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John Parker
@johnparkerwrites.bsky.social
Posting here about the cosmos, MCOC, gay films, cats, and baking fails. Host of @thegailyshow.org and This Queer Book Saved My Life. Founder of the Queer Armenian Library. GLAAD Media Award nominee. Lambda Literary Fellow.
If anyone's looking to join an #mcoc alliance, mine is recruiting. We're AQ mandatory, AW optional. We run Map 4. Great alliance for progression to Cav, Thronebreaker, and Paragon. Min prestige: 8k. We're chill, with main objective of 100% exploration in AQ. Happy to share more!
July 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'd vote for Brad Lander on the basis of this video alone. I hope he has a job in the upcoming Mamdani administration. Those two are fantastic.
July 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Do they not give out America Chavez anymore in #mcoc?

I just opened 23 Paragon crystals, 2 5-star nexus crystals, 3 6-star crystals, 2 Science-Mystic crystals, 4 6-six star Nexus crystals, 1 Exalted crystal, & a 7-star generic crystal.

Didn’t even see her in the rotating line of champions. 😭🤔🙄😵‍💫😭
a woman says " i promised myself i wasn 't gonna cry "
ALT: a woman says " i promised myself i wasn 't gonna cry "
media.tenor.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I had the wildest #mcoc Battlegrounds match last night. The game froze on the ban champs screen. I waited but the red flashing icon popped up so I closed the game. When I reopened it, the match was still going! I got to choose 1 champ with seconds left and then had to fight. It was WILD.
April 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Does anyone else save up all the units they earn over the year to use in December's #mcoc banquet?

I literally don't spend a unit. 😂 My goal is to earn 3,000 units a month and I'm up to 9,967 so far. I'm already dreaming of those banquet crystals...
March 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
An armor break immune node on Emma Frost? 🙄

About the same nonsense as adding an evade node on one of the thousand spider people champs in #mcoc.

It doesn't make me want to figure it out. It's just annoying. Pass.
March 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If you give your cat a two-syllable 1st name, then you can perfectly replace "Thunder" with their name in the Thundercats theme song.

In our household this is sung regularly:

Buffy Cat is on the move! Buffy Cat is loose!
Feel the magic, hear the roar,
Buffy Cat is loose!

Buffy, Buffy, Buffy Cat!
March 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I know it would be impossible to do, but I would love to see my competitors' fights in #mcoc Battlegrounds. So many INTERESTING choices I wouldn't expect.
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just discovering how many videos are on YouTube of bands doing covers of the Thundercats theme song...and I'm in heaven.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by John Parker
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What's a summoner got to do to earn America Chavez? Tell me RNG! For months, I have had all the rank up materials waiting just for her. #mcoc #youngavengers
February 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I don't know man. The last week of #mcoc has been annoying. and not fun-figure-it-out annoying. more like these nodes are dumb and it feels like the designers are mistaking annoying for difficult.

Or maybe I need a break.
February 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Autumn of Agony is wrecking me. I've never had such little success and lack of improvement in #mcoc before.

Time to spend hours watching how-to videos on YouTube......
a cat with a serious look on its face
ALT: a cat with a serious look on its face
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February 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When your special 3 takes down the defender to 1% health, but then they knock you out.

🤔 #mcoc 😭
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you see this, then post a gif from one of your comfort shows
January 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I know it's called autumn of agony. But, usually, after three days of trying, I get slightly better and make some progress. But this. 🧐
January 31, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Paragon!

And I didn't chuck my phone once 😂 #mcoc

Could not have done it without the YouTube video by Marvel King Saitama using Hercules. I watched that thing a 100 times. And many thanks to MCOC Noob and MCOC Encyclopedia on YouTube who got me to 7.4.6.

I feel like I'm giving an Oscars speech.
January 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Going for Paragon this weekend. 😬

Chucking my phone has been a crucial part of attaining uncollected, cavalier, and thronebreaker. So, good thing I bought a new heavy duty case. 😂
January 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ok, there are excellent #mcoc tier lists...

but what's your F(wB), M, K list?

Friends with Benefits: Let's have a mutually amazing night and call each other again in a few weeks.

Marry: Your ride or dies.

Kill: You're stupid and you're dead to me.

Here's mine (partial) 👇
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
*applause for best pop culture reference to summarize today*
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I really enjoyed this essay collection on finding your place in the cosmos. A cosmic #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by John Parker
Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING.

I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.

NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
January 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So close to having the full Young Avengers team in #mcoc.

Also, I won't rank up anybody if I think their PI will end up putting them in between Wiccan and Hulkling. 😂 I added signature stones to Kate Bishop one at a time to make sure she wouldn't. Thankfully, still got max sigs and 4-star relic.
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Wish I could see this. Jealous. All caps.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) has become a spectacular sight in the southern hemisphere, with observers comparing its beauty to Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.

It is visible to the naked eye, and astrophotographers have captured remarkable images. 1/

📸 Lionel Majzik #Comet #Astronomy #Science
January 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM