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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 17h

And this, wrestling fans, is why Mick Foley is the GOAT. He may not have been as big as Cena or Dwayne, as intimidating as Austin or Taker, or as focused as Hart or Flair, but you never, *EVER* doubted that his hart was in the right place.

Also nice to see Ricochet agreeing. I was worried about him

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Zo, Greco, Saloniki, Eat Greek, and other trendy corporate-chic Greek fast food places.

You are not real Greek food. Real Greek food is met with a “Yassou!” when I enter, and probably a muttered “Malaka…” from the guy at the spit when he gets my order.

Get it right.

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 2d

From a moral standpoint, The Toxic Avenger is the movie of the year...

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 2d

'The Toxic Avenger' Has Helped Eliminate Over $15 Million in Medical Debt

The ooey-gooey, proudly raunchy horror comedy launched a fundraiser ahead of its theatrical release—and it's still going along with its arrival at home.

gizmodo.com

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 2d

Diehard and Chapel wouldn’t necessarily fit the milieu, but I could definitely see Shaft, Bedrock/Badrock, Vogue, and a bunch more fitting into a superhero team for the YouTube generation.

And no, I don’t care if this post ours me as a childhood fan of Rob Liefeld.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 2d

Hot take: no comic book series is begging harder for a reboot in today’s social media/influencer landscape than Youngblood.

Seriously, one of them was even named Vogue.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 2d

Hot take: no comic book series is begging harder for a reboot in today’s social media/influencer landscape than Youngblood.

Seriously, one of them was even named Vogue.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 3d

Boomer mid-life crisis: “I’m gonna buy a luxury sports car and date someone half my age!”

Gen X mid-life crisis: “I’m gonna quit my job and open a bakery/bookstore/similarly cozy shop!”

Millennial mid-life crisis: “I’m gonna buy a book!

…actually, never mind, I still have to pay rent.”

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Cardboard Crack @cardboard-crack.bsky.social · 4d

Promises #MTG

We're going to print outside intellectual properties on Magic cards using reskins and silver borders.
Wotc
Actually, we'll print the outside properties in black border, but we'll also offer in-universe versions.
Wotc
Actually, we won't offer in-universe versions, but uB won't be legal in Standard.
Wotc
Actually, UB will be legal in Standard, but only half of the sets will be uB.
Wotc
Actually, there'll be four uB sets and three in-universe sets in 2026, but it'll be half and half in 2027.
Wotc
Don't you believe us?
Wotc
cardboard-crack.com

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 5d

I'm watching the animated Watchmen movie from 2024.

The world this story takes place in is basically how MAGA thinks the real world really is, and they've cast themselves alternatively as Rorschach and The Comedian; brutal savior, or patriotic victim.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 6d

What does it say about our world that even Transmetropolitan feels naively idealistic in its resolution?

(Inb4 yes, Warren Ellis is a massive misogynistic piece of shit, but I’ve been thinking about death a lot lately, and Spider’s “Here to go” speech is oddly calming for me right now)

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

And I just want someone, anyone, to say something. Make me feel something. Even if I disagree, I want to know you give a shit about what you put into the world. And give it to the world, and expect nothing back. Instead of just guzzling down this bland assembly-line content gruel. Say something.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

I feel this scene especially strongly today. My grandfather died early yesterday morning. I took yesterday off from work, but I’m back today. And everything about this place just feels so… hollow. Lifeless. Meaningless. It exists to exist, and to perpetuate the status quo of consumerism.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

I feel this scene. Deeply. Whether he’s calling out to some omniscient force for advice, calling out to himself to have some agency in his own life, screaming to the world to help him fill this void in himself, the silence that follows is absolutely crushing.

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

I feel this scene especially strongly today. My grandfather died early yesterday morning. I took yesterday off from work, but I’m back today. And everything about this place just feels so… hollow. Lifeless. Meaningless. It exists to exist, and to perpetuate the status quo of consumerism.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

I feel this scene. Deeply. Whether he’s calling out to some omniscient force for advice, calling out to himself to have some agency in his own life, screaming to the world to help him fill this void in himself, the silence that follows is absolutely crushing.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

In between his own narrations, he tries to call out the voice. “Where are you, you stupid voice? Say something!” Harold then runs into the bathroom, stares in the mirror and screams “SAY SOMETHING!!” He then collapses on to his bed, defeated.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

I feel this scene. Deeply. Whether he’s calling out to some omniscient force for advice, calling out to himself to have some agency in his own life, screaming to the world to help him fill this void in himself, the silence that follows is absolutely crushing.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

In between his own narrations, he tries to call out the voice. “Where are you, you stupid voice? Say something!” Harold then runs into the bathroom, stares in the mirror and screams “SAY SOMETHING!!” He then collapses on to his bed, defeated.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

