The U.K. and US are in a hold my beer death spiral

Note to self

#MCAmsterdam approaches! I am so excited to catch up with friends old and new. Who will I be seeing there? Will be bringing plenty of Commander decks and up for any other shenanigans that are afoot 👀 Come find me in the Creator area or the Command Zone and grab one of my new tokens!

I tend to reserve Greaves for decks that are all-in (in a foolish way) on the Commander, or decks where the CMDR is five, six or more mana to cast, and I want to stick it Otherwise it just doesn't feel like a good top deck half the time; protection spells can more effectively trade (& be flexible)

So I’ve had sleep issues for a long time, and getting any help for them on the NHS has been a bit of a journey. My sleep doctor prescribed melatonin, and some more follow up tests later this year. I usually struggle to get going in the mornings but today after literally my first melatonin:

there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.

I don’t really want my opponent to have a free 2/2 flyer anymore* vist.ly/5adge *most of the time

I had the honor of working with @narukamiknight.bsky.social to make a token for #MCAmsterdam!!! I’m so happy how it turned out! Thank you so much for working with me. Have so much fun.

My eggs are passing a stealth check this morning

the problem with the games industry is that it makes money in a sustainable way by creating stuff that people want to pay for this is in contrast to how big capital would prefer to make money, by trying to scale fake numbers to infinity using gambler brained investors lured in by impossible claims

Aiming for this to be available for folks to grab from me at #MCAmsterdam 😄 It was so great to work with @inklincustoms.bsky.social on this, her work is so so good!

I will continue modding Boros Baddies into games until morale improves

The pipeline of no new physical console discs is like Console -> PC -> can’t afford PC parts -> stop buying new stuff And it’s wild that the execs are too short sighted and stupid to realise this. Why use a monopoly digital store when you can mod on PC? If you can’t afford hardware ppl just… stop

Current weather outlook for MC Amsterdam www.accuweather.com/en/nl/amster...

the prevailing British-ness of "suffering is just how it is, and it will never get better. I suffered so you should too" is the worst part of this country, and goes back well beyond Thatcher Things could be better. Things do get better, literally everywhere else.

humanities degrees about to be the bitcoin of my generation

When you accidentally hit an Omen Path over Sunhome on your flight to work

It may feel to you like signing your name won’t support trans rights as directly as litigation or physical support. Turns out: you can do both. In an era, and climate, of extreme transphobia, it’s important to remind one another that we are the majority. To show trans people we are. Sign below.

fuck it, might rebuild Sigarda for MagicCon moxfield.com/decks/40En4a...

There are some wheely good options these days, even though none will ever quite be OG Wheel vist.ly/59yxn

Reading the lyrics from the CD, or videogame manual, on the bus home, after getting a £1.99 McDonalds with the voucher on my bus ticket... good times It was such a huge event being taken to pick a videogame at Christmas with my Uncle one year, as games were bday/xmas things. Still remember that.

Really need to see The Kills next time they tour tbh www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQX6...

There has to be at least three people that follow me that will find this hilarious

My posts most days. I'm sorry.

Chippy

Monomania. Methodicality. Maladjustment (to the meta). What I learned after playing one thousand games of Krark Sakashima Storm in cEDH: www.cascadecascade.com/one-thousand...

@narukamiknight.bsky.social I just read your piece about minimalism on Cascade Cascade and I wanted to tell you how much it spoke to me. It validated a lot of feelings I have been having lately as I work to pare down my collection and decks. I love your writing <3

Sony is taking this away from us

MSH isn't my fave set, but there are some neat cards I really like. One is The Sentry, who I think has so many fun political applications (like ganging up on the archenemy) that it should be tested out (also the token looks sick)

got me one of those staple-less cruise control japanese staplers the future is now

Wondering what the best cards in Marvel Super Heroes are for your Commander decks? Wonder no longer! Check out @narukamiknight.bsky.social's set review here! #MTGxMarvel vist.ly/59my7

I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.

Youtube Premiere in 20 minutes!!! youtu.be/FPhWzL7SNAY?...

Enshittification comes for everything we love

"we've just gone through the worst heat wave Britain has ever seen, hundreds dead because of it, terrible terrible. Anyway so we're scrapping projects that will help prevent it in future in favour of guns"

@johnfields091.bsky.social top 5 Warpaint songs?

Currently trying to plan two whole different wardrobes for MC Amsterdam dependent on whether we're likely to see another heatwave Fingers crossed it won't be unbearable!

If Andy Burnham represented change, they'd treat him like Zack Polanski.

Got my driving licence over 30 years ago, and have driven emergency ambulances for over 20 years. Can confirm that the LED headlights are too bright and are potentially hazardous to oncoming drivers.

I've never seen anyone talking about how bright LED lights on cars are these days. It's headache inducing and honestly feels like such a massive own-goal when it comes to actual safety. I've been meaning to pass a driving test and like, these common new lights are putting me off wanting to drive.

what's the most interesting new Green rare you've encountered recently? Something that isn't landfall & counters & lifegain & selfmill & increasing P/T Because it feels like every Green rare or mythic is mostly just "pick some of the above" at this point, and Green needs a bit of new design space

Really don't care for the current trend in entertainment headlines that goes like "X Character/Franchise Officially Returns in New Release" as a way to gussy up a blog about a book/comic/piece of merch into something more than it is

cole wrote this beautiful personal essay about his life thru the lens of sun titan's portrayals in art over the years and you should check it out. thebloodricguymtg.blogspot.com/2026/06/sun-...

This weather is especially rough on folks like myself with Ehlers-Danlos and Postural Tachycardia issues. I usually manage in cooler temperatures but dysautonomia is hell above like 25C tbh

Waking up to 19C and not being effectively under house arrest while being sou vides

jk rowling is still palling around with fellow transphobe kaeley triller on twitter, who admitted to the statutory rape of a minor under her care when she was working as a youth counsellor. rowling knows this because she blocks people who tell her

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Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/europes-he...

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).