Matt Wirkkala
@mwirkk.bsky.social
Lifelong PNW native.
Interests: sports, outdoors, science, tech, history, gaming, aviation, travel, reading.
#GoCougs! (R.I.P. PAC-12)
Interests: sports, outdoors, science, tech, history, gaming, aviation, travel, reading.
#GoCougs! (R.I.P. PAC-12)
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⚠️Heads up, PlayFab game developers: Insights Management and GetPlayerInSegment APIs are retiring starting March 31.
For more information and to learn more about the PlayFab Data Connections feature, see our latest blog: msft.it/63327tMKrv
For more information and to learn more about the PlayFab Data Connections feature, see our latest blog: msft.it/63327tMKrv
PlayFab Insights Management and GetPlayerInSegment APIs to be Retired Starting March 31
Maximize the value of your data estate with our enhanced data connections feature and improved player segmentation exports.
msft.it
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
⚠️Heads up, PlayFab game developers: Insights Management and GetPlayerInSegment APIs are retiring starting March 31.
For more information and to learn more about the PlayFab Data Connections feature, see our latest blog: msft.it/63327tMKrv
For more information and to learn more about the PlayFab Data Connections feature, see our latest blog: msft.it/63327tMKrv
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Just one month until my 1st Oklahoma signing for Heroes of Might & Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective! I'm thrilled to start the Oklahoma leg of my book tour with @greenfeatherbooks.bsky.social in my 2nd hometown of Norman! #OUAlum89 #Author #ComputerGames #History #HoMM30 #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just one month until my 1st Oklahoma signing for Heroes of Might & Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective! I'm thrilled to start the Oklahoma leg of my book tour with @greenfeatherbooks.bsky.social in my 2nd hometown of Norman! #OUAlum89 #Author #ComputerGames #History #HoMM30 #BookSky
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Former #Seahawks head coaches Mike Holmgren and Chuck Knox are among nine semifinalists in the coach category for the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2026 class.
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
2 ex-Seattle Seahawks coaches are Hall of Fame semifinalists
Former Seattle Seahawks coaches Mike Holmgren and Chuck Knox are among nine coach semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2026.
sports.mynorthwest.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Former #Seahawks head coaches Mike Holmgren and Chuck Knox are among nine semifinalists in the coach category for the Pro Football Hall of Fame 2026 class.
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
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📚 It’s #ChildrensBookWeek, so thought we’d highlight a couple of paperbacks for the younger reader. Bursting with colour, we think you'll enjoy a flick through a few spreads.
"I think I work much harder on the children's books.” — #TerryPratchett
🧙♂️ bit.ly/wizards-and-...
🐜 bit.ly/beasts-and-b...
"I think I work much harder on the children's books.” — #TerryPratchett
🧙♂️ bit.ly/wizards-and-...
🐜 bit.ly/beasts-and-b...
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
📚 It’s #ChildrensBookWeek, so thought we’d highlight a couple of paperbacks for the younger reader. Bursting with colour, we think you'll enjoy a flick through a few spreads.
"I think I work much harder on the children's books.” — #TerryPratchett
🧙♂️ bit.ly/wizards-and-...
🐜 bit.ly/beasts-and-b...
"I think I work much harder on the children's books.” — #TerryPratchett
🧙♂️ bit.ly/wizards-and-...
🐜 bit.ly/beasts-and-b...
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Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
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I got to interview director Linus O'Brien about his new documentary Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror. @rockyhorrordoc.bsky.social
Read it on my substack The Film-Flam Man -> matwbt.substack.com/p/interview-...
#rhps #rockyhorror #strangejourney #interview
Read it on my substack The Film-Flam Man -> matwbt.substack.com/p/interview-...
#rhps #rockyhorror #strangejourney #interview
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I got to interview director Linus O'Brien about his new documentary Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror. @rockyhorrordoc.bsky.social
Read it on my substack The Film-Flam Man -> matwbt.substack.com/p/interview-...
#rhps #rockyhorror #strangejourney #interview
Read it on my substack The Film-Flam Man -> matwbt.substack.com/p/interview-...
