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David

@crookedknight.bsky.social

Words, both recreationally and professionally. Video games/comics/giant robots nerd, with a side of yelling about sports. Largely boring.

created August 6, 2023

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Tariff on the concept of joy

2/9/2025, 3:17:35 AM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future (lol this happened 20 years ago)

2/9/2025, 3:06:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture A Henry (@aphilfan.bsky.social) reposted

You know who else scored 41 points on a Bill Belichick coached team in a nationally televised game? Go Birds

2/9/2025, 2:40:49 AM | 52 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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Executive order firing Bill Belichick from UNC

2/9/2025, 2:31:08 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does Jordon make a call?

2/9/2025, 2:28:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not surprising, most stores don't sell them

1/9/2025, 11:31:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sympathy for you in this trying time

1/9/2025, 10:58:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They hate their kids *and* teachers

1/9/2025, 7:23:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some of them are idiots, others are just murder enthusiasts

1/9/2025, 5:48:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They literally excluded services from all their trade deficit calculations because their reasoning can't survive the actual numbers

1/9/2025, 2:46:39 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Weeb Burton Guster: You heard about Sailor Pluto? That's messed up, right?

1/9/2025, 4:38:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

It would kind of have to be

1/9/2025, 3:15:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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youtu.be/301oMN5Tvrs

1/9/2025, 2:36:08 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Holy SHIT. The energy of that performance was unbelievable. From the cast, the audience, even the band. One of the best theatergoing experiences of my life.

1/9/2025, 2:17:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

The cast is really delightful and they do madcap comedy like a Swiss clock. It's a great show to be up close for, too. Look at this energy!

Actor David Cumming doing a jaunty salute during the curtain call for Operation Mincemeat
31/8/2025, 11:20:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

And now I'm fully Back On My Bullshit. FIFTH time going Way Down Hadestown, and it's the final performance for the current Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades and Persephone.

Photo of the stage at Hadestown from orchestra right.
31/8/2025, 11:18:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

That was a HOOT.

31/8/2025, 11:15:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are vaccines safe? Let's ask the guy who doesn't know if measles is safe.

31/8/2025, 9:08:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Day 2 starts with OPERATION MINCEMEAT. I've been interested in this one for a while - a madcap historical comedy, written and performed by a gang of college friends that came up through the Fringe Festival. And I can't complain about getting these seats for lottery prices, dang.

Photo of the stage at Operation Mincemeat from the second row, dead center.
31/8/2025, 5:46:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

So they're ignoring the TRO? Or are these children outside the initial order?

31/8/2025, 4:09:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They want everyone to suffer and die, *including themselves*

31/8/2025, 3:45:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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C'mon, son.

31/8/2025, 3:38:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Andre Andre Bang Bang

31/8/2025, 2:52:24 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Directed by Bill Watterson! No, not that one.

31/8/2025, 2:35:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not at home so can't take a proper picture of my shelf but here's one of my pride and joys

A bookshelf displaying the US releases of Panzer Dragoon Saga and Magic Knight Rayearth for Sega Saturn, and the Japanese releases of the three Shining Force III games
31/8/2025, 2:22:24 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hello yes I love that horrible gremlin console

31/8/2025, 2:18:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@bodegacats.bsky.social

A white-and-orange cat curled up asleep behind the deli counter in a bodega that has closed for the night.
31/8/2025, 2:04:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

They mostly manage to PRETEND not to be outright pro-mass-shooting but j guess the mask comes off if the victims were queer

31/8/2025, 2:01:08 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh damn, that was something. Stellar performances and really well staged. Glad I didn't know much about it coming in (even if I kinda guessed the twist).

31/8/2025, 1:19:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Evening show: Time to see how well I remember THE CRUCIBLE

Picture of the stage at JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, front row right.
30/8/2025, 10:44:33 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

@seananmcguire.bsky.social Not sure if you've bought those tickets yet but I've now sat on the left and right edges, and left edge is DEFINITELY a better angle. Far fewer obstructed moments.

30/8/2025, 9:40:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

30/8/2025, 9:32:05 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every time I watch this my brain inserts the Three Stooges "woop woop woop" as she runs away

30/8/2025, 9:28:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, that was worth the return trip, she's fucking hilarious (and has palpable chemistry with Jennifer Simard) Also, Ximone Rose was on in place of Michelle Williams and was fantastic. Not to be rude but even for a singing-heavy role there's a world of difference between a singer and an actor.

