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Were Wulff, Damn It!! @will.thewulffden.com · 04/09/2026

This administration has done so much to ruin video games for everyone between their shitty memes, tariffs, and encouraging unchecked data center development so yeah it makes sense that they'd do something like this

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

summer palette ❤️🧡

Two woman kissing bathed in warm summer light

Woman sitting in squat, wearing heels and a shirt dress, suffering from the heat, a cold beverage in hand

Drawing of a melancholic woman at sunset, with seagulls and a cloudy sky in the background

Two women sensually about to kiss, lips touching, mouths open, in warm summer evening light

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 24/04/2026

OK this piece by @reckless.bsky.social about why AI is unpopular among most people (anyone who's not inflicted with "software brain") is just solid gold from start to finish

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Sorcery: Contested Realm @sorcerytcg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

What happens when a craftsman who set down his tools for thirty years discovers Sorcery? He builds a realm. Featuring Cristiano Caetano of CrisCraft Creative Studio. sorcerytcg.com/news/beyond-... #sorcerytcg #craftsman

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Beyond the Playmat: The Craftsman Who Built a Realm

For Cristiano, creativity, mastery, and wonder did not stay at the table. They became the table.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

YEAAAH CONGRATS TO SINNERS

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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

⭐ New Video 🪓 Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering Folks, this one's a bit big... youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 19/12/2025

I think the headline is a little mistyped, it should read: Trump Administration is doing exactly what his voters voted him in for, White Supremacy. No wonder we're in a fucking AI bubble if these people seem to think data speaks louder than words, the writing has been on the wall with this guy

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Void Monster - TCG Accessories & Apparel @void-monster.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Free Shipping for U.S. orders! Shop closes Nov. 30th and will re-open with our new drop in January! voidmonster.org

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 13/10/2025

I find it quite interesting that 4/5 saltiest new cards are Universes Beyond, and we're going to be going into a year with the largest proportion of Universes Beyond that we've seen so far. Everyone's been saying it and I'll keep saying it, but 2026 is going to be a bad year for magic

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EDHREC @edhrec.com · 13/10/2025

Are you ready to see the Saltiest cards of 2025? We're breaking down the top 15 cards, top 15 NEW cards, and throwing in the saltiest sets as a treat. Get some water ready, cuz you're gonna need it. #EDH #Commander #EDHREC #Salt2025 edhrec.com/articles/sal...

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Salt 2025 Scores Are Here! | EDHREC

Time for the results of the 2025 EDHREC Salt Voting! It's the saltiest cards of the year, and we're throwing in the saltiest sets, as a treat.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/10/2025

if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:

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Green Heron @greenheronart.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The New Sun, 30” x 40” acrylic on canvas. Book of the New Sun fan art. This thing took me forever, started in October of last year. Will post more info on instagram when I have time. Also if anyone wants to put me in touch with TOR or the Wolfe estate that’d be cool. Alright. Thanks!

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Affinity for Anime @affinityforanime.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

600 follower giveaway! To enter: 1️⃣Like 2️⃣Follow 3️⃣Repost Winner will be selected on Sunday 9/14 (choose one of the proxies in the photo). Make sure your DM is open. Pixel proxies for sale on my Etsy store: etsy.com/shop/AffinityForAnime

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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Scryfall @scryfall.com · 12/09/2025

We've added Through the Omenpaths! scryfall.com/sets/om1 This is quite a significant update for us: we're supporting these cards by using English printed text. This is new compared to Universes Within, which we've updated. You can read in full about the update here: scryfall.com/blog/through...

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Through the Omenpaths added, plus English printed text support · Scryfall Blog

Find out how Scryfall is handling data entry for Through the Omenpaths.

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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

the 2 genders are empath and grifter

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Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I like making money but I also care about your financial priorities

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TheProxyGuy @cardsbyprox.com · 18/08/2025

WOTC printed 6,254 cards in paper Magic in 2024 (via Scryfall year=2024) The mental equivalent of seeing 17 new cards per day, every day. If you add in unqiue printings, it jumps to almost 31 cards a day.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/08/2025

yet another victim giving into the vicious cycle of cancel culture, when will it end

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 21/08/2025

Just published my first #mtg related YouTube Video, it's a pack opening for the Sonic Secret Lair. If that's up your alley, give it a watch and let me know what you think! youtu.be/xUGWOO0PQ1g?...

