asphaltmodified
@asphaltmodified.bsky.social
Into dark fantasy, science fiction, metal (sludge, death, black metal), punk, and hardcore (Hatebreed ftw) music, TCGs (MTG, FaB), TTRPGs, boardgames, history, architecture, alternative culture in general.
Malaysian, lived in Beijing, based in Shenzhen
Malaysian, lived in Beijing, based in Shenzhen
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I'm currently finishing a book about the early years of the Civil Rights Division, when it famously prosecuted cases *against* the perpetrators of gun violence.
This is such a sick perversion of a storied institution.
This is such a sick perversion of a storied institution.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division was created to protect the rights of the politically disempowered. Under the leadership of Harmeet K. Dhillon, a lawyer and MAGA-world star, the division is pivoting to knocking down gun restrictions.
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights
The Civil Rights Division was created to protect the disempowered. Under Trump, it's working to dismantle gun restrictions.
www.thetrace.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm currently finishing a book about the early years of the Civil Rights Division, when it famously prosecuted cases *against* the perpetrators of gun violence.
This is such a sick perversion of a storied institution.
This is such a sick perversion of a storied institution.
Call me a hypocrite whatever. I still do think less UB is needed. But I will admit some UB actually work well in MTG. LOTR, Avatar, W40k and the less goofy parts of Final Fantasy does.
But Dr Who, Sonic, TMNT, and all the Marvel stuff do not. Eyesores.
And I love all the franchises I mentioned.
But Dr Who, Sonic, TMNT, and all the Marvel stuff do not. Eyesores.
And I love all the franchises I mentioned.
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Call me a hypocrite whatever. I still do think less UB is needed. But I will admit some UB actually work well in MTG. LOTR, Avatar, W40k and the less goofy parts of Final Fantasy does.
But Dr Who, Sonic, TMNT, and all the Marvel stuff do not. Eyesores.
And I love all the franchises I mentioned.
But Dr Who, Sonic, TMNT, and all the Marvel stuff do not. Eyesores.
And I love all the franchises I mentioned.
Is Thiel predicting the AI bubble bursting? Or is he about to flee the country?
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Is Thiel predicting the AI bubble bursting? Or is he about to flee the country?
Me: These UB stuff is overcrowding and power creeping the game man. Gonna give MTG a break.
Also Me: Man can't wait for Lorwyn Eclipse. Yes, I bought some TLA singles.
Also Me: Man can't wait for Lorwyn Eclipse. Yes, I bought some TLA singles.
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Me: These UB stuff is overcrowding and power creeping the game man. Gonna give MTG a break.
Also Me: Man can't wait for Lorwyn Eclipse. Yes, I bought some TLA singles.
Also Me: Man can't wait for Lorwyn Eclipse. Yes, I bought some TLA singles.
Everyone wants to quote Sun Tzu's Art of Wat but no one wants to learn the mosy important lesson from it:
Don't go to war.
Don't go to war.
WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Everyone wants to quote Sun Tzu's Art of Wat but no one wants to learn the mosy important lesson from it:
Don't go to war.
Don't go to war.
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Gosh. Story has gone from 0 to 60 in the UK. Is leading BBC News this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Gosh. Story has gone from 0 to 60 in the UK. Is leading BBC News this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I do not understand authors, broadcasters, voice artists, YouTubers, ANY creative artists using quick and cheap AI for their cover images and not realising: it will be you next.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I do not understand authors, broadcasters, voice artists, YouTubers, ANY creative artists using quick and cheap AI for their cover images and not realising: it will be you next.
The longer I look at MTG Spiderman cards the more I hate that these cards actually exist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The longer I look at MTG Spiderman cards the more I hate that these cards actually exist.
Maybe I am into sports.
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Maybe I am into sports.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
I knew Twitter was dead. But once in a while I drop by Threads thinking it's at least better but it didn't take me 5 minutes for me to see some hateful racist bs.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I knew Twitter was dead. But once in a while I drop by Threads thinking it's at least better but it didn't take me 5 minutes for me to see some hateful racist bs.
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it says a lot about the average politician that this guy seems to expect that zohran mamdani only said what he said to get elected and doesn’t actually believe in anything
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
it says a lot about the average politician that this guy seems to expect that zohran mamdani only said what he said to get elected and doesn’t actually believe in anything
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.
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It always fascinates me to think that a tiny island like Jamaica 🇯🇲 influenced the whole world musically: ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall...
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It always fascinates me to think that a tiny island like Jamaica 🇯🇲 influenced the whole world musically: ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall...
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
I would love to get a box of the MTG Avatar set, but I'll be pissed if I cracked those ugly ass screenshot bonus sheet cards. It's some of the laziest "bonuses" I've seen from WOTC. I already thought the Final Fantasy ones looked like unrelated random screengrabs. Like a lazy intern's submission.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I would love to get a box of the MTG Avatar set, but I'll be pissed if I cracked those ugly ass screenshot bonus sheet cards. It's some of the laziest "bonuses" I've seen from WOTC. I already thought the Final Fantasy ones looked like unrelated random screengrabs. Like a lazy intern's submission.
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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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If they put an algorithm on the TL on this site I will give up on social media. I want to see posts from people I follow, when they post them. That is it. In years to come, when social media is dead, they will blame it's demise on deviating from this very simple formula
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If they put an algorithm on the TL on this site I will give up on social media. I want to see posts from people I follow, when they post them. That is it. In years to come, when social media is dead, they will blame it's demise on deviating from this very simple formula
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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Excited to see @dailydead.bsky.social post their reaction to Event Horizon
: Dark Descent #4 over on instagram
( #3 is our next issue but with #4 we’ve taken a big swing and it’s cool to see it hitting ! )
: Dark Descent #4 over on instagram
( #3 is our next issue but with #4 we’ve taken a big swing and it’s cool to see it hitting ! )
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excited to see @dailydead.bsky.social post their reaction to Event Horizon
: Dark Descent #4 over on instagram
( #3 is our next issue but with #4 we’ve taken a big swing and it’s cool to see it hitting ! )
: Dark Descent #4 over on instagram
( #3 is our next issue but with #4 we’ve taken a big swing and it’s cool to see it hitting ! )
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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People who post "word on the street" on social media are usually people who are reporting on their own fever dreams... or just lying 🤣
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
People who post "word on the street" on social media are usually people who are reporting on their own fever dreams... or just lying 🤣
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So Trump says he knows nothing about the pardon he issued for a billionaire who just so happened to make his family a fortune in crypto.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
So Trump says he knows nothing about the pardon he issued for a billionaire who just so happened to make his family a fortune in crypto.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.
This clip is going viral for a reason.
Don’t underestimate a struggling American public’s slowly building intolerance for this kind of blatant corruption.