Strix the Baleful Librarian. 🔜 Nowhere in particular
@strafulbix.bsky.social
He/him, ASD, occasionally funny, MTG (Duel Commander and Commander) and Gundam TCG enjoyer, amateur writer, stream guest, Twitch and Discord moderator for WarRoom EDH.
🚫 NO AI/NFT 🚫
MTG Blog: https://balefulstr1x.substack.com
🚫 NO AI/NFT 🚫
MTG Blog: https://balefulstr1x.substack.com
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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PSA: Watch out for this website and this account.
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
PSA: Watch out for this website and this account.
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
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Resharing for the morning crowd.
PSA: Watch out for this website and this account.
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
It's a scam, the art is stolen, the website is AI generated, they send you unsolicited DM's asking for commissions, they all use the same script.
Please report their BlueSky account and please share this around. Real artists don't behave this way!
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Resharing for the morning crowd.
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Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
![Thoughts about “AI”
Yes it’s:
The slop
The theft
The brainrot
The loss of work
The crumbling of creator rights
The destroying of the environment and infrastructure
But it's also the destroying of trust in anything that you’re not seeing with your own eyes right in front of you.
Wonder now turned to the narrowing of eyes in immediate scepticism seeing something magical.
Questioning the realness of everything from a stilted written apology to profound works by students in school.
It feels like a slow poison to creativity and humanity at large.
[At the bottom is a doodle of me, mouth a thin line, looking at the viewer]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hlstghbtgoakwc7evp5v6ubw/bafkreihv3rly5g2olva6kbhnisvwtzqbyn3u3fxjfcbjqyp2zud22hrzgq@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
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It's been a hot minute since I've done a set review, and honestly? Avatar is a cracker of a set. The art direction, mechanics, cool Legends... it has it all.
Here's my thoughts on the more interesting cards in the set
blog.cardkingdom.com/avatar-the-l...
Here's my thoughts on the more interesting cards in the set
blog.cardkingdom.com/avatar-the-l...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Commander Set Review - Card Kingdom Blog
It’s time to get stuck into Avatar: The Last Airbender, the latest Magic set, which releases on November 21. It’s a big set, and there’s lots to talk about. You can find other recent set reviews here:...
blog.cardkingdom.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's been a hot minute since I've done a set review, and honestly? Avatar is a cracker of a set. The art direction, mechanics, cool Legends... it has it all.
Here's my thoughts on the more interesting cards in the set
blog.cardkingdom.com/avatar-the-l...
Here's my thoughts on the more interesting cards in the set
blog.cardkingdom.com/avatar-the-l...
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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shake-em-down economics!!
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
shake-em-down economics!!
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Commander 2015 turns 10 years old today - how did the legends within hold up? Did any of their later versions improve on what was done before? Find out here!
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
Tome of Legends: Commander 2015
Baleful Strix covers the impact of on Magic: the Gathering of the legendary creatures introduced in the fourth wave of Commander precons and their later incarnations
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Repost for the late morning crowd
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Commander 2015 turns 10 years old today - how did the legends within hold up? Did any of their later versions improve on what was done before? Find out here!
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
Tome of Legends: Commander 2015
Baleful Strix covers the impact of on Magic: the Gathering of the legendary creatures introduced in the fourth wave of Commander precons and their later incarnations
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Commander 2015 turns 10 years old today - how did the legends within hold up? Did any of their later versions improve on what was done before? Find out here!
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
In other news, I have reached my 30's today. My 20's have been a ride of all time with the mid to late 20's being especially nice - given that I have become part of the MTG sphere, albeit in a small way that is nevertheless mine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0Y...
Robotnik Celebrates a Significant Event
YouTube video by iteachvader
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In other news, I have reached my 30's today. My 20's have been a ride of all time with the mid to late 20's being especially nice - given that I have become part of the MTG sphere, albeit in a small way that is nevertheless mine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0Y...
Commander 2015 turns 10 years old today - how did the legends within hold up? Did any of their later versions improve on what was done before? Find out here!
