Mark Churchwell

Mark Churchwell

@godofgrenades.bsky.social

He/Him, Nerd?, curator of the Dream Chiseled Cube, Chromatic Karlach, and Elder Dinosaur Highlander.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Check out how easy this is.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

The industry is being bought up by venture capital and squeezed to death to make what? Worse games than before? Successes that lead to layoffs so 10 guys in a c-suite can make money? Unionize.

Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨@jameelawahlgren.bsky.social

I hope workers in other game studios see WoTC unionizing, and see the mass layoffs and BioWare closing and decide it's time to put their foot down. What do we have to lose by unionizing? A job that you're afraid every day you'll be laid off from anyway? UNIONIZE THE GAME INDUSTRY!

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Matt Morgan
@mathimus55.bsky.social

I can't emphasize this enough: UB sets will be much better because of this new shift to telling original stories within the UB setting. Rehashing or just showing what already happened is fine, but a new story appeases the incoming fans AND the returning audiences at the same time. This is very good

Dark Pact, the Desert F̴̫̘͂̃̀̽r̵̭͓̜̺̀̕ô̴͔͝ş̸̨͙̫̀̄͝ṭ̸̨̰̍̈?̵̺̼̙̼̋̎̐̌ ̷̹́̇F̶̧̜͖̏̓a̵̖͊n̶͕͓̠͖̆ģ̶͔̄̃̌̒?̴̣̗̜̭̑̊͘@darkpactcosplay.bsky.social

I am so glad the next Marvel set is Magic leaving its mark on Marvel not the other way around. New visual designs, new characters, a story built for the set? This is how UB should be structured. A two way street.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

@raginglevine.com Question with a creature type update: While there are no new creature types in FRA, Traxos was updated to a Dragon with newer versions? Will the older Traxos receive creature types errata? (Along with other dragon engines?) Thanks for all the work over the years.

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Raquel 🌈✨
@aistear.bsky.social

Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Ok fine. I guess I’m rebuilding the first pack of magic cards I ever opened.

Gamegenic@gamegenic.com

The Card Case Gallery INCLUDES 16 Slide Card Cases. Each Slide Card Case can hold a standard-sized card even in an Inner Sleeve. They’re UV-protected to ensure your displayed cards stay vibrant and pristine! 🗓️Release: Nov 2026 🌍MSRP: 49,99 €/$ 🇺🇸 MSRP USA: $59.99

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

I had the honor of meeting Sheldon once at SGC Con Richmond. He was a gracious man. And while I didn't have a chance to play a game with him we talked a little about the Commander philosophy and I got to express my gratitude at it making me the friends I have. I endeavor to half as a good a man.

Brian David-Marshall (Top8Games)@bdm.bsky.social

Raise a glass to Sheldon today and give your friends a big hug.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Might not live there anymore but Gamer’s Haunt deserves it. Charla and the team bust their asses to be clean, accommodating, and have a huge selection. ❤️

Gamers’ Haunt@gamershaunt.bsky.social

Thank you all—YOU all are the reason Gamers' Haunt is the Best Game Store in Western North Carolina, announced today in Mountain Xpress! Our staff will be celebrating at the official Best of WNC Party next Thursday, August 27 at 6-10 at Highland Brewing—come say hi if you want to party with us!

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

-It will cost you around 10x the price and 2x the time to have your power and internet moved underground to get rid of utility poles. -You do not own the rights to the first 5’ of your property when it comes to infrastructure. -Cutting a downguy because you don’t like it? LMAO

Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social

What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

THANK YOU. Please don't ever go back to the Fomo hour.

Rachel Weeks@wachelreeks.com

Hatsune Miku isn't my thing, but THANK YOU WIZARDS for this change. Happy to wait for products if we get a chance to buy them! magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

You mean… what’s happening right now?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz: "This is corruption on the underlying system ... when everyone is doing it, that's a real pathology. Bc if you're not part of the corrupt system, you're a fool. When I'm lying to you & you know I'm lying & I know that you know that I'm lying, & on & on & on, that's how countries collapse."

