@optimisttcg.bsky.social's "Defend the Brood" mark token is on stream in the top 8 at Pro Tour Yokohama courtesy of Tommaso Viscido! 🔪👺

Rootin' for Chanon Puttaree at #fabtcg worlds— watching him pilot Teklo in both aggro and fatigue matchups was a real highlight of the livestream yesterday!

Getting further in Battle Garegga on one coin! I'm so close to 1 million and an extra life I can taste it! Made it to stage 3, too. 🕹️🥰

Oo thanks for the recommendations! Put em both on my steam wishlist for later! 🕹️

Oh no, just the novice for now! Keepin’ it casual for the time being 😅

Yay!!! You’re freeeeeee!!

I’m so hyped to get into this— they’re so much fun and I enjoy that “zen state” focus feeling a lot! 🕹️

The box art for Crimzon Clover World EXplosion.

I’ve been having SUCH a good time getting into shmups with my new arcade stick!

I stumbled across a spreadsheet that listed beginner-friendly ones and so I picked up Crimzon Clover to try for my first 1CC (1 credit clear). It’s such a fun and pretty bullet hell! 🤩🕹️

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz

Congrats to my old friend Aadam Jacobs, deservingly receiving international recognition from numerous press sites for creating probably the most important live music archive of the past 30 years, simply by being Aadam.

I know! I wish I still had my PS4 so I could try the 2016 version— apparently they made the bullets a little easier to see

The arcade poster for Battle Garegga.

A screenshot of the level 1 boss fight in Battle Garegga.

My friend got me into the 1996 arcade shmup, Battle Garegga. Probably one of the hardest games I’ve played but I’m getting better!

I keep getting higher scores and I’m up to almost 700k and clearing the first level on one quarter! I’m excited to see how far I can go on one quarter as I get better 🕹️

I had an amazing time at #fabtcg armory last night. Really loving my aggro era— it lets me talk with other players between games and I got to get to know a new player that joined us last night!

Went 2-1 on Slippy and @mxzippi.bsky.social got 4th place on Tuffnut! Pulled EA Crown of Providence, too!

The year was 1970, with her 1969 Kmart All-Pro Jet Star 3-speed suicide shifter 20" bicycle.
Incredibly rare, it is said only 200-500 bicycles were imported from the German manufacturer.
She's 65 years-old now, and this remains one of the best times of her life.
A bicycle this cool would make it so.

oh that song is HEAVY, but thankfully these lines offer some reprieve from the rest:

Well everything fucked up we both felt before
I'm glad for it all if it got us where we are

Oh no 🫪🤣

Wowoo, it’s wild to watch you in the zone! 🤯🕹️

That’s a fun domain name!

All Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Defeated in Georgia as 2026 Session Ends "Scapegoating LGBTQ+ Georgians is not a winning political strategy," said Georgia Equality's executive director.

Great news out of Georgia!

ALL of the 15 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have died as the Georgia legislative session comes to a close.

This was only possible with intense efforts from local LGBTQ+ activists.

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I misread this as “snarky puppy” and got excited 😅

Porch update! Today is the last day of painting and then I can decorate! Black walls, rainbow floor, disco door 💃🕺

So does it… just stay on the top of the deck? That’s a fun quirk of an interaction 😅

I’ve been on an absolute kick with all these retro games now that I’ve got a good arcade joystick to play ‘em with. Today I played through Earthion for the first time— what a great genesis game that just came out last year!

It’s been a nice break from doomscrolling and playing Talishar so much!

First manned mission out of earth orbit since the 70s! Launches at 6:20 eastern unless they scrub the launch.

This is exciting and a big step on their way to Artemis 4 where they land humans on the moon again!

Yay biking! I actually rode my bike to work for the first time in a month or so today! We move 🚲💪

Artemis II astronauts inside spacecraft and running checks ahead of Moon mission - watch and follow live Artemis II will be the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years if all goes to plan.

Live updates from the BBC!

😅 I goofed around with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 a bit last night and I’m so in over my head with that stuff

The Mayflash F500 Elite arcade joystick.

The internals of a Mayflash F500 Elite arcade joystick, showing the square restrictor gate and a replacement octagonal gate.

Mail day! Got an arcade joystick and changed out the square restrictor gate with an octagonal one that came with the stick.

Excited to get my retrogaming on with this baby! 🕹️🤓

That’s me! I’m baby!

Us on the date night 🥰

What a weekend!

Wedding anniversary date night with @mxzippi.bsky.social Saturday, had dinner with my folks tonight, got my taxes together, and ordered a pair of arcade joysticks since playing Metal Slug at the local barcade on our date got me itching for some co-op arcade gaming with my baby! 🕹️🥰