#rhps #rockyhorror #strangejourney #interview
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From solo dev to small team success, Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) talks with @seattleindies.bsky.social about motivation, creative process, and the unique pressures that come following a smash hit like Stardew Valley.
msft.it/63325tDrS1
msft.it/63325tDrS1
SLICE 2025: Fireside Chat with Eric Barone of Stardew Valley
Eric Barone (aka ConcernedApe), the solo creator of Stardew Valley, and Seattle Indies VP Ty Taylor have a casual chat about indie game development.
Learn more at https://msft.it/63322tDrS8
msft.it
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From solo dev to small team success, Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) talks with @seattleindies.bsky.social about motivation, creative process, and the unique pressures that come following a smash hit like Stardew Valley.
msft.it/63325tDrS1
msft.it/63325tDrS1
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The Las Vegas Raiders were often referred to as “Patriots West” when Josh McDaniels was coach. Now, Pete Carroll is remaking the Raiders as “Seattle South” by bringing in players he had with the #Seahawks -- the latest of which is WR Tyler Lockett.
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
Pete Carroll remaking Las Vegas Raiders as 'Seattle South'
Tyler Lockett has joined other former Seattle Seahawks such as QB Geno Smith, LB Jamal Adams and LT Stone Forsythe on Pete Carroll's Raiders.
sports.mynorthwest.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Las Vegas Raiders were often referred to as “Patriots West” when Josh McDaniels was coach. Now, Pete Carroll is remaking the Raiders as “Seattle South” by bringing in players he had with the #Seahawks -- the latest of which is WR Tyler Lockett.
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...
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"Sting"
Inktober 2025
Day 11
#sting #missile #stingermissile #lotr #sword #inktober #inktober2025 #inktobersting #drawing #inkdrawing
Inktober 2025
Day 11
#sting #missile #stingermissile #lotr #sword #inktober #inktober2025 #inktobersting #drawing #inkdrawing
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Sting"
Inktober 2025
Day 11
#sting #missile #stingermissile #lotr #sword #inktober #inktober2025 #inktobersting #drawing #inkdrawing
Inktober 2025
Day 11
#sting #missile #stingermissile #lotr #sword #inktober #inktober2025 #inktobersting #drawing #inkdrawing
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Today we talk about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and whose standing army was one of the greatest – and most expensive - military forces in 15th century Europe.
#hungary #corvinus #ottoman #empire #habsburg
#hungary #corvinus #ottoman #empire #habsburg
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The latest navigation data with Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control (AIRAC) cycle 2511 is now available for all Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players, and will be automatically installed when launching the simulator.
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The latest navigation data with Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control (AIRAC) cycle 2511 is now available for all Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players, and will be automatically installed when launching the simulator.
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Be careful out there tonight folks, I hear they're putting DOOM in Halloween treats.
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Be careful out there tonight folks, I hear they're putting DOOM in Halloween treats.
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Sim Update 4 pre-release test build 1.6.21.0 is now available for all players enrolled in the public beta.
🔗 v1.6.21.0 Release Notes: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-4-beta-1-6-21-0-release-notes-october-31-2025/744870
🔗 v1.6.21.0 Release Notes: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-4-beta-1-6-21-0-release-notes-october-31-2025/744870
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sim Update 4 pre-release test build 1.6.21.0 is now available for all players enrolled in the public beta.
🔗 v1.6.21.0 Release Notes: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-4-beta-1-6-21-0-release-notes-october-31-2025/744870
🔗 v1.6.21.0 Release Notes: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-4-beta-1-6-21-0-release-notes-october-31-2025/744870
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🎃 #HappyHalloween! 🎃
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🎃 #HappyHalloween! 🎃
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
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During the pandemic during the first Trump term I listened to a lot of @patrickwyman.bsky.social's early human series of Tides of History, comforting in its way about how much hardship people endured and what we know of them. Here's early americans from 2020 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Who Were the First Americans?
