Nicholas, Up and Not Crying
@nbsab.in
shameless wife guy.
cisgender bisexual non-monogamous doom uncle.
historical L3 magic: the gathering judge.
mid-atlantic regional coordinator 2012-2018
of course I’m an anti-fascist. who isn’t?
talk to me about chess, feminism, mtg, and metal.
cisgender bisexual non-monogamous doom uncle.
historical L3 magic: the gathering judge.
mid-atlantic regional coordinator 2012-2018
of course I’m an anti-fascist. who isn’t?
talk to me about chess, feminism, mtg, and metal.
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Nicholas, Up and Not Crying
@nbsab.in
· Nov 8
Hi! I'm Nicholas. Let's be friends.
Here are some things I like!
One book 📚: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by @wiswell.bsky.social
One movie 🎥: Arrival (2016)
One album 💿: As the Love Continues, by Mogwai
One TV show 📺: The Good Place (2016-2020)
Here are some things I like!
One book 📚: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by @wiswell.bsky.social
One movie 🎥: Arrival (2016)
One album 💿: As the Love Continues, by Mogwai
One TV show 📺: The Good Place (2016-2020)
Logan with Big Naturals.
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Logan with Big Naturals.
I am enjoying Hollow Knight so much lately. The game is exquisite in all respects. I could not possibly add anything to it, nor could I take anything away from it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I am enjoying Hollow Knight so much lately. The game is exquisite in all respects. I could not possibly add anything to it, nor could I take anything away from it.
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Chloe can have whatever she wants.
This is Chloe. She doesn't understand why she can't have any of your Chinese food. Brought over a clean plate and everything. 13/10 (TT: morgansieberrr)
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Chloe can have whatever she wants.
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Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
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This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
TIL that Costco is a very popular place on Dr. King’s birthday. 😳
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
TIL that Costco is a very popular place on Dr. King’s birthday. 😳
For my MTG friends: Powered Cube is great fun, and CalebD is great at explaining it.
Hey! My Essential Guide to Powered/Vintage Cube is live! I spent some serious time on this one so it'd mean a lot if you'd check it out and share it or leave a comment. It's intended to help onboard the cube-curious, but plenty of stuff there for intermediate drafters as well.
youtu.be/Wb3Ci7kmmTc
youtu.be/Wb3Ci7kmmTc
The Essential Guide to Powered/Vintage Cube
YouTube video by CalebDMTG
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
For my MTG friends: Powered Cube is great fun, and CalebD is great at explaining it.
I know it's very early, but my frontrunner for 2026 Video Game of the Year is Hollow Knight.
No, not Silksong.
Hollow Knight.
No, not Silksong.
Hollow Knight.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I know it's very early, but my frontrunner for 2026 Video Game of the Year is Hollow Knight.
No, not Silksong.
Hollow Knight.
No, not Silksong.
Hollow Knight.
If you’re not up on Meg Elison’s work, this sale is a tremendous on-ramp. Her prose is sharp and her storytelling is wicked. Go. Read.
My short story collection that includes The Pill 💊 is on sale for $5! Support an independent press and also me, your favorite unemployed author.
pmpress.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
If you’re not up on Meg Elison’s work, this sale is a tremendous on-ramp. Her prose is sharp and her storytelling is wicked. Go. Read.
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I would like Aubrey Plaza to read Someone You Can Build A Nest In.
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I would like Aubrey Plaza to read Someone You Can Build A Nest In.
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If you've missed Phantom View, today is a great day to change that. There's a common thread of wholesome humanity in John's writing, but his palette for expressing those sentiments keeps getting more nuanced, more broad, and more vivid.
And if you'd like to read Phantom View, it's up at @reactorsff.bsky.social for free right here: reactormag.com/phantom-view...
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
If you've missed Phantom View, today is a great day to change that. There's a common thread of wholesome humanity in John's writing, but his palette for expressing those sentiments keeps getting more nuanced, more broad, and more vivid.
If you want a good messaging client, I recommend Signal.
If you want a good email client, I recommend Proton Mail.
They're both free, simple, and secure.
If you want a good email client, I recommend Proton Mail.
They're both free, simple, and secure.
Do not talk about your ~activities~ on non-encrypted platforms. Do NOT talk about your friends’ ~activities~ on non-encrypted platforms. DO NOT TALK about your family’s ~activities~ on non-encrypted platforms.
