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Bohdan &%@#ing Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · Dec 26

if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Dec 25

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.

www.newsweek.com

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 4d

The actual jeopardy tiktok account posted this.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.

SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.

Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.

People need & deserve assistance

Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich

Be mad about that

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · 3d

ATTENTION:

I have a dog now. His name is Sunny. He is a very fluffy and good boy.

Thank you for your time.

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 9d

Well well well

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · 13d

I did not realize there were more cards that used +2/+2 counters than just the OG Baron Sengir

Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · 16d

If for some reason you decide that letting her have "Tap: Ancestral Recall" would be funny, let me know. I am more than happy to donate my Arcanis the Omnipotent.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 17d

Hey all 👋 my living situation has dramatically changed. I should be fine for a few months, but if you'd like to help me make - significantly increased - rent, then any change would be greatly appreciated.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/spice8rack
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/spice8rack
PayPal: [email protected]

Get more from Spice8Rack on Patreon

Creating Magic: the Gathering Adjacent Content

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · 20d

LRR Awesome Socks Club colab when?

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Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · 25d

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · Sep 25

I dont think I've ever won because of this card, but I've certainly lost because I put it in play. Its just so funny though.

The Magic: The Gathering card Archangel of Strife
5WW
Creature-Angel
Rare from C11
6/6
Flying
As this creature enters, each player chooses war or peace.
Creatures controlled by players who chose war get +3/+0.
Creatures controlled by players who chose peace get +0/+3.

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · Sep 19

Apparently last year's Valorant world champion team was just the first team eliminated from this year's wc

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · Sep 14

He's a boss, they are Joblins.

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Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · Sep 4

We heard you wanted more artists at the EW. How about 16 of them!

Dan Frazier
Doug Shuler
Tom Wanerstrand
Daniel Gelon
Heather Hudson
Dave Palumbo
Margaret O’Keen
Phil Foglio
Kaja Foglio
Chuck Lukacs
Steve Belledin
Winona Nelson
Bryon Wackwitz
Brian Snoddy
Martina Pilcerova
Liz Danforth

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world.

Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight.

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job!

Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · Aug 30

Here's the recipe if you want to try them for yourself. The amount of salt mentioned was because this was sent to someone with much smaller hands than I have, so you definitely dont want to add that much. I usually add an amount that feels just a little silly and then a sizable dash more.

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Robert Brinker @jamstoneforge.bsky.social · Aug 30

One of the dishes I am specifically proud of how I make them is mashed potatoes with 2/3-3/4 of a pound of freshly shredded gryuere cheese mixed in.

I once made them for my scout troop with regular preshredded cheddar and wasn't given the chance to eat my own potatoes.
Baked and fried are good too.

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