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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Impossible to overstate how much Avery's writing has impacted me, and how much her games have meant to me. Truly one of the best to ever do it.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In ONE HOUR we are raising money for abortion access by supporting The Brigid Alliance in PREPARE TO GIVE, a Dark Souls 3 marathon where if you donate $2500 an hour Danni can never level up! www.twitch.tv/rangedtouch/

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rangedtouch - Twitch

Ranged Touch is committed to celebrating the wide and weird world of tabletop games and video games.

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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Oh shit oh golly it's the finale of Quinns Quest Season 2 I could have reviewed other, bigger-name fantasy TTRPGs that would have gotten me more traffic. Instead, I chose to review the one that you should actually know about www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5-...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/05/2026

In his opinion gutting the Voting Rights Act, Justice Alito cited misleading data to claim the racial turnout gap has closed. In fact, it has “exploded” over the last 15 years — thanks to the Supreme Court, says @kevintmorris.bsky.social.

theguardian.com

Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ

Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on questionable methodology, a Guardian analysis has found

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

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Announcing United Wizards of the Coast - CWA!

MTG Arena workers announce unionization as United Wizards of the Coast-CWA, calling on WOTC to voluntarily recognize their union and begin collective bargaining.

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Rachel Rosenbloom @rosenbloom.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Here's my contribution to a symposium on Trump v. Barbara over at the Immprof blog: immprof.com/symposium-on... TL;DR: the Solicitor General either committed some egregious errors or just plain lied to the Court, and either way, he has an ethical obligation to let the Court know.

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Trump v. Barbara Symposium: Rachel E. Rosenbloom, The Solicitor General Crossed a Line in Trump v. Barbara

The symposium on the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara continues below. More contributions are coming. Immprof Blog Symposium on Trump v. Barbara April 10, 2026 Rachel E. Rosenbloom The Solicitor...

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

this rules (and also, yeesh the fl ttrpg is such a missed opportunity)

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

the crowd is chanting "machine zone, machine zone, machine zone". there's a biplane flying overhead trailing a banner that says READ NATASHA DOW-SCHULL'S 'ADDICTION BY DESIGN'

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 27/01/2026

I have felt increasingly out of step with mainstream Judaism over the past several years, but I cannot imagine how you could work at a Holocaust Museum and envision your role in this way. I just cannot imagine.

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isaac @sevier.io · 27/01/2026

So many people are volunteering to defend their community in Maine and they are going to need national support soon

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Rachel Rosenbloom @rosenbloom.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

These kids are beautiful. Love the horns!

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

(for bluesky archival purposes - the full image)

a pixelated image of a viking on a horse on a beach, with a tall ship visible in the water in the background. The title reads QUARTERMASTER: The Game of QuarterMastery. It is a badly edited version of the title image of Tom McHenry's HORSEMASTER.

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

It's rare that I can sustain a solo game, even one that I'm talking about with friends or posting about online - but doing homework for westmarches? Evidently I'll do that for months!

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

It's similar to playing solo - but playing as part of a group, even tangentially, made a big difference, at least in terms of my personal investment and interest.

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I think these modes of playing are less talked about, but often understood - playing in the character creator by diving into the text, playing in worldbuilding by looking at tables and historical reference, playing in the real-life calendar juggling schedules to get everyone together.

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Not to be glib, or in anyway downplay the work that the amazing refs did, but the vast majority of the time I spent "playing" was in one of those two modes - reading other peoples' reports of their sessions, and then updating the various spreadsheets recording important info. I loved it!

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I wrote (and then forgot to post) a little retrospective on my experience playing as the quartermaster! Or, as I have been thinking of it, "How to play an OSR game by reading and making spreadsheets" benkrosenbloom.blogspot.com/2025/12/rang...

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Rangers Upon the Coast - Quartermaster's Retrospective

Whale Roads was released December 2025. It's a "zine" that's a phenomenal labor of love and (in my entirely biased opinion) an extremely c...

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I was a player in this game (and an editor of this zine)! It was an absolute joy. I'm hoping to write something up about playing as the Quartermaster, which I found to be supremely fun. Thank you to all the players, the refs, and the editors!!

