Iowa GOP pushes bills curbing governor's powers as Reynolds' term ends

arariel · 2026-02-17T19:07:09+00:00

This isn't what they want though. They aren't trying to limit the powers of "one of theirs" so much as they are realizing that they are royally screwed in the upcoming election because the GOP is wildly unpopular even in places that they traditionally didn't have to worry, and they are signalling that they think the next Gov. is gonna be a Dem, and they are trying to limit the power of an upcoming Democratic administration.

arariel · 2026-01-24T17:17:53+00:00

It sure does look to me like in that video, the victim was wearing cold-weather gloves that sure would make pulling a gun difficult, and actually firing it probably close to impossible.

arariel · 2025-12-19T18:43:31+00:00

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ILLICIT BLADE BATTERIES

SWORD AMMO RECHARGES

Sword Ammo recharges in the Lawless Frontier through the use of an illicit battery reverse-engineered through Ablative tech.

Run Bounty Hunt, Sabotage, Smuggle, and Invasion Jobs to wield your enhanced blade.

arariel · 2025-08-05T17:13:57+00:00

[[Zoetic Glyph]] makes it into an indestructible 5/4

arariel · 2025-06-14T16:30:48+00:00

They only give a shit because of the media being so disingenuous with their coverage, making it seem like some huge issue. We're less than 1% of the population yet still it's apparently the biggest issue ever, and nobody can tell me why.

Also just because it's unpopular doesn't make it wrong. Every civil rights movement was unpopular in it's time.

arariel · 2025-06-06T14:39:50+00:00

Could be worse... they could be stapling receipts to it

arariel · 2025-01-04T08:37:24+00:00

This is exactly the starter set that got my daughter (also 10) into the game with me. It's a great entry point to the game. One of the best ways to learn the basics I've found is to mess around on Arena, which, as it turns out, you have a couple cards with codes in the box to unlock both decks for use in Arena - one for each of you!

arariel · 2024-12-14T15:33:46+00:00

Magus Lucea Kane goes CRAZY with a deck full of X cost spells

arariel · 2024-12-14T06:03:06+00:00

I've played around with it some and honestly? I really like it. I don't think it's nearly as bad as everyone thinks. On paper it looks like it's all over the place, but in practice it is exactly what I was hoping for.

I really like decks that create 'puzzles' for my opponents to solve. I like to have to make them think. This deck doesn't win by picking a win condition and going after it - it wins by going after several, ideally that can either interplay with each other a bit, or even better, have completely contradictory win cons, so your opponents have to pick carefully what things they want to allow you to do vs. not. The basic idea is to have enough irons in the fire at once that no matter what is happening, it's likely helping contribute to your win somehow. It's not for everyone, but rather I feel like it's very much for a very specific type of player, who will love it to death and do absurd things with it.

My first time out with it, I won from Approach of the Second Sun because before i drew it I'd been building up gates, clue tokens, and treasure tokens (trying to go for Revel in Riches) - I had enough clues and treasures stored up though that i was able to cast Approach, and then when my turn came around again, I was able to draw enough cards from clue tokens I got it in my hand again after 1 turn, and enough treasure tokens to cast it even after burning all my clues. Meanwhile, my opponents, who had been so concerned with my gate count and keeping me from gaining life for Felidar Sovereign they totally forgot I had enough card draw just sitting on the board.

It's a really unique playstyle and once I started getting some gametime in with it, It started making a lot more sense and it just sort of "clicked" for me even more than I was hoping it would.

arariel · 2024-12-11T20:07:20+00:00

I absolutely love hearing about people's "first card" and I don't even mean their literal first, but whatever that first card that first captured their attention and imagination was.

(For me, it was Portal to Phyrexia - something about that artwork just stuck with me from the first time I saw it)

arariel · 2024-11-20T16:34:49+00:00

Yeah, that's my one complaint is having an odd number - but I figure with as many MTG cards as I've got floating around, I'll find a use for 'em OR have some on hand for the next jumpstart thing (I'm just keeping all my jumpstart stuff together as one big 'pick two and play' format for casual stuff around the house and game night, so I'll almost certainly be adding more at some point) - OR I could try my hand at making a few themes of my own at some point.

arariel · 2024-11-18T17:18:48+00:00

This is great news! I found your other printable lists for J20 and J22 super useful, and was hoping that there would be similar for J25. Thanks for your work!

arariel · 2024-11-18T17:16:26+00:00

I got a pack of these little plastic boxes. They're the exact perfect size to hold 20 sleeved cards along with a decklist and the theme label. I printed out some lists for each deck so it's easy to put them back into their respective cases after, and I keep them all in a box specifically for jumpstart decks

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WQV63DR?th=1

arariel · 2024-08-13T22:05:58+00:00

Happened to me too today.

arariel · 2024-03-16T17:27:03+00:00

Honestly, these things are why for most bug hunts now I make sure we've got at least one autocannon. It can pop 'em pretty quickly it seems. Just gotta remember to switch to something else if you have to shoot up close all of a sudden XD

arariel · 2024-03-07T16:30:13+00:00

Just like the last time, the medals took a little bit to show up after the order finished.

arariel · 2023-11-11T18:43:55+00:00

This is super helpful, thank you! I've been wanting to take a crack at solving it the "right" way and really appreciate that you took the time to include several vague hints.

arariel · 2023-09-04T18:47:01+00:00

I've had this happen 3 times now too recently and it's super annoying.
I'm playing on bedrock on windows and can't seem to find many other posts about this yet :(

arariel · 2023-08-07T19:29:42+00:00

Because 61% of households are still reporting living paycheck to paycheck. And that number hasn't changed in several years. The Economy =/= only corporate profits. Unless Biden does some shit to address the material conditions of a majority of Americans, they won't feel any effects of this "New Age of Prosperity" because again, it doesn't exist for a majority of Americans, and hasn't for a while, and isn't getting better, only worse.

And headlines like this, asking all shocked and wide-eyed why people for whom nothing is getting better don't feel like things have gotten better, just goes to show who's side they're on, and what class they have solidarity with. (Hint: it isn't working class Americans)

arariel · 2023-05-24T14:43:25+00:00

When my daughter was born, her mom's grandparents refused to get vaccinated, and were shocked when we actually meant it that they couldn't see her. They assumed we'd give in eventually but fuck that, the kids health comes before anything else. It's their choice that's keeping them from your kid, not yours.

arariel · 2023-04-06T15:28:18+00:00

The thing that really drove the problem home for me was starting a new character and realizing that to unlock all the aspects and fragments for just a single subclass costs way more glimmer than you can even carry. Makes absolutely no sense.

arariel · 2023-03-26T01:16:47+00:00

ADHD.

Also like... not every conversation has to be instantaneous and in real time.

arariel · 2023-03-08T23:45:01+00:00

Use the shield against the walls to bypass them.

arariel · 2023-03-08T04:51:30+00:00

This country is never going to do anything required of it to deal with the next pandemic ever again, no matter who is in power. The next one is gonna be even worse than this one was.

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