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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 2d

Banger of the day 10-09:

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just the right vibe. Love this band.

Say Anything

YouTube video by Moonpools - Topic

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 3d

Banger of the Day 10-08:

music.youtube.com/watch?v=CZUw...

Meditative. Take some time to collect yourself and take on the world when you’re at peace.

Shapeless Burst

YouTube video by This Will Destroy You - Topic

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 4d

Banger of the Day 10-07:

music.youtube.com/watch?v=wPY6...

Gigi Perez has a whole host of good music, you should check it out

Sailor Song

YouTube video by Gigi Perez - Topic

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 4d

If it was such a good tool to use, why force it on people and make it hard to turn off? Hmm…

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 4d

100%, gotta do a purge of old discords on occasion.

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 4d

“Money doesn’t buy happiness”

Booster packs are literally $4.99 dawg

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 5d

This is exactly why we have our second amendment. You can’t trust that these people are who they say they are, especially if they’re not providing you ANY dignity, due process, or even something as simple as actual identification.

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 5d

This is exactly why we have our second amendment. You can’t trust that these people are who they say they are, especially if they’re not providing you ANY dignity, due process, or even something as simple as actual identification.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 5d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 5d

Banger of the Day 10-06:

“Called to the devil and the devil said ‘Hey, why you been calling this late? It’s like 2am and the bars all close at 10 in hell, it’s a rule I made’”

Gods too busy saving souls to save themselves, the devil being better than the world.

music.youtube.com/watch?v=0uT9...

It's Called: Freefall

YouTube video by Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Topic

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 6d

Banger of the Day 10-05:

music.youtube.com/watch?v=IrK6...

The artistry of the lyrics, the tone being very ethereal, the breakdown being gnarly, I love everything about this song.

Infinite Baths

YouTube video by Sleep Token - Topic

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

Two headed giant is still 2v2 (each team has one “enemy”, the other team). As I understand it, the issue is when you have 1v1v1v1 free for alls (each “team” has three enemies). You’re not politicking or colluding with opponents in 2hg. You’re just defeating your enemy.

Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

Having not been on twitter before the nazi takeover, but hearing a lot about it, I hear it wasn’t a great place to be anyway. I’m not entirely surprised as bsky (who is made by the same person who made twitter) picks up popularity it also sees the same resurgence of shitty people and bad moderation.

Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

Also, “exist” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Modern and Standard are the only two being played right now at pro tours.

Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

all of those are primarily competitive formats. With different card pools. EDH is a primarily casual format. We’re already splitting hairs on what kind of edh people play. Splitting it further just means we’re adding a third format. Like, tEDH w/limited card pool is just a new format.
Relevant XKCD:

XKCD comic, 3 panels.
How Standards Proliferate:
[Panel 1]
Situation: there are 14 competing standards.
[Panel 2] - two stick people standing next to each other.
Person 1: “14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.”
Person 2: “Yeah!”
[Panel 3]
(Soon:)
Situation: there are 15 competing standards.

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

Reducing the card pool, maybe helps? But cedh will still exist. And then we’d just have casual edh (cedh if you will), and competitive edh, and this new third thing. And people will probably want to play the new thing casually. The formats just keep multiplying!

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 8d

I again recommend Iron Spider/Fizik, it goes so hard. Dies to a Vandalblast but tbh it recovers really well. Here’s my list:

moxfield.com/decks/7pckxe...

Fizik, Steel Overseer - Commander (Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade)

A deck created using Moxfield.

moxfield.com

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

Wonder if they’re gonna care at this point

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

Iron Spider!!

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

It’s an inherently contradictory ideology - there is no free market that doesn’t end in total monopoly.

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

I love me some Simic. It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure drawing a billion cards, putting down all your lands and passing with a lethal boardstate on your next turn while holding up like ten counterspells. Gotta do it every once in a while as a treat ✨

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Interesting MTG Art @interestingmtg.bsky.social · 9d

Not Magic-related, but cool and cathartic as hell. Remember that you are not obligated to tolerate bigotry and hatred in your spaces. Stand up, band together, and push back against Nazi shit. There's no place for it here, despite the worst of us wanting to insist otherwise

Dorian Lord Zedd @zeddrick.bio · 9d

University of Washington - Piece of shit disrupts Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “retarded degenerates” and “fags"

The professor, Dr. Nicole McNichols, and her class
👏DO
👏NOT
👏PLAY
👏THAT
👏GAME

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

Muraganda in the Madagascar font would be insane, I’m for it

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

Canadian

Of the highlander variety

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Jacob Stark @norelationtotony.bsky.social · 9d

#BangerOfTheDay 10-02:

music.youtube.com/watch?v=GNMq...

So much soul, so little worry

What You Got

YouTube video by Quail P - Topic

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