i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

I fucking love Amtrak

2nd/21 at my local store's cup last night, with Gholdengo! In what was easily the strangest cup I've ever played in (look at my matchups in the reply, trust me), this list felt super hot most of the night. This same 60 won me the challenge at this store 2 weeks ago too! PLAY IRON BUNDLE PROPAGANDA

We got 2nd LMFAO Longer post tomorrow, I am *exhausted*

League Cup tonight, but no idea what I'm playing yet (realistically, my choices are Gholdengo, Gardy, or Pult) This format has me so tired 😭

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

game idea: Factory of Doom a factorio/satisfactory style construction game where you start with redstone-esque logic, go up to constructing gates, then make gates into adders and memory and logic, and you beat the game when you combine all this to make a computer that runs Doom

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches

56th place out of 2433 players at Frankfurt Regionals, with Tera Box! Shout out to my travelling companion @lubyllule.bsky.social who helped me confirm my deck choice and also made Top 64 with the same list! I'm super happy with that run, quite the morale boost to start the new season!

Holy f*ck the prerelease was generous this time around Both Kangaskhan and Venusaur were in the build & battle kit, but no Bulbasaur or Ivysaur so I couldn't play the Venusaur 😭

big Mind Flayer energy, I love it

make things, it's good for your brain

Seen stuff about resellers just getting in and making thousands of orders on Pokemon Center for Phantasmal Flames before it was even publicly up. I am frankly sick of these people ruining the hobby. I honestly can't wait for them to leave. The sooner the better.

Highlight of my Rookidee Community Day: this 1500CP Corviknight for PvP #pokemongo

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Re-introducing team one-sheets! I've talked to newer players; I'm re-focusing these on accessibility: no shadows, no XLs, few if any legacy moves. This is based on speculative stats for the new season - but I want people to be able to work towards it. Play Rookidee Community Day!

Playing in my first League Cup of the new season today! Starting out at 0-1 due to prizing both the 4th Gimmighoul and Energy Search Pro. Took 2 prizes with the single prize Gholdengo, but couldn't draw the prizes I needed. Time to fight back!

Imma say it. Vibe coding ruined computer science's pedigree and prestige. Real software developers don't vibe code.

This cast wasn’t just for me. It was for every single trans person, every single queer Pokémon fan, to feel seen in a world that feels more hostile than it’s been in a long time. Pokémon is for everyone. That includes all of you 🩵🤍🩷 #PlayPokemon

Congratulations to your 2025 World #PokemonTCG Masters Champion, Riley Mckay! Here's your first-look at his world-class Gardevoir ex decklist ⬇️

Post your favorite card from your favorite pokemon! I never really had a single "favorite" pokemon growing up, usually just a fairly small group of ones I really liked. Playing this deck almost exclusively for a year made the funny ice cat/weasel thing into my favorite. CPAO 🥶 🥶 🥶

corporations being able to control what kind of art we're allowed to see on the internet is bad

revisiting another old drawing

For the last time: ChatGPT is not a search engine. It is an aggregate, made to spit nonense information back to you. This is why it cannot be used in an academic context.

"oh wow! this country is so futuristic! they're living in 2050" BITCH NO! THEYRE LIVING IN 2025 LIKE THE REST OF US. WE JUST LIVE IN THE U.S. WHERE TRANSIT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY ARE ALL BEING HELD BACK SO SOME ASSHOLES MAKE MORE MONEY

I’ve noticed a cultural change toward everyone bringing their own information with them, and it being tech-dependent You used to have paper tickets. Now you need a QR code on your phone. There used to be subway maps everywhere. Now you need an app. There used to be public clocks.

How Secret Box, the MOST-PLAYED ace spec from Twilight Masquerade, was kept off of the set list for BOTH prize packs that the set was in, I will never understand They printed EVERY OTHER ace spec from TWM in Series Six! Even Survival Brace!

I would rather die than create an account to continue

Introducing the Play! Pokémon Access app, a new tool to support you along your organized play journey! Whether you're a player, Professor, or parent, Play! Pokémon Access can help you keep track of Championship Points, search cards, read news, and more ✨

Look, if you have a crush on me, you're gonna have to straight up tell me, because I'm way too dumb to pick up on it otherwise

www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-j... JustinBasil, aka Jason, a huge Pokémon TCG community member, has passed away. You can donate to help with funeral and related expenses.

The circus is back in town! 3-0 last night at my locals' monthly Win-a-ETB! Hadn't touched this deck in 6 weeks, but last second decided to break it back out. Still love how it plays, but it's still missing that consistent set up/draw +1 White Flare ETB since I don't care for Prismatic #PokemonTCG

Saw someone call AI users “botlickers” and that is very funny

Now is the time to genuinely push for desktop Linux as the norm.

Coming back from NAIC, I had thoughts about the iconic play at the end of the Tord vs Riley semifinals, and how the Scarlet & Violet block has been designed to allow this kind of play. I consolidated these thoughts in an article for my blog! lubyllule.blogspot.com/2025/06/when...

Steven's Metagross ex, this, and the Mega Latias ex Oh we're cooking

The fundamental problem with Sarah McBride's logic in the New York Times today is that the fight over transgender rights is not one where "if only we were a little less confrontational" is the driving factor. Look at Republicans and how they treat people that even acknowledge a transgender woman.

Gardevoir ex through the 2024-2025 season. #PlayPokemon #NAIC #PTCG

A sign sighted at a Rhode Island #nokings rally. I definitely can get behind this.

Top 10 Anime Battles

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First half-marathon in the books!

my biggest complaint with software companies, as an employee, is that theres almost never time to go back and fix/rewrite things. Everything needs to be a new feature. Even when new features require old code to be rewritten, the time given is only for the feature, not for the rest of the work. 😮‍💨

Top 8 last night at a cup with the Copperajah Munkidori circus! Been playing with this deck a bunch this format for when I wasn't feeling gardy/pult, the matchups into both feel very favored when it doesnt lose to itself in setup 💀 +25 points for 110 this season. Not bad for only 4 cups this year!