30/8/2025, 8:45:36 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social)

So this is our third time seeing DBH (yes, we're insane, what of it) and FINALLY we're going to see Megan Hilty rather than one of her understudies. (Not that the understudies have been bad!)

The stage at Death Becomes Her, from orchestra right.
30/8/2025, 5:44:39 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

And even if he tries, I want the baseline to be "Trump was never eligible so all his actions and appointments are void"

30/8/2025, 5:08:03 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Or maybe being hunted BY bananas?

30/8/2025, 5:04:27 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

There isn't going to be bipartisan support for "hardening" elementary schools, you lunatics

30/8/2025, 4:54:36 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

You look forward to more dead kids

30/8/2025, 4:35:30 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, scheduled departure from Union Station was 8:40 and we're already at BWI. This thing is good at being a train.

30/8/2025, 1:04:13 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe a few kinks to iron out yet

The closed door to the aforementioned train, displaying a boot-up message
30/8/2025, 12:27:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz

30/8/2025, 12:23:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ooooh, shiny

Engine of a brand new acela train
30/8/2025, 12:23:32 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

It's woo eugenics, trying to select for some kind of innate healthiness or Good Energy that doesn't actually exist

30/8/2025, 12:18:11 PM | 23 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess he's an archer? youtube.com/shorts/nMezq...

30/8/2025, 12:09:10 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

In theory, he might have already been there for something scheduled that went south

30/8/2025, 11:21:06 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What if he's just on the roof again

30/8/2025, 10:43:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Must be the former, they're definitely there when I log into my (locked) account x.com/lrozen/statu...

29/8/2025, 11:31:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Two from Democratic appointees! (The majority does include one GOP judge...CAFC is *very* blue)

29/8/2025, 9:51:06 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They're doing Lysenkoist eugenics, trying to cull the population of undesirable traits that don't actually exist

29/8/2025, 6:38:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And it ruled

29/8/2025, 2:30:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would at least look into it, but seems premature to actually buy tickets or whatever when the appointments aren't available yet even in the green-light states and ground rules are changing from hour to hour.

29/8/2025, 2:19:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Eugenics via bureaucracy

29/8/2025, 2:13:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He hit four and by rights should have had five! He popped up a 55mph lob from a position player in the 8th inning!

29/8/2025, 1:24:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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archive.ph/XOTgI

29/8/2025, 12:39:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Dang, expecters looking good right now

29/8/2025, 12:36:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Also it specifically points out that she is being denied an opportunity to contest the factual claims in the forum where "for cause" dismissals are supposed to be proven, which is not federal district court

29/8/2025, 11:58:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

"Huh, I wonder what this whole section of the complaint that says Cook was improperly denied an opportunity to defend herself against the accusation in an administrative process is about. Eh, probably not relevant."

29/8/2025, 3:17:02 AM | 43 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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One walk away from homering for the cycle, MAN.

29/8/2025, 1:08:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Falcoholic (@thefalcoholic.bsky.social) reposted

This was like watching a merchant in an RPG explain why he bought 150 wheels of cheese off an adventurer

29/8/2025, 12:44:24 AM | 108 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jason Kirk (@jasonkirk.fyi) reposted

Being a Cowboys fan under age 35 or so must be amazing. Everyone calls you a frontrunner even though you have no memories of your team winning anything

28/8/2025, 9:54:34 PM | 392 60 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess SINNERS really made an impression

28/8/2025, 10:15:10 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social)

Hell yeah Elijah Wood

Screenshot from Wood's recent reddit AMA: What's your favorite video game and is there anything that you've been playing recently that you wanted to highlight? It’s difficult to single out one game as my all-time favorite but I have a real soft spot for the Lucasarts adventure games from the 90s like The Secret of Monkey Island, Full Throttle and Sam & Max Hit the Road. I just love the adventure game format and the heavy focus on great, often comedic, writing. I was honored to get to work with a master of that era, Tim Schafer, on Broken Age, which was truly a gift to be a part of. Lately I’ve been loving Blue Prince (a modern puzzle masterpiece) and Wheel World on the Steam Deck.
28/8/2025, 10:14:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Are you REALLY a member of the Trump administration if you're not doing at least two separate Senate-confirmed jobs at the same time?

28/8/2025, 9:05:30 PM | 40 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justin Sevakis (@worldofcrap.bsky.social) reposted

Word is out, Gunbuster is leaving the Discotek catalog and likely bound for licensing hell. Still some copies at the MediaOCD Store, so get it while you can! www.mediaocd.com/product-page...

