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Shadow
@shadow298.bsky.social
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Shadow is my real name.
Another bird site escapee (And The Geek Shall over there).
Freelancer, writer, MTG addict, generalised geek, former academic & full time know-it-all.
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oldenoughtosay.com
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke

history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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katelynburns.com
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
A screenshot of a tweet from Ludwig saying: a couple weeks ago I found out one of my oldest viewers passed away she started following when i had 100 viewers she was super active in chat, funny, and helped turn my goofy dream of being a streamer into a full fledged career she was also trans, and my community was one of the few places she felt comfortable expressing that in so today in her memory im doing a charity stream for the Trevor project ty to anyone who tunes in or donates rip kanabana
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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coachnelly.bsky.social
Canadian Highlander… I guess 🤦🏻‍♂️

youtu.be/NeGJA-fk0a0?...
Bant Blink vs Orzhov Aristocrats || North 100 Showdown
YouTube video by LRRMTG
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November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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seananmcguire.bsky.social
It's OMENS OF CHAOS yelling time again! Have you pre-ordered YOUR copy yet?
A book cover against a blue background reading COMING FEBRUARY 17, 2026. The book cover shows a blonde-haired human New Capenna shield mage in the robes of a first year Strixhaven mage-scholar, casting a domed shield around herself. The school is behind her. The text on the cover reads "STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS | SEANAN MCGUIRE | New York Times Bestselling Author."
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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vooks.net
Pokémon Pokopia features an actual Pokémon Professor to help you build a Pokémon utopia www.vooks.net/pokemo...
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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robdenbleyker.com
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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dateeverything.bsky.social
Love is in the air (and on sale!) Date Everything! is now 35% OFF on Steam!

Oh, and we're feeling extra generous... adorn your desktops with some steaming hot 4K wallpapers while you're at it: info.team17.com/date-everyth...
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
shadow298.bsky.social
The "it's ephebophilia actually!" defence is more telling in ways that's unintended.
Because generally shows how sexualised teenage girls are but also speaks to the different methodology of grooming & manipulation of said teenage girls. As well as the pathology of the ephebophile.
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accountablegop.bsky.social Republican Accountability @accountablegop.bsky.social · 1d
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
There are dozens of us!
Tepig: I love life! Man: WHY FIRE/FIGHTING?
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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readingtheend.bsky.social
I think about this tweet every day
tweet from @wlwsaavik from December 9, 2020: "it is so satisfying to know that spock and leonard nimoy would probably be best friends and play the lute together or something but jim kirk would absolutely beat the shit out of william shatner in an applebee's parking lot"
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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moboolyedits.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: Shen is riding on the shoulders of a big yellow guy labeled "INSPIRATION", who is holding Shen's feet so he doesn't fall off. Both are happy, Shen with his eyes closed going "WEEEEEEE!", and there are sparkles around them. Panel 2: Inspiration, by the feet, swings Shen full force into the ground, which he hits with his face and shatters, sending bits of debris into the air. Panel 3: Shen sits up, dazed with swirly eyes and scuff marks all over him, as Inspiration's yellow hand recedes exits panel left, having let go of Shen. Entering paneling right is a new, grey hand. Panel 4: Shen is now riding on the shoulder of a big grey guy labeled "DISCIPLINE" who has a furrowed brow and determined expression. He's still kinda crumpled and dazed, and is once again is going "weeeeeee", though now less enthusiastically.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Thank You (Part 2/2) - Gator Days
Thank You (Part 2/2) - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Gwen is in the kitchen making dinner for her brothers and father. Her mother is probably going to be home late again. She's chopping up something green. Everyone knows that a proper meal has to have something green in it. It's science or something. Gwen's youngest brother comes in to see what she's doing. Tanner: Are you making dinner? Gwen: Yeah. Tanner: You must like to cook. Panel 2 Gwen keeps on chopping but responds honestly to her brother. The microwave in the back says "ERROR". It still works but no one knows how to make it stop saying "ERROR". Gwen: If Mom or Dad won't do it then someone has to. Panel 3 Tanner: Oh... I'm glad you do. Thank you. Gwen stops chopping for a moment. Tanner's words mean a lot to her. Panel 4 Gwen: Thanks, Tanner. Tanner: But I didn't do anything. Gwen: You're kind. That's something. Life is difficult. Life is unfair. But Gwen feels the appreciation from her brother and that makes it a little better.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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facesofjeff.bsky.social
I’ve made you all a new reaction meme for when something interesting happens. I’d like this to replace Michael Jackson with the popcorn, and the guy from Trailer Park Boys with the folding chair. Thanks.
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3136 is going home at last
Three bunnies are standing together in a trench, in World War 1 British uniforms. Two of them have rifles. They look up to see a dove carrying an olive branch, as the sun emerges from clouds
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
shadow298.bsky.social
Makes me think of the stupid parental cliche: "If everyone else jumped off a bridge would you do it to?" because the LLM/AI industry thrives on FOMO.

CEOs are made to fear that other companies will get an advantage using the shitty product so they have to jump on board too if they want to keep up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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shivambhatt.bsky.social
here, have the earliest known live recording of the Henry Rollins Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yKh...
Rollins Band (Toronto 1987) [07]. Ghost Rider
YouTube video by TheRollinsMan
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November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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mtgdrip.bsky.social
If I were to make Magic content to help POC get into competitive magic. What would you like to see? Also on that note. What do you feel or see as barriers that keep you from playing comp mtg. I'm all ears.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
Of all the AI concerns, the one about wanting to replace management with algorithms is the most monkeys-paw-ish.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/boss
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
2-panel SMBC comic update. In the first panel, a man on public transport is looking down at his phone, seemingly reading something on the internet. The man says "It's not fair that robots are gonna take our jobs first! If they can replace us, why not replace the CEOs first?" The second panel shows the same man now in the office with the robot boss monitoring him. The boss says "I noticed you were way from your desk today, Todd." The man replies "I needed to use the bathroom", to which the robot replies "needed to or wanted to", implying that AI bosses would micromanage to an absurd degree.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social
She's still going btw...
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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straczynski.bsky.social
Sometimes when I write down what the characters say, they get a laugh out of me. This was one of them.
spider-man.bsky.social Spider-Man @spider-man.bsky.social · 3d
Captain America #15 (Nov 2024). Story: J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski.bsky.social), pencils and inks: Jesus Saiz, colors: Matt Hollingsworth (@matthollingsworth.com) #Spider-Man #CaptainAmerica #VeteransDay
Captain America tells Spider-Man "I also know 1,247 ways to kill you with a spoon." Spider-Man says "Do you have a spoon?" Cap says "I was in the army. I always have a spoon."
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: Shen is looking very closely at a leaf with a ladybug on it. He is happily saying "Oh if only I was a little ladybug." Panel 2: Shen looking up at the sky, his hands clasped in front of him, both the background and his seemingly pearlescent eyes full of sparkles at light. He blushes and says "How whimsical life would be! How free of care!" Panel 3: Closeup on the ladybug from the side, as it thinks "If I don't eat like 50 aphids and have sex right now I'm gonna kill myself."
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
shadow298.bsky.social
A great article. Well worth the read.
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM