Mo Ryan's Avatar

Mo Ryan

@moryan.bsky.social

writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha πŸ¦‹ moryan.com πŸ’š linktr.ee/maureenryan πŸš€ 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

47,065 Followers  |  564 Following  |  8,484 Posts  |  Joined: 18.05.2023
Posts Following

Posts by Mo Ryan (@moryan.bsky.social)

"BUTTERFLIES remember being caterpillars despite being turned into GOO before they emerge from the chrysalis!!!"

"Ma'am this is a Menard's, please pay for your garden gloves and leave"

03.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly! HOW DO THEY KNOW TO DO ALL THESE THINGS? I've read books on it and it's still a total miracle. (also often scientists are like, dang, that's wild -- we actually do NOT understand that part of it)

03.03.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic! I love hearing about any sized pollinator garden. Makes me really happy!

03.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The more you learn about butterflies, the more your brain explodes in a good way, I am totally serious. You know how Moby Dick is basically one dude losing his shit about Whale Facts? That's me with butterflies. They do all this ⬇️ THEN FLY THOUSANDS OF MILES TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR BREEDING WTAF

03.03.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ALSO I will come over and help plant them if you want! (I love doing this.) Also also, I just ordered 64 plugs, in case you want some of mine. (They'll be pretty small year one-- but the butterflies still lay eggs on them & they're still useful as food for the caterpillars). 🌸

03.03.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No that's a great question! Some plants are major spreaders (I am always fucking up plant spacing). With milkweed, IMO you can plant them pretty close together. Esp year 1, each stalk takes up less than a foot. You can cluster them, I think! Could fit a dozen or so in a smallish space, I think!

03.03.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I have to go to that one! It's a hike from where I live, but I should go. I have been to the nature museum in Lincoln Park recently -- they have a butterfly room and it's so, so lovely! thanks for the reminder re the other spot!

03.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No matter how metal other animals may seem, how many are "just ate my own former skin" metal? that's fucking hardcore. I respect it.

03.03.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Very very cool! They are sooo fun to watch. Love it!

03.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

they eat, they eat, they rest. They shed their skin--then eat their skin (as one does)--then they eat more. Rinse & repeat. They rest hanging upside down in a J. Shed their skin 1 last time, sit in a chrysalis, soup-ify themselves & emerge as a TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING THAT CAN FLY. Never gets old.

03.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Not kidding even a little: Watching butterflies fly around is so good for my mental health. Even better: Listening to & watching them them absolutely house entire milkweed leaves. My favorite thing in summer is watching caterpillars just go wild on those leaves. I find it calming & restful! πŸ’š πŸ›

03.03.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Monarch Watch Milkweed Market

Would you like to think about πŸ¦‹ butterflies πŸ¦‹ rather than literally anything else? SAME!! Great org @monarchwatch.bsky.social Milkweed Market is open--preorder small plants (plugs) for spring delivery. Note: schools & restoration projects can apply for FREE plantsπŸ¦‹ πŸ’š monarchwatch.org/milkweed/mar...

03.03.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Post image Post image

In a recent interview, Cillian Murphy officially spoke out about the reports that he has been cast as Voldemort in HBO's #HarryPotter TV series:

β€œI’m categorically not. Can you make that the headline?”

Source: The Times | Learn More: bit.ly/4sjY99S

02.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2546    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 213
A Crosstitch kit that says β€œnobody thought the revolution would start in Minneapolis… Except Prince β€œ

A Crosstitch kit that says β€œnobody thought the revolution would start in Minneapolis… Except Prince β€œ

A Crosstitch kit that says β€œwhat a fucked up time to be alive. β€œ

A Crosstitch kit that says β€œwhat a fucked up time to be alive. β€œ

A Crosstitch kit that says β€œroosters wake up and scream because they know β€œ

A Crosstitch kit that says β€œroosters wake up and scream because they know β€œ

They cross stitch kit that says β€œthis too shall pass, but like holy fuck β€œ

They cross stitch kit that says β€œthis too shall pass, but like holy fuck β€œ

We’ve restocked several styles and added a bunch of new styles of Subversive Cross stitch kits!!!

Find them at hartfordyarnworks.com

#Crosstitch #Subversive #SubversiveCrosstitch #crafts #shopsmall

02.03.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 405    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8
Post image

The world sucks, so you get a cat:
Javier Mayoral, Sleeping Cat, 2021

03.03.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
In the style of an industrial warning sign β€”

WARNING
Cognitohazard: Do not think about it

In the style of an industrial warning sign β€” WARNING Cognitohazard: Do not think about it

I kept needing this, so I finally made it.

26.02.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 983    πŸ” 333    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14
Post image Post image

I don’t care what they say this is a good website

02.03.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 931    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

I am going to try to capture this to some extent for my book, which is about Battlestar Galactica (which def did a lot of commentary on those times & war & torture etc), and it's like... I think unpossible to truly describe it. fucking "freedom fries," man.

02.03.2026 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

we also got this shit, including People naming him one of the sexiest men alive

I really cannot overstate how completely bonkers the Iraq War era was if you didn’t live through it

02.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1494    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 20

!! I don't recall that but you may have!! anyway ooooh boy that is def not a plane movie (unless everyone in your row is Ok with many tears)

02.03.2026 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

impossible to watch the documentary about him without 1 thinking he's a saint/bodhisattva & 2 crying

02.03.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was radicalized by a kind elderly Presbyterian minister in a brightly colored cardigan who played with puppets and told me that people could like me exactly as I am and that everyone is different and that's great and we should like them exactly as THEY are.

02.03.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1185    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10
Bold black text on a pastel gradient background reads: "hands off our rights. 03/03 FEDERAL PLAZA. SOLIDARITY WITH THE KANSAS TRANS COMMUNITY. 6 P.M. 219 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO, IL. SHOW WE WON’T STAND FOR TRANSPHOBIC LEGISLATION.

Bold black text on a pastel gradient background reads: "hands off our rights. 03/03 FEDERAL PLAZA. SOLIDARITY WITH THE KANSAS TRANS COMMUNITY. 6 P.M. 219 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO, IL. SHOW WE WON’T STAND FOR TRANSPHOBIC LEGISLATION.

Tuesday in Chicago - Hands OFF - Solidarity With the Kansas Trans Community

02.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Best painting title ever:
Men fighting and women ignoring them
Mughal, 18th C

28.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I just threw together a website visualizing this ICE contract data! You can browse through the companies and their contracts, and filter them by state micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts/

01.03.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 17
Video thumbnail

Timeline clense

01.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 584    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10

It’s that kind of attention to detail and quality control that brings back repeat customers!! πŸ”₯πŸ‘ŠπŸ»

01.03.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Minneapolis, they’re throwing out ICE whistles shaped like dicks.

01.03.2026 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2344    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 39
Preview
Ursula K. Le Guin β€” Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

01.03.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 561    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 22