Some updates from Dowsing Machine! New decklists and archetypes are being added regularly. You can now sort decks by "last updated" if you want to see if you missed any new deck or variant! dowsingmachine.com

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Some Dowsing Machine updates for Expanded fans! (People who follow me but don't care about Expanded must be so bored) I wrote an analysis of some of the meta shifts we saw at CL Aichi this year. It features the secret Regidrago counter dropping this summer 👀 dowsingmachine.com/en/pages/a-r...

2nd place out of 11 players at the online "Wild Area" Expanded event held over twinleaf.gg! Playing an online Expanded tournament again was so fun, hopefully more (non-French) people join next time!

on my birthday I took to the newsletter to write about the AI commencement address backlash, and how growing anger at AI is now irreversibly tethered to justified rage at the extraction class -- whether AI boosters like it or not

Yesterday Google made it very clear it will degrade Search to use the massive amount of traffic to goes through it to push its billions of users into generative AI tools they aren’t asking for. Search is no longer a portal to the web; it’s a portal to Gemini. disconnect.blog/google-is-it...

I just registered for an online Expanded tournament held this weekend, like it's 2020 or something?! Someone on the Silent Lab discord server wanted to try running events over twinleaf.gg, so I guess we'll see whether how that works out! Link to the tournament: play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6...

For the first time ever in my 15 years of playing PTCG competitively, I am now P.ART of a sponsored team! I am still as hungry as ever for those big finishes and after a marked improvement in my performance at majors this season, Worlds 2027 is the aim >:3

Top 128 at Utrecht regionals with Zoroark. Some unfortunate matchups made it hard to do better, I think I made a few misplays but I'm overall happy with myself. I really think Zoroark is underrated right now and I hope to prove it in Turin! +20 CP, 960/1000

7-1-1 at Utrecht regionals with Zoroark. Hoping for a deep run tomorrow!

Splendid Bomb (Pokémon Tool) If the Active Pokémon this card is attached to is not a Mega Pokémon ex and takes 240 damage or more from an attack from your opponent's Mega Pokémon ex, put 12 damage counters on the attacking Pokémon and discard this card.

Retry Badge (Pokémon Tool) Once during your turn, after you flip any coins for an attack of the Colorless Pokémon this card is attached to, you may ignore all results of those coin flips and begin flipping those coins again.

Silvally Ability: Buddy Call You may use this Ability once during your turn when you have zero cards in hand. Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your deck. CCC - Air Slash 130 Discard 1 Energy from this Pokémon.

Gladion's Last Stand (Supporter) You can play this card only if it is the last card in your hand. During this turn, attacks used by your Pokémon that do not have a Rule Box deal 80 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Rust Syndicate Grunts (Supporter) You can use this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn. Discard 1 Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

Morpeko ex D - Wheel Draw Shuffle your hand into your deck, then draw 6 cards. DD - Hangry Blast 40+ This attack does 40 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon.

Bolt Lightning Energy (Special Energy) While attached to a Pokémon, this card provides 1 Lightning Energy. Attacks used by the Lightning Pokémon this card is attached to deal 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Mega Zeraora ex! L - Thunder Fist 60x This attack does 60 damage for each Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon. LLL - Zepto Turn 150 Switch this Pokémon with one of your Benched Pokémon.

I fixed some mistakes (bad links in the CL results news, wrong Trubbish in one Absol list, some imprecise descriptions of decks, added a better Regidrago Garbodor list, things like that) on the website, thanks to Ryuya for pointing them out! (1/3)

Expanded fans, rejoice: Dowsing Machine is now live. dowsingmachine.com

Wailord ex 380HP 🐳 WWW - Surf 120 WWWWW - Whale Fall 270 This Pokémon is now Asleep.

Misty's Cheerfulness (Supporter) Search your deck for up to 4 Basic Water Energy and attach them to 1 of your Pokemon, then shuffle your deck. Your turn ends.

