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

Im GIVING AWAY this Traveler notebook/passport wallet. To enter, follow this account + repost this post. Draw Oct 24 Included: -Traveler Wallet -Handmade 3.5x5.5" Notebook -Zebra F-701 Ballpoint Pen -Free Worldwide Shipping See next post for a video tour! boiledowlleathergoods.com/products/the...

Traveler Wallet made from blue and whiskey Buterro premium full grain Italian leather with tennis ball stitching. Wallet interior featuring 4 card slots, flap pocket, sleeve pocket, and notebook pocket. Handmade notebook and pen visible

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 16h

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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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:

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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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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 · 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

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

What's a niche hobby or interest of yours that I'd be surprised to learn about? Mine is Sumo. John and I watch the NHK World Japan broadcast as often as possible, and it's a highlight of my day.

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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 22/09/2026

Just rolled credits on Big Walk with all my Long Table friends. If you have a group of gaming friends, you absolutely need to experience this game. Absolutely impeccable in all respects.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 20/09/2026

This year has been absolutely incredible for music. Albums from BIG BRAVE, Boards of Canada, Chat Pile, Converge (2!), Dreamwell, Emma Ruth Rundle, *and* Neurosis?!? Unreal.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 18/09/2026

#MTG obsessives: Thinking about a deck building constraint in Commander — max of seven mythics, seven rares, 21 uncommons, and 7 wildcards. Is this anything? Gonna try it in Atlanta.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 18/09/2026

#MTG obsessives: Thinking about a deck building constraint in Commander — max of seven mythics, seven rares, 21 uncommons, and 7 wildcards. Is this anything? Gonna try it in Atlanta.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Doctor, how do I get rid of this debuff to my Swag stat? It says "Depression" and it's the only word in gray font is that bad

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 17/09/2026

This is a loving reminder to take your meds. You deserve good mental health.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Thinking of/with antiwar activist A. J. Muste:

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Once a reporter asked him, "Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?" A.J. Muste replied softly: "Oh I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 16/09/2026

I listen to Converge *and* I give my cats little kissies on the tops of their precious heads. I am vast, I contain multitudes, etc. etc.

An orange cat wearing a smug expression sits in the lap of a masc individual.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 15/09/2026

Men: Normalize telling your male friends that you love them. It's good for you.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 15/09/2026

Like, I’m genuinely unsure if playing Commander is the best way for me to engage with Magic right now, solely for the complexity of aligning multiple schedules.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 15/09/2026

The biggest threat to Commander is the impossibility of getting four adults with jobs and families to schedule a game. People have lives.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A reminder that vaccines are widely available right now! And while most pharmacists don't even bother to ask about preexisting condition qualifications, they will also usually help you find out which fit you. Don't get killed by COVID. I'd much rather have you on Earth with me.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the point of freeing yourself from the prison of ego is not getting there you’re not gonna do that. never gonna happen. the point is cultivating a practice of routinely asking “wait, I am too into my own shit here?” in every aspect of your dealings at least once or twice a day. anyhow good morning

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 14/09/2026

Annotating games of chess where you played like a toddler with a hangover can still yield valuable insights.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 13/09/2026

If you'd told me that the next game from the studio that made Untitled Goose Game was a social puzzle game like Big Walk, I would have called shenanigans. And I would have been wrong.

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

trying to make new friends as an adult

Amy Adams in Arrival holding the white board that says HUMAN while she's trying to communicate with aliens

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 12/09/2026

If you have friends who play video games, Big Walk may be the best game you can buy this year: store.steampowered.com/app/1478500/…

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You can pinpoint the exact moment the edible hit the night when that guy invented chess because it's the second he decided how a knight moves.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 10/09/2026

I'm still getting my head around the new Chat Pile album. It's not what I expected, and that isn't disappointing.

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

If your significant other is a recovering addict, and they want to celebrate a sobriety anniversary, cheering them on is the bare fucking minimum. Sobriety is hard.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 08/09/2026

Sometimes, I play chess like I might know what the pieces do: lichess.org/5HgXRroh

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 08/09/2026

I’m saddened to note the anniversary of the passing of Sheldon Menery. It says a lot that more people know him for stewarding Commander than know him for being one of the most influential MTG judges of all time. We should all hope to live so well.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 08/09/2026

There are some days where I genuinely wish I had feline telepathy. I don't _always_ want it, but damn if it wouldn't be helpful sometimes.

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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.

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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/09/2026

I am up early for an early flight home and breakfast is three Oreos and a Coke Zero. I have never felt more alive.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 05/09/2026

Got my flu, COVID, and Hepatitis-B vaccines today. Easy, quick, and safe. You love to see it.

A masc person shows off a white bandaid on their right bicep. The bandaid has a red heart on it.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 03/09/2026

Does anybody else get anxiety about building Commander decks before a convention? Is this a thing? I just want everyone to have fun playing Magic with me, and to think I'm cool.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This Friday is my birthday! And my publisher just gave me some *audiobook codes* for The Dragon Has Some Complaints, so I'm celebrating with a giveaway. All you have to do to enter is 1) follow me on here 2) reskeet this post 3) reply naming one of your favorite monsters!

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 01/09/2026

Introduce yourself with five artists you’ve seen at least twice: Mogwai Ani Difranco Tool Cake The Dresden Dolls

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Nicholas Sabin @sabin.blog · 31/08/2026

Happy birthday wishes to the memory of Fred Hampton, former deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, born on this day in 1948. If not for being murdered in his sleep by Cook County police officers in 1969, he would have celebrated his 76th birthday today.

An image of Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Black Panther party, speaking at a rally at Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There is a wild lie going that Rocky in Project Hail Mary was a puppet. I don't know who spread this RIDICULOUS story. To be clear: Rocky is real and I want to be his friend.

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big tiddy Rebell @rebell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“This is the evidence based study on why autism is rising” Yeah and Magic has doubled their sets per year you don’t need a study to figure this one out.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

if we don't give tim curry an astronaut burial what are we even doing. he deserves the honor of being in

Tim Curry looking up with the caption "space"

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