Matt Swetnam 🎲
@emptysockmonkey.bsky.social
Father | Husband | Tabletop Gamer | Programmer | He/Him
A few of my interests:
🎲 TTRPGs
📚 Fantasy and Sci-fi
🎮 Nintendo Games (especially RPGs)
🎵 Bluegrass
A few of my interests:
🎲 TTRPGs
📚 Fantasy and Sci-fi
🎮 Nintendo Games (especially RPGs)
🎵 Bluegrass
When it’s Pi day, you go where the pie is.
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When it’s Pi day, you go where the pie is.
Is there a way to research embezzlement and money laundering for the purposes of writing a story without getting added to an FBI database?… No?… Damn.
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Is there a way to research embezzlement and money laundering for the purposes of writing a story without getting added to an FBI database?… No?… Damn.
File this under “Things I Didn’t Learn In School But Should Have.”
On this day in 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen killed 96 unarmed Indigenous people and burned their village in Gnadenhutten, Ohio. It has been called the greatest atrocity of the Revolutionary War.
Mar. 8, 1782 | Nearly 100 Indigenous People Massacred by Pennsylvania Militiamen
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
March 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
File this under “Things I Didn’t Learn In School But Should Have.”
I love my country. I hate seeing what’s being done in its name.
March 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I love my country. I hate seeing what’s being done in its name.
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The United States of America is no longer the world’s super power. To be the world’s super power…the rest of the world must know they can trust you. Those days…are over.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The United States of America is no longer the world’s super power. To be the world’s super power…the rest of the world must know they can trust you. Those days…are over.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Trump is such a turd. He’s not trying to broker peace, he’s trying to use strong arm tactics to bilk Ukraine out of its natural resources. Good on Zelenskyy for walking away from a bad deal.
Zelenskyy leaves the White House early after Trump meeting gets heated
A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump is such a turd. He’s not trying to broker peace, he’s trying to use strong arm tactics to bilk Ukraine out of its natural resources. Good on Zelenskyy for walking away from a bad deal.
Well, for a change it isn’t Indiana leading the charge. That’s a nice change. But it’s still hateful and despicable. I still find it unreal that there are enough hateful people in positions of power to make this possible.
Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
A bill that would strip gender identity protections from Iowa’s civil rights code has received final legislative approval and now goes to the governor.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Well, for a change it isn’t Indiana leading the charge. That’s a nice change. But it’s still hateful and despicable. I still find it unreal that there are enough hateful people in positions of power to make this possible.
This is sad news for my wife. She loved Party City.
The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.
So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons
The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is sad news for my wife. She loved Party City.
I’m not saying frozen, pre-made wontons have changed my life, but I’m not NOT saying it.
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m not saying frozen, pre-made wontons have changed my life, but I’m not NOT saying it.
So basically you buy your way into the country.
The new visa program would effectively replace the current EB-5 investor visa program, and the proceeds could be used for deficit reduction.
Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card
The new visa program would effectively replace the current EB-5 investor visa program, and the proceeds could be used for deficit reduction.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So basically you buy your way into the country.
Sort of too little too late, wouldn’t you say? I mean good for coming around, but look at the damage already done.
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United States DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sort of too little too late, wouldn’t you say? I mean good for coming around, but look at the damage already done.
Beth and I have been trying to find some good two-player games. Some friends of ours recently got this one for us and we had a chance to try it out tonight. Lots of fun! Beth MUUURDERED me at it, but we had a good time. Lots of deep strategy to it. I highly recommend it.
February 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Beth and I have been trying to find some good two-player games. Some friends of ours recently got this one for us and we had a chance to try it out tonight. Lots of fun! Beth MUUURDERED me at it, but we had a good time. Lots of deep strategy to it. I highly recommend it.
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"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
February 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
I cannot disagree with this.
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I cannot disagree with this.
Borrowed from Game Rant. This pretty much sums me up. I love playing games. A pity I’m so often terrible at them.
February 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Borrowed from Game Rant. This pretty much sums me up. I love playing games. A pity I’m so often terrible at them.
This is an insane game of chicken. Fine, I say find them in contempt of court and throw their asses in prison.
Trump officials will not restart most foreign aid despite court order
A judge last week ruled that the freeze on foreign aid must be reversed. But Trump's USAID team responded that many contracts give them the right to halt funding.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is an insane game of chicken. Fine, I say find them in contempt of court and throw their asses in prison.
It is a strange day indeed when I find myself agreeing with Mike Pence, but here we are…
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It is a strange day indeed when I find myself agreeing with Mike Pence, but here we are…
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Oh for fucks sake… we’ve lost Canada. You’ve got to be a special kinda fuck-up to lose your closest ally and the nation that’s literally watching our back in less than a month.
February 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Oh for fucks sake… we’ve lost Canada. You’ve got to be a special kinda fuck-up to lose your closest ally and the nation that’s literally watching our back in less than a month.
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This is absolutely BRILLIANT.
The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.
The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.
The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:54 AM
This is absolutely BRILLIANT.
The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.
The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.
The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Ah. Looks like it’s my turn in the “First They Came” poem. My meds allow me to function like a “normal” person. They’ve quite literally given my life back to me. So fuck Trump and double-fuck that ignorant SOB RFK Jr.
This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in.
Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.
Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.
February 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ah. Looks like it’s my turn in the “First They Came” poem. My meds allow me to function like a “normal” person. They’ve quite literally given my life back to me. So fuck Trump and double-fuck that ignorant SOB RFK Jr.
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📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
www.msnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
I admit, I didn’t get it. I simply had no context. My son got me started with the basics and I’ve done some more reading today on my own. I’ve probably only scratched the surface, but I now better understand how impressive the performance was.
I am proud of all the people who DIDN'T understand Kendrick's performance taking the time to LEARN more about the cultural impact & significance.
We see you.
We thank you.
We appreciate you.
We see you.
We thank you.
We appreciate you.
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I admit, I didn’t get it. I simply had no context. My son got me started with the basics and I’ve done some more reading today on my own. I’ve probably only scratched the surface, but I now better understand how impressive the performance was.
How embarrassing.
February 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How embarrassing.
Sure, there are some zany hijinks, but I think we’re supposed to just forget that Kronk serves up the “poison” to Kuzco without a second thought. Make no mistake, this is the face of a stone cold killer.
February 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Sure, there are some zany hijinks, but I think we’re supposed to just forget that Kronk serves up the “poison” to Kuzco without a second thought. Make no mistake, this is the face of a stone cold killer.