Ok so the website is almost operational but there are some details left to fix, so you'll have to wait a day or two more, sorry 😅

Here are the results of CL Aichi in Expanded. Regidrago did not make top 8! Winner: Shadow Rider Finalist: Evo Vileplume + Stoutland (Control) Top 4 : Snorlax Stall, Electro Rain OTK Top 8 : Mew VMAX(!), Quad Thorns, Snorlax Stall, Absol Garbodor

Regidrago was indeed everywhere in the Expanded CL, but it looks like the top 4 is Snorlax Stall, Electro Rain, Shadow Rider, and some Vileplume deck 👀

Poltchageist + Shuppet Ability: Spooky Shelter Prevent all effects of opponent's Attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. (Attacks are irrelevant)

Gwynn (Supporter) Discard from your hand up to 2 Pokémon that do not have a Rule Box. Draw 3 cards for each card you discarded that way.

Dhelmise P - Regretful Anchor 30+ If you have 4 or more Pokemon with the Spooky Shelter Ability in your discard pile, this attack does 140 more damage.

Spiritomb P - Soul Stopper If you have 13 or more Pokemon with the Spooky Shelter Ability in your discard pile, choose 2 of your opponent's Pokemon and quadruple the number of damage counters on each of those Pokemon.

Sinistcha Ability: Spooky Shelter Prevent all effects of opponent's Attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. C - Matcha Spin If you have 6 or more Pokemon with the Spooky Shelter Ability in your discard pile, put 4 damage counters on each of your opponent's Pokémon.

Banette Ability: Spooky Shelter Prevent all effects of opponent's Attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. P - Puppet Catch 80 You may search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle tour deck.

Lampent P - Spreading Glow Put up to 3 Lampent from your deck onto your Bench, then shuffle your deck.

Mega Chandelure ex Ability: Binding Flame Your opponent's Pokemon's Retreat Cost is 1 more. PP - Phantom Maze 130+ This attack does 50 more damage for each Energy in your opponent's Active Pokemon's Retreat Cost.

The main Expanded event of the year, CL Aichi, is tomorrow! This is a good time for a quick overview of the format and what to expect (although I don't think the Expanded tournament is streamed), since some of the decklists available in my linktree are getting old.

Welcome to Expanded! Regidrago is S tier. But there's a deck that's even better, in SS tier! That deck is also Regidrago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXMV...

your software is not conscious, you absolute weirdo

Pokémon : "your best four League Cups are these seven" (Something broke on the official website, a bunch of people got extra Championship Points because the BFL seems to include the best four events from before this quarter + the best four from this quarter for some reason)

Relicanth C - Fossil Beatdown 10+ This attack does 30 more damage for each of your Benched Pokemon with "Antique" in its name.

Bastiodon Ability: Ancient Bulwark While this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to your Pokemon by attacks from your opponent's Pokemon that have 2 or fewer Energy attached. MMC - Hammer In 160

Rampardos ex Ability: Destructive Headbutt Once during your turn, if this Pkmn is in the Active Spot, you may flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 Energy from your opponent's Active. FF Rampaging Hammer 150 During your next turn, attacks used by this Pkmn deal 150 more damage to your opponent's Active.

Fossil Excavation Site (Stadium) Once during each player's turn, that player may search their deck for up to 2 Trainer cards with "Antique" in their name, put them onto their Bench, then shuffle their deck.

Struggling to deal with this Crustle with eight special energy and a Hero's Cape? Here's how we do things here in Expanded:

For those asking for my decklist!

Won the Expanded side event at Prague regionals with Mega Absol Garbodor! 16 players, 3 rounds of bo1, but me and the other 3-0 played an unofficial bo3 finals for fun and bragging rights. R1 Evocon W R2 Shadow Rider W R3 Ceruledge W Finals Lugia WW

Thievul CC - Skill Thief If you have no cards in your hand, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks and use it as this attack. DCC - Sharp Fangs 80

Slowbro P - All Out 50+ If you have no cards in your hand, this attack does 160 more damage. CCC - Zen Headbutt 110

4-3-1 at Prague regionals with Zoroark. I was really hoping for more for my reunion with Trade, but a lack of sleep and rough matchups got the best of me. At least there's an Expanded side event tomorrow!