Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11hI do wonder how seperate the internal cultures at WotC are. Internal balance is so important for MtG and during the 5E and the aftermath MtG was the golden goose for WotC and Hasbro. I suppose it could just be video game brain as well. 150
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Charizard isn't beefy enough for LT. I'm putting Nidoking in that slot. I'll swap Charizard over to my mike LB. FB is going to be Raticate because I know it has the right energy and has a bit of juice to capitalize on one or two targets a game. Get hitmonchan at Nickel and move gengar to RB. 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Of course this is largely cope as someone living in Australia looking at Victoria which has been consistently center left voting for a long time swinging hard to the right in this cycle. 040
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think it tracks with the strong anti-incumbent bias we've seen worldwide. Incumbents are getting shellacked still. Not quite to the 2024 degree but still real. And I know that's not the same as a regional realignment but if its happening at national levels I wouldn't be shocked to see it at st 250
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hines-Allen was huge in the last few minutes of the quarter. Fun game. 120
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Very true in Australia as well. Might just be a total population thing? Or a weather one? Both have huge swaths of really inhospitable land. 001
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That's a great piece on a great show. I hadn't read the email yet so thanks for the reminder. 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How good does Malik Willis have to be to be a starting QB next year? 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Is there any reason for hope as a Colts fan? And how disspirited should I be imaging Steichen in his next head coaching job when this season flops and next year is a total rebuild? 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Having a release last 2-3 months sure helps cut down on the gap between seasons..... (Which I know is your point but it's baffling they're so stuck in their ways) 001
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Is selective non-renewal ever used as a punishment? Is there any implicit threat of it? Or is it not even a consideration because there are enough other avenues to ensure loyalty? 270
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I had forgotten the name of them but I loved those books so much as a teen. You mentioned the workmanlike quality of them but I want to shout out how well it transitions from the more focused first novel to the grander and more ambitious second two without really skipping a beat. Great stuff. 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We didn't even try to make our 6 y/o read before kindergarten. Going to be taught it in school anyway so why make it boring and repetitive for them rather than new and exciting was our logic. He's doing just fine and isn't an outlier in his class at all this year. 020
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 24/08/2026F to ves is underrated but 1) is correct and the list is otherwise excellent. 031
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I love it. Between that and Resevation Dogs I just Sterlin Harjo to be able to make TV for the next 20 years. 030
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'd completely forgotten about that whole affair. The fact that they all got on board in the end but not being there initially isn't ideal. 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'll be interested to see if they're able to change views when faced by reality and getting real briefings or if they maintain the more DSA central committee view. The blob is an idea for a reason. Interacting with the actual foreign policy reality rather than the campaign one changes a lot of reps 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I do think the vast majority of members are better than this. Same even with branches. But the big central committees.... I'm not well versed enough to have an opinion on how to change those institutions. The good news at least is the affiliated pols have mostly not been like this. 070
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I mean it's brewing. That's what the U16 bans are. They're not effective and are doing a "it's bad for you but fine for me" but imo a broader backlash is growing. 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It's kind of incredible that the the video is even worse than the pulled quote. Her saying she doesn't believe diplomacy has been tried is shows how little it's on her mind as opposed to being purely reflexive campism. 0200
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Agreed, the heist and car chase scenes of TDK are great and tense, and the airplane scene in TDKR is cool. But the actual fight with Bane is awful. It's shocking how bad he is at that but can make the Trojan Horse or Dunkirk target practice scenes work so well. 070
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The only decent fighting scene of Nolan's is the inception spinning hallway one. He's great at spectacle and tension. But actual fighting is a weakness of his in my view. 2110
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I'm working on a theory that people being confused by the end of Inception broke him and he vowed to never again leave to chance that people would misunderstand the end of his movies. 2253
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I was about to jump to Ponyo's defense but that is in large part driven by watching it a ton with my kids the past 2 years. More than just about any other list like this personal impact and resonance being the defining criteria feels absolutely correct. 060
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It really sucks that this has cropped up right as the team started to click this season. I want her off the team asap but I also get why people internal to the team aren't rocking the boat too badly. The team looked great against the Lynx today and has real aspirations for the playoffs. All sucks 020
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Dunkirk, Oppenheimer, Interstellar I think? I'm a basic nolan head though so they're like almost all 5*s for me. 030
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I really enjoyed this. I thought the discourse yesterday about Wilson really missed that she was looking at its failings as a direct adaptation while Nolan was clearly uninterested in doing that. It was two ships passing in the night. 130
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Deep down he wants to play Tau but absolutely guards or ultramarines. As basic as possible 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Ohhh hey it's me! I've topped out at like 950 ELO on chess. com and I refuse to quit or do anything to improve. 020
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Yeah the big rugby thing in Oz is league and particularly State of Origin for the QLD vs NSW rivalry 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/07/2026As in it's not a crisis because you're big and strong enough to be the one shoving them in a locker. There are obviously huge concerns for the Church in wanting to preserve it's flock, worrying about this spurring more people to the breakaway sect, and more. Driving me nuts. 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/07/2026THANK YOU! The idea that a breakaway sect defying you and ordinating their own hierarchy isn't a problem because you're kicking out is just inane posting for engagement. Of course it's a crisis. Institutional splintering is pretty definitionally a crisis. It's the sort of bully mentality thing. 130
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I mean they were more supplemental types for how you engaged with the lore and world parts of the game. You could be any of the 3 types and one of those. 010
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Agreed. And dragons or legendary's having ones that didn't immediately make sense gave them a sense of power beyond just the stats. That doesn't feel as real when everything has coverage and it's just a matter of how you want to spec your 4 move slots. 0100
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 23/06/2026That's a big part of where AI usage is being heavily trialed in some e-Medical Record settings. It's being used for passive listening to clinic visits then summarizing notes and placing orders for the Doc to review and sign off on. Massive efficiency gains especially in hands on clinics like derm. 040
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Paul George pitching his AD trade idea to stay in Indy vibes. 050
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Ughhh typos... Toy Story which I'm sure you understood anyway.... 130
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It's not what you're looking for but You Story doesn't have a dud. Mission Impossible isn't perfect but has a pretty high batting average. Ummmm... Raimi Spider-Man? 140
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 10/06/2026That is incredibly cool. Using the expected movements based on the captured data is a really great idea. 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 04/06/2026How good does Verse need to be for the return to feel good for Cleveland if none of the picks turn into anything more than a medium to low end starter? 000
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Sure but that requires trust in the institution that they actually work that way. I don't think there is enough social trust built up around policing that people would believe that right now. 170
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I get the concerns about privacy it raises but I think the upsides of reducing high risk pull over encounters is worth it. Not to mention more uniform enforcement and likely increased compliance as behavior adapts. 180
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Yay! The anime influence was the first time I really felt, "ohhh this is my generation making stuff, taking "old" stuff they loved and repackaging it for the next generation the way Lucas and Spielberg did. Different scales but same idea. But yeah, it's got a lot of heart and is just a fun romp. 130
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I get where you're coming from because having normal squishy humans around Clark is important. I like him a lot more in his own settings than in Justice League ones. Semi related have you watched My Adventures with Superman? It's definitely targeted at kids but I love the Jimmy and Lois portrayals. 130
Thomas @welcht21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Per the initial thread the powers for a day works for me, but it needs to be a once off only. You're absolutely correct that her human frailness is core to the character. 120
Reposted by ThomasSFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The final minute of yesterday's race inside the cockpit of Felix Rosenqvist's Indy car... via @indy44 X 4351108
