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UrzaMTG

@urzamtg.bsky.social

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He/him/his. Software engineer, twitch enthusiast, video and board gamer, Black Lives Matter, Protect Trans Kids, opinions are my own. 🚫 No follow for follow, leave that in 2015

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · Oct 17

Are we making new introduction posts? Great, okay.

Hi, I'm Urza, I built my Internet identity off a character from a card game that I realized a decade later was Not A Good Person ™️

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 4h

If you don't look too closely this one is on the horn scryfall.com/card/mmq/199...

UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 4h

You can't ask this and then not let me go through every goblin

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 4h

Also ska energy scryfall.com/card/ugl/44/...

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 5h

So is this one scryfall.com/card/lrw/157...

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 5h

He's literally skanking scryfall.com/card/fdn/533...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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randomizer dad @weffjebster.bsky.social · 17h

i just don't want people to think i'm conservative because i don't care to see every dick or tit anyone feels like showing at any given moment

tag your shit jfc

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 13h

The president of the United States is getting flu and COVID booster shots but telling YOU that you shouldn’t and that removing access across every state via the pharmacies.

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 12h

I won Daily Squardle #1346 with 6 guesses to spare!
Word found after 5 guesses:
🟨⬛🟩🟧🟥
🟩🔳🟩🔳🟧
🟩🟥🟩⬛🟧
🟩🔳🟩🔳🟨
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
fubargames.se/squardle/

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 1d

An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:

"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."

A long list followed.

"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.

Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.

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rivalmit.bsky.social @rivalmit.bsky.social · 1d

The character is Meyef from the game Timespinner, commissioned by Llama with permission form the original creator . ^^

My gallery: https://rivalmit.com/gallery

#sculpture #art #balanced #dragon #commission

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 21h

Meanwhile I'm over here thinking "look at all the missed opportunity for Villain synergy... Oh, right."

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randomizer dad @weffjebster.bsky.social · 21h

Alright Alright Alright Alright Alright Alright Alright Alright Now Geno

Yeah

How does it feel to get snubbed from Smash?

(complete silence) #makeweffskeet

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 21h

Look I thought this was an AI joke

UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 1d

Alt text addition: The tower cranes are in the style of never ever leaving Epic campus.

UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the Learned Bad Behavior Engine?

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Jeff Ball @jeffthatnoise.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great time playing a sold out show at the Lodge Room with Rebecca Sugar, Louie Zong, and awesome band

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 7d

Tune in right now to join Wizards of the Coast in supporting Trans Lifeline!

Join us here: twitch.tv/magic

Or donate to our direct fundraising page: tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6

Want to learn more about Trans Lifeline? Visit their official website here: translifeline.org

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 9d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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UrzaMTG @urzamtg.bsky.social · 1d

I won Daily Squardle #1345 with 5 guesses to spare!
Word found after 4 guesses:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🔳⬛🔳⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟥
🟩🔳⬛🔳⬛
🟥⬛🟥⬛⬛
fubargames.se/squardle/

I was so confident I was going to be able to get back to 6 but it turns out there was literally no possible way to do it in the English language.

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Amanda (OnionBug) @onionbug.bsky.social · 2d

Are you trans in the Magic the Gathering space? Are you creating, supporting, even just playing and having fun!?
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.

Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.

a cartoon drawing of a fox carrying a flag

Alt: Magic the Gathering character Miles Tails Prowler says trans right

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

ill keep saying it and theyll keep doing it: podcaster occupied government

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

trib.al

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 2d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 2d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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