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
Tome of Legends: Commander 2015
Baleful Strix covers the impact of on Magic: the Gathering of the legendary creatures introduced in the fourth wave of Commander precons and their later incarnations
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Commander 2015 turns 10 years old today - how did the legends within hold up? Did any of their later versions improve on what was done before? Find out here!
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
open.substack.com/pub/balefuls...
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Please go help @infinitokens.com if you can. Meaghan is a gem of our community and deserves all the support!
Friends, Meaghan from @Infinitokens.com, a huge supporter of Commander Sealed, broke some ribs the other day. If you were thinking about getting some for yourself, a holiday gift, or to replace the ones you will inevitably lose during Thanksgiving, now's a great time to support her!
InfiniTokens Dry Erase Tokens
Infinitokens are customizable, reusable dry erase cards and tokens. An amazing tool for for trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering as any token imaginable. Erasable, reusable, portable. Even…
www.infinitokens.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please go help @infinitokens.com if you can. Meaghan is a gem of our community and deserves all the support!
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🚨STREAM ALERT🚨
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are live tonight! We are joined by @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! See you in chat! #MTG
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are live tonight! We are joined by @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! See you in chat! #MTG
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🚨STREAM ALERT🚨
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are live tonight! We are joined by @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! See you in chat! #MTG
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are live tonight! We are joined by @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! See you in chat! #MTG
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Friendly reminder we are back tomorrow and joined by our friends @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social
Live at 7pm GMT on Tueaday 11th November at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh
Live at 7pm GMT on Tueaday 11th November at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh
🚨STREAM ALERT🚨
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are back! We are joined by the fantastic @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH as we look to the holidays!
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! Hope to see you there! #UKMTG 😄
@revelo.bsky.social and @manatithe.bsky.social are back! We are joined by the fantastic @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social for Bracket 3 #EDH as we look to the holidays!
Live at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh at 7pm GMT/3pm EST/12pmm PST! Hope to see you there! #UKMTG 😄
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Friendly reminder we are back tomorrow and joined by our friends @jaqalyte.bsky.social and @robinvouz.bsky.social
Live at 7pm GMT on Tueaday 11th November at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh
Live at 7pm GMT on Tueaday 11th November at www.twitch.tv/warroomedh
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Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
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Labour were broken a long time ago.
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Labour were broken a long time ago.
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires.
A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them.
Time to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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If you replace the word "woke" with its actual meaning, 'social awareness and caring about other people', it truly shows how heinous the world is right now.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you replace the word "woke" with its actual meaning, 'social awareness and caring about other people', it truly shows how heinous the world is right now.
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This has now reached 60,909!!! 👏👏👏
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This has now reached 60,909!!! 👏👏👏
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
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Really haven't had much to say on here lately, so here is a photo of Maggie to brighten your day.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Really haven't had much to say on here lately, so here is a photo of Maggie to brighten your day.
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What a morning to be on Ridge & Frost to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's win!
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What a morning to be on Ridge & Frost to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's win!
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
Improving people's lives. Focusing on inequality and empowering communities.
This is how you do it.
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Actually, you’d Better serve the Community if you printed to Demand so Everyone could skip the Frustration and Gain access to the lairs they were Hoping for.
Casually Building hype one confusing tweet at a time.
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Actually, you’d Better serve the Community if you printed to Demand so Everyone could skip the Frustration and Gain access to the lairs they were Hoping for.
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HUGE UPDATE!!! We’ve received a pledge from the community to match the first $1k in donations dollar for dollar. That brings the total to date up to $1,110 with the next $450 in donations being doubled!!! Y’all are amazing!!!
With the government shutdown, and SNAP benefits set to lapse for 42 million people nationwide, food bank donations are more important than ever before. I’ll be doing a giveaway this month to help the effort. Each donation of $10 will be good for an entry to win a Warhammer 40K Battlebox! (1/2)
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
HUGE UPDATE!!! We’ve received a pledge from the community to match the first $1k in donations dollar for dollar. That brings the total to date up to $1,110 with the next $450 in donations being doubled!!! Y’all are amazing!!!
Ok Wizards, you had to hook me in with the bird. This thing is cracked!
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ok Wizards, you had to hook me in with the bird. This thing is cracked!