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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i've been playing this game since the beginning. i was a judge for seven years. a wizards employee for eight (five of which were in magic r&d), and even to this day i spend upwards of a thousand dollars on every new non-ub set. hp in magic would almost certainly get me to quit forever.

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Paige, TheMaverickGirl @themaverickgirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinking about the VML. Gods I miss it.

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lapsy @lapsybae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As of today, I am on the Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour. no funny statements this time, thank you all so much if you all but interact and yap with me about life and/or Magic. I deeply appreciate you all and even if you don’t play Magic, you are part of the reason I made it in the first place. 💜💛

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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JasonILTG @jasoniltg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I believe Sanctum has a 90% day 2 conversion rate for PT MSH

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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

occasional reminder

tumblr (i think) post by dragon-in-a-fez:

if I see one more "why age verification is bad" post that doesn't even bother to mention that locking young people out of huge sections of the public sphere - literally the stated goal and primary impact of this shit - is wrong in and of itself I will simply start hitting people with bricks

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 08/06/2026

i think that humankind has not yet achieved a full revolutionary political consciousness at all until it is able to begin politicizing the process of sexing the body itself & the lack of or resistance to this is part of why misogyny has been the end or limit to every revolutionary movement

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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

i like a few of the marvel designs and it's feeling very hard to be excited about them given the context surrounding wotc & the union, as well as the creep of real world stuff showing up in UB sets. i don't want cops and nazis in magic.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

WotC declined to voluntarily recognize our union by Friday, May 1st. While we're disappointed in this delay, together we remain strong in our convictions. We look forward to sitting down at the bargaining table so we can make Arena better for workers, for Wizards, and for our players. #UWOTC-CWA

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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 17/04/2026

It really frustrates me that we continue to nominate and give awards for queer content to big AAA assholes doing the bare minimum with their eyes rolling and lips curled when there are so many queer indies out there putting their hearts on platters that get ignored because they don't have the budget

Acknowledging these award nominations on X, Vávra says that he's "really proud" of receiving both of them, but that he believes the romance was handled "without shoving it down anyone’s throat or trying to re-educate them like so many titles that are rigtfully (sic) called 'woke' these days".

Vávra, who also opened his post with the phrase "TRIGGER WARNING!", also says that despite his game's nominations, he still finds "the abundance of forced “woke” nonsense in the entertainment industry annoying" on a personal level.

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Talia Bael @essaria.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It's slightly funny to me how similar the cards in mine all look, but they really were all formative in my magic career. They more or less cover the decks that taught me fair magic theory (and specifically were the cards that I needed to actively learn how to build/pilot).

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2026

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

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Sasha Copigny @aspi.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Lasting tarfire redemption arc 🔥🧨

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Dan Wade @dwade.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us. Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/01/2026

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

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sanctumofall.bsky.social @sanctumofall.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Sanctum crushed at this RC!! Mason Buonadonna in top 8 w/ Simic Cub 🔥🏆 @puppydoggaming.bsky.social in 12th w/ Jeskai… control? midrange? you decide 🙂 @mixolydia.bsky.social in 16th w/ Jeskai too! Truong Hai Nguyen in 23rd w/ Azorius Control! @fauxglove.bsky.social in 28th with Simic Cub!

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anti-zionist dog 🇵🇸 @puppydoggaming.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

locked in pro tour at 11-3-1 :)

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amy, the impervious @mixolydia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

made the pro tour playing dumb cards

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

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Callisto Khan @Persephone Effect Out NOW! @callistokhan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

All deportation is wrong hope this helps.