28/8/2025, 5:25:00 PM | 244 188 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Importing the music on a Steam Deck is a goddamn nightmare, I had to find two separate explainers and piece them together to figure out where the files had to go

28/8/2025, 4:55:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social) reposted

WHY IS EVERY FAST FOOD PLACE GOING PICKLE MAD AM I IN HELL? IS THIS HELL?

28/8/2025, 2:57:52 PM | 202 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I firmly believe it's just signaling to crypto that the government cares more about pandering to them than doing its actual job

28/8/2025, 2:41:38 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Gonna revoke General Sherman's security clearance next

28/8/2025, 1:18:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But where is it

Title screen from the classic LucasArts adventure game FULL THROTTLE
28/8/2025, 1:09:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social)

Even @lastweektonight.com, usually pretty good about not giving its targets credit they don't deserve, kept saying this in its latest MAHA episode and it pissed me off every time. They don't have valid concerns, they're just lying! One of them said HHS has never examined chronic diseases before!

28/8/2025, 12:21:56 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

If they want you gone, make them fire you and make it a painful, drawn-out prices. If they still need you in your job, resigning in protest becomes an option.

28/8/2025, 3:24:24 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a socially acceptable way to be an otaku for conservative/macho types

28/8/2025, 12:44:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hate that this part is great news but glad it happened! Thrilled to see you guys still with the series.

27/8/2025, 11:51:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

It wouldn't even have to be the AVERAGE person. The hawkiest non-expert in the country who's not an outright white nationalist is probably envisioning an "immigration crackdown" an order of magnitude more generous than the system that exists.

27/8/2025, 8:32:19 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tom Clancy's Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

27/8/2025, 8:08:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Once again, CARP Rules Everything Around Me

27/8/2025, 6:10:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If this is about the episode of SNW from two weeks ago, AAAAAAAGH

27/8/2025, 2:37:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That prosecutor is toast

27/8/2025, 1:59:30 PM | 66 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also because they want the option to break their promise whenever Miller gets cranky about it

27/8/2025, 1:54:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sedition!

27/8/2025, 1:50:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Penance.

27/8/2025, 12:19:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How far can you kick a baseball

27/8/2025, 3:56:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(And it goes without saying that she is adorable, especially when battling ghosts)

27/8/2025, 3:39:12 AM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Modern medicine fucking rules

27/8/2025, 3:38:33 AM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fun fact, US farmers have sold zero soybeans to Chinese customers this year. Not "practically none," literally nothing

27/8/2025, 2:06:39 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

The only reason to keep employing the current DHS is that it's easier to arrest people when you control their workplace

26/8/2025, 9:40:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay but you DO make your living with small shiny objects

26/8/2025, 7:19:05 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm serious, the things driving this are homelessness, cable news and cop shows, and one of those is much easier to solve than the others

26/8/2025, 7:07:57 PM | 36 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Cancel Law & Order

26/8/2025, 7:07:15 PM | 39 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the same room, no less

26/8/2025, 6:48:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was pretty far into the replies before I realized they DIDN'T just mean toddler-sized Hawaiian shirts, because the idea that somebody would do the racist version in this millennium was so wild

26/8/2025, 6:37:11 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social)

Trump surprisingly DID brag about Warp Speed during his stream-of-consciousness rant in the (incredibly stupid, nauseating) cabinet meeting today. Wonder if that reflects people bringing it up to him in hopes that he'll quash this.

26/8/2025, 6:31:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean (@flyingwalruss.bsky.social) reposted

I’m happy for them. They’ve both provided amazing things for me (Style is one of my all time favorite songs & Travis lost to the Eagles in the Super Bowl) so I think the engagement is really nice.

26/8/2025, 5:53:54 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

That coastline DOES look kinda like a locally Euclidean metrization of an infinitely differentiable Riemannian manifold.

26/8/2025, 5:55:28 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

Congrats!

26/8/2025, 4:52:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

(And that's BEFORE the actual tariff inflation hits at scale)

26/8/2025, 3:47:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I keep saying, a critical mass of voters thinks "fixing inflation" means "prices go back to February 2020 numbers" and that's going to be a problem for every incumbent for a while

26/8/2025, 3:47:12 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David (@crookedknight.bsky.social) reply parent

I waffle back and forth on how self-aware these guys are about what they're doing but when I'm feeling "they're totally lost in the sauce" it makes sense that the outcome-driven caucus would be mystified why "we TOLD you who's supposed to win, just figure out the reasoning from there" hasn't worked.

26/8/2025, 2:32:04 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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My working assumption would be "the Devil"

26/8/2025, 1:32:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view