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The Ornithologist!
@ornithologistgames.bsky.social
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Game player, Autistic, somehow HR professional, Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights.
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ornithologistgames.bsky.social
If you ever wanted to treat the game awards seriously, understand they gave awards to Counter Strike 2 and Battlefield 6 this year.

CS2 came out in 2012, and Battlefield 6 is likely 80% AI slop.

Glad I just saw a summary so as not to waste my time.
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
ornithologistgames.bsky.social
I would like a recount of the cuteness score. This is far too low.
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 9h
Stoats (Mustela erminea) undergo a molt twice a year, changing from brown to snow-white to blend in the snow.

They don't store fat & must eat up to 25% of their weight per day (~50 g), mostly in rodents.

Recent studies have found that they register an 11.7 on the cuteness scale (out of 10).
a small white animal standing in the snow looking at the camera
Alt: a small white stoat standing in the snow looking at the camera, then hopping away in giant strides.
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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denverpost.com
A Democratic reset can start with ousting Hickenlooper (Letters) trib.al/5hJD4kZ
A Democratic reset can start with ousting Hickenlooper (Letters)
A Democratic reset can start with ousting Hickenlooper Re: “Senator’s campaign tried to nix challenge,” Dec. 10 news story
trib.al
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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papawoof.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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miavalley.bsky.social
"too much" holiday?
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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standplaatskrk.pl
A cartoon dude updates a wall sign to read 0083 captioned "Days since charlie kirk said something racist." This will never get old, just like Charlie.
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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chocoborborygmos.bsky.social
I don't get a lot of traction on my sporadic posts the way I did back on other sites but I'm hoping some Magic the Gathering folks see this and help me out.

I need you to link your Felisa, Fang of Silverquill decks for me! I need to see how everyone else builds her.

Please!
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
Genuinely incredibly fascinating study in what marketing vectors lead to literally zero sales here, wowwww

kotaku.com/king-meat-gl...
The studio’s leadership was reportedly hoping King of Meat would reach “a concurrent player count of at least 100,000,” but instead failed to maintain 1,000 players across platforms. On Steam, King of Meat had a recent 24-hour peak of 23 players; its top concurrent player number there is 320 players, according to SteamDB. King of Meat‘s October release didn’t go well despite a huge marketing push, including a big-budget MrBeast video. The video, which included a whole dang set, more than a dozen content creators, and a $250,000 prize, is essentially a mini-King of Meat esports event. It was published just after King of Meat‘s release date and racked up 6.8 million views.
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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slowedmountains.bsky.social
Scenes from dnd this week
Pen and crayon drawing of Tiamat, a five headed dragon in the style of Trogdor the Burninator from Homestar Runner. Tiamat is drawn with large boobs in a pink bra, blonde hair in various hairstyles on each head and pink heels. In front of them is a pink heart which says “big mommy Tiamat”
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ministerofbears.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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steelcitysteph.bsky.social
Some donut came at me for not being passionate enough about Lorwyn.

100 likes and this is my profile photo for the next month.
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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kellybarnhill.bsky.social
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.

Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
naomikritzer.bsky.social Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 3d
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
levin.bsky.social Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 3d
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.

U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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nortverse.com
My dad, after unknowingly kneeling in a puddle of water mixed with industrial strength drain cleaner, asks me if it could be related to his knee looking like it touched the open core of Chernobyl.

Anyway, I explained the dangers of chemical burns while driving him to the ER this evening.
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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beachgoblin.bsky.social
Fuck AI
Here you go, I fixed the card for you!!!
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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lynnedrum.bsky.social
i have never received a penny for the music i have on spotify (which wasn't even uploaded by me so i don't even have the ability to take it down). this is not a joke. i would rather happily let you download my shit directly from my harddrive on soulseek than you listen to it on spotify
cattonarthur.net Catton Arthur @cattonarthur.net · Dec 21
If you can't justify the cost/inconvenience of buying the music you listen to, fr just pirate it. It's not any worse than Spotify.
I'm the President of Music and I endorse this message.
December 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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5uki5en5or.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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foxnoctom.bsky.social
Well...these are cards I need, I'm broke, but I can offer commission work for these! Or trades, I do have trades.
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ornithologistgames.bsky.social
Okay, finished getting the deck list for my Hei Bai deck. not the shrine one even. Trying to figure out if I left any big holes in the deck. as always, comments are welcome.

moxfield.com/decks/O96Utn...
Hei Bai Raging - Commander (Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance)
A deck created using Moxfield.
moxfield.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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tronisbad.bsky.social
TW: alcohol addiction/alcoholism

Today im 1,800 days sober

January 1st will be 5 years

I would not be the person that I am today without my friends and loved ones.

Granted, I went sober alone but it’s y’all who keep me going.

❤️Tron
#BetterDaysMTG
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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dixonij.bsky.social
Safety. Regulations. Are. Written. In. Blood.
otsumamiboy.bsky.social Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 5d
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ornithologistgames.bsky.social
Turns out, You can turn Toph plus skullclamp into pay 1 draw 2 cards for any spell you cast. in fact Learning lessons is categorically a bad idea here.
oph, Hardheaded Teacher {2}{R}{G} Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally When Toph enters, you may discard a card. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever you cast a spell, earthbend 1. If that spell is a Lesson, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that land. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that’s still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.) 3/4 Watermark: Earth Kingdom Illustrated by Ruwen Liu Skullclamp {1} Artifact — Equipment Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1} Mardu blacksmiths can distill the technology of any clan and make it their own. Whether or not they should is another question. Illustrated by Igor Krstic
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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darthpinkhippo.bsky.social
I'm looking for 17-Year Cicadas from MagicCon Atlanta 2025 for Disaster Movie #mtgcube. Could y'all signal boost and help me track this down?
17-Year Cicadas {7}{W} Sorcery Create ten 1/1 white Insect creature tokens with flying. Exile 17-Year Cicadas with seventeen time counters on it. Suspend 17 — {0} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {0} and exile it with seventeen time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Whenever you cast a spell, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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esqueer.net
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
A screenshot of a Reddit post from r/LegalAdviceUK by user Fun-Blueberry-2147. The post describes that the user’s sister, who has schizophrenia, admitted herself to the hospital after believing someone was communicating with her through her smart fridge, which turned out to be an LED screen advertisement. The post explains that she spent two days under monitoring with medication adjustments and that the specific ad she saw included her name, making it especially distressing. The user questions the legality of such targeted or unsettling ads on smart appliances in the UK.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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dadsaysjokes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM