EVERYTHING
2022 May
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Quick Drafting Streets of New Capenna! ep7 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgsnc
Draft felt solid, unfortunately the outcome was a mediocre 4-3
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zQAFlATkbk
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I started playing Tales of Vesperia in January, since I had just finished Tales of Symphonia a couple of weeks prior. Vesperia is that rare PS3 era RPG that never got an English-language release on that system, so I've actually been wanting to play this for more than a decade now, though I actually bought the game only during last year's end-of-year Steam sales. This game is a vast improvement over Symphonia; kind of a surprise considering the original games were released a mere 5 games apart. I'm not sure if it's just the Definitive Edition remaster, but the graphics -
Monday morning activity: Cleaning up ye olde desk. I wish I had taken "before" pictures because this is a vast improvement!
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🔗 You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you (classroom-friendly version) - The Oatmeal via web
The Oatmeal on disinformation and the backfire effect
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If you have less tech-savvy older relatives who are victims of the regime's disinformation machine:
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Acquire their YT/FB login/password (create an excuse, borrow their phone and reset the password or create a new account)
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Login to the YT/FB account on another device.
3. Watch/like anti-fake news videos, mainstream media videos and block fake news pages/channels using their account. Repeat often.
- Occasionally bring up talking points to see if their views are changing.
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This is the kind of thing I want to see. Not just one show, but as many as possible, oversaturating the internet even. With different flavors, approaches and target audiences. Let the algorithms work in favor of truth for a change.
(All of this requires time, money, effort)
Quoted RegineCabato's tweet:Yes, the attempt to dumb down the conversation re: NGO definition is a troll line.
Proposal: A fun and snappy weekly YouTube show called TrollBusters compiling and debunking the scripts of the week, gathering screen caps and receipts, explaining the structures, fallacies, etc. https://twitter.com/imnotyomom/status/1525381997836632064
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Yes, the attempt to dumb down the conversation re: NGO definition is a troll line.
Proposal: A fun and snappy weekly YouTube show called TrollBusters compiling and debunking the scripts of the week, gathering screen caps and receipts, explaining the structures, fallacies, etc. https://twitter.com/imnotyomom/status/1525381997836632064
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Did 2 sealed runs of the #MagicArena #MTGSNC Limited Open this weekend. Went bant both times, unfortunately, we did not make day 2. Runs ended at 5 and 6 wins respectively. So close!
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A Quote In the river I have seen you Through love age and misery In the river I will find you for you will always be you and i will always be me Gwyn Davies, Legends of Tomorrow S07E12 The World PH/Politics: The elections have come and gone and like it not, we must live with the results. I have written some post-election thoughts here. PH/sports: Some good news though: Last Friday the UP Maroons defeated ADMU in the final game of the UAAP basketball season, ending a 36-year drought. The Maroons last won the championship after the dictatorship fell. -
Quick Drafting Streets of New Capenna! ep6 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgsnc
Second quick draft was much better than the first. Hopefully we have good pulls in the Arena Open as well!
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWzVsP1yTV0
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It has been a difficult week, particularly for supporters of VP Leni Robredo, given the outcome of the election last Monday. It's taken me a few days to gather my thoughts, and even then, some of these ideas may still seem raw and unrefined. Some were also the outcome of numerous conversations with fellow supporters both before and after the elections. Disclaimer: I am of course, not an expert of any kind, and these are just my personal thoughts (some refined by many conversations in the immediate 48-96hrs after the election. So very many active group chats!) Hope and Disappointment
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Tried an early morning off-stream #MTGSNC Quick Draft unsurprisingly with UW. Didn't get there though.
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Took me 5.5 months and 193hrs of gameplay to finally complete Tales of Vesperia @_@ #gaming
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My Android didn't have the "delete advertising ID" option, but had an "Opt out of ads personalization" toggle.
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So basically, politely correcting false info just makes things worse. If so, how are we supposed to fight disinformation?
Quoted emollick's tweet:🤦 Let’s say you see someone make a mistake & post a false political story on this website. So you point it out to them, politely. What happens next?
The partisan slant & toxicity of the person you corrected’s future tweets goes up & their quality drops! https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445642
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Around 14 months after I first broke through to Silver rank in #StreetFighterV I managed to hit Super Silver for the first time! At this rate, it'll be two years into SF6 before I hit Gold in SFV lol #gaming
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you’d think this song doesn’t hit UNTIL you actually experience what she’s been saying in this song https://twitter.com/taylorr_media/status/1524019252377837569
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Drafting Streets of New Capenna! ep5 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgsnc
Just one draft again today, my first shot at the GW archetype. Wasn't super happy with the deck and had lots of grindy mirrors but at least I was able to get to 4 wins.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMb6oSjZoA
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I rarely do #selfies, but here's a before and after. I promised to get my hair cut after the election. I've let it grow out for about a year, this was the longest it's ever been.
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