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jacobtothe (76)in #ramblewrite • 8 hours 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 • 6 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 • 14 days ago
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 • 15 days ago
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 • 18 days ago
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 • 21 days ago
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 • 24 days ago
Midnight Tacos
tacos and time travel!
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jacobtothe (76)in Magic: The Gathering • 25 days 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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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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jacobtothe (76)in #libertarianism • 2 months ago
Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
"[T]he notion of individualism is now tarnished by its associations with selfish and violent identitarian groups..."—WN
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jacobtothe (76)in School Days • 2 months ago
The Encyclopedia Set
In the late 1980s, when I was still very young, a traveling salesman convinced my parents to buy a set of World Book encyclopedias. I might have been in the kindergarten age…
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jacobtothe (76)in Midnight Letters • 2 months ago
Midnight Snack
@ravenmus1c mentioned the new community. I'm browsing HIVE while making a midnight snack. At 12:25 AM, I suppose 'today' is technically 'tomorrow.' Dairy-free…
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jacobtothe (76)in Anarchism • 2 months ago
Why the Government Is So Loved by So Many
Why the Government Is So Loved by So Many 09/25/2025 • Mises Wire • Ryan McMaken • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 One of the most memorable passages in the memoir of the…
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jacobtothe (76)in #history • 2 months ago
Cool Creator Spotlight: Dime Store Adventures
Do you like history? American history? New England history? No? Tough luck. If you've read this far, you're trapped reading to the end. There is no escape from this blog…
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jacobtothe (76)in Deep Dives • 2 months ago
Charlie Kirk's Death, Conspiracies, and Social Degradation
It's been a week since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and a lot has happened since then. It's time to expand on my initial reaction post. This has been cobbled…
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jacobtothe (76)in Magic: The Gathering • 2 months ago
Pauper Sideboards and Upgrades
I wrapped up my series about pauper decks a couple weeks ago, but I've been considering new ways to upgrade or even replace them. White The soldier deck is slow, perhaps…
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