my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop
Matt Barber
@theboohi.bsky.social
IT professional, MTG player, and marathon runner based in Rochester NY.
Tickets for the North American Premodern Championship at DuressFest are available now through Kickstarter! duressfest.com
DuressFest
A Magic: the Gathering Event ft. the 2027 North American Premodern Championship
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America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
Reading a book, seeing a word you don't understand and having to look it up, thereby allowing you to understand something that was previously opaque is sometimes called "thinking" and it's good for you. It's one of the nicer parts about being alive.
the charging buffalo benson fan edit is insane i feel 10 feet tall right now
The Simpsons had many great signs over the years - drop yours in the thread!
The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
this is what it feels like to post on bluesky
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
I got second place at my favorite tournament of the year, Winter Ball 2026 hosted by the @rochesterroyals.bsky.social five minutes from home. I got 9th on breakers last year so it was great to get a good finish with my favorite Premodern deck, The Solution!
We are deeply saddened at the news of the passing of Magic legend Kai Budde. His achievements in the game and community go beyond what we could say in one post. Our thoughts go out to Kai's friends and family in this moment. Remembering Kai Budde: magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...
I asked the menswear guy what the ideal outfit for a magic tournament was. time for us all to step up our game
Absolutely surreal to see The Format in 2025. They came to Rochester for some reason and still sound amazing after 17 years or whatever.
Yoooooooooooooooooo! Premodern was my favorite format to play this year, check it out!
Premodern Is Coming To Magic Online Read More Here👉 www.mtgo.com/news/premode...
I made it out to our local Legacy weekly two weeks in a row! I played Dimir Tempo both times going 2-1 both weeks. Fun deck, Bowmasters has been great against a lot of stuff. I am fine with only hitting a couple cards and waiting to see how it goes.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
two weeks ago @rhysticstudies.bsky.social posted this and I did what any reasonable person on the world wide web would do: I commissioned @forceofphil.bsky.social to do a rap and dramatic reading of it 🎶 in the replies