Matt Thrower
@mattthr.bsky.social
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Matt Thrower
@mattthr.bsky.social
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Ordered a dish of fruit de la mer and disappointed not to find a single current in it
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Have a movie where "Bond" is just a code name given to 007 and previous Bonds still exist in that universe.
Bring back Brosnan and Dalton as old Bonds who don't really give a shit anymore, but help out the new Bond.
Bring back Brosnan and Dalton as old Bonds who don't really give a shit anymore, but help out the new Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Have a movie where "Bond" is just a code name given to 007 and previous Bonds still exist in that universe.
Bring back Brosnan and Dalton as old Bonds who don't really give a shit anymore, but help out the new Bond.
Bring back Brosnan and Dalton as old Bonds who don't really give a shit anymore, but help out the new Bond.
I am struggling with words today. And this is bad because I have a Great Deal To Get Done before the end of the week.
a drawing of a person pushing a large rock up a hill .
ALT: a drawing of a person pushing a large rock up a hill .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I am struggling with words today. And this is bad because I have a Great Deal To Get Done before the end of the week.
It's a great shame you can't edit the ribbon in google docs
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It's a great shame you can't edit the ribbon in google docs
Nothing shifted. He is, fundamentally, a snake oil salesman, and peddlars of snake oil will leap shamelessly onto whatever the prevailing orthodoxy is to sell their dubious wares.
When Obama was in the white house, it was liberalism. Now, it's fascism. He says whatever his president wants to hear.
When Obama was in the white house, it was liberalism. Now, it's fascism. He says whatever his president wants to hear.
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Oh, man,
that is a total own
of Elmo.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Something happened to Elmo about 15 years ago. Something shifted psychologically, medically, something.
He used to be more sensitive to people.
Oh, man,
that is a total own
of Elmo.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Something happened to Elmo about 15 years ago. Something shifted psychologically, medically, something.
He used to be more sensitive to people.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Nothing shifted. He is, fundamentally, a snake oil salesman, and peddlars of snake oil will leap shamelessly onto whatever the prevailing orthodoxy is to sell their dubious wares.
When Obama was in the white house, it was liberalism. Now, it's fascism. He says whatever his president wants to hear.
When Obama was in the white house, it was liberalism. Now, it's fascism. He says whatever his president wants to hear.
Volko's done one of these? Ooh. Might have to check this out.
"Race to Rabaul 1943" is a forthcoming addition to the "Race to the Rhine" series by PHALANX. Volko Ruhnke made an excellent game where players have to wrestle with the push and pull of logistics in the Pacific theater. The adversarial gameplay is great. #wargaming @volko.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Volko's done one of these? Ooh. Might have to check this out.
When my kids were little I genuinely agonised whether I should teach them morals, or whether to leave them with a chance of succeeding in modern life.
consistently depressed that i chose the wrong life, when i could've just chosen "get paid for being wrong all the time"
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
When my kids were little I genuinely agonised whether I should teach them morals, or whether to leave them with a chance of succeeding in modern life.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
Having achieved global megastardom in pop, is Charli XCX now going to enter an experimental drone phase?
John Cale has made a record with someone who wasn't even born when he made Songs For Drella, which for most artists would count as a late-career recording, but for him... long may he roll, is what I'm saying.
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Having achieved global megastardom in pop, is Charli XCX now going to enter an experimental drone phase?
If you strive for better, one mistake is enough to have you branded a hypocrite by criminals.
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you strive for better, one mistake is enough to have you branded a hypocrite by criminals.
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...no cutscenes or points in the game where you don't have control of your character
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
...no cutscenes or points in the game where you don't have control of your character
Every night while I'm cooking the dog waits patiently in the kitchen door with a toy, so we can play when I've finished
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every night while I'm cooking the dog waits patiently in the kitchen door with a toy, so we can play when I've finished
At work I am the SME for a document generation system which is massively overengineered and has terrible logging, the mere existence of which is, I believe, solid evidence for the absence of God.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
At work I am the SME for a document generation system which is massively overengineered and has terrible logging, the mere existence of which is, I believe, solid evidence for the absence of God.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Just reliving my most statistically unlikely gaming moment: watching my opponent pull the 1/20 "instant death" damage chit in Conflict of Heroes four times in a row. Approximately 1 in 160,000 chance.
He lost.
That is the second most improbably thing I've seen during my lifetime.
He lost.
That is the second most improbably thing I've seen during my lifetime.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just reliving my most statistically unlikely gaming moment: watching my opponent pull the 1/20 "instant death" damage chit in Conflict of Heroes four times in a row. Approximately 1 in 160,000 chance.
He lost.
That is the second most improbably thing I've seen during my lifetime.
He lost.
That is the second most improbably thing I've seen during my lifetime.
*hotdog man meme*
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
*hotdog man meme*
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We are annoyed by the BBC because it in fact embodies precisely what it is to be British now:
Cursed by a legacy of institutions & led by a whimpering class of fearful idiots constantly harassed by a hostile media.
Cursed by a legacy of institutions & led by a whimpering class of fearful idiots constantly harassed by a hostile media.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We are annoyed by the BBC because it in fact embodies precisely what it is to be British now:
Cursed by a legacy of institutions & led by a whimpering class of fearful idiots constantly harassed by a hostile media.
Cursed by a legacy of institutions & led by a whimpering class of fearful idiots constantly harassed by a hostile media.
None ever has so far, but I'm really dreading David Attenborough
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
None ever has so far, but I'm really dreading David Attenborough
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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See also: Kier Starmer.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
See also: Kier Starmer.
The BBC got deboned when the establishment closed ranks via the Hutton report over its reporting of the David Kelly affair. Subsequent reporting and enquiries exonerated it, but it was too late by then. The Beeb's been a dead duck walking ever since.
what's happened to the BBC leadership here is the sort of collapse you see when an entity has no backbone
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The BBC got deboned when the establishment closed ranks via the Hutton report over its reporting of the David Kelly affair. Subsequent reporting and enquiries exonerated it, but it was too late by then. The Beeb's been a dead duck walking ever since.
I don't think I've ever seen a film that has a bigger discrepency in audience ratings between different movie sites
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't think I've ever seen a film that has a bigger discrepency in audience ratings between different movie sites
Dear people with fireworks.
It's four days after November 5th. Can you now just please FUCK OFF.
Signed,
Pet Owners
It's four days after November 5th. Can you now just please FUCK OFF.
Signed,
Pet Owners
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dear people with fireworks.
It's four days after November 5th. Can you now just please FUCK OFF.
Signed,
Pet Owners
It's four days after November 5th. Can you now just please FUCK OFF.
Signed,
Pet Owners
In terms of films that were new to me:
The Wonder
Honourable mentions go to Conclave, The Outrun, Warfare.
The Wonder
Honourable mentions go to Conclave, The Outrun, Warfare.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why.
Cure, Targets, The Fallout,
Cure, Targets, The Fallout,
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In terms of films that were new to me:
The Wonder
Honourable mentions go to Conclave, The Outrun, Warfare.
The Wonder
Honourable mentions go to Conclave, The Outrun, Warfare.
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An old work colleague of mines is releasing a board game and I'm SO thrilled for him and the rest of the team. Look at this, wow!
The Old King’s Crown is a grab bag of concepts from all sorts of other board games, each given a loving polish and shape to fit it into a greater whole, wrapped in the most amazing eye candy, creating a unique package.
The Old King’s Crown Board Game Review
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
An old work colleague of mines is releasing a board game and I'm SO thrilled for him and the rest of the team. Look at this, wow!
I have made bread. I feel like a medievalist
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I have made bread. I feel like a medievalist