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ben doyle

@thewheatgerm.bsky.social

professional magic: the gathering player https://www.instagram.com/thewheatgerm/

created November 12, 2024

16,024 followers 108 following 59 posts

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Profile picture Nebula (@nebula.tv) reposted

the 90s are back, baby, and so is Jet Lag

4/6/2025, 2:47:22 PM | 437 80 | View on Bluesky | view

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not really the point but feels kind of telling that clicking on this article immediately redirected me to a full page scam ad

30/5/2025, 5:37:45 PM | 257 12 | View on Bluesky | view

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go listen to the layover 🔫

28/5/2025, 2:38:11 PM | 202 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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at one point he has to kill chatGPT with nothing but a biplane

26/5/2025, 2:48:20 AM | 186 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the power scaling is so fucked in MI these days that in order to have the equivalent tension of pointing a gun at him they need to be like tom cruise i am going to explode you with a nuke right now

26/5/2025, 2:42:51 AM | 166 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

new mission impossible is good. you would not believe how many times tom cruise gets trapped in a room with a nuclear bomb that is going to explode in 10 minutes

26/5/2025, 2:42:51 AM | 217 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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why not just break one leg you say?? can’t take my chances. i want to play mario kart 9

25/5/2025, 10:57:48 PM | 270 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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not to be dramatic but if my switch 2 doesn’t show up before we leave to film the next season i’m going to break both of my legs so that i don’t have to go

25/5/2025, 10:56:38 PM | 463 9 | View on Bluesky | view

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it should be me btw. i’ll do it

20/5/2025, 10:46:18 PM | 249 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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someone is about to get paid one hundred million dollars to host a podcast where they say the situation in gaza is kind of complicated

20/5/2025, 10:44:49 PM | 326 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sonboy megapractical (@jimpjorps.bsky.social) reposted

apparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer"

Keir Starmer: I've already returned over 24,000 people with no right to be here. And I won't stop there. twitter user: @grok Is this post misleading? Grok: The claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly debated. Some evidence, like reports of farm attacks and political rhetoric, suggests violence against white farmers... a user asks Grok to translate Chinese text on a photo, and it responds with a translation of a user asks if something shown in a video is an effective way to clear sinuses, and Grok says the query is unrelated to
14/5/2025, 4:32:04 PM | 11586 3098 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

the difference between x and bluesky is that when your post goes viral beyond your usual audience, instead of your comments being full of nazis it’s like a thousand gen X women who have no idea what you’re talking about being like “wow this is so beautiful 😍😍😍 love from minnesota 🫶”

10/5/2025, 5:26:15 PM | 494 26 | View on Bluesky | view

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must have had a lot of time bonuses

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10/5/2025, 6:14:38 AM | 1769 115 | View on Bluesky | view

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sure

8/5/2025, 7:13:31 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

*peer pressure voice* cool kids have the red colored rulebooks

23/4/2025, 4:06:55 PM | 234 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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they're roughly adjusted to fit metric values without picking really weird numbers

23/4/2025, 3:10:34 PM | 40 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

ATTENTION BELOVED EUROPEANS: you can now buy the hide and seek home game in ✨metric✨ and it will be shipping from EU warehouses for ✨a normal amount of money✨... so if you were looking to pick up a copy, now's the time!! store.nebula.tv

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23/4/2025, 3:05:40 PM | 345 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ethan Stark-Miller (@estarkmiller.bsky.social) reposted

Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.

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17/4/2025, 6:36:18 PM | 5321 865 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jeremy kaplowitz (@jeremykaplowitz.com) reposted

i hate Liquid Death

18/4/2025, 3:19:54 PM | 1678 158 | View on Bluesky | view

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you guys are so good at coming up with season ideas

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17/4/2025, 10:15:22 PM | 560 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

btw! if you have any burning questions about season 13, we’re doing a q&a on the layover next week, and taking questions on the subreddit right now: www.reddit.com/r/JetLagTheG...

16/4/2025, 3:27:59 PM | 187 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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bing bong

16/4/2025, 2:43:01 PM | 285 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Quorators (@quorators.bsky.social) reposted

we have added the wonderful Ben Doyle @thewheatgerm.bsky.social to our live show in Brooklyn on Saturday April 26th. come hang out with us :) only $15 www.eventbrite.com/e/quorators-...