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

THIS. 3/3 Alternating split between Magic IN Universe and UB sets. ~2 months between set releases. This is sustainable and the best of both worlds so far.

Magic: The Gathering@magic.wizards.com

We did say there were four MagicCons next year... Our final MagicCon of 2027 will be right back in Amsterdam December 3rd -5th!

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Why are the republicans so good at writing democratic campaign adds.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country."

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

He doesn’t know the meaning of the word.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD VANCE: I was a critic of Donald Trump back in 2015 and '16 and now I'm sitting here as the vice president BEHAR: Yeah. What happened? VANCE: Well, Joy, a little humility, actually

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

I’m so excited. My LGS getting nearly killed from hurricane Helene to new bigger digs.

Gamers’ Haunt@gamershaunt.bsky.social

It’s finally here—we are opening in our new location this Wednesday at 6pm! And we’ll be in there for prerelease this weekend! More info in our newsletter, which you can read here: mailchi.mp/gamershaunt/...

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Nazi shit. Call it what it is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

There’s poetry to the neon lights being taller and over the darkened, nay empty, White House. It’s like an on the nose metaphor for how the current president puts his own self-aggrandizement over his duty as leader.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

the White House's UFC arena is all lit up tonight

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Boosting. Classic matchup is more intricate than it looks and I seeing these.

ThrabenU@thrabenu.bsky.social

ISO a content creator or community member to play the Birthing Pod side of classic Modern matches of Splinter Twin vs Birthing Pod. Anyone feeling nostalgic and want to battle with some old Modern lists? Looking to record 3 matches via MTGO, likely ~2 hour time commitment .

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ThrabenU
@thrabenu.bsky.social

ISO a content creator or community member to play the Birthing Pod side of classic Modern matches of Splinter Twin vs Birthing Pod. Anyone feeling nostalgic and want to battle with some old Modern lists? Looking to record 3 matches via MTGO, likely ~2 hour time commitment .

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

You’re almost there old man. You’ve almost discovered and reinvented Morals.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "When you have strong religion, you have less crime. It's like, 'Gee, I want to go to heaven, so I'm not going to do this or that.' Who knows."

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Dr. Holly Walters
@manigarm.bsky.social

Ok. Fine. Everyone? Make a claim. Claims from everyone who has been assaulted by ICE. Claims for emotional distress at having watched the insurrection. Racism? Harassment? Police violence? Victimized by Trump's policies? Just gum up the works.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Todd Blanche on the J6er slush fund: "By the way, it is true that this is unusual. But it is not unprecedented. It's not limited to Republicans. There's no limitation on the claims."

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Keith Boykin
@keithboykin.bsky.social

The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Because you can’t remove people from your life entirely. You will deal with people you wish you could delete. Even if temporarily. But you WILL see them, interact with them, see them fail and succeed in spite of you. People like this want to curate other peoples lives to service their own.

Don Bones @donbones.bsky.social

I dunno. Maybe because that's a stupid thing to want?

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Trump has found a “loophole”: If a war lasts less than 60 days he can do as many of them as he wants. Stop them to start another war. And move to another. No one has been so bankrupt in every way a position of power.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says the US will be "taking over Cuba almost immediately"

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Standing against something is not the same as standing FOR something.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

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The Steady State
@thesteadystate.org

Hungary lesson: Don’t debate Trump on policy. Name the corruption—and threat to democracy. Connect it to people’s lives. $3,800/household from tariffs. $2.5B gutted from the CDC. Billions in Trump family crypto profits while your grocery bill climbs and your kid’s school loses funding.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"Magyar wasn't engaging in a policy debate... His framing was Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are a criminal organization and we need to dismantle this... he connected the impact of the criminal organization to these rural Hungarians' experience." @ambpressman.bsky.social on how Magyar beat Orbán.

Mark Churchwell
@godofgrenades.bsky.social

Nothing has changed since Andrew Carnegie failed to give away his fortune before his passing. The law even prevents the good from getting rid of it. The system is broken and has been for a hundred years and we must fix it.

Kirk Rudell@rudell.bsky.social

Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started. Just. Tax. Them.