Disassociation is a magical space, like a dream.
Disassociation is a magical space, like a dream. You cannot stay in it forever, but it has a feeling of timelessness, of being suspended, numb and content. It is a state I imagine resembles, in many ways, true peace, except that it’s probably killing you or your life in some tangible way. At night, I gently settled my creaking back onto my memory foam mattress, grateful I didn’t have to share the space or the pillows with anyone. In the mornings, I woke up in the air-conditioned dark, grateful I didn’t have to tiptoe around anyone’s sleep or share the coffee. Soon, I realized I was not lonely anymore. I was happily alone.
— Margo Steines, "Brutalities: A Love Story" (W. W. Norton & Company, October 3, 2023)
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suspend dragon
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Another budget sleeper, this time for the powerhouse of a set that was Modern Horizons 2. Blue has a few great options for efficient creature removal, beyond its normal suite of counterspells that are excellent if timed correctly, the most played of which are these three, simply because of how cheap they are and how little their downside matters in commander.
These are all really good! However, with how much play they see, Rapid Hybridization and Pongify have both climbed to the $5 range, which is a lot when other options exist, like Suspend over here.
Now, Suspend is somewhere in between a bounce spell and a removal. It only gets rid of the problem temporarily. But two entire turn cycles is forever in commander, the board has the time to get wiped of the other problems in the meantime, or people to prepare to handle the threat when it comes back down. Since Suspend makes the owner cast the card, you can even have a counterspell ready for when it comes back down if you really need to.
And notably, it can also target your own creatures. Just like a bounce spell, you can use it to save your own stuff from removal and board wipes, albeit you trade having to wait a bit longer against not having to repay the casting cost. Since you get haste on the way back down, it's not terrible. You'd rather not, but it's an option. Since you're in control the whole time, it can be both a removal and occasionally save a thing.
Next time you're drafting a removal suite for a blue deck, give this $0.50 card a try!
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Suspend
Time moves in mysterious ways.
Artist: Lake Hurwitz
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if you're about to get top surgery, you may hear a voice in your head telling you to make a joke about getting something off your chest even though it's overplayed. im here to let you know it's your imperative and sacred duty to not only make the joke but to tell it to every person you talk to. and that you are right it would be funny as fuck. this is not sarcastic if you tell enough people one of them will have never heard it before and also it's still funny to every person who has heard it listen to me this is a once in a life time opportunity— [i start getting dragged out by the palace guards] commit to the bit!!! if you don't you'll forever wish you had!! heed my warning or forever suffer the cons— [castle door slams shut behind us]
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Live theater in the His Dark Materials universe must be wild. Surely an actor's daemon also has lines to recite, so their daemon's form probably also factors into casting decisions. Maybe some plays have vague character descriptions for daemons, but I bet other plays have really specific or central daemon characters. And sure, big-budget theaters can afford to hire a separate actor with a particular daemon to stand backstage while their daemon plays its part onstage, but community theaters don't have those kinds of resources.
Like if you're casting for Julius Caesar, surely the real historical Caesar had a pretty iconic daemon, right? Are you going to cast an actor with a pigeon daemon as Caesar and just have everyone suspend their disbelief that it's Caesar's lioness, ἁμαρτία?
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Things I didn't didn't suspended for, part 2
Disclaimer: they did call my parents.
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This is NOT a COROUTINE! #jesprotech #spring #coroutines #springboot
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Let Linux sleep and wake up on a schedule
rtcwake can be used to to let the system go to sleep and wake up at a specified time. For example,
sudo rtcwake -m mem --date 5:15
… suspends the system to ram (mem) and wakes it up at 5:15.
To make this a schedule, edit the crontab file for root:
sudo crontab -e
… and add the following line. This will execute the command at 1:30 every day of the month, every weekday, and every month. At…
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FIFTY FIFTY’s Keena Cancels Appeal To Suspend Exclusive Contract And Returns To ATTRAKT
FIFTY FIFTY’s Keena will be returning to ATTRAKT.
On October 17, a source from ATTRAKT shared, “Keena met with CEO Jeon Hong Joon yesterday. Keena will be taking the time to self-reflect for the time being, and then we will gradually talk about our future course of action.”
CEO Jeon Hong Joon also shared his thoughts through interviews with various media outlets. He shared, “Keena was really worn…
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देवरिया प्रकरण में मुख्यमंत्री योगी ने की कड़ी कार्रवाई
ब्यूरो देवरिया
दर्जनों की संख्या में अफ़सर हुए सस्पेंड धन के लोभी अधिकारियों के कारण ही हुआ इतना बड़ा कांड भ्रष्ट वर्तमान उपजिलाधिकारी योगेश कुमार गौड़ एवं क्षेत्राधिकारी रुद्रपुर जिलाजीत को तत्काल निलंबित किया जाए। पूर्व में उपजिलाधिकारी रहे राम विलास, ओम प्रकाश, ध्रुव शुक्ला एवं संजीव कुमार उपाध्याय के विरुद्ध विभागीय कार्यवाही की जाए। सेवानिवृत्त तहसीलदार वंशराज राम एवं सेवानिवृत्त राजस्व…
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Normalize letting trans kids live.
Every trans child on this planet deserves to be safe & supported.
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timeless
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