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jacobtothe (76)in GEMS • 4 days ago
Feed the Minnows
There's been a lot of hubbub lately on our platform regarding how we should change various aspects of how it works behind the scenes, but there's a big change we can make without…
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jacobtothe cross-posted @jacobtothe/jump-scare-a-commander-deck-review
jacobtothe (76)in Tabletop / DND • 12 days ago
Jump Scare: A Commander Deck Review
My birthday was last month, and @generikat generously bought this Commander deck as a gift for me. It's from the relatively recent Duskmourn: House of Horror set, which…
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jacobtothe (76)in Tabletop / DND • 12 days ago
Jump Scare: A Commander Deck Review
My birthday was last month, and @generikat generously bought this Commander deck as a gift for me. It's from the relatively recent Duskmourn: House of Horror set, which…
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jacobtothe (76)in #ai • 14 days ago
A.I. Slop and My Thoughts
I know this seems like beating a dead horse after the past couple years, but I really, really dislike most generative artificial intelligence content. HIVE frontends are…
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jacobtothe (76)in #life • 16 days ago
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way?
Many debates seem to boil down to arguing over who needs to be in charge, and who needs to do as they are told. Politics is the most obvious example, but the idea lurks…
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jacobtothe (76)in FreeSpeech • 17 days ago
From "Peace Candidate" to More War?
Are we on the threshold of war? For months, the Trump administration has maintained a policy of destroying alleged drug smuggling boats off the Venezuelan coast. None of…
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jacobtothe (76)in #thanksgiving • 21 days ago
Hive Housekeeping and Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, Hive! Here in the States, Thanksgiving is a federal holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, with historical and mythical allusions…
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jacobtothe (76)in #ramblewrite • 22 days ago
Cluttered Musings on Travel, History, and the Future
I was recently reading about American history, particularly the early colonists and the later Oregon Trail settlers. Suppose you were uprooting your entire life and traveling…
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jacobtothe (76)in The Pub • 28 days ago
Windows Turns 40
On November 20th, 1985, the Windows 1.0 operating system was released to manufacturing. It was Microsoft's first Graphical User Interface (GUI), and it was primitive, at best…
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jacobtothe (76)in Midnight Letters • last month
Calzone
My #midnightletters tend to be about #midnightsnacks. It's late, about 1:45 AM, and I am awake, so therefore I eat. I made pierogis again as part of dinner after finally…
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jacobtothe (76)in GEMS • last month
Making Dairy-Free Pierogi
I ran across the video linked below a few weeks ago. Great soundtrack, but sparse on details. One would almost think it wasn't even intended to be a cooking video in the…
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jacobtothe (76)in Midnight Letters • last month
Midnight Soundtrack
12:39 AM as I start writing. Midnight by Rootbeer on Soundcloud is my inspiration for tonight, but maybe it's not your vibe. I have other songs about the night. The…
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jacobtothe (76)in The Kingdom • last month
False Messiahs and the True Kingdom
The United States Government is "shut down," or at least the Great Society parts which many have come to rely upon for survival. For some strange reason, the military and…
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jacobtothe (76)in Midnight Letters • 2 months ago
Midnight Tacos
tacos and time travel!
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jacobtothe (76)in Magic: The Gathering • 2 months ago
Bear Necessities: a Budget Magic Commander Revamp
Way back in January, I wrote a post about my attempt to build Wilson, Refined Grizzly and the Flaming Fist background into a voltron -style commander with +1/+1…
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jacobtothe (76)in FreeSpeech • 2 months ago
The White House, Civil Religion, and Desecration
Web2 social media has been in an uproar over the demolition of the east wing of the White House. Public sentiment seems to view this as a tragedy on the level of the Notre Dame…
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jacobtothe (76)in FreeSpeech • 2 months ago
Free Speech Facsimiles
Remember how outrageously offensive the "free speech zones" were during the George W. Bush administration about 20 years ago? Remote areas were cordoned off, and protesters…
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jacobtothe (76)in Hobbies and Nobbies • 2 months ago
Matchbox Memories
A few days ago, I snapped a picture of some old toys I brought out of storage to entertain my young nephew. When I was his age, die-cast cars were among my main playthings.…
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jacobtothe (76)in Economics • 2 months ago
What is the Real Inflation Rate?
There is something fundamentally wrong with the global economy, and for better or worse, the United States Dollar remains the primary world reserve currency. This means…
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jacobtothe (76)in Magic: The Gathering • 2 months ago
What's Your Magic Color Identity?
Magic: The Gathering features five colors of cards representing different philosophies of gameplay and deck design. It took a few years for the ideas to settle into a permanent…
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