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Secret Lair x Sonic Friends and Foes Opening

YouTube video by Paul Esper

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 21/08/2025

What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you? Oh this is going to sound really weird... - Core Set 2012 - Theros - New Capenna (after a long hiatus)

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Ramonkey Perales @ramonkey.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Hey all! I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help. Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!! Thanks bye!🔥

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 19/08/2025

Hard Mode Quiz! If you were a NON-LEGENDARY creature, which would you be? Also not a terribly hard question, but it did take me a second to find it

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

it's like asking a youtuber who uploads five times a week to go back to the olden days because you can't keep up. this is the format. tomorrow is today, today is yesterday, yesterday is irrelevant.

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 17/08/2025

This is absolutely wild, these types of statistics are fascinating to me

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 12/08/2025

Oh wow, these predictions were terrible. What was I thinking?

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 12/08/2025

Okay I was a little skeptical of this set, but Earthbending is actually a really cool mechanic. I'm sat for this spoiler season #mtg #atla #edh

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Erik K @ekplayscards.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Toph is literally the coolest Naya commander I have EVER seen. omfg

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JenJen @jenniegyllblad.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

To nobody's surprise, non-sexual games with two girls kissing are being caught in the censorship together with all the "obscene" "non-artistic porn" Because it's gay. And I know I've repeated this for like 8 years at this point: To these people LGBTQIA = porn and porn = evil

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

In a parallel space between chaos and oblivion, two opposing faiths are warring over the fate of a dying star. #MTGEternities #sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social 🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 26/07/2025

Went back to my lgs today so snag 8 more packs of EoE and I pulled a few more great cards for the collection! (note: I didn't pull the Infinite Guideline Station, I actually bought that single as it's a commander I want to try to build around, but I pulled everything else yesterday and today)

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Paul Esper @paulesper.com · 26/07/2025

Went to the Edge of Eternities pre-release and ended up playing Grixis artifacts. I ended up going 1-2 (a little disappointing) BUT I pulled an Endstone and a Breeding Pool so I can't say I'm disappointed at all, great time tonight

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

prerelease tonight

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I also voted NO on the full bill which includes this appropriation. So a lot of people are being reactive to things they aren’t reading fully.

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PleasantKenobi @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Edge of Eternity looks like so much fun. I'm unbelievably excited to play this.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive" www.404media.co/the-astronom...

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The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia

Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.

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Boo Misemer @dmisemer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sol... Dropping this for anyone wanting to push a kickstarter over the edge. This has less than $400 to go and it'll get funded. You'd be helping @solissequentials.bsky.social and @minervafoxart.bsky.social to continue making a great comic series.

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The Order of the Nun-Ya Starburst: Viola (Sci-Fi Heroines)

The Order of the Nun-Ya Starburst Viola in Clouded Space. Sci-fi nuns in space! Great for fans of Sailor Moon, Aeon Flux, and Xena.

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

It doesn't matter why he's worried about the Epstein files. You don't need to know why. It only matters that he's shown us it is an open wound, and it is our job only to shove a rotten 2x4 into it.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

buy now pay later is a predatory scheme – another means of luring desperate people into debt – and games are worse for having it

“What you need to think about is the rest of the consumer’s portfolio. If they’re making BNPL payments … maybe they’re not paying off their credit card, maybe they’re not paying their cellphone bill, and that’s actually more concerning,” said Ed deHaan, a researcher who published a paper on the matter in 2023. “They’re essentially substituting one payment for another.”

Additionally, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – which was trying to subject games with robust in-game currency marketplaces to cursory regulation before the Trump administration gutted it earlier this year – published a report in January showing that more than 60 percent of BNPL users had simultaneous loans and held higher balances on other credit lines, and that most BNPL loans went to consumers with subprime or lower credit scores.

If you want more granular examples, social media is rife with them.

In other words, these systems disproportionately target people who are either on a slippery slope or have already hit rock bottom. They are parasitic, yet another byproduct of rising costs, economic instability, and wealth disparity. In a functioning society, there would be no need for such a thing, which is why the ludicrous notion of financing burritos became such a pervasive meme. But here we are.

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Katina Davis @katinadavis.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It's Amazon Prime Day, which means it's yet another great day to stick it to Bezos and support indie bookstores instead! If you wanna shop online, @bookshop.org purchases support a local indie of your choice. Plus, they're doing a sale and free shipping for Prime Day!

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This is a concentration camp

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