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Matt Thrower

@mattthr.bsky.social

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Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · Feb 24

Ordered a dish of fruit de la mer and disappointed not to find a single current in it

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1h

Oooh, what's on yours?

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1h

I've spent years on and off curating a playlist of Halloween music that's listenable, a bit creepy and avoids any of the seasonal cliches. Spans alt-rock, rock, rap and electronica and I absolutely love it at this time of year music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Halloween

Playlist converted by Soundiiz from another music platform! https://soundiiz.com

music.youtube.com

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Stephanie Smith @biffybeans.bsky.social · 1d

I’m up to 55k views on the TedX Talk I gave a while ago. Whee! Truth be told, this wasn’t exactly the talk I wanted to give. It didn’t really need to lean into spirituality but that’s more who I was at the time, and how the talk was subsequently developed under the guidance of the mentoring team.

Image is a screenshot of the author while giving a TEDx Talk entitled “Art as a Spiritual Practice: What I learned from making 10,000 mandalas”

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 2h

I do not like to throw away food and, also, I do not like to lie

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely. I found a reference to a possibly Buddhist version of Snakes and Ladders too which would seem like a really direct influence, but unfortunately I couldn't substantiate it.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 3h

Surely this has got to smell like ... teen spirit?

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 3h

TBF I don't think any italian cuisine enthiusiast worth their "sale" wouldn't be eating pre-made soup or pasta source from cans or tubs in the first place.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 3h

There's a surprising amount of wisdom in that.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 4h

Soup generally makes very good pasta sauce, and pasta sauce often makes pretty good soup.

Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · 4h

Last night I bought tomato soup and a jar of bolognese sauce and threw them into the same pan and created a beefy tomato soup and it was pretty good.

Chilli powder and crackers too coz I like Columbo.

Anyway, pasta sauce + soup combo is my new concept cooking. Wonder what other ones might work?

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 4h

TIL that Dolph Lundgren

- Won a prestigious scholarship to study Chemical Engineering at MIT
- Was European Karate champion in 1980 and 1981
- Almost killed Silvester Stallone on the set of Rocky IV: Stallone spent 8 days in ICU.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 4h

If you don't give me the physics prize, I'll come at you faster than the speed of light

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 4h

If you don't give me the chemistry prize, I'll poison you all by reacting two noble gasses together.

Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 4h

If yoo down't giv me the litrichur prise eye'll rite an angree lettur

Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 5h

If you don't give me that peace prize I'll smash your face in!

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 5h

Someone screwed up their validation code

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 20h

finally got my shipment in

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 18h

Well it's meal prep and I never throw away food, but I'm going to be eating this slop for days because nobody else will.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone else remember Baby Bird of You're Gorgeous fame? Well they turned out to be a great deal better than the one hit suggests

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 20h

Most of the recipes that folk dump online nowadays with five dozen homely intro paragraphs in which to serve you ads haven't even been tested. I made this leek & sweet potato soup this week which is so vile that even piling it with extra spices and hot sauce couldn't save it.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 20h

And are you're going to ignore all the large scale studies over the years that demonstrate there's no proof, shitbird

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Osprey Games ➡️ Essen SPIEL 3.M600 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 21h

📢 Ayar – from @flopiano.bsky.social, @mandelafg.bsky.social & @ianotoole.bsky.social – is out 1 week today: https://bit.ly/4oFvT0y

🌽 Compete for area majority farming maize
⚱️ Collect sets crafting pottery
🧵 Build your pattern weaving carpets
🛶 Traverse the lake board learning reed bundling

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23h

Oh that's evil genius levels of evil.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

Lined up a new newsletter on what I've been playing this week and a few personal ruminations for my lovely, lovely patreons. If you also want to feel warm and fuzzy and get described as "lovely, lovely" and read the content, it's literally $1 www.patreon.com/c/mattthr

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

These are not a thing I would ever wish to own but, if I did, I would absolutely rule players were only allowed to place them on geese

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

This stuff is delicious but it makes me think of Thundercats every time I go to the packet

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

Dear lord.

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