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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 3h

What's a game you enjoy losing at? (Also, sorry you had a tough day.)

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 3h

Attrition is an excellent choice. Have you ever considered Perilous Forays?

Perilous Forays {3}{G}{G}
Enchantment
{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

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Invertex @invertex.xyz · 15/10/2026

PSA: The latest NVIDIA App update adds a Default-ON option that allows AI Agents to control the app... Might want to turn it off.. Even aside from being lame AI features, that feels like making security even worse by defaulting it ON.

Screenshot of the Nvidia app's "Settings > Features" section.
Showing the newly added "AI Agents and App Connections" section.
The option for "Allow Agents to control NVIDIA App" is enabled by default.
This happened in version 11.0.9.565

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 15/10/2026

The more I think about it, 2026 has been a phenomenal year for heavy music. I can’t get over it. The new Neurosis? Exceptional. Two Converge records? Lacerating. Emma Ruth Rundle progressing beautifully in her work? Mastodon with an absolute ripper? Absolute embarrassment of riches, I tell you.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Hell yes they do. Thank you for giving blood!

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Do you still have your mask from Halloween that one year? (You know the one.) That'd really tie the room together.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Anybody have a good recommendation for a friend with a large face? (It's me, I'm the friend.) The 3M KN95s work mostly-well, but they aren't big enough to both cover my nose and my chin. @trulyaliem.bsky.social You don't have a large face, but you are very mask-knowledgeable. Help?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Given Metallica's earlier work, I'm a little surprised, but I haven't had a strong opinion about them for a long time.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Anybody else find it telling that, over the last 25 years, Metallica has gotten less attention for their music than they have for their lead vocalist putting his foot in his mouth onstage this week?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/10/2026

Anybody else find it telling that, over the last 25 years, Metallica has gotten less attention for their music than they have for their lead vocalist putting his foot in his mouth onstage this week?

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.

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The Flenser @theflenser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ragana is deep at work recording a new album.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2026

Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*time traveler in Letterkenny* How're you then?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 07/10/2026

You also live in one of the world’s best cities for live music, to be fair.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 06/10/2026

Any time you tell someone they’re getting less of something, of course it’s gonna feel bad. With foils, they’d stopped being special to the point of being perceived as negative. Ultimately, this is a good change, but the initial feel-bads are absolutely valid.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 06/10/2026

This is a huge deal. Studio X at Wizards of the Coast is forming a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). I absolutely love this. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/studiox…

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A lot of folks in the games industry need to read @theradr.bsky.social's book On Repentance and Repair.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 04/10/2026

Peak Costco shopping is 0900 Sunday. I’m not even kidding. From scanning my membership card to showing my receipt at the door in nine minutes. Tell your friends.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 03/10/2026

Only once. Absolutely brutal film. I don’t need to go back there.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 03/10/2026

Will there be time for a quick nap after round 4? 😂

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 03/10/2026

Start the weekend off right by swindling a game of chess from an opponent who had you dead on board.

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Boiled Owl Leather Goods @boiledowlleather.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 02/10/2026

Thank you! Turns out, going to Magic events _as a player_ can be pretty fun. Plus, Samma is doing a panel on the new judge program, and I am very curious.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 02/10/2026

Absolutely. Are you working, or no?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 02/10/2026

MagicCon Atlanta is in six weeks, and I am extremely excited. If you're gonna be there and you'd like a fist bump, a high five, or a hug, please don't be shy about it.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/10/2026

Can't work, have a cat on me, could be here all day

Spice the cat, laying on my legs whilst I am in bed, looking out the window

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 01/10/2026

Five hours in, Control is a bizarre delight. It leans into the places where it's weird, it makes room for beauty, and the movement feels good. I'm especially delighted by the telekinesis ability. Who doesn't love throwing around a pallet jack with their mind?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 01/10/2026

You're a fucking juggernaut, bud. I'm so proud of you.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 30/09/2026

Oh snap, that's cool as hell!

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Mothership @mothership.blog · 30/09/2026

Friendships between men are often quiet. In Big Walk, silent communication just isn't enough — that is, unless you're doing a puzzle where communicating with your body is the only option. New from @daytenrose.bsky.social here:

mothership.blog

Big Walk lights the way for non-toxic masculinity in games

Interrogating "men don't talk to each other" through a game about communication

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 29/09/2026

You really hit the nail on the head. The pandemic changed Magic in seismic ways, and a lot of things fell into the fissures.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 29/09/2026

I'd be stunned if they did. Still, I think it's important that they continue to believe that it'd go poorly for them.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 28/09/2026

Oooh yes, Witcher 3 remaster is gonna be great.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 28/09/2026

Ghost of Yotei will probably be an early 2027 game for me. I really want to play it, but I'd like to cleanse my palate first. What're you playing now?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 28/09/2026

I rolled credits on Ghost of Tsushima today, and I've got feelings about it. Game is definitely a 7/7 for me, and I plan to go through the DLC later this year. Next up: Control.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 26/09/2026

Driving range only is very wise. Hopefully we’ll bump into each other at an event one of these days.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 26/09/2026

Are you going to Atlanta in November, friendo?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 26/09/2026

Wizards is testing the waters on how people would receive a Harry Potter product. I haven’t gotten the survey, but I’d like to register a whole-hearted “absolutely fucking not.” Hate has no home in Magic.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 25/09/2026

I feel like airports would be improved by enforcing microphone discipline. When multiple gate agents are talking over each other, chaos ensues.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politicians can support trans rights or they can climb in a dumpster. Those are the options. I don't make the rules.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 23/09/2026

I’ve seen (and enjoyed) those pictures. What got you into that hobby in the first place?

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 23/09/2026

I had no idea that Gangs of New York started as a book. 🤔 I made my first non-MTG trip to Manhattan last year, and it got me hooked on the city. I don’t think I’d last long there, but it’s brilliant in three- or four-day bursts.

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