You wrote a great article. I hope more people read it!

It's fine to point out hypocrisy and that people are being complicit and enabling their own oppression, but like

Don't be a bigot about it?

Same with when gay-bashing conservatives are closeted themselves. Make fun of them for being shitty people, not for being secretly gay.

black and white drawing of an underwater scene. a large bird sticking it's head into the water, surrounded by shocked fish

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

Today's a pretty great day for music: Nine Inch Noize, plus the new Sofia Isella EP.

There's so much good stuff out there if you look for it.

Congratulations!

This is a good answer.

A Friday question for my #MTG friends:

How do you define being good at Magic?

Can confirm -- deck looked rad. I would love to pilot that sometime.

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

This should be a crime.

Eric's alters are so creative and detailed. Every time he posts one of these, I marvel at his continuous ability to surpass himself. Unreal.

Going live now at www.twitch.tv/strixhavendr...!

Come hang out with us while we jam some Bracket 4!

CJ is correct. Also, the volume of rated games on chesscom is much greater than the volume of rated games anywhere else, so points move around and accumulate quickly.

We're just three months away from the release of my next novel! Get to know Garrodigh, a disabled dragon who is going to learn to fly again, even if it means putting up with humans.

You can get signed copies from Oblong Books! oblongbooks.com/book/9780756...

Keeping my fingers crossed that Vaishali Rameshbabu can emerge victorious from the Candidates today.

This game is surprisingly great.

My only complaint about the Necrobinder is that I cannot rename Osty. ;_;

Holy crap this game -- well, both of them, really -- is incredible. What's your favorite class?

Congratulations, John! Well deserved.

A letter to the editor from The Economist. Text: An article of faith. SIR - Will other members of the intelligentsia be as shocked as you were ("An author and his subject", June 30th) to learn that a book written by the pope "remains uncompromising in its insistence on the divinity of Jesus Christ?" As you are clearly irritated by his unwavering position, it might help if I let you in on a Vatican secret: the pope is Catholic. Darr Schoenhofen Phoenix, New York

Since we're doing Pope takes right now, I have to share my favorite Letter to the Editor of all time.

You got this. Good luck!

Sorry, friendo. I wish you had no idea what I was talking about.

I'm really glad we're friends, Mike, and I'm humbled that you consider me a mentor. Our friendship is an outlier in my experiences with the larger MTG community.

Being into cats feels so debasing. You give everything over to this animal — time, labor, money — but when you want them to sit next to you, they refuse and jump away. When they finally sit on your lap, you sit motionless to the point of physical pain, afraid to disturb them. Humiliating.

Are you sure you were never a Magic judge, Shivam?

You all were SO EXCITED about Artemis II leaving, but I knew they'd come crawling back to us. Space sounded so cool until you needed your laundry done!

Unsure how you feel about rap, but I'd encourage you to check out billy woods if you're able.

It was only after I won this game that I realized it took 110 moves to do it. I'm not good at endgames, but I was good enough at this one.

Anyway, happy Friday!

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This humble lil' elk friend gives some ramping and color-fixing to any deck. Definitely not a high-powered card, but cute and versatile:

@peripateticmeg.bsky.social What's your move here as black?

r3r1k1/5pp1/4pq1p/2Pp4/1P1n4/P2BR3/1Q3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 7 27

This felt really good. Black to play.