Podcast Episode · Tides of History · 08/06/2020 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
During the pandemic during the first Trump term I listened to a lot of @patrickwyman.bsky.social's early human series of Tides of History, comforting in its way about how much hardship people endured and what we know of them. Here's early americans from 2020 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Have you heard about The Bovadium Fragments, the new #Tolkien book published three weeks ago (and the last to be edited by Christopher Tolkien)?
The Fragments are a satire on the impact of cars, and highlight again Tolkien's concern for the environment.
www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/new-...
The Fragments are a satire on the impact of cars, and highlight again Tolkien's concern for the environment.
www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/new-...
New Tolkien book – <em>The Bovadium Fragments</em> – is satire on industrialisation
HarperCollins has announced that J.R.R. Tolkien's The Bovadium Fragments will be released on 9 October 2025.
www.tolkiensociety.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Have you heard about The Bovadium Fragments, the new #Tolkien book published three weeks ago (and the last to be edited by Christopher Tolkien)?
The Fragments are a satire on the impact of cars, and highlight again Tolkien's concern for the environment.
www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/new-...
The Fragments are a satire on the impact of cars, and highlight again Tolkien's concern for the environment.
www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/new-...
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Halloween approaches🧙♀️, so that must mean my C64 games are on sale!🙂🧹🎃
itch.io/s/165702/sja...
itch.io/s/165702/sja...
SJA's Halloween Sale 2025 by SarahJaneAvory
A bundle by SarahJaneAvory, $26.94 for 6 games
itch.io
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Halloween approaches🧙♀️, so that must mean my C64 games are on sale!🙂🧹🎃
itch.io/s/165702/sja...
itch.io/s/165702/sja...
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Feels like the start of a sea change. I strongly considered re-launching my existing Substack for my new history show, Past Lives, but after talking with Patreon, it was an easy decision to work with them instead - they're not focused on insane, unsustainable growth and chasing revenue at all costs.
Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study is moving to Patreon from Substack. It’s one of the platform’s most successful publications & a beneficiary of its six-figure development program.
This is bad for Substack.
(Why Patreon is a separate conversation.)
www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...
This is bad for Substack.
(Why Patreon is a separate conversation.)
www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Feels like the start of a sea change. I strongly considered re-launching my existing Substack for my new history show, Past Lives, but after talking with Patreon, it was an easy decision to work with them instead - they're not focused on insane, unsustainable growth and chasing revenue at all costs.
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Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from Season 9 of “Rick Steves’ Europe” — or stream my full “West England” episode on the @pbs.org app or at www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/west-england.
Somerset, England: Cider Farm
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from Season 9 of “Rick Steves’ Europe” — or stream my full “West England” episode on the @pbs.org app or at www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/west-england.
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Yet one more example of an industry impacted by climate change:
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yet one more example of an industry impacted by climate change:
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
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"Skeletal"
Inktober 2025
Day 28
#skeletal #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #drawing #inkdrawing
Inktober 2025
Day 28
#skeletal #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #drawing #inkdrawing
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"Skeletal"
Inktober 2025
Day 28
#skeletal #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #drawing #inkdrawing
Inktober 2025
Day 28
#skeletal #inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberskeletal #drawing #inkdrawing
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I'ts just ONE MONTH until the launch of my book, "Heroes of Might & Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective" at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble in San Diego!
@ubisoft.com @darkhorse.com @barnesandnoble.com
#Games #BookSigning #BookLaunch #BookSky #MightAndMagic #HoMM30 #BarnesAndNoble
@ubisoft.com @darkhorse.com @barnesandnoble.com
#Games #BookSigning #BookLaunch #BookSky #MightAndMagic #HoMM30 #BarnesAndNoble
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'ts just ONE MONTH until the launch of my book, "Heroes of Might & Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective" at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble in San Diego!
@ubisoft.com @darkhorse.com @barnesandnoble.com
#Games #BookSigning #BookLaunch #BookSky #MightAndMagic #HoMM30 #BarnesAndNoble
@ubisoft.com @darkhorse.com @barnesandnoble.com
#Games #BookSigning #BookLaunch #BookSky #MightAndMagic #HoMM30 #BarnesAndNoble