MotoCynic
@motocynic.bsky.social
Scott (he/him)
I used to ride motorcycles and write about them. Now I have a kid. So while I still ride motorcycles I don't have as much time to write about them. My Priorities are clearly off.
Oh, I've been playing RPGs since I was 10 and MtG since 1994
I used to ride motorcycles and write about them. Now I have a kid. So while I still ride motorcycles I don't have as much time to write about them. My Priorities are clearly off.
Oh, I've been playing RPGs since I was 10 and MtG since 1994
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Sure Magic doesn't have, & likely will never have, direct Harry Potter crossovers in it. But it's pretty difficult to stomach putting money directly into a game which is the load bearing product for a company financing The Ghoul Rowling's anti-trans crusade.
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Sure Magic doesn't have, & likely will never have, direct Harry Potter crossovers in it. But it's pretty difficult to stomach putting money directly into a game which is the load bearing product for a company financing The Ghoul Rowling's anti-trans crusade.
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Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
Here’s what they found:
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
Of course. 🤬🤬
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Of course. 🤬🤬
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It's hard to accurately express how much danger America is in right now without sounding hysterical, but Senator Van Hollen does a pretty good job of it here.
Watch closely: Donald Trump is plotting to rig the midterms.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
February 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM
It's hard to accurately express how much danger America is in right now without sounding hysterical, but Senator Van Hollen does a pretty good job of it here.
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If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders.
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders.
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
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Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
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Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Let's get so loud about this that Congress has no choice but to impeach Kristi Noem:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Let's get so loud about this that Congress has no choice but to impeach Kristi Noem:
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Fuck, fuck everything, fuck this, fuck me especially.
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Fuck, fuck everything, fuck this, fuck me especially.
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I have bought all the Ice Outs I can find locally and will be posting some of these cards around town.
I know it's the smallest of small things, but I feel like this card is a good way to spread the message. People are being kidnapped and cruelly murdered in the streets. Fuck ICE.
I know it's the smallest of small things, but I feel like this card is a good way to spread the message. People are being kidnapped and cruelly murdered in the streets. Fuck ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I have bought all the Ice Outs I can find locally and will be posting some of these cards around town.
I know it's the smallest of small things, but I feel like this card is a good way to spread the message. People are being kidnapped and cruelly murdered in the streets. Fuck ICE.
I know it's the smallest of small things, but I feel like this card is a good way to spread the message. People are being kidnapped and cruelly murdered in the streets. Fuck ICE.
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tRUMPSTEIN IS DESTROYING OUR CONSTITUTION!!
1st Amendment: GONE
Right to Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to Petition
2nd Amendment: GONE
Right to Keep & Bear Arms
4th Amendment: GONE
Unreasonable Searches &
Seizures
1st Amendment: GONE
Right to Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to Petition
2nd Amendment: GONE
Right to Keep & Bear Arms
4th Amendment: GONE
Unreasonable Searches &
Seizures
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
tRUMPSTEIN IS DESTROYING OUR CONSTITUTION!!
1st Amendment: GONE
Right to Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to Petition
2nd Amendment: GONE
Right to Keep & Bear Arms
4th Amendment: GONE
Unreasonable Searches &
Seizures
1st Amendment: GONE
Right to Assemble
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Right to Petition
2nd Amendment: GONE
Right to Keep & Bear Arms
4th Amendment: GONE
Unreasonable Searches &
Seizures
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not fit for worms
these ICE pigs
no flowers will bloom
from these ICE pigs
their plot will be salted by their very presence
these ICE pigs must not know peace, nor rest
give them hell, so they fear
what awaits them
these ICE pigs
no flowers will bloom
from these ICE pigs
their plot will be salted by their very presence
these ICE pigs must not know peace, nor rest
give them hell, so they fear
what awaits them
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
not fit for worms
these ICE pigs
no flowers will bloom
from these ICE pigs
their plot will be salted by their very presence
these ICE pigs must not know peace, nor rest
give them hell, so they fear
what awaits them
these ICE pigs
no flowers will bloom
from these ICE pigs
their plot will be salted by their very presence
these ICE pigs must not know peace, nor rest
give them hell, so they fear
what awaits them
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years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
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Translation: we’re winning the fight against gen AI built on the stolen labor of creators of every kind, and his money fountain is starting to dry up.
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Translation: we’re winning the fight against gen AI built on the stolen labor of creators of every kind, and his money fountain is starting to dry up.
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It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
Boycott Hilton Hotels
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.