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profmatthew.bsky.social
Media Studies, Film Studies, Game Studies Professor. I study nerd stuff. Co Editor The Bloomsbury Handbook on Sex and Sexuality in Game Studies
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I had a coupon for BOGO smoothies so I got us the really big ones. And I’m full. But some part of my brain is saying I haven’t eaten enough solid food. Like I need a small fries or something.

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lol

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If your name isn’t Faulkner don’t do this.

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This is America. The only way you get to be king is if you make a tasty sweet roll suitable for making sliders with.

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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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I swear if someone could do branded n95 masks, especially sports, folks would start wearing them again.

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this is what mary oliver meant when she wrote "it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world" :) there is still beauty in this fucked up place

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I’ve lived in Chicago and Pennsylvania. Now I live in the South. There is no infrastructure here for snow and people don’t get to practice to get better. We have hurricanes. Want to trade?

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Reminder for everyone above a certain latitude in the US: Yes, the South doesn't handle snow very well. No, we don't need condescension about it from the North. No, you wouldn't handle it well either if it was as infrequent there as it is here. Yes, you can laugh at any Cybertrucks in snow.

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Oh. Yay. I need to go to a conference in April. Well, by then I guess no one will be flying.

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Drop something RED

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Shout out to everyone else having Publix chicken for Valentine’s Day

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In algebra the teacher moved my desk right in front of him because he would explain the new formula. I’d fall asleep. He’d confuse everyone with examples. I’d wake up, do the homework, then help everyone else. He was furious but I was acing the class.

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It's a good thing we don't listen to scientists anymore so nothing they say can hurt us anyway.

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Technically the phrase I used was Canary in the Coal Mine.

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Honestly, I think even those of us who were saying gamergate is a training ground for/and direct path to outright fascism are probably a little bit surprised at how literally correct we actually were.

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In their defense their main job is to win football games. Paramore has never won a superbowl.

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Football video games peaked right here. This is the true best football.

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Sitting around waiting for an air conditioner tech while the country melts down.

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In stock now. Get your library to order it. Share and reskeet and stuff. @doc-steffi.bsky.social and I did the thing. www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbur...

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In their defense their main job is to win football games. Paramore has never won a superbowl.

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Two days till huge announcement/recognition of a thing @doc-steffi.bsky.social and I did.

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I'm in Rolling Stone today! Discussing how “cute winter boots” TikTok memes won’t substitute real on the ground boots organizing. 🥾 Algorithms create imagined audiences for playful participation, but vulnerable populations face very un-imagined threats:

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What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.

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This. Attacking Musk for his immigration status is an acceptance of the legitimacy of the fascist narrative around immigration. Attack him for being an evil racist misogynist fascist exploitative monster who is an exemplar of all the worst in humankind.

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Sitting in a waiting room and a woman just came in who needs the tray for throwing up “just in case”. Good times.

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Take the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course then get a motorcycle. You may be depressed but then you’re depressed with a hella fun motorcycle.

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THANKS I HATE IT

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What's the sound of a bubble bursting? www.axios.com/2025/01/27/d...

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sheikcore

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I helped do a things.

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Hey folks, my first novel, ORDINATION - about a knight and warlord trying to walk away from his life&the destruction he's caused and OOPS waking up a Solar Goddess - is part of a 2-for-1 sale at Audible right now. www.audible.com/pd/Ordinatio...

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