That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Some 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. 0114
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026How 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? 200
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.defensenews.com/global/europ... I'm sure this will be fine.defensenews.comGermany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model. 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why are literary editors spending their Sundays rejecting me? Don't they have something better to do? 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'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. 060
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Canada is doing the opposite of a Brexit. What are we calling it? Entranada? 130
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In retrospect, should they have made Cyclops' optic blasts green or something so people didn't always think they were lasers or heat vision? 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A study in contrasts, in a convenience store in Ypres. 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Went to the top of the tower in Bruges with an Irishman, but everyone survived! 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Forecast for Brussels today was "dreary". 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Spotted Tingle from Legend of Zelda in the Royal Museum of Art in Antwerp. 030
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Spotted Tingle from Legend of Zelda in the Royal Museum of Art in Antwerp. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Prometheus is not having a good day, but the eagle is. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Illuminated Pontificate (book for leading liturgical worship) in the KBR museum in Brussels, where I currently am. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Did they ever manage to catch the gummy bears? 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It turns out photographs do steal your soul. If you just give them enough time. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Did Interdict Pumpkinpatch and Soft-duvet Grey-toupee ever do a movie together? That one about Bob Dylan, right? 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The reviews are in! My mom said she laughed out loud! 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Did it turn out Mush McConnell is still alive? 220
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026TFW someone bothers you with trifles when, after twenty years at last your father's soul will be at peace. 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A short story I wrote was published! Read it here! And tell me what you think! brightflash1000.com/2026/08/03/h...brightflash1000.comHousesittingBy 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… 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026How good do you imagine different classical composers were as visual artists? Mozart was good, right? But Beethoven couldn't draw a stick figure. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026static.klipy.comGary Oldman & Paper Boat in Rosencrantz & GuildensternAlt: Gary Oldman & Paper Boat in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Part 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 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I'm feeling immensely disheartened today. 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I 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. 121
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I am so very tired of hearing people's thoughts about stuff they haven't read or watched or listened to. Just shut up. 020
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Watched Inside Llewyn Davis tonight. One of my favourite movies for sure.static.klipy.comOscar Isaac Comforts an Orange CatAlt: Oscar Isaac Comforts an Orange Cat 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Talking 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?" 😬😬😬 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Just back from seeing the Odyssey! I really liked it!static.klipy.comThe Odyssey Jon BernthalAlt: Jon Bernthal captioned "Let me tell you somethin' about Odysseus" 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Describe your favourite movie as boringly as possible. Two men try to understand the plot to Hamlet, but never quite do. 030
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Why does The Rock wear a muscle suit in the new Moana? Why bother having a muscly guy play the role? 100
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Shrinkflation is out of control. I remember when malteasers were the size of basketballs. 120
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I really like writing short stories, which is a shame because nobody likes reading short stories. 130
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If I was an American soccer player I'd feel humiliated and robbed. 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Me, after writing two plays in three months:static.klipy.comChris Hemsworth as Thor: ANOTHER!Alt: Chris Hemsworth as Thor: ANOTHER! 130
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I 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! 010
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026For every like on this post I'll spoil a piece of culture that is 100+ years old. 771
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A mirror, but instead of showing you your face it just tells you everything is going to be ok. 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reading 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. 000
That Paul Moffett @doctormoffett.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Grendel gets up in the morning. His mother: "Good morning sweetie! Do you want cereal or toast for breakfast?" Grendel: "Are there any Danishes?" 2132