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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

While later uses from the Yuan and Ming are cited for the meaning of 'chopped food': 'Those who renounce the world must subsist on pine needles and cypress leaves, enduring coarse fare and austerity.' (這出家的要餐松啗柏，熬齏受淡。)

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail... But interestingly, the oldest known use seems to be from the New History of the Five Dynasties (pub. ~1070) where it's used to mean pulverized/smashed: 'With a single order from Lord Shi, I will be smashed to bits.'「史公一處分，吾齏粉矣。」

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教育百科 | 教育雲線上字典

3.細碎的。[例]化為齏粉

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Online etymologies seem to suggest that the original meaning was finely chopped or ground food, and then it later came to mean to crush/pulverize more generally. In which case the bottom part being 韭 (leek/garlic) makes sense.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

So here's what's actually going on here: 齊 phonetic, 韭 as the lexical element... so what's going on here?

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教育百科 | 教育雲線上字典

3.細碎的。[例]化為齏粉

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

y'all what the hell is going on with the bottom part of 齏 (as in 齏粉) it's kinda like 匪 but then there's just randomly additional hengs?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Metro Weekly put it better than I could have, but I'm glad I'm not going crazy here! www.metroweekly.com/2026/03/hamn...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I found myself so invested in that story, and was in tears at the end of the performance... But barely felt moved by this one. But perhaps it's not fair to draw a comparison to one of the greatest playwrights of all time.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Compare this to another STC production from earlier in this season: The Wild Duck. Also a story about the loss of a child, intergenerational trauma, and how families support each other through adversity. And yet it actually showed us who this family was and why we should care about them.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I don't know how much of that is on the playwright vs on the source material. Savannah read the novel and said while she thought it was over-hyped, it did a better job of having an actual story.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

E.g., why are Agnes and Will in love? Why do we care about or relate to their relationship? And their children--they get so little stage time that there was no opportunity to really understand who they are as individuals, which is critical to empathizing with the family.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I also found myself wondering at various points why I should care about any of the characters on the stage. This play was frequently guilty of telling the audience why we should care about a character rather than showing us.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

What am I supposed to take away from Will casting himself as the Ghost of Hamlet's murdered father (this feels like it's getting close to an actual commentary!)... who urges his son to get revenge, thereby spelling his son's doom?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

There are so many small elements that feel like they are close to being meaningful but were just confusing. Why is her name spelled Agnes but pronounced Ann-nes? What does it mean that their son is Hamnet but Will's play is Hamlet?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I do not understand what this play was trying to convey. It feels like there was a lot of missed potential to tell an interesting story about grief, intergenerational trauma, love, etc. and all of it was squandered by a confusing narrative that just... Didn't really say anything at all?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Miniature theater review: Hamnet, presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Shakespeare Theater Company

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Excited to cube with the Boston crew again in June!

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

They'll earn that when the spacecraft don't have to be in orbit to stay aloft!

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C4AC - a cube charity event @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com · 12/12/2025

GANG WE ARE FORMALLY LIVE! Tickets are here: www.upkeepnewyork.com/c4ac-aw26-ti... I’ll be announcing cubes in the coming weeks! FEB 21&22 128 PLAYERS 16 CUBES 1 GREAT CAUSE

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Lacking a prefix like "Surfeit of..." feels like asking for disaster...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Spirit stunting on Portland with an 89th minute Trin substitution

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

it was really sad when they stopped making them, thank god old bulk bins still exist to dig through

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There's a reason it's called "the creature" and not "the monster". It is not the monster.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

@phantooom.bsky.social if you liked Frankenstein earlier this year, this is well worth your time

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

To my point above about how effectively Ibsen uses foreshadowing here, I literally said to Savannah during intermission, "What if Gregers actually is delusional like Gina says?" Relling's "Damn you!" to close the play about sums up my feelings.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I was less impressed with Nick Westrate as Hjalmar. I saw him perform Prior Walter in Arena's staging of Angels in America a few years back and thought he was excellent in the role--but every part I've seen him in since, it feels like he's playing the same character.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The performances were excellent, particularly Alexander Hurt's portrayal of Gregers and Matthew Salvidar's portrayal of Dr. Relling.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

STC continues to kill it on the set design and sound design fronts. Huge kudos to Lightning Designer Stacey Derosier, who managed to one up the amazing lightning she produced for Frankenstein earlier this year. Exquisite use of windows and simulated daylight in both shows.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

This play is *heavy*--certainly the most heavy thing I've seen on the stage since Leopoldstadt, and that's literally about the Holocaust.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Also, can we say Ibsen was a Taoist? Relling says toward the end, "Life would be tolerable enough if only we the destitute and common could be left in peace by those who come knocking at the door with claims of the ideal." Feels like it comes straight from the Laozi.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There's a reason Ibsen is one of the greats--this play is a masterclass in foreshadowing, surprise, suspense, and dread. They really should call it Ibsen's Gun--where do people think Chekov learned it from?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Miniature theater review: The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company through November 16 An incredible play, a masterful cast, exquisite staging. Go see this show, but prepare to be shook.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Horrific. Idk how you go through a whole draft of this cube, seeing dozens of ornithopters that all have the same art, and then think this is just another one you can alter.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

(is rofellos even in vintage cubes these days?)

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

More cubes with the stinky dude who killed rofellos less cubes with rofellos

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Dan Schneider @worklifevalue.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In parallel with the announcement earlier today, the Cube Format Panel (it me!) is excited to announce the 2025 Beta for the Cube Bracket system! We've rigorously updated and refined our language to describe cube experiences, creating an unquestionably comprehensive tool for all designers.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

capitalich.github.io/previews/ATC If you have any feedback, happy to connect you to Nick (the designer), he would love to hear it!

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ATC visual preview

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Yep--low floor to inclusion in a deck, high ceiling of potential. A card like this is worse than Unearth in a vacuum because of the hand smoothing power of cycling... But if you can plan around it and build a way to abuse the overload, the ceiling is extremely high.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Yeah I'm honestly kind of shocked we don't have a Jackal Pup that sacs to loot already. Seems like such an intuitive design and totally fine at common. Falkenrath Pit Fighter and Greasewrench Goblin are both less elegant takes on this concept.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Literally never drew it 😅 but I love that card so much

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

And that's a wrap on CubeCon 2025! Thanks to all the judges, organizers, and fellow cube players for making this a success!

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

There are still cards that are not main deckable, a vanilla bear is great, Divination is great, fixing is nonexistent, cards are easily grokkable. It's not that card evaluation matters more or less than today--the texture of the format is just fundamentally different.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

It's kind of wild how much limited has changed in just 5 years. I drafted DOM a TON, and still consider it one of the great formats of all time. But revisiting it today, it feels like a totally different era.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Final draft of CubeCon: Dominaria! We turned in our prize points for a box of this set. Ended up 1-2 with BW historic. The UR deck piloted by @mattmendoza.bsky.social took the 3-0.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Can't remember if I went 1-2 or 0-3 with this but it felt 2 counterspells and 2 creatures with some kind of finishing power short of being a good deck

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Cubecon, day 4: playtesting Nick's custom Adventure Time cube! Went 2-1. Cube felt very cohesive and well designed! My main recommendation was to either make it more like a cube or more like a retail limited environment--it's in a bit of an in between state right now.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Cube 3: run back Tiny Axe! 2-0 with RW aggro. Would have faced Brian in the finals--we compared decks and decided the winner would probably depend on the die roll (I lost our pretend die roll lol).

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