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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

you don't know me

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

I wrote something about respectability in dress over on Twitter. The topic is nuanced for me, so unfortunately the post had to be long. Since Bluesky (reasonably) has character limits, I can't easily import the text here. So I'm including screenshots, if you would like to read it.

Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵 IG msviciousdesign

not true

effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

Israel is a criminal, fascist settler colonial state engaging in a genocide & bombing civilians in at least 5 nations right now. Any escalation into full blown war is both its aim & its fault & our continual sale of arms,- & frankly anything else, to them endangers the lives of everyone on Earth.

pink in the night (2019)

I've gotten into Magic: the Gathering for the last couple of years now and decided to finally try my hand at some fan art. Couldn’t go past Archangel Elspeth - cool armor AND a big ass sword.

Thanks for the reminder, Gazlowe (Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)

This person has harassed myself and many others in the Magic community. His name is Adam Lowe. He goes by Adam Demonic/AdamDefiant on socials. This is going to be a long 🧵

Back making silly #MTGCommander videos! Hoping to get back in the rhythm of it all. First one is about stax decks... vt.tiktok.com/ZSrXV42qQ/

Born from Women who Loved Monsters open.substack.com/pub/elektrat...

I was so excited to be back on the Cozy Magic Commander show, I matched my outfit to the colours of the deck I was playing 😅 Check it out! I had so much fun in this game 🥰

There hasn't been a single game in my life where I've thought, "Man I wish could ask this NPC absolutely anything I want and they'd respond." Even if I had, it'd be novel for about 2 minutes. I'll take 50 handcrafted lines from an actual writer than 1 million from a glorified chat bot any day.

I've taken a position with @tolariancommunitycollege.com and will be moving to Portland later this month to do so! I am extremely excited and grateful for this opportunity and can't wait to work on Magic content with The Prof & Co to help continue making the game more accessible to all people!

Real challenge for you today #MTGEDH Bluesky. Keep or mull? Naya deck for reference. On the one hand, no red source to cast your commander. On the other hand, SUPER stocked on white and green sources, so ramp is within reach. And in this hand, nothing much 🤔🤔 #MTGCommander

The Bracket image leaves a lot of the nuance (from the article) about player intent out of the conversation. I, with input from the available members of the CFP, reworked the image to include it. Ask yourself, "What is the intent of this deck? What kind of experience am I looking for?"

I....I am overwhelmed by this. Magic: The Gathering players just raised $50,000 for @translifeline.bsky.social in 4 hours! Everyone donating, everyone throwing in prizes, everyone spreading the word...thank you. I am at a loss for words. Thank you for supporting this amazing cause. 🏳️‍⚧️

Anyone have any idea how I got this 'Creator' tag on @moxfield.com ? Not mad, flattered if anything! Unless I did it myself, in which case, I am concerned about my memory...

Another absolute banger response from MaRo. Worth reading in full, but here’s a taste: “You’re used to being over-represented, so being a little less over-represented feels like something has been taken from you. But really it hasn’t.” www.tumblr.com/markrosewate...

BIG news! The MTG Wiki is now being hosted by @scryfall.com on mtg.wiki This means all the same wiki content you looked up constantly, tab by tab, reading the vast history of the game but on a platform with ZERO advertisement. No stupid banners. No stupid videos autoplaying. AD. FREE.

Me and my first Commander 🧡 I wanted a way to play my two favourite cards at the time; Ajani's Pridemate and Chasm Skulker. It had other such multiformat all-stars, like Alabaster Potion 🙃 I still have the deck! It's almost completely different now, but there's still room for Chasm Skulker 🦑

A work-in-progress, depicting "Preferred Pace", by color pair, over time. Preferred Pace is: average game length (# of turns) in wins - average in losses. It's an attempt to measure where on the aggro-control spectrum a given archetype lies. The facets here are ordered by pace.

My social media has been a lot of anger, fear and sadness. I don’t know where my place is in this world but I will focus on loving my people deeply. I see you. I hear you. I love you. ♥️

Today, I sadly decided to end all operations with Get Commanded! due to personal differences between James and myself. Thank you for your support over the years! I'm not sure of my future in Magic, but please feel free to stick around here if you want to be updated 🧡 -W

glad to be here!

Our account is now deleted on X FYI! Stay here, it's way better 🧡 -W

Coincidentally I took care of that about 12 hours ago: go.bsky.app/GwGBtY6

Get Commanded! are taking another break to recharge! We don't know exactly when we will be back, but you can expect no episodes or streams for at least 3 weeks, starting this past Friday. We'll be popping a pause on our Patreon as well, more info to be sent to all patrons soon. Take care 🧡

Wanna draw cards?! This week, Walt tells you everything you need to know about his Baba Lysaga, Night Witch deck! How do you win the game? What happens when you sacrifice Kaya's Ghostform in the cauldron?? Lastly, what the hell is Chime of Night?!

Power brackets! This week, we to look into the Ceilings & Floors of cards and decks, and work out whether they might influence potential #EDH Power Brackets. Could WotC have it wrong here? We might have to come up with a Power Bracket system of our own...

Power brackets! This week, we to look into the Ceilings & Floors of cards and decks, and work out whether they might influence potential #EDH Power Brackets. Could WotC have it wrong here? We might have to come up with a Power Bracket system of our own...

We are live, with Walt drafting the legendary Kaldheim! A special guest joins him, from his second Twitch channel... twitch.tv/getcommanded

Hi, I’m Elektra Thea, writer and artist of my upcoming novel “The Colours of Darkness”

RT if you want a S2 of The Acolyte and for the story to continue ✨ #RenewTheAcolyte

This quote chain is only ~3 months old, only counting specifically schools that Israel has bombed, & is already 38 post deep. Add your name to BDS's letter to eject Israel from the UN & continue fighting what the ruling class has decided is normal. bdsmovement.net/news/send-le...

Do Johnnies know everything?! This week, we look into the most cerebral #MTG player archetype, the Johnnies and Jennies of the world! Is there more to this than just combos? How do Johnnies fit so many cards up their tiny little sleeves?? And also... could Walt be a Johnny?!

ayooo, we here! Just found out it's not invite only any more. Help us find our way around? -W