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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2h

Every day that passes I am more convinced of two things:

1) This regime’s attempt to consolidate and hold power is going to collapse in truly spectacular fashion

2) That collapse is going to be astoundingly dangerous and destructive

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 2h

take hrt. its the only cure

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 2h

why would i ever take it off? it always looks so good on me

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 2h

at the ren faire this weekend in my silly little cape (ignore my cursed amulet)

me with my big tits and my silly little cape

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 3h

There are a lot of folks who can mentor well in terms of craft/skill in a given field — BUT not all of them are equally visible to new folks. And “making it” isn’t the same as expertise sometimes.

To the extent that mentorship is local & community/scene-embedded, that tends to sort itself out.

BUT

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 9h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

this is more than just marching in full regalia to Broadview and praying outside of it

this is very deftly trapping ICE into the position of having to literally - LITERALLY, to them - turn Christ away from the door

any Catholic ICE officer was probably shook, I’m really not exaggerating

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Katt Kirsch @thiccmomswag.bsky.social · 14h

Update: Ive been going through stuff and testing/breaking things in this the last couple of days, and I think y'all have a real reason to be excited about this. Sam has set the stage for something potentially truly ridiculous here. All he needs is your participation and buy-in. Give this a shot!

sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 2d

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen

Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

samsorensen.blot.im

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 18h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 16h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 16h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 17h

i also think im not just interested in incomplete understandings of the rules but also of genuine slip ups (forgetting to untap in magic or moving a piece thats pinned to the king in chess)

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 17h

i think i was specifically looking on writing (articles, blog posts, discussion, etc) on the ways this gets constructed and executed, conditions that produce it, whether certain games produce those situations more, etc

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 17h

true it does!

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 17h

i don't think that's bad (and i agree with the people tagging in m:tg's rules, as that's one of the few places with advice on how to engage in this process of repair!) but it's WILD to me that people immediately start gearing up for a discussion on "shoulds" and "should nots"

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 17h

i find it fascinating how the discussion around this has focused on some combination of:
- competitive play
- moral judgments (in one direction or the other)
- cheating

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 1d

has anyone written about the process of conversational repair in analog games? specifically thinking about stuff like:
- "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces"
- "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?"
- "it's too late now, but for next time..."

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19h

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 21h

its interesting because this is actually subtly different than what im talking about! i'm thinking more about repairing "illegal" moves or when you fudge to rules to preserve a proper game state

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 22h

this rules , thank you

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 22h

that's a fascinatingly negative way to view the process haha

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 23h

thank u for yr thoughts ! tbh i'm more looking for "what is structurally happening when people make these conversational moves"

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 23h

bernie dekoven devotes practically an entire chapter to the phenomenon of cheating (both anti-socially and pro-socially) in the Well-Played Game, is the immediate place my brain goes

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 23h

this is different, and yet closer than what most people have linked!! thank you so much this fucking rules

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 23h

there's a lot of game studies documentation on cheating , for what it's worth

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