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may @maysuser.name · 03/01/2026

the idea that politics is just a glorified team sport that can simply be tuned out of when it's inconvenient is disgustingly privileged and has done more to enable the blatant abuse and destruction by those in power than their most fervent supporters

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Talia Bael @essaria.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Favorite cards of the year: Gwen Stacy: Figuring out how to slot her into a deck taught me a lot about how to leverage self-replacing, scaling 2-drops Aang: Before now I honestly thought Flickerwisp would never be supplanted as my favorite flexible, interactive 3-drop

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JasonILTG @jasoniltg.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

lowkey kind of annoyed at Twitch chat (i know, shocker) for saying "someone needs to be fired" when there's a low production quality moment (in this case, a FIN ad, or, well, the top left quarter of one, was shown) the whole problem is instead that they need to *hire* someone lmao

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Arya (hogpog_98 elsewhere) @aryawrites.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Casting #AC10 later today and I am extremely excited. Casting the first major competitive event of an incredibly high power format like this is so cool and it's so sick that I get to do this! #WOTCstaff

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Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I Love Gender Gender is So Cool It Makes Everyone Happy And There Are No Problems

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 12/12/2025

Socialization theory has been so utterly mangled that people don't fundamentally understanding it's not Girl or Boy Programming, it's absorbing the dominant cultural values we grow up with. If you grow up in a patriarchal society, you are socialized patriarchal.

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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We should keep "Humans dying due to State based actions" to games of Magic: The Gathering amiright gamers??

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sanctumofall.bsky.social @sanctumofall.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

While no Sanctum members made it to Worlds top 8, we still had multiple very strong showings when all things settled this weekend! Toni Portolan finished 14th with Temur Otters, which was good enough for a 3rd place finish in the Player of the Year race! Congrats on an incredible year Toni!

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Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The game is so so so so so so so so so good at tricking you into thinking it’s easy or you have it all figured out, and it’s easy to let yourself believe this. But nearly every player at worlds yesterday after our match was discussing with me what each of us might have done wrong

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Play Magic @playmagic.com · 06/12/2025

🔥 She called it Jeskai Burn, and then she won by pointing a Lightning Bolt at her opponent's face just to really make her point! 🔥 Jennifer-Rose Holloway wins Round 5 with Jeskai . . . Control? at #MTGWorlds – catch more Magic live now at twitch.tv/Magic

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Kristen @narukamiknight.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Accessibility nightmare tbh

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.

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Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Early voting is going on in NYC which means I get to remind the high number of folks who follow me to do the most important chore of all, which this time happens to be able to be done with enthusiasm instead of resigned pragmatism: VOTE FOR ZOHRAN!!!!! Make sure you, personally, actually do this

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Nile (like the river) @nilejoan.com · 24/10/2025

the wolfey video really resonated with me i think it'll resonate with every woman it's so important that men don't accept and normalize treatment of themselves like this the hyper sexualization of anyone with an iota of a platform is so gross, dude

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A full 2% of the American population coming out for a unified protest is incredible

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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Hey all 👋 my living situation has dramatically changed. I should be fine for a few months, but if you'd like to help me make - significantly increased - rent, then any change would be greatly appreciated. Patreon: www.patreon.com/spice8rack Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/spice8rack PayPal: spice8rack@gmail.com

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 06/09/2025

being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic

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Talia Bael @essaria.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I feel this in my soul. Part of me would love to play competitive magic again but RCQs and online events without community are both incredibly draining.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 04/10/2025

this is a state sponsored terrorist operation being laid out on an american and every one in ICE needs to be treated as if they are terrorists after trumps regime is over

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Jennifer-Rose Holloway @jennifer-rose.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Hi all, I left my tote at the venue yesterday with all of my magic stuff, lost and found don’t have it so if anyone has seen it/found it please reach out! Photos attached but is a raccoon tote with 3 deck boxes inside containing grixis, my draft deck and my promos, appreciated @fireshoes.bsky.social

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sanctumofall.bsky.social @sanctumofall.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Our team is ready for #PTEOE and we've put a lot of work in! Here's our player list, so you know who we're cheering for this weekend (1/6)

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Alexis Vandom @vandomva.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Madison Carstens, a transgender woman from Seattle, was attacked by six men in a transphobic hate crime on Sept 2. She suffered a ruptured eardrum - that may have permanently damaged her hearing - and a severe concussion that will keep her out of work for weeks or months. Do your thing, fam. (1/2)

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Hi, my name is Madison and I'm asking for your help to get thro… Madison Carstens needs your support for Help a Trans Survivor Heal After a Violent Hate Crime

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