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jacobtothe (76)in Magic: The Gathering • 6 days ago
Magic Monday: Brewing a Deck for Oathbreaker
Magic: The Gathering has spawned many variant formats developed by the community. Commander is by far the most famous, now an official format with wide product support. Some…
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jacobtothe (76)in #blog • 10 days ago
2025 Retrospective and 2026 Plans
2025 was not a great year, but it's over, at least. First things first: time for a Hive Power Up Day! If you see this before the UTC clock ticks over to January 2nd, you can…
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jacobtothe (76)in #ama • 12 days ago
Ask Me Anything & Frequently Asked Questions
Ask Me Anything The end of the year is upon us, so I think I'll try something new today since this will probably be my last blog post of 2025. Time to ask me anything! Possible…
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jacobtothe (76)in Worldmappin • 17 days ago
Montana Travel and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Hive! I'm not doing any travel for the holiday, but I did make a short excursion into Montana a couple days ago. I had finally recovered for the most part from…
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jacobtothe (76)in #solstice • 21 days ago
Happy Solstice!
If I timed this right, this post will go live the minute the Earth is calculated to be at the winter solstice point. It feels crazy to have to specify this, but it's 2025 and…
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jacobtothe (76)in BEER • 23 days ago
What a day...
It's about 2 AM as I start writing this, but I only just got home a little while ago from a very long day full of misadventures. It all started when my friend A. texted me to say…
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jacobtothe (76)in GEMS • 28 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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • last month
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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months ago
Midnight Tacos
tacos and time travel!
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