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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks bunches to @highermtg.bsky.social and @defcat.bsky.social for hanging out and slinging some card board - bonus thanks to ALL the folks who raided in on us tonight!

We'll be back next week with more Tappy Hour Commander 👀

tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 8h

We are LIVE! Playing silly card games with awesome silly people @highermtg.bsky.social and @defcat.bsky.social ! We're gonna make cEDH players kick around behind the dumpster with ME 👏

twitch.tv/tappytoeclaws 👈 LIVE NOW

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 7h

Lol, lmao

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 12h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 8h

We are LIVE! Playing silly card games with awesome silly people @highermtg.bsky.social and @defcat.bsky.social ! We're gonna make cEDH players kick around behind the dumpster with ME 👏

twitch.tv/tappytoeclaws 👈 LIVE NOW

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Brian Kibler @bmkibler.bsky.social · 19h

It's @goberthicks.bsky.social birthday today and this is the minimum acceptable level of hype allowed.

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 1d

I can provide suggestions if you need / please just talk to me about all of your totally normal ship opinions / come on the podcast and talk to me AND Amy and Princess.

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 1d

I'm here for the Fujoshi Rebell Arc 👏

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 1d

It's fucking October and still I am plagued by the incessant, inescapable sounds of someone's riding lawn mower.

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 1d

"it's a stupid, stupid game" (complimentary 😌)

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 2d

The amount of projects I also have sitting around on my desk half finished for people? I can't judge brother 🤣

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for shaming sloppers - it is always correct to do. ESPECIALLY, as you say, there are so many amateur/newer artists and designers who work at incredibly reasonable prices. There's no excuse.

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah! Hell yeah 👏

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 2d

No ethical consumption under capitalism and all BUT I promise you'd be happier and make an actual material difference for someone if every time you wanted to buy another labubu/fast fashion item/pack of magic cards you just comm'd art from an small/indie/hobbyist artist.

Promise.

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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 3d

Did you or a friend or a family member get attacked by Trump’s brown shirts this weekend? I’d like to hear about it and maybe do something about it. My email is jchavez [at] ojrc [dot] info. Please put “Seeking Legal Advice re: ICE Building” in subject line. All inquiries are confidential.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Federal officers used tear gas against Portland ICE protesters while Trump said "paid insurrectionists" were “burning” the city.

Trump claims ‘Portland is burning’ while federal agents intensify ICE protests

Federal officers used tear gas against Portland ICE protesters while Trump said "paid insurrectionists" were “burning” the city.

www.oregonlive.com

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

I would also like it know that @leojpies.bsky.social thought this was an EVEN nerdier tattoo and the pen nib was a nod to Slay the Spire. It wasn't intended as one - but it is now.

Also Slay the Spire tattoos ARE on the list.

tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

The artist absolutely understood the assignment 💀🕊️✒️

(sooji.tattoo on IG)

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Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social · 3d

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

I'm assuming you have a mother somewhere

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

Okay but the problem with getting a tattoo is then you're done getting the tattoo and you need to figure out the next one so you can get back into the process of "getting a tattoo"

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

😊😊😊

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

We're keeping you deliberately innocent of these kinds of things so we can sacrifice - I mean, explain them to you on the anniversary podcast episode 😊

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

You dropped this 👑👑👑

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

They were all desperately asking if we wanted to book something right away, day-of ... So if the AI slop wasn't already desperate ...

IDK I tipped my (definitely not AI art slopper) artist extra to spite them 😉

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

The artist absolutely understood the assignment 💀🕊️✒️

(sooji.tattoo on IG)

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social · 3d

For every artist with a phenomenal book at the tattoo convention there was one with a table of trendy copy pasta and blatant, editless AI slop.

Barf.

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