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Sean McKeown

@sifuabs.bsky.social

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Life is an endless series of contextual ethics problems. Then you die.

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · Feb 26

Since I seem to keep doing these, making a master thread to keep as my Pinned post with all my "these are my Commander decks" threads I have done... mostly so I can keep track of them, especially as I am considering new builds with some recent Commanders from Aetherdrift.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19h

My piece - to be in this week's issue - on the South Shore raid and what it says about Donald Trump's America:

www.economist.com/united-state...

My view is this stuff is as much or more about creating content and fear than it is about actually catching immigrants, though that's a goal too

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 14h

Answer: get a cat.

bonque, ben @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 23d

Politicians these days smh

Screenshot of a fundraising email from Kat Abughazaleh. There's a pic of an orange cat sitting on a laptop with gibberish text above and below it.

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 15h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 14h

The worst part is that it would obviously be cheaper.

Providing care as-needed with a single payer replaces all the layers of payment collections, insurance denial and appeals, pharmacy benefits managers - all of which suck, and layer additional costs (and profit motives) between patients and care.

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 15h

This just goes to show that atheist prayers are *extra* effective.

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 15h

People ask me what side I am on, I say "the civilians," and they tell me to go fuck myself.

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 1d

Five minutes later:

"...so you fucking hate waffles?"

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 1d

Two years with these kitties now, figured I should share. :)

Ripley, a two year old female void kitten, looks up at me expectantly from the floor.

Trico, a two year old male tuxedo kitten, climbs to eye level to yell at me for TREATS GODDAMIT.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 1d

Don't babka it up.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

The moon is very moon tonight.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2d

I'm very close to being a one-issue voter and that issue is Follow the Goddamned Law and Put Those Assholes in Prison.

eschneider @eschneider.bsky.social · 2d

"Willing to go full criminal charges" is probably the most important policy issue for 2028. :/

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

he doesn't even have a personality!

just a mustache!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, @jay.bsky.team.

As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.

Having Link here is good for so many people.

Please reconsider?

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

Clearly, fuck them Poors. 🙃

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

The Jund build, for comparison.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · Dec 3

Another new deck day, trying out this creation that has been on my mind for about six months now, finally gelled enough in my mind to go out and order some new cards for. Now that the packages have all arrived in the mail, I can finally try it out!

The core of my new deck today: a Jund commander deck with only odd mana costs thanks to choosing Obosh, the Preypiercer as its Companion. I could have chosen half a dozen different Commanders and been pretty happy with them, I decided to give Slimefoot and Squee a chance and see whether that adds resilience to the deck. This requires a bit of a Saproling sub-theme to be sure I can reliably use the reanimation ability, and hopefully those cards don't stink too badly or the Commander will probably wind up changing.

Showing off the sleeves I chose for the deck as well, a StarCityGames custom with a cat on the back.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

This is, to me, the natural next step in trying to make an "and Obosh!" deck work after the Slimefoot and Squee attempt, I don't like B/R by itself, have tried B/R/G but not /W or /U, and think U is probably boring while White would let me play several cards I like that don't currently have a home.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

Having a funny Commander thought, which is that I want to make a Mardu Commander deck with Obosh as its Companion. None of the choices really stand out as "THIS ONE makes sense!"

Considering building the deck and trying it out Commanderless to get a feel for it and decide from there.

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

[citation needed]

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2d

My Nethroi deck, that's basically my Commander...

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 8d

Vampire is available to adopt in LA or Orange County!

2 weeks ago I found a small kitten trapped in the middle of a busy intersection. Now she's 6 weeks and ready to find her forever home.

Adoption application available on VIDA. Dm if you have questions about her! www.petfinder.com/cat/vampire-...

Pic of a 6-week tabby kitten against a pink bg

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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 3d

If you think about it in exactly the wrong way, the human body is a shitty cannoli.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 4d

sorry, you can no longer hear about Dragon Ball Z, the tariff rate on Dragon Ball Z is over nine thousand.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 4d

Kitty makes a lot of good points.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 5d

If I die, I die.

Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 5d

unless there is a flavor you don't like, that one is for Krissy?