After Ferrell’s Harold Crick has spent all day with a disembodied voice (that only he can hear) narrating his life, the voice mentions that Harold is going to die. The voice then goes silent. Harold runs home and begins tearing his apartment apart, narrating his own actions.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

In between his own narrations, he tries to call out the voice. “Where are you, you stupid voice? Say something!” Harold then runs into the bathroom, stares in the mirror and screams “SAY SOMETHING!!” He then collapses on to his bed, defeated.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

After Ferrell’s Harold Crick has spent all day with a disembodied voice (that only he can hear) narrating his life, the voice mentions that Harold is going to die. The voice then goes silent. Harold runs home and begins tearing his apartment apart, narrating his own actions.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite scenes in the history of cinema is from the movie Stranger Than Fiction. Yes, a Will Ferrell movie, but if you’ve seen it, you know that it’s the Will Ferrell movie for people who hate Will Ferrell movies.
Anyway, the scene I’m talking about happens about 1/4 of the way in.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

After Ferrell’s Harold Crick has spent all day with a disembodied voice (that only he can hear) narrating his life, the voice mentions that Harold is going to die. The voice then goes silent. Harold runs home and begins tearing his apartment apart, narrating his own actions.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite scenes in the history of cinema is from the movie Stranger Than Fiction. Yes, a Will Ferrell movie, but if you’ve seen it, you know that it’s the Will Ferrell movie for people who hate Will Ferrell movies.
Anyway, the scene I’m talking about happens about 1/4 of the way in.

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite scenes in the history of cinema is from the movie Stranger Than Fiction. Yes, a Will Ferrell movie, but if you’ve seen it, you know that it’s the Will Ferrell movie for people who hate Will Ferrell movies.
Anyway, the scene I’m talking about happens about 1/4 of the way in.

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 7d

Like you can KIND OF parse the "Are the Avengers/Batman/TMNTwhoever soldiers/mercenaries/firefighters/etc?" thing but "HARRY POTTER" is straight-up about obedient schoolchildren with good GPAs who become COPS. That is the *weakest* sh-- to make your lifelong obsession.

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 7d

Dear Internet,

Few things are less funny than doing parodies of comedians. It comes of as hackneyed and caricature-ish, and just too overblown to be funny.

That said, please don’t stop dragging anyone who agreed to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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The Pocket Dragon Pub 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED 2025 @thepocketdragonpub.bsky.social · 12d

Venturing deep into the shifting sands of Noctis Labyrinth by @duamn.bsky.social. Some secrets may be best left buried...
🎲 GM: @thenerdonwheels.bsky.social
🎭 Cast: @geekbaker.bsky.social @radiofreewill.bsky.social @neonsaline.com

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 17d

Y'know what: fair enough, that is what you were asked to do

A sticker on a lamp post with a crudely drawn burning robot and the texy "AI is for cunts, draw terrible art"

Someone has illegibly scribbled over the sticker in blue marker

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 19d

Looking for comic book recommendations.
Faves: Grant Morrison, Kieran Gillen, Matt Fraction, Si Spurrier, Brian K. Vaughan. Been loving Patton Oswalt’s “Minor Threats” books, and have dipped my toe into Black Hammer.

Not interested in DC’s Absolute universe, am dubious about The Massive-Verse.

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 22d

I feel like there’s a Bad Romance joke to be made in there somewhere.

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 22d

They are, in fact, aware of my glory. 😜 I ran an Exigents one-shot for them about a year ago, and played in a The World Below one-shot as well

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 22d

My boss: “You can’t store or consume food outside of the cafeteria. It’s a pest control measure.”

Clients: “::daily bagel orders kept at desks::”
“::daily catering orders served in meeting rooms::”
“::bags of snacks left behind::”

Okay, but which pests are you trying to control? The rats, or us?

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Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 24d

I’m stating down the barrel of a forced computer upgrade (my desktop won’t run Windows 11, and 10 is getting the axe next month). If you can donate to help me upgrade my rig, or even share the link, I would be unendingly grateful

Donate to Support a New Computer for a Small Streamer, organized by Will Spreadbury

Hey gang, it’s always something, amirite? I got my current compute… Will Spreadbury needs your support for Support a New Computer for a Small Streamer

gofund.me

Radio Free Will 🔜 PAX Unplugged @radiofreewill.bsky.social · 24d

85% of all cards printed in Magic are unplayable. And that percentage is only going up.

Disagree? Count the content that says “just proxy everything” versus “budget alternatives.” One of those promotes creativity in deck building, the other homogenizes every deck to the same couple hundred cards.