Ben Doyle surrounded by Quora questions we have read on our podcast. April 26th at The Gutter in Brooklyn!
10/4/2025, 6:56:20 PM | 121 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ben doyle (@thewheatgerm.bsky.social)

the vibes in korea are absolutely popping off rn. people are in the train station applauding the tv politely

4/4/2025, 7:08:27 AM | 462 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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it’s april 2nd in korea so i promise it’s illegal for this to be an april fools

1/4/2025, 11:59:19 PM | 643 19 | View on Bluesky | view

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i accidentally voted for balatro so now i REALLY need you guys to vote for us instead

1/4/2025, 8:12:24 PM | 360 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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what’s really fascinating about this supposedly co-written book is that i can personally guarantee that not a single word will be written by either person. who is this even for

28/3/2025, 3:40:38 PM | 316 9 | View on Bluesky | view

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the vibes could not be worse. i will be reading it cover to cover

28/3/2025, 3:38:54 PM | 309 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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gotta be one of the most transparently stupid headlines i have ever read

26/3/2025, 4:28:28 PM | 356 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Wiskus (@dwisk.us) reposted

Even if you don't watch anything else on Nebula, it's worth the $6 just to see what Amy does to the national anthem nebula.tv/videos/aboli...

23/3/2025, 11:19:17 PM | 140 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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just out of curiosity (not that we are working on another season or anything. that would be crazy) what are everyone’s fav challenges that we’ve done?

18/3/2025, 5:41:33 PM | 453 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nebula (@nebula.tv) reposted

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Sam Denby wears a leprechaun costume consisting of a tutu and green beanie.
17/3/2025, 3:23:58 PM | 495 22 | View on Bluesky | view

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man i leave twitter for like 3 weeks and they’re already on there talking about how i dress like a trans masc elizabeth holmes

15/3/2025, 3:11:08 PM | 503 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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12/3/2025, 2:33:21 PM | 417 25 | View on Bluesky | view

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JET LAG SEASON 13 OUT ON YOUTUBE NOW!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJFA...

12/3/2025, 2:33:01 PM | 264 34 | View on Bluesky | view

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we're doing an AMA about abolish everything on reddit rn! come with questions! we have answers!! www.reddit.com/r/Nebula/com...

11/3/2025, 5:01:18 PM | 93 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture mio (@esmiora.com) reposted

abolish everything episode two :D will the abolishers sway you to their cause, or will you remain on the establishment’s side…

Illustration of the establishment & abolishers from Abolish Everything episode 2: on top, is the establishment sitting behind a wooden desk / podium and on the bottom are four full bodies of the abolishers in active poses talking about what they’re abolishing. The piece is in browns, blues and tans.
10/3/2025, 10:04:20 PM | 93 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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tune in to watch adam defend BBLs in, naturally, a shockingly impassioned speech about dentistry

10/3/2025, 12:28:04 AM | 159 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Chase (@adamchase.bsky.social) reposted

7pm! dentists should be quaking in their boots…

9/3/2025, 4:22:50 PM | 158 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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IT’S SCHENGEN TIME

5/3/2025, 3:56:22 PM | 491 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Solomon (@solomonmissouri.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I'm sure this is fine

Tesla down 124
4/3/2025, 5:18:33 PM | 1878 248 | View on Bluesky | view

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is this a fascist opinion. it might be. whatever

4/3/2025, 4:05:35 PM | 204 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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as someone who had to go to a physical bank today i have decided that there should not be all of these different banks. what is the point of this. there should be one bank and it’s called The Bank

4/3/2025, 4:05:35 PM | 332 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sam (from Wendover) (@samfromwendover.bsky.social) reposted

Jet Lag S13 premiere tonight in NYC! If you didn’t get a ticket we will have a standby line but we don’t anticipate to be able to let in more than a few people, so only come if you’re happy to stand in a line for an hour then go home!

27/2/2025, 3:25:11 PM | 219 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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this one’s gonna be a banger folks. get a ticket while they last!

27/2/2025, 4:27:02 PM | 98 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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the G is one of many things i am waving my arms at

27/2/2025, 12:13:44 AM | 56 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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welcome and i’m sorry!!!!

