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Shivam Bhatt

@shivambhatt.bsky.social

13K followers 680 following 14K posts

Reader, Writer, Hindu Pandit, magic the gathering enthusiast. Super passionate about games, gods, and good stories. he/him.Indo-American email- shbhatt at gmail podcasts- Casual Magic, Shivam and Wheeler Love Magic, and Chronicles of Dragonlance

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hi! My name's Shivam and I'm a progressive hindu priest, an activist for LGBT and minority rights, a dad, and a huge fan of magic the gathering and games in general. I talk about board, card, and video games, gods, gardens, and baking! I also host a few podcasts linked below. Thanks for visiting!

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 3h

Very good read

benjaminfolds.substack.com/p/hayley-wil...

Hayley Williams on Fallon

If you missed Hayley’s performance on Jimmy Fallon, be sure to watch it.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Not this quickly.

Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

I swear to god my flour is killing my sourdough starter. This is so annoying

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, fair, no one ever sent me threats because of ftv

Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

The small one needs to actually be "from the vault"

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Or even just hang out.

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 17h

When I get to level 3-1 in Super Mario Bros 3

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit

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egg price watcher @bluser12.bsky.social · 17h

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

There was a joke when I was a jet that if hard off sells used tech and book off sells used media, what exactly does food off sell?

Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Clark taught me to play Dogs in the Vineyard and it has impacted every single role playing experience I've had since.

Clark Valentine @clarkvalentine.bsky.social · 5h

Dogs in the Vineyard blew my mind.

I had three teachers for how to run #TTRPGs: @rustysellsword.com by example, and @megueyb.bsky.social + @lumpley.bsky.social through the text of DitV.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 14h

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Oh this seems sick.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 19h

Polling is really bad on "Susan Whitelady, loving mother of three, bleeds out in a hospital parking lot because the doctors don't want to go to jail for ending an ectopic pregnancy" but somehow the people who are for that control every branch of the government

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine thinking you could step up to suit guy and expect to walk away

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 7h

I feel really underappreciated by my peers

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 8h

It even had a Nintendo power cover story

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

easy for me to say as another Large Account perhaps but: the idea that how you should treat another grown adult turns directly on which of you has more followers is among the most "please touch grass" opinions I encounter on here - and I am a leftist anime enjoyer

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10h

This guy gives the game away with the misogyny but man—this attitude (if you have a lot of followers you should just let people be assholes to you) drives me nuts.

You walk into my dojo looking for a fight you’re gonna get it lol

@[email protected] on Mastodon @electricheadpt2.cryptoanarchy.network · 18h

This guy rocks (derogatory). You’re apparently a “thirst trap white woman” and were just all simps for thinking he’s a dumbass.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 8h

I would make sorbet, or turn it into a freezable puree, but yeah, thats a lot of berries.

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 1d

🌈 ramen noodles

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 8h

Obama got x therefore I need x

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.