Matt @ Creaking Shelves
@creakingshelves.bsky.social
Out of practice board game reviewer, book reader, and writer.
I loathe these pathetic little porcelain man-children
The Pentagon continued its purge of anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion on Friday, ordering all military leaders, commands and academies to review all of the books in their libraries that address racism and sexism.
Pentagon Furthers Crackdown on Diversity Policies With Fresh Order for Review of Library Books
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I loathe these pathetic little porcelain man-children
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You can probably trace this back to the Nixon pardon, the post-2008 "Too big to jail" decline in white collar prosecutions, and of course more recently the half hearted Trump prosecution. These are fundamentally political, not legal problems
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
March 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You can probably trace this back to the Nixon pardon, the post-2008 "Too big to jail" decline in white collar prosecutions, and of course more recently the half hearted Trump prosecution. These are fundamentally political, not legal problems
Mountain time is good for my soul
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Mountain time is good for my soul
Latest finished book - the first I've read from what might rapidly become one of my favourite authors. Beautifully written and delightfully plotted.
February 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Latest finished book - the first I've read from what might rapidly become one of my favourite authors. Beautifully written and delightfully plotted.
Who thought 'skeeting' was good term to pick when 'bleating' was right there?
February 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Who thought 'skeeting' was good term to pick when 'bleating' was right there?
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I finally rolled credits on Mario Wonder and that has been the best Mario game I've played in decades, the funnest platform since DK Country Returns, and the most entertaining credits since Super Smash Bros Melee!
a cartoon plant in a pot with a face on it
ALT: a cartoon plant in a pot with a face on it
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I finally rolled credits on Mario Wonder and that has been the best Mario game I've played in decades, the funnest platform since DK Country Returns, and the most entertaining credits since Super Smash Bros Melee!
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re: the pic of obama and trump laughing it up, i saw someone ask if obama had forgotten all the racist lies trump has said about him. & he hasn't, it just doesn't matter to him. it's pageantry, you may as well be asking why actors are friendly on the red carpet when they were fighting in the movie
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
re: the pic of obama and trump laughing it up, i saw someone ask if obama had forgotten all the racist lies trump has said about him. & he hasn't, it just doesn't matter to him. it's pageantry, you may as well be asking why actors are friendly on the red carpet when they were fighting in the movie
Snow puppy
January 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Snow puppy
The Wordle stats of the beast
January 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Wordle stats of the beast
Horrified to discover that eating sensibly sized portions is actually more pleasent than stuffing myself silly with the largest thing on the menu
December 24, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Horrified to discover that eating sensibly sized portions is actually more pleasent than stuffing myself silly with the largest thing on the menu
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Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
Mom: Let's pick out a Christmas movie to watch on Thanksgiving. Which one do you guys want to watch?
Family (in unison): DUNE!
Family (in unison): DUNE!
November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
Certainly seems like it
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Certainly seems like it
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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
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Always.
I am so sorry we have gotten to this point.
I am so sorry we have gotten to this point.
November 6, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Always.
I am so sorry we have gotten to this point.
I am so sorry we have gotten to this point.
Always frustrating to have to care so much about another country's election
November 4, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Always frustrating to have to care so much about another country's election
This reads like one of those quirky excerpts you get at the start of a chapter in a cyberpunk novel
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting
Arthur Schubarth of Montana used tissue and testicles from Marco Polo sheep to clone animal and create hybrid
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2024 at 5:45 AM
This reads like one of those quirky excerpts you get at the start of a chapter in a cyberpunk novel
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Actually got to play a board game! Word Domination, which is a very good pun
September 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Actually got to play a board game! Word Domination, which is a very good pun
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
If you'd asked me in 2019, I could have replied "Finally receiving my Cthulhu Wars expansions!"
If you'd asked me in 2019, I could have replied "Finally receiving my Cthulhu Wars expansions!"
June 21, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
If you'd asked me in 2019, I could have replied "Finally receiving my Cthulhu Wars expansions!"
If you'd asked me in 2019, I could have replied "Finally receiving my Cthulhu Wars expansions!"
Nintendo Direct has new Metroid Prime, new Zelda, new Mario & Luigi and Donkey Kong Country Returns Remake! Ow ow my wallet! My wallet!
www.gamesradar.com/gaming/event...
www.gamesradar.com/gaming/event...
Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct June 2024
New Zelda! Metroid Prime 4! And everything else out of the June Nintendo Direct
www.gamesradar.com
June 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Nintendo Direct has new Metroid Prime, new Zelda, new Mario & Luigi and Donkey Kong Country Returns Remake! Ow ow my wallet! My wallet!
www.gamesradar.com/gaming/event...
www.gamesradar.com/gaming/event...
My daughter (4) is very literal
June 17, 2024 at 12:51 PM
My daughter (4) is very literal
Finished reading Wool/Silo book 1.
Really really good, especially alongside the TV series - they complement each other surprisingly well. The TV series only covers the first half of the book, but expands what is there effectively, while the book breezes past to explore the fallout.
Really really good, especially alongside the TV series - they complement each other surprisingly well. The TV series only covers the first half of the book, but expands what is there effectively, while the book breezes past to explore the fallout.
June 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Finished reading Wool/Silo book 1.
Really really good, especially alongside the TV series - they complement each other surprisingly well. The TV series only covers the first half of the book, but expands what is there effectively, while the book breezes past to explore the fallout.
Really really good, especially alongside the TV series - they complement each other surprisingly well. The TV series only covers the first half of the book, but expands what is there effectively, while the book breezes past to explore the fallout.