JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

3) There’s three years to go. Farage in Downing St is not guaranteed. But Labour, one way or the other, can’t go on like this. 4) Scotland and Wales to come. And they’re going to hurt.

Several things true at once 1) Labour losing to everyone in every direction. Reform (with Green assistance eating into Lab vote) wiping Labour out in places Lab has always dominated 2) They’re often doing so on small %es of vote, rewarded by highly fragmented electorate. FPTPdoing the rest…

I hope she wins.

Keep Britain Kind

I think if the voting percentage numbers for this round of local elections drop in the 20s we've reached peak disinterest from the UK public

No these are not “midterm” elections, thank you for your attention to this matter

I just renewed my phone contract on a whim and was told that my renewal has been overdue since September 2019. Does this count as me officially losing control of my life?

🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people are being denied vital healthcare that has nothing to do with their gender identity – simply because they are trans. https://goodlaw.social/29cj

Secrets of strixhaven prerelease off to a great start

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

Representing my boy today #ESLOne

Trans athletes have been able to compete at the Olympics for decades, and in that time there have been around SIX. They have not medaled nor even placed highly. A “solution” of a non-issue to virtue-signal bigotry. The added ban against any athlete with DSD arbitrarily punishes the exceptional.

Can we stop comparing *any* UK leaders with Churchill please? Thatcher wasn’t Churchill, Boris bloody Johnson wasn’t Churchill, and Keir Starmer wasn’t Churchill. Even Churchill wasn’t the Churchill everyone imagines. Just shut up about Churchill.

The piece that meant the most to me in 2025 - written after a traumatic week, the words tumbled out of me. Thinking of all the NHS overseas workers propping up the system and keeping our loved ones alive. Where would be without them. open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...

For me it's: Final Fantasy Tarkir Dragon storm Edge of Eternities Avatar the Last Airbender Aetherdrift Spiderman

Top executives cannot shut up about AI. … but is it helping?

"One Piece isn't political!" Okay. Anyway

Lorwyn Eclipsed is gonna bankrupt me I swear

I almost won a EDH pod with Approach of the Second Sun in my bracket 2 Phelddagriff group hug deck, and it felt like the closest I have ever been to "completing magic"

Magic-playing Emma is here to say "Marvel and Avatar aren't for me, but I'm glad folks are becoming excited over the previews and hope the cards bring you joy on release day(s) and beyond." I'll be back with Lorwyn. 😆

Resisting the urge to upgrade my $2 budget Wilson + cultist of the absolute deck - it does a lot and I like having a deck that can show the power of draft chaff, but it could always be better...

I should have bought the Yuna, Hope of Spira dip....

remembering Peachy medium.com/@bryndota/re...

Friday Night MTG Tarkir pre-release very good - been a long while since I went to a sold out 32 player one! Finished 13th and if I NEVER see another 1/1 mobilize warrior again, it will be too soon! Temur bros rise up.

Heads up, looks like a Deadpool Secret Lair is going live in 15 minutes or so. I expect people are going to be jumping on it. secretlair.wizards.com/us/en/

Split Fiction is such a goddamn great game - I expected it to be after how Brothers, A Way Out and It Takes Two were - but this is just more of the stuff I already loved and I'm here for it.

Just finished Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and now my mainline yakuza journey is complete! Will play judgement/lost judgement/dead souls at some point just so I can say I did - but what an incredible 12 months this has been.

Just another based Kazuma Kiryu post

I fucking love this cool little guy and they're still my favourite commander to play

Today on my LBC Sunday show I interviewed a former Trump adviser. She claimed that Putin wasn’t morally responsible for the war. I challenged her on that claim. She told me she didn’t like me and hung up. And they say the left are snowflakes. Watch the full interview here. youtu.be/tSsV7xyDyfY?...

I can no longer listen to this Children's Television Production of Peace in Our Time. Your President is a traitor. Your country is a disgrace. You should all be ashamed.

Slava Ukraini

Theres going to be a lot of people who get into magic the gathering through the new final fantasy product releasing in June. We as magic players owe them the best piece of advice available - BUY SINGLES TO GET THE CARDS YOU WANT. #mtg

Turns out, unhappy individuals emailed all of our sponsors to complain about @goberthicks.bsky.social & me supporting Prof's Trans Lifeline Fundraiser. Fun fact, we've done so every year, and we'll do it again. If that doesn't rile you up, just WAIT until you hear our stance on women's rights...

There's going to be so many people pulled into Magic because of #MTGxFinalFantasy and honestly I'm here for it - that's great news

I'm giving away EVERY Masters set EVER! It's Masters Masters! I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Masters from the entire history of Masters sets as a thank you! Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.bsky.social until Feb 15 at 11am PST! Donate---> give.translifeline.org/tolarian

I've just seen the site where you can vote on which merch will be released for Yakuza's 20th anniversary and some of these options made me burst out laughing:

Mark Rosewater, head designer for Magic: The Gathering, is sick and tired of your bigoted and transphobic shit. [via Blogatog]

I’m not sure people quite grasp how much of the crypto world is reacting to the Trump memecoin launches.

This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.

Blue players. #magicthegathering

Now I also need to track down these promos for Year of the Snake goddamn

Ok, mainline Yakuza journey over - just finished Infinite Wealth last night. I will play the sidegames (judgement, ishin etc) at some point later in the year so I have the full experience, but WHAT A JOURNEY. I never expected to enjoy these games as much as I have done, starting right from 0.

Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate here is my favourite snake card from #MTG , this was one of my favourite legendaries when I first started playing as a kid, my snake deck was infamous in my playgroup 😎

Starting my content strong for 2025

I've not been this hyped about EDH brewing in some time, feels good to be finally out of my rutt - now I just need to decide which direction to take Hashaton... Zombies, value discard or combo 🤔