Do not be the weak link that gets you or your people in trouble. Be smart. Be safe.
Do not be the weak link that gets you or your people in trouble. Be smart. Be safe.
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If you want a good messaging client, I recommend Signal.
If you want a good email client, I recommend Proton Mail.
They're both free, simple, and secure.
If you want a good email client, I recommend Proton Mail.
They're both free, simple, and secure.
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It's such a short jump from "abolish ICE" to "abolish police." You can do it! I believe in you!
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
It's such a short jump from "abolish ICE" to "abolish police." You can do it! I believe in you!
Watched POLTERGEIST (1982) with the Long Table tonight, having never seen it before. It was really good in ways I didn't expect, given the plot. I especially liked that the movie spends the first 30-40 minutes making the family seem natural and enmeshed, and then another 100 minutes scaring you.
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Watched POLTERGEIST (1982) with the Long Table tonight, having never seen it before. It was really good in ways I didn't expect, given the plot. I especially liked that the movie spends the first 30-40 minutes making the family seem natural and enmeshed, and then another 100 minutes scaring you.
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A reminder that if you don't know what you're talking about, shutting up and listening is free.
January 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
A reminder that if you don't know what you're talking about, shutting up and listening is free.
Slightly diminish a band:
Eight Inch Nails
Minor Inconvenience
Eight Inch Nails
Minor Inconvenience
Slightly diminish a band:
Woodica
🤘
Woodica
🤘
Slightly diminish a band:
Blink 181
Blink 181
January 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Eight Inch Nails
Minor Inconvenience
Eight Inch Nails
Minor Inconvenience
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Thanks for the outpouring of kindness, folks. If you want to do something to perk me up? Well, you could pre-order my dragon book! www.amazon.com/Dragon-Has-S...
The Dragon Has Some Complaints
Amazon.com: The Dragon Has Some Complaints: 9780756420499: Wiswell, John: Books
www.amazon.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thanks for the outpouring of kindness, folks. If you want to do something to perk me up? Well, you could pre-order my dragon book! www.amazon.com/Dragon-Has-S...
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One of my best friends is playing Hollow Knight for the first time, so my new favorite hobby is cheering him on and hearing every little update.
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
One of my best friends is playing Hollow Knight for the first time, so my new favorite hobby is cheering him on and hearing every little update.
I don't think Conformity Gate is a real thing, but I am absolutely delighted that it exists. #StrangerThings
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I don't think Conformity Gate is a real thing, but I am absolutely delighted that it exists. #StrangerThings
If nothing else over the last few weeks, I've gotten a few more ranks in Giving Meds to a Cat. (Poor Theo has a middle ear infection. He does not like his ear drops.)
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
If nothing else over the last few weeks, I've gotten a few more ranks in Giving Meds to a Cat. (Poor Theo has a middle ear infection. He does not like his ear drops.)
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Gamer: Dark Souls bosses are too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The platforming in Celeste is too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The puzzles in Blue Prince are too hard!
me: Skill issue.
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The platforming in Celeste is too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The puzzles in Blue Prince are too hard!
me: Skill issue.
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Gamer: Dark Souls bosses are too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The platforming in Celeste is too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The puzzles in Blue Prince are too hard!
me: Skill issue.
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The platforming in Celeste is too hard!
me: It is hard, but you can do it!
Gamer: The puzzles in Blue Prince are too hard!
me: Skill issue.
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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Darlings, I say this with all the love in the world—but that new bullet journal you’re about to buy that you know is never going to get used/will just get put into the journal graveyard, isn’t going to fix you. ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Darlings, I say this with all the love in the world—but that new bullet journal you’re about to buy that you know is never going to get used/will just get put into the journal graveyard, isn’t going to fix you. ❤️
Tonight, in Hollow Knight, I reached the City of Tears and faced the Dung Guardian.
I’d been impressed with this game for the last few hours of play time. Tonight was the first time I was in awe.
I’d been impressed with this game for the last few hours of play time. Tonight was the first time I was in awe.
December 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Tonight, in Hollow Knight, I reached the City of Tears and faced the Dung Guardian.
I’d been impressed with this game for the last few hours of play time. Tonight was the first time I was in awe.
I’d been impressed with this game for the last few hours of play time. Tonight was the first time I was in awe.