27/2/2025, 12:07:55 AM | 292 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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PRAYING for the couple i just met on the G train who told me they moved to the US from the netherlands 3 weeks ago

27/2/2025, 12:07:03 AM | 850 27 | View on Bluesky | view

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nebula hired a social media manager and now i can no longer think of captions that are more clever than the ones they already posted but uh.... it's season 13. go watch the season 13 trailer

26/2/2025, 3:36:44 PM | 493 19 | View on Bluesky | view

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it’s finally out! go watch ep 1!!! i wore a mustache for 4 hours (didn’t need to do that)

24/2/2025, 12:44:57 AM | 313 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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kind of love how shitty these uber tablet games have gotten. are you asking me what the number 2 is

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23/2/2025, 2:43:34 AM | 351 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Chase (@adamchase.bsky.social) reposted

watch our trailer if u want the context behind this image

20/2/2025, 10:02:13 PM | 280 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nebula (@nebula.tv) reposted

a special 60-second teaser for our lovely Bluesky fans

20/2/2025, 10:00:32 PM | 503 46 | View on Bluesky | view

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i think it's cool that they made a truck that doesn't work as a truck at all and instead makes random strangers hate you and want to ruin your life. good purchase

19/2/2025, 10:35:59 PM | 577 47 | View on Bluesky | view

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please please please please please please please please please pl

19/2/2025, 5:59:46 PM | 337 24 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh absolutely and i won. good question

17/2/2025, 4:10:21 AM | 104 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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trying to explain to sam that i need to take a sick day because i went to a beyblade tournament too late at night and now im sleepy

17/2/2025, 4:04:51 AM | 825 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nebula (@nebula.tv) reposted

Demand for the Jet Lag home game far exceeded our expectations (thousands of games versus hundreds), which is unfortunately slowing down the delivery process. We’re working hard to solve this.

12/2/2025, 4:59:18 PM | 406 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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the only time in my life i ever got a concussion was in kindergarten because i wouldn’t stop talking about how much i loved massachusetts senator john kerry and another kid picked me up and threw me at a tree

9/2/2025, 1:50:55 AM | 709 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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in between seasons im in my apartment doing this

8/2/2025, 8:45:37 PM | 460 24 | View on Bluesky | view

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great interview with our editor jack, for anyone interested in the post production process for jet lag!

8/2/2025, 6:00:48 PM | 249 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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i love when someone is doing work next to you on the plane because then you get to try to figure out what their job is. the woman sitting next to me has been in excel adding the same 3 numbers together over and over again for the last hour

7/2/2025, 2:33:11 AM | 651 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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george soros hates tristan

6/2/2025, 6:44:57 PM | 33 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it's true woke paid us to put brian on the show to fill our DEI quota (irish)

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6/2/2025, 6:12:58 PM | 633 22 | View on Bluesky | view

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who wants to hang out

4/2/2025, 4:38:51 PM | 365 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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i am sick of reading ARTICLES!!! i was born in 1999

2/2/2025, 4:17:32 PM | 432 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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so when exactly is hank green going to make a 12 to 17 minute video that is both whimsical yet informative explaining what the fuck is happening to our federal government right now

2/2/2025, 4:16:05 PM | 698 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Wiskus (@dwisk.us) reposted

After last night’s taping I’m sure of two things: 1. Abolish Everything is going to be a massive hit 2. Chandler Dean deserves every bit of what’s about to happen when this show drops

1/2/2025, 2:55:21 PM | 196 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jet Lag The Game On My Phone (@jltgonmyphone.bsky.social) reposted

being producer graham when ur bald must be so crazy like damn im producer graham and i’m bald and i’m working with tom scott

24/1/2025, 9:36:15 PM | 187 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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editing a video with tom scott in it is making me feel insane. like hey wait that’s tom scott

24/1/2025, 6:41:32 PM | 1402 37 | View on Bluesky | view

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bug

24/1/2025, 6:16:14 PM | 60 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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carefully and lovingly trying to de-millenial-ify my bluesky feed by blocking every account that uses punctuation. i think it's working

23/1/2025, 5:00:34 PM | 843 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shaun (@shaunvids.bsky.social) reposted

i saw some light mocking aimed at someone for saying x instead of twitter, but nah, sorry, it's x now. twitter's dead

23/1/2025, 3:00:08 PM | 1645 81 | View on Bluesky | view

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the haters said you could never buy and play jet lag the game with your friends anywhere in the world. the haters were WRONG store.nebula.tv/hideandseek

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20/11/2024, 5:36:01 PM | 805 82 | View on Bluesky | view

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i hate reading about the way our government functions. what do you mean our agency for responding to nuclear emergencies only exists because gerald ford was beefing with a guy named Captain Midnight who kept threatening to nuke boston and also did not exist

18/11/2024, 11:11:14 PM | 497 17 | View on Bluesky | view

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what’s up new twitter. don’t tell old twitter but we have like several kind of crazy things to announce in the coming weeks/months and i’m gonna make a concerted effort to do that here first because elon musk is a punk bitch and i hate him

12/11/2024, 11:48:33 PM | 1415 64 | View on Bluesky | view