THE Joe Chaney
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I play a lot of Magic the Gathering, I play a good amount of Pokémon Unite, I want to play/run more TTRPGs Free Palestine, Reproductive Rights, Trans Rights, and Women's Wrongs (they deserve a freebie) MTGA - THEjoechaney#09742 He/Him - 🔞
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feeling a strong desire to disassociate and play New Vegas for a dozen hours kalsarikännit
thejoechaney.bsky.social
America really needs to wise up to the fact that wealth is not a basis of merit/intelligence

some of the dumbest people alive are billionaires
sharonk.bsky.social
thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.
thejoechaney.bsky.social
we were very much not each other's person
got my ass beat Skyrim meme
thejoechaney.bsky.social
on a Magic date. let's see how this joes
thejoechaney.bsky.social
so the implosion begins over the holidays, and Q1 2026 is a bloodbath
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bugsmaytrix.bsky.social
ladies and theydies, y'all know the drill :3

if you can, help a fuckin lovely person land on its feet
spice8rack.bsky.social
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.

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thejoechaney.bsky.social
I just removed my AC unit from the window, so we're guaranteed one more day above 90 im Chicago
thejoechaney.bsky.social
this *was* my Naya Commander until I splintered it into separate decks
Magic the Gathering card Ghired, Conclave Exile
thejoechaney.bsky.social
feeling a strong desire to disassociate and play New Vegas for a dozen hours kalsarikännit
thejoechaney.bsky.social
they called it the set Spider-Man and forgot the "Amazing" or "Spectacular" or any superlative really!

that said, I'd love to see more of a narrative focus on these sets. do something fun with the IP! give us some kind of justification for the set besides Mr Krabs' "I like money"
thejoechaney.bsky.social
the reason AI is not profitable is that very reason. how can anyone assign value to a thing if it cheats on the labor costs? Marx posits that the labor cost is the entire driving force of manufactured goods. when you remove that cost, you have nothing.

AI's "failure" lays bare the lies of capital
thejoechaney.bsky.social
I been hitting people with "aren't you ashamed of your ignorance?" and that seems to be pretty devastating as a wake up call
thejoechaney.bsky.social
what is "can't be blocked" if not another way of saying "can't be stopped!" ???

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!! THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE! IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN!!
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spice8rack.bsky.social
In the precursor to this video (Magic: The Gathering & the Death of the Future) I complain how Kamigawa's lore was changed for no other reason than to include a TMNT reference in its return.
I really should have considered that the entire game system was being remade to sell collectable simulacra.
A MTG card:

Shell of the Last Kappa
{3}
Legendary Artifact

{3}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery spell that targets you. (The spell has no effect.)

{3}, {T}, Sacrifice Shell of the Last Kappa: You may cast a spell from among cards exiled with Shell of the Last Kappa without paying its mana cost. An MTG Card:

Kappa Tech-Wrecker
{1}{G}
Creature — Turtle Ninja

Ninjutsu {1}{G}

This creature enters with a deathtouch counter on it.

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a deathtouch counter from it. When you do, exile target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

1/3 A MTG card:

Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
{3}{W}
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle Samurai

Sneak {2}{W}{W}

Double strike

During your turn, you may cast creature spells with power or toughness 1 or less from your graveyard. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

3/3
thejoechaney.bsky.social
*Goben firing up the cloning pods*

"accidents happen"
Magic the Gathering card Goben, Gene-Splice Savant
thejoechaney.bsky.social
the issue is not the service people it is the congressional sycophants who continue this shutdown to deprive healthcare benefits to millions of Americans and prevent their malignant narcissistic leader's already well-documented ties to a notorious pedophile to be read into public record

fuck em all
thejoechaney.bsky.social
TIL Lorwyn Eclipsed only has 5 weeks on the market before TMNT releases wtf
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rchusid.bsky.social
Covid has created an increase in work absences year round comparable to a year round flu season. This is due to both Trump & Biden mishandling Covid with a vaccine-only approach, opposing other needed action.
#Medsky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market
This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.
jamanetwork.com
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thejoechaney.bsky.social
petition to nickname this card: Raph-Forge the Soul
Magic the Gathering card Raphael's Technique Magic the Gathering card Reforge the Soul
thejoechaney.bsky.social
idk if I communicated this properly. I really REALLY love Lorwyn