Jasmine Lawrence

Some of the things I like include Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, social justice, board games, and myself. She/her.

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

If Twitter is dying then I have just a few things to say first.
- You should read @seananmcguire's books
- Digital watches deserve to make a comeback
- @maro254 is an absolute legend
- Play more Baldur's Gate cards in your Commander decks you fools
- "Twitter? I barely knew 'er!"

[Bluesky @bluesky]

join bluesky: https://t.co/x6v5YW0WFT

[Grosdoriane @Grosdoriane]

This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping though pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

[Christina Holland 🐀 @americanwombat]

See this is why it's frustrating when media types say more prominent stories about Trump's bad deeds are pointless as "everyone already knows all that, it won't change any minds" like here's some very online tech Twitter accounts just learning about the fake electors thing

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

Remember: a huge portion of our tax code expires next year. The main material impact of this election will be to set the terms of the extensions.

You have the choice to turn the dial towards "rich people have more money" or "poor people have more money" - choose the latter!

[LGBTQ for Dems @LGBTQPete]

Democrats pass something called “The Inflation Reduction Act.” (Without a single Republican vote). And it literally reduced inflation.

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@ChrisKMooney One must respect the identity of the faction. I have a Selesnya Tokens deck, a Naya Stompy deck, a Lorehold Artifacts deck, and a Black-Red Graveyard deck. The black-red deck doesn't have any self-destructive aggro or group slug elements, so it has no claim to the Rakdos name.

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@ChrisKMooney Yeah, the last one I've seen that I can think of was probably The Mitchells vs. The Machines, maybe?

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@Dr_Jeebus No, the first time was in ZNR.

[Christina Holland 🐀 @americanwombat]

Ok people keep replying to posts of LLM mistakes with "it worked for me when I used slightly different words" but if you can't point out what mistake the original person made and how to always avoid it then it's just roulette isn't it. You want medical advice from a roulette?

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@BudgetCommander

[Bill @MurderedHornet]

This has never been more true than today.

[Christina Holland 🐀 @americanwombat]

I do think that we are kind of wired to think only optimistic people can be naive

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@jseakle But they can't see that you left your vote blank, only whether you turned in a ballot.

Anyway, my point stands. There's no way for them to know whether they lost your vote because they were too moderate or because they weren't moderate enough.

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@michaelyichao The Host (2013)

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@jseakle "Threatening to withhold your vote" is inherently external to the vote itself. The candidate is not going to see your indignant social media post. They don't know why you didn't vote. They literally have no practical way tell the difference between "never vote" and "stop voting."

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@jseakle Critically, they also both require you to directly communicate with representatives, which staying home on election day does not accomplish! It's the political equivalent of writing an angry letter and not sending it. Maybe you'll feel better, but no one else will notice or care!

[Jasmine Lawrence @troacctid]

@jseakle That's just not true. Threatening to withhold donations is historically a much more effective strategy. Also, politicians don't draw a distinction between a constituent saying "I really want you to do this" and "Do this or I won't vote for you"; they're both just one tally mark.