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The Ornithologist!
@ornithologistgames.bsky.social
Game player, Autistic, somehow HR professional, Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights.
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
I would like a recount of the cuteness score. This is far too low.
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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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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December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"too much" holiday?
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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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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Genuinely incredibly fascinating study in what marketing vectors lead to literally zero sales here, wowwww

kotaku.com/king-meat-gl...
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Scenes from dnd this week
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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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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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.
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.)
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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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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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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Fuck AI
Here you go, I fixed the card for you!!!
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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
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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December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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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
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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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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Safety. Regulations. Are. Written. In. Blood.
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
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.
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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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?
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM