will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other

I am very much entering my nostalgia Pokemon arc again tbh Gonna put a new battery in this Pokewalker tonight

USA Today article just dropped! This is HUGE!!! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

About to play a de-make of Sword & Shield This is peak gaming @caljones.com

youtu.be/7MSRfVKC-Tc 11:38 fiiinally an official atatement i can just accept LMAO "we did use it when it was new but we didn't like it and never will again" is a great and satisfying answer

About to book a ticket to see Return of the King in the cinema next month on my own cos I'm in a new city and my gf doesn't feel like it Gonna be such a good me-day I can't wait

Merry Christmas folks. It's not an easy time of year for everyone, so love and solidarity to those of you who struggle for whatever reason during the holidays. I hope you have a nice rest and some good food. Good King Wenceslas remains the best carol, fwiw www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMmx...

This week on Casual Magic, the incredibly fascinating @donnycaltrider.bsky.social joins me to talk about art, artists, and art appreciation! youtu.be/TkDpJ4BYZjU?...

2025 was a hell of a year for Card Design. These are the cards that - above all else - heralded new ideas, changes to philosophy, and increased power/velocity. These are the Most Important New Commander Cards of 2025 Any I didn't cover? Lmk below 👀 👇 blog.cardkingdom.com/the-most-imp...

A "flashback" to last week here, as I catch up on pieces that have been published while I've been moving house. My Commander Class of 2025 is here, with the classic breakdown of decks I played, built, deconstructed, and brought forward to 2026. Please enjoy! blog.cardkingdom.com/commander-cl...

Stewart Lee onto it here - I think the far right in the US and UK are in cahoots about this www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Join us in just over an hour for a cozy chat about all things Magic and Writing 🍵

Hello from the other siiiiiiiiide Got the workstation set up. Ready to [[get some work done/play Dispatch]], of course.

Less about the Commanders, and more about the types of games they tend to propagate blog.cardkingdom.com/five-command...

Right I'm disappearing offline for a bit, gotta finish the last bits of packing (my workstation!) and then move. See you on the other side. Hope everyone has a lovely holidays.

Took the best part of the year to get it but finally it's in my hands :D Now to begin planning how best to utilise this freedom!

It was amazing to be a part of the CFP this past year, and I feel like it succeeded in so many ways both internally and for the community. What a great project and group of people! I'll be sad not to be involved going forward, but wish everyone nothing but the best. (Extended thoughts below)

jumping on this to say I've noticed my online networking take a nose dive since I deleted social apps off my phone, but i am exercising again trying to manage chronic pain eating better reading more i am enjoying talking to strangers overall trying to improve my life in many small ways its good!

You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Midsommar. I'm past the point in my life where I enjoying watching bleak horror. The world at large is bleak enough. My escapism needs to be less bleak.

guys I think I discovered what feat allows access to the final branches of the Minimalism skill tree it's move house twice in a year

It's the end of the year, and we've had time to test out the Brackets Beta. Folks have been vocal in wanting a bracket between 3 & 4. I set out to investigate the divide through the following question: Should You Always Tutor in B4? Share your comments below :) blog.cardkingdom.com/should-you-a...

me packing away my magic cards to move house: it'll be fine, I won't miss magic for a few weeks over Christmas me writing content these past two days: fuck, I love magic. i WISH I could play Commander right now

Turns out the issue is Nord VPN's tracking blocker being met with a "uh uh uh" forbidden from Bsky. Kinda lame.

First 4 Commander Decks Started with an Atraxa Precon my friend bought me. Picked up FtV Angels and Built Aurelia. Next up was my hot-and-cold relationship with Ayli who I had a lot of fun with until I didn't, and then I think next was Meren. Classic.

2025 has given us more interesting and varied Commanders than I actually expected we'd get. Despite being so far into this game, designs can still feel fresh. Here are my picks for the top 10 of the year. Have a feeling I'm not alone in picking some of these blog.cardkingdom.com/10-coolest-n...

is anyone else not able to see images at all on bsky right now?

someone try and pin down this sniper that just annihilated me

A tricky thing about #mtgcube, and Eternal deckbuilding more generally, is that pet cards don't always play well together. It's not just "power creep," either. Magic's design ethos has changed so much over 30 years, it might as well be 4 different games: luckypaper.co/articles/fou...

You mean to tell me that the band I flew 13 hours to go and see, and the band I've been listening to since I was like 12, feature in my top listens along with my Game of the Year (and last year's GotY) OSTs? Shocked pikachu. (also kinda cool that I'm a top listener of Chilli Beans tho)

I wonder what will be the more solid long-term investment; Secret Lair Bonus Cards, or Prize cards. 🤔

Somehow against all odds managed to get two tickets for E33 in Berlin. Sadly we will be sitting separately... had to refresh on two devices (one VPN) and try and line up 12 minute basket times to do it. Whole experience was garbage, the website didn't work so I got put in the queue late Shaking

We made a thing and they wrote about it on Polygon! Very excited to have this out in the world. I have been dying for a playable out of a pack TCG for about as long as these games have existed and my team really nailed it. www.polygon.com/cataclysm-ar...

You shouldn’t let your disability hold you back or define you! Disabled sportspeople are SO inspiring! Unless you need benefits to live in which case you must remain indoors and look miserable or else some lickspittle bootlicking jobsworth will cut you off.

Back to stellar blade soundtrack posting again today Been thinking a lot about E33s OST winning a lot & hopefully getting to see it live one day I don't think SB is the same level, but it was OSTotY worthy that year. Feels like if it released AFTER K-Pop Demon Hunters, it would be more loved/known

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

is it DanDan secret lair time yet?

went into stranger things s5 thinking "just wanna see how it ends tbh" ended up staying up too late finishing the last episode of part 1 last night far exceeding my expectations!

Okay, so Iroas has always been a little underrated in the 'zone. But I feel like with all the cool tech from TLA & TLE, he's actually kinda perfect to build an aggressive deck with control elements? blog.cardkingdom.com/iroas-god-of...

Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March. Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday! Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000. Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated. Let's make small donations normal again! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

We are helping run a charity event for @warchilduk.bsky.social on December 13th at Harlequins Preston! “No child should be a part of war. Ever. ” Tickets are available now: harlequinsgames.com/products/cha... Like and Share this post to be in for a chance to win 120 Play Points for MTGO!

Making good progress with packing stuff. The benefit of doing "non-essentials" ahead of time is that - despite being something of a minimalist - I've been able to identify even more stuff I just don't need. Very grateful to have my partner here this week so we can do it together. 🥰

I pegged Azula as being pretty cracked the moment I read it. Seeing it play recently I've been surprised at just how the deck can pop off out of nowhere. So I asked @nizzahon.bsky.social to share his thoughts. What do y'all think of her? Is her velocity something to be feared?

It's Sun Titan. blog.cardkingdom.com/sun-titan-is...

It's Sun Titan. blog.cardkingdom.com/sun-titan-is...

the existential dread of having not bookmarked a recipe and being unable to find it again

Lmao @otsumamiboy.bsky.social are you seeing this

Last Magic Q1 Set, and corresponding Genshin Patch Previewed Magic Q1 Set, and Genshin Patch Current Boss related to Moon stuff in the Q1 patch Excuse me