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And then he went and lost the ALCS

Oh balls, I forgot to raise my fist proficiency on character X and now she can't properly class starting at level 50. Fuck me, I suppose--I *did* have every opportunity.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 22h

I guess I do appreciate that the game gives you 50-ish units and says "yeah, you'll want to make sure the vast majority of these are invested and combat-ready for the endgame," and then gives you a dozen multi-hour maps with 17 different units deployed

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 23h

Today's jam: got recommended some noises that probably shouldn't come out of an instrument

lightningbolt.bandcamp.com

Hypermagic Mountain, by Lightning Bolt

12 track album

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Even on easy/classic with units I thought were pretty solid, these endgame fights are ROUGH. Gonna make some changes to how I approach hard/classic.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ngl I was kinda coasting and checking out by the end of part II, but that's because I didn't realize just BOW DAMN LONG this game was gonna be. If I'd known units would be sticking around well past level 60 I would've made some different investments.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Me: what is the point of having eleventy trillion units, game Game: squad up, motherfucker

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My man never stops hustlin' (derogatory)

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also just found a map that is an explicit rework of a 3H map and I'm pointing obnoxiously at it

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Finally started part 3 of Fortune's Weave and WOAH, NELLY that's a lot of Mechanics.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Really getting the feeling that this game's story really *expected* you to start with Cai's route and work your way down, rather than doing it in the Exact Opposite order as I have.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wound up being the only player going 2-color in the Reality Fracture draft. (Gruul, naturally.) Used none of my rares in my final deck, which felt weird!

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Immediately turned it around and 2-0'd my second and third rounds, which I think means I tie for second? (Only eight of us at this event :P)

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hundred Line sure is a Game of All Time. It has some weak parts, but when it's good, it's *good.*

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Doing my first MtG draft in over a decade, wish me luck

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bonus jam for Bandcamp Friday: went looking for some atmospheric sludge; wound up finding one of the best Tool impersonators to ever do it.

profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com

Gin, by COBALT

11 track album

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shouts out to the dude at the local pharmacy wearing a Confederacy jacket. We're about as far north of the Mason-Dixon as you can get, so I'm really fascinated to hear what he thinks our side was doing during that particular conflict.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lookin' at this month's Bandcamp Friday haul and it's almost entirely drone/atmospheric sludge metals. Sometimes I like loud, long music that goes *bwaaaaaaah.*

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's jam: some classic Neurosis. Somehow missed this one originally (I had kinda zeroed in on 'Through Silver in Blood' and 'Souls at Zero' when I first discovered the band), but I'm happy to go back to it now. (Especially now that Scott Kelly is no longer with the band. Fuck that guy.)

neurosis.bandcamp.com

Enemy of the Sun, by Neurosis

10 track album

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not only do the books contain trans women of color, many of the contributors are also trans women of color, many of whom live in the global south! The dollar goes a long way here and you can fund a trans woman's entire rent and utilities by contributing to this bundle.

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Xander Wolk @xander-wolk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Character development!! ⭐ #FireEmblem #art

Digital illustration of Dante From Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. She's standing in a confident pose with her pen in her right hand and a big smile on her face

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's jam: new The Ocean album. I like it a lot more than their last; it's a much more effective fusion of their familiar post-metal/atmospheric sludge with the electronic elements they were clearly so fascinated with.

theocean.bandcamp.com

Solaris, by The Ocean

8 track album

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Yan Kodiac @yankodiac.com · 30/09/2026

Dante from Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

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Kay Claire @kayworx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

15 hours left!

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's the final days for this romance and erotica bundle I'm in!! Come grab the first volume of my librarian catgirl smut (and some other really cool titles, too!)

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Emoria - Aftertaste is a Horror Novel @emoria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Better than buying it on Amazon! Get the amazing physical edition: www.lulu.com/shop/emoria-... Or the same ebook, but we get more money for the sale: emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a... #writesky #booksy #trans #lgbt "Trans joy enforced at knifepoint" @gravitygales.bsky.social

emoriaweidner.itch.io

Aftertaste - A Toxic Yuri by Emoria

Trans Coming of Age Horror-Romance with Teeth

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val @destroymuse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

you're going to market with me leilidahna! #fefw

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I thought this was just beautiful. Kurt Vonnegut takes a walk to mail a letter:

She calls out, “Where are you going?” And I say, “I am going out to get an envelope.” And she says, “Well, you’re not a poor man. Why don’t you buy a thousand envelopes? They’ll deliver them, and you can put them in a closet.” And I say, “Hush.”

I go next to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of 47th Street and Second Avenue. The woman behind the counter says, “Thirty-nine cents for a stamp.” I say, “I only brought thirty-seven. When did that change?” She looked at me a long time. “Thirty-seven isn’t enough.” “Well that oughta be enough for one envelope,” I said. The line was getting longer.

The lady moved her hand into her coat. I knew this routine. I backflipped behind the man behind me in line, wrapping my elbow around his throat as I landed. By the time the stamp seller had unloaded her clip, I had full cover. The gentleman’s body dropped to the floor, six holes smoking. The package he was carrying fell to the floor with a heavy clunk. Whatever was in there, it would do.

I rolled my foot over the cardboard and did a “flick up” as they call it in soccer. I bounced the package once or twice on the back of my foot as the mail lady reloaded, then I launched it high and spun 360 to deliver my patented “Rising Phoenix kick”. The package caught fire as it shattered through the protective plexiglass window and struck the woman’s head with all the force and hatred I had learned to channel in my grueling tutelage under five fallen Wudang masters in my youth. The lady’s body exploded off of her bones, leaving just a blackened skeleton spinning in her office chair. “So it goes,” I said, but no one laughed. I guess they weren’t big readers.

And I go home. And I have had one hell of a good time.

We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ngl the half-set they played with John Baizley was fucking incredible. His vocal style adds so much to Mastodon's sound. There better be a live album from this tour, god DAMN.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just saw Mastodon, and now we're getting Brann Dailor's standup routine. (points if you find Waldo in the attached picture)

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Update: Deafheaven also killed it. So fucking happy to have heard both "Dream House" and "Winona" live.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Deafheaven appear to have employed some kind of large bird. No word yet on their bass credentials.

A stage at a venue being set up for Deafheaven to perform. A large, fake bird is being arranged amidst an array of lights.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Update: Alcest fucking killed it. What beautiful music.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seeing Alcest, Deafheaven, and Mastodon tonight 🤘

A photo from the balcony of a music venue, the main floor and stage covered in smoke.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I had a joke to share about this street, but it turned out kinda derivative.

A photo of a window on a street corner; the building above it is labeled "RUE DE L'HÔPITAL"

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fortune's Weave seems to be continuing the slow NieR-efication of the Fire Emblem series, and I'm all for it.

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eskay @gravitygales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sabaton might be one of the best live acts period, god DAMN

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💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm really sorry to have to do this, but with my phone being broken I had to up this short term goal a bit. I qualify for an upgrade, but I need to pay off my account balance to bring it current, and pay the fee. Anything at all helps! thanks! ko-fi.com/dreamingnoct...

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