dispatches from James’ 12-year-old brother who’s really into MTG now: • he’s learned to pronounce Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar perfectly • he paid €4 shipping on a 60c Arcane Signet…

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I just woke up. $425,000 for @translifeline.org. I feel like I must still be asleep, must still be dreaming that this is happening, but it's true. You are all amazing. We have one day left. Let's make some magic! 💜🤍💙💜🤍💙

I’m having surgery in a little over two weeks aaAAaAAaAAaaaAaa I’m *very* apprehensive & sort of convinced I’ll end up leaving something important out of my recovery bag — it’s a bit like packing for the world’s shittest holiday.

someone is eating chicken nuggets in the gastroenterology outpatients waiting room rn I am seething with jealousy

how are you an inattentive magic player with ptsd? your ass is focused on the wrong triggers

www.gamesradar.com/tabletop-gam... A short op-ed from me on Lorwyn Eclipsed and the virtue of weird little things made by people. 🧌

if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good

youtu.be/A_C-G9M_0NI?... “Every time I see feminism invoked in these ways on TikTok, it’s almost always perverted […] to push a rigid standard of feminine behaviour that neutralises women’s identities and ultimately upholds the tenets of patriarcho-capitalism.”

As @kimkelly.bsky.social recently wrote, "To die a politicized death in America is to be forever denied peace." www.welcometohellworld.com/justificatio...

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

I’m committing self-inflicted human rights abuses in the kitchen right now. I’m doing evil, dark-sided shit. A ghostly apparition of Julia Child just manifested in my home and choke-slammed me to the ground.

A local 30-something is up in arms over the review scores assigned on video game and entertainment media website IGN while simultaneously feeling urged to label every woman in his life with the same number rating. paletteswap.site/dif...

really pushing the boundaries of “birthday cake” this year

Silly to overestimate how quickly the NHS gets things done! I *hoping* I get chopped up in summer. However, now I need gallbladder surgery too … and I’m getting tested for arthritis (I <3 collecting debuffs). In the meantime I’m just living slow, taking lotsa pain drugs, and writing when I can!

Crying because I finally got approved for a laparoscopy to treat my endometriosis … we are back in truly unimaginable ways !!!!!1!!!

Hi there. I’m looking to speak to creatives/artists/art enjoyers who would categorize them self as anti generative AI. If you have time for a conversation, it would help me greatly. Thank you

Looking good!

I don’t know what tf they put in The Mountain Goats’ music but it just

so, my new haircut’s fun

putting on a milkmaid dress to answer emails and get groceries 🤨

S’Monday

Ai could never replicate this at any level

ok so I just discovered the perfect use for the severed head of an Isabelle Pez dispenser and I will be riding this high for a while

Snap! I’m incredibly grateful to say we hit 2000 subscribers over night. Truly an astonishing figure and double the (pretty lofty) goal I set myself at the start of the year

Sounds about right

For days when I feel v sad/sore/sick but should probably still do work, I’ve developed a system I call BalPom. It’s an adaptation of the Pomodoro method that rewards me one run of Balatro per X words written. I may be the only person who’s ever had Balatro increase their productivity.

I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...

every day i restrain my worst urges, silently protecting you all from my dark, twisted soul

I’m historically *not excellent* at recognising emotions but I have noticed that when I persistently and involuntarily visualise the jerma “we are fucking under attack” meme that’s usually a sign that I’m on the road to a panic attack

Got to geek out and give some book recommendations over on GameSpot, hope y’all enjoy ☺️✨ www.gamespot.com/gallery/here...

(Joe Russo, sucking the marrow from a child's bones) You know what I think of when I think of the Electric State? (Anthony Russo, hanging upside down from the ceiling of their cave like a monstrous bat) What's that Joe (Joe, tossing the bone over his shoulder) Chris Pratt

Oh thank god. I’m not the only one who lost their mind watching this.

SGF’s Green Games Showcase featured this gem: a blockchain CCG *filled* with butt-ugly GenAI art (and AI-generated music in its trailer?) The devs claim that one of their goals is to train “benevolent AI” prior to the singularity. What a choice! youtu.be/SJzIj72SAjY

I think that about sums it up, yeah.

no, babe. it’s fine! just deliver the switch 2 wherever! i think my neighbour wanted one too, so honestly good shout going to their door instead of mine. you’re doing amazing, sweetie!!!

Virginia opossums. They just naturally look like they're on the verge of crying and if they get too stressed they pass out. They're not the fastest or strongest critters out there. Hell, their bite strength is kind of pathetic. But they endure, and for that I love them

Marketing is our passion.

Last night I found out that zero-alcohol Guinness tastes about 95% as good as the real thing

This is my favourite of James’ videos so far. @lastpiscean.bsky.social’s Decade is strange, special, and very much worth your time.

We’re in Martinaise, baby.