Pat (they/them)

working at the nyt

Steve Hogarty @misterbrilliant [gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it.

Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.

YouTube video by The Vorthos Cast Chef's Surprise by Sonia Orin Lyris | Magic: The Gathering Audiobook

Looking for a scary story tonight? Maybe something you can listen to while cooking dinner? We’re trying something new: a YouTube version of our recently released audiobook version of Chef’s Surprise by Sonia Orin Lyris!

youtu.be/YYXUC3A8P_c?...

🐷 Pigs LOVE bananas 🍌

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

I. CAN'T. STOP. WINNING.

what a wonderful time proving love and talking horror at the TWISTED SPINE BOOKS event in brooklyn last night. thank you to my author buds @claymcleod.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social @pfracassi.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social HECK YEAH

ohhhh it's like Ships Ahoy. ships. chips. i get it now

And now, what you've all been waiting for!
The Enemy Creatures of the #MTGJRPG!

For some creatures, the built-in graphics were close enough to use recolored, but in most cases, we needed new art!

Superthread below!

(Listed alphabetically!)

(Credit your artists! It ain't that hard!)

A book cover against a blue background reading COMING FEBRUARY 17, 2026. The book cover shows a blonde-haired human New Capenna shield mage in the robes of a first year Strixhaven mage-scholar, casting a domed shield around herself. The school is behind her. The text on the cover reads "STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS | SEANAN MCGUIRE | New York Times Bestselling Author."

We are one week closer to the release of OMENS OF CHAOS, and the glorious return of Magic the Gathering long-form fiction!

Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos (Magic: The Gathering) by Seanan McGuire: 9780593871430 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Strixhaven University welcomes you. Begin your magical studies on a faraway plane, encountering new friends, mysteries, and dangers, in this fantastical dark academia. Eula Blue was supposed to be a ...

FINE, YOU'VE CONVINCED ME. HOW DO I PRE-ORDER?

Well, the publisher has a page linking to multiple major retailers: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747400...

You can also contact your local independent bookstore and ask if they're accepting pre-orders. They may not have fancy links, but hey.

Bread & circuses, but where no-one can afford the bread & all the circuses are being cancelled.

Hey. You. Sad person reading this. You will never, ever, in your entire life, even if it lasts one quintillion years, will ever be as big a failure as this. Never. You will always, forever, for your entire life, even if it lasts one quintillion years, be better than this. Give yourself grace. <3

This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Gen Z and Millennials Prefer Socialism To Capitalism, New Poll Says “Young progressive voters are stepping into their full economic and political power."

A new poll from Data for Progress found that “voters of all parties” are open to leftist policies, and that a majority of Democratic voters polled preferred democratic socialism to capitalism “when written definitions of each are read aloud to them.”

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-...

Oh shit I forgot to preorder this! Hope they have it at my LGS… ideally the Vincenzo Ricardi variant cover, that one looks gorgeous

Answer to yesterday's #mtgtrivia question:

The name Leitbur was invented, so the people of Leitbur could be called the Leitburites (aka "Lite Brites").

#WotCStaff

labuburatory maniac

Say Gay: The Faces of Pride - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark With an exploration of different pride festivals around the country, demonstrating the welcoming and loving atmosphere of these festivals, we hope to encourage those on the fence about attending pride...

my friend is doing this cool project that will turn everyone gay please go help him seedandspark.com/fund/saygay

The email I got from Arlington County schools superintendent makes me so proud to send my kids there. It was essentially written by a lawyer and a giant fuck you to the administration.

thing i didn't know i wanted until just now:

take me to thallid town 😌😌

Just watched The Blues Brothers for the first time, it was pretty good!
For a movie from 1980, and apparently based on an SNL skit, I expected it to have aged really badly, but no, not really!
Also, damn, they harmed a LOT of cars in the making of this movie 😂

The Spanish printing of the Magic card Fiendish Panda, translated as “Pandamonio”

Another 10/10 Spanish translation is Fiendish Panda

It doesn’t stop????

I just have to go with Spanish Myr Sire. I mean, Señor Myr? Top quality

Echoing Deeps from Magic: The Gathering's new Edge of Eternities set!
AD: Sarah Wassell
I will be at #GenCon in 2 weeks at Booth #566! Not the artist alley, but one row over. Come by and get your cards signed! :D
#mtg #mtgart #magicthegathering #mtgeoe #fantasyart

A screengrab from the Trending section of Tumblr. Rank 1 is Game Changer, 2 is Superman, 3 is Brennan Lee Mulligan, and 4 is Sinners.

tumblr: where game changer is bigger than superman