“This is a veto rooted in cowardice, not the livelihoods of our residents.”
- City Council President @elliottpayne.org

2 - As the Four Winds Blow North Wind, Matthias House. He gathered the four and thus took his choice of seat. Inspired by an old story of a famous card player who always kept his back to a wall, so he could see everyone coming ...

That's right, I'm forcing my DM to handle a sideplot of EXTREME MAHJONG PLAYERS.

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Oh silly Regent, its nice to have the Spire heroes interact with the world more.

.70 cent gas increase in 6 days.

Wars at home and abroad.

Blatant fixing of markets via use of privileged information.

And the Epstein files.

Thank a Republican by dumpstering them in the midterms.

Its a start.

A screenshot of The Bazaar, a game that autobattles and uses items gathered semi-randomly. I've managed to make an item not usually a property a property, and thus making it have very unique interactions.

The Bazaar is so wild.

Anyone make a "Ghost of No-play" joke yet? (really though, this sucks)

The featured image shows a dusty starfield with intricate dust filaments all over. Red, blue, and brown nebulas will the field. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 The Dusty Surroundings of Orion and the Pleiades

Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Fernández

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timeline cleanse

Which generation decided that instead of “if you do it wrong we need to fix it to progress,” we’d accept “if you do it wrong we’ll let you continue, learn nothing and make it the problem of someone else?”

An observation of people signing in with wrong names, insurance, wrong own birthdays, etc.

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🔭 Webb and Hubble: IC 5332

Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST Teams

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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As usual, the friends of Epstein can't help but prey on children.

The Quack of Dawn, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A green Stojadin car with ducks riding on it and a sleepy cat on the bonnet is left deserted by an overgrown electricity pole in a field of red poppies. It's sitting surrounded by undulating clouds, waves and almost abstract organic shapes in a wide-angle look.

Details of the car and the ducks

Details of the electricity pole and some clouds in the background.

Some details of intricate shapes in the clouds.

The Quack of Dawn, personal #art. One of my most surreal ones, as I embrace the urge to swoosh and follow my own silly voice, wherever it may lead. Painted mainly from imagination by me, a human boy.

Let's all be more quirky in our styles and complete ourselves, not compete among ourselves.

Ultima Derby Benefitting Minneapolis FF6WC Presents: The Ultima Derby benefitting Minneapolis! Featuring Final Fantasy V Career Day, Final Fantasy VI Worlds Collide & Chrono Trigger Jets of Time Massive, sustained protests in downtown ...

This Saturday, I will be helping with a MN fundraiser put together by the FF6 Worlds Collide community. There is a tremendous amount of cruelty coming from inside the house, and thus we must do what we can to support those targeted. Please help or share as you can.

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At some point, fear of a monster is overridden by a need to do something, anything to stop it.

My only question is who gets there first: the American people, or the rest of the world?

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

Ultima Derby Benefitting Minneapolis FF6WC Presents: The Ultima Derby benefitting Minneapolis! Featuring Final Fantasy V Career Day, Final Fantasy VI Worlds Collide & Chrono Trigger Jets of Time Massive, sustained protests in downtown ...

This Saturday, I will be helping with a MN fundraiser put together by the FF6 Worlds Collide community. There is a tremendous amount of cruelty coming from inside the house, and thus we must do what we can to support those targeted. Please help or share as you can.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

1 - Easy Pickings It was the day after the acceptance letter arrived, 1 year and 235 days after Matthias had forged his name onto the letter his father had taken off some self-righteous gambler. He sat in the early mor...

Matthias “Math” House, fledgling divination wizard who’s not afraid to bend rules to bend luck. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A starfield is shown with an unusual orange object in the center. Surrounding this object are blue rings and four thick jets. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope

Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Balick (U. Washington)

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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

NEW: The USPS changed its rules on how it postmarks ballots.

This may affect elections at every stage at which there's a mail deadline.

An underplayed one: VOTER REGISTRATION.

Many voters who send in their registration forms by mail could be postmarked late, missing out without realizing it.

Nothing like moving 4 ft of snow for 4 houses, and to do it likely 4 times by the time I'm done. Good thing I turned my state return into a snow thrower, of this'd have been a legit "snowed in" situation. This storm is wild!

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

A starfield with a light, orange-tinged background has a dark nebula that looks like a flying ghost visible near the middle. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost

Image Credit & Copyright: Christian Bertincourt; Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)

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Image of a grave in Salem, MA that has a note left behind from a descendant of someone hung during the witch trials. The note reads: Great Great X9 Granny, they did you dirty. Don't worry, this descendant of yours is kicking ass as a lawyer, defending the rights of the underdogs. The assholes won't win!

Every now and then, I look back on photos I've taken. Just the number of times things come together and its just a sum greater than the parts. The affirmation that all you need to do is seek it out, and you just might find it.

Wow Signal

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🔭 IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Dane Vetter

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Yeah, just triple my student loan payments for no reason. I’m at a loss on how to further curse McMahon, shes already married to a top 5 scumbag and likely slept with our current Craps Self in Chief to get the position

IDR my ass, can’t wait til they somehow fuck up the forgiveness date before 2031

I don't often...ever? post Bazaar nonsense. But outplaying an HP build with a rock is hilarious.

'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center | Common Dreams "It's time to build communities, not data centers," said one local activist.

New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community.

That's a huge win for people power.

AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.

Board room goggles are in full effect here. Its a pity.

I was a jank-first player, the joy of brewing was to have the edge on the meta and to provide play options to folks starting out, or not able to go hard on 70 Rare/Mythic card decks. There's little thrill in being "krasis deck #63."

Hopefully someone comes to a more sensible conclusion.