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TheFourthJesse

@thefourthjesse.bsky.social
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I play board games, write code for a living, and live in Wisconsin.

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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
This was just me going through the 2026-2027 list of games with Deck, Bag, and Pool Building as a listed mechanic and only talking about the ones I have some knowledge of. There's a ton that I didn't even mention because I'm not at all familiar with them.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
Altay is another pretty recent deckbuilder that also has some area control in it. I've only played it on BGA, but it's got promise.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
It's not a new family of deckbuilders, but there's always a new version of Legendary coming out. It tickles me pink to see that one of the latest is Legendary: A DC Deckbuilding Game because Marvel Legendary is really what made that family. But now you can put Batman in your Spiderman.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
I haven't played it, but there's also Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, which is doing pretty well. That might be just based on the IP though.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
If you like Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, there's a pretty recent head to head battler called Mistborn: The Well of Ascension that's pretty tight. It has a nice mechanic for how you have a multi-player battler and don't just end up smashing one player out of contention.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
The Clank! family of deckbuilders keeps getting new versions and expansions, so it's very current. I love the spatial travel in it and the puzzle of getting enough value out of delving the dungeon and getting out.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 12h
You should try FlipToons. It's very recent and it's got a buy lane like Ascension and some really innovative mechanics. Also, the company that made it is from my hometown and I know the owner. :)
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
None of the links actually take me to the items that are on sale...
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I work at a company where we have a sci-fi themed building, a mystery themed building, and multiple fantasy themed buildings. I have always said we should have a romance themed building, but I doubt it will ever happen... Also we should have a Barbie themed building...
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again?
Fred from Scooby Doo unmasks a ghost in two panels. In the first, the masked ghost is, "HERE'S WHY THIS GENRE I HATE IS BAD." In the second, the ghost is unmasked to turn out to be, "I HAVEN'T READ OF IT BUT"
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
While this is just an Easter egg that references the ending credits to Minecraft, it's super unprofessional for a government website. Don't get me wrong, Easter eggs in websites are cool, but it should be on topic. Like, here, a graph of economic stuff and Reagan's face where it All Went Wrong.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This looks more like an Easter egg to me.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I really hate looking at the covers of board games and thinking, "Was this AI? It looks kinda overly smooth ... or is this just art direction?"
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TURNS OUT, there are shortcuts. They have flight paths from air traffic control that can be a little indirect, so sometimes they can ask for (and get) a more direct path depending on the other traffic in the air.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I always chalk it up to helpful winds and/or less turbulence because, in my mind, turbulence means you're going a bit slower. I'm wondering if there's some element of less weight than average on the flight.
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Reselsnark @reselsnark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This thread by @theradr.bsky.social is more leaning on how easy it was to transition to ghost, and about that platform’s positive qualities and values than necessarily negative about substack, but might be useful to demonstrate there are genuine alternatives. bsky.app/profile/ther...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A sorta odd request. I’m looking for an artistic cartographer or an illustrator to commission to make a cute, useful street map of an actually existing village. Searching the internet produces a bunch of fantasy map specialists and AI slop, which isn’t quite it. Know anyone? (This is paid, ofc.)
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
... But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.”
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. ...
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
-all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!" "No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. ...
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?" "I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly. "I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be––
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am reminded of a scene from Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, which will take at least three posts to show... ------ “Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i hate that i can’t enjoy cute animal videos without wondering if they’re AI. i’m getting better at checking, but damn, way to ruin one of the few good things on the internet.
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Paizo @paizo.com · 23/09/2026
Join us in giving a warm bravo, brava, and brave to our wonderful group of freelance authors who put together the Seventh Season of Pathfinder Society Second Edition, Year of Battle’s Spark! Show gratitude for the minds behind the fun in today's blog: bit.ly/4xDL6Cg
The image is of a group of Hellknights in full armor ready for battle in front of a burning building. In the bottom right corner of the image is the "Paizo Organized Play" logo.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They're going to give kids polio, this is madness.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I asked ages ago but didn’t get much of a response so I’m taking another swing at it. Does anyone following me either know how to read Cree or know someone who can?
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gotta put some Pathfinder 2e in there for your big fantasy heartbreaker art. I'm sure the folks at @paizo.com can hook you up.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In actual democracies, a National Voter Registration Day is completely unnecessary, since access to suffrage is easy, often automatic, & not the subject of endless pitched legal & political battles about its restriction.
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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminder: Fuck AI.
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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Americans... don't forget to make sure you're registered to vote. Please. And please vote. PLEASE. nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus attention on the importance of registering to vote and voting in our democracy d...
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind.
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Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It (Gift Article)
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Waiting for "aaaaaaa"
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trans people are not the cause of any of your problems, and only assheads want you to believe they are.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A man rapped with his dog at the Apollo, the stage famous for booing acts off before their first verse, and the crowd went wild for both of them.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Picard management tip: Admitting one's failures is a sign of confidence and strength. It reassures others that failing is okay.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A classic for the Monkey 2600 Entertainment System is now in the d20Monkey Shop! #ttrpg #webcomics d20monkey.dashery.com/products/986...
A colorful ad with a blue t-shirt featuring a homage to old school Atari 2600 box art with a pen tablet, comic strip, d20, and TTRPG notebook with the text "d20Monkey comics, games, and TTRPG cartridge"
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11/09/2026
The real legacy of 9/11 is what we see happening in the US right now. Organizations purportedly formed to combat terrorism are being used by a demented sociopathic president to terrorize the citizens of the US, and turn the nation into a white supremacist dictatorship.
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 31/08/2025
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don't know what this says about me, but I feel good to be heading out of the Google hegemony.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This forced me to get a new email address, which was what got me over the hump of looking at options. I pulled the trigger on Proton Mail, which might not be where I end up, but it happened. I spent a good hour swapping over accounts last night and it was actually pretty painless.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've wanted to switch off Gmail as my main email provider for many, many, many months. I always got exhausted looking at options. Yesterday, the McDonald's app finally realized that I had deleted my Facebook account years ago. However, my email address was linked to the Facebook account.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
…So Anthropic leadership not only misunderstood the TV show Person Of Interest *as a whole*, but they actively thought Team Samaritan were the *good guys*? Yikes. Also, so much for "ethical red lines against domestic mass surveillance," amirite?
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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Epic's so successful that there are purely MyChart based scams out there - watch yourself. gizmodo.com/that-free-my...
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That Free MyChart 'Medicare Kit' Is a Scam
Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints from the FTC about the scam.
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