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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 09/12/2025

Out now: WHALE ROADS The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary. Available now, and it's 100% completely free. sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads

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WHALE ROADS by sulcata | Brendan McLeod

A megazine about Wolves Upon the Coast

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I like to prep a few fallouts I think will be exciting or dramatic in particular locations (eg, if the delvers are navigating tunnels filling with water, fortune fallout for wrong turns or blood fallout for shaky legs, etc). Immediate fallouts often feel less punishing than ongoing ones

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Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Hell yeah, very well done by this brave student from my hometown. Pedantic Mainer point (no shade to Alex)--Laurel Libby is not even the rep for Yarmouth, the district of Feldman, the letter writer, making Libby's effort to exploit Feldman's experiences for political gain even lamer and weirder.

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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Tragic: Perpetua character creation has me defending final fantasy blue mages to the group chat

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Goosepoop 🔜 GenCon @goosepoopgames.com · 03/05/2025

Make your escape! Only 5 days left until PAX EAST!! Stop by the booth and grab a copy of YELLOW, a two player horror ttrpg where you're surviving in an endless maze of cubicle walls known as the Backrooms. Plus One Exp will also be joining with more amazing games goosepoopgames.com

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kavita poduri @yrgirlkv.leafside.studio · 24/04/2025

welcome to the intertwined city of sunblack. make your home in an interdimensional metropolis, embrace your life as a psychic freak, and fight back against the powers that would control you—all pwyw at yrgirlkv.itch.io/sunblack as always, proceeds from my work go towards aid for palestine

cover for SUNBLACK, featuring a nighttime photograph of a city with the title and my name on it

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

An IU professor is being investigated for violating the state’s ‘intellectual diversity’ law based on an anonymous complaint escalated by administration in a case that could cost him tenure. His ‘crime’? Discussing a personal experience being arrested for civil disobedience at an Israeli consulate.

Robinson said he discussed being jailed for civil disobedience while protesting at an Israeli Consulate. He said it was a lesson on the master-slave dialectic, the prisoner’s dilemma and what it’s like being in prison. Robinson has been involved in activism and support for Palestine, among several other causes on campus.

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Your Friend Michael @michaelpg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

And finally for dessert, Andor Characters as Dril Tweets: Saw Guerrera.

Saw Guerrera shouts the truth, " fuck 'jokes'. everythingn i tweet is real. raw insight without the horse shit. no, i will not follow trolls. twitter dot com. i live for this.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11/04/2025

This thread by the Congressman is a lie, and we should primary Democrats who lie to people about the content of statutes. Here is the section on documentary proof from the SAVE Act.

DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.—As used in this Act, the term 'documentary proof of United States citizenship' means, with respect to an applicant for voter
registration, any of the following:
"(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of
2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.
"(2) A valid United States passport. "(3) The applicant's official United States military identification card, together with a United States military record of service showing that the applicant's place of birth was in the
United States.
"(4) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or
Tribal government showing that the applicant's place of birth was in the United States. "(5) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government other than an identification described in paragraphs (1) through (4), but only
if presented together with one or more of the following:
"(A) A certified birth certificate issued by a State, a unit of local government in a
State, or a Tribal government which—
"i) was issued by the State, unit of local government, or Tribal government in
which the applicant was born;
"(ii) was filed with the office responsible for keeping vital records in the State;
"iii) includes the full name, date of birth, and place of birth of the applicant;
"(iv) lists the full names of one or both of the parents of the applicant;

"(v) has the signature of an individual who is authorized to sign birth certificates on behalf of the State, unit of local government, or Tribal government in which the
applicant was born;
"(vi) includes the date that the certificate was filed with the office responsible for
keeping vital records in the State; and
"(vii) has the seal of the State, unit of local government, or Tribal government
that issued the birth certificate. "(B) An extract from a United States hospital Record of Birth created at the time of the
applicant's birth which indicates that the applicant's place of birth was in the United States.
"(C) A final adoption decree showing the applicant's name and that the applicant's
place of birth was in the United States. "(D) A Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a citizen of the United States or a certification of the applicant's Report of Birth of a United States citizen issued by the
Secretary of State.
"(E) A Naturalization Certificate or Certificate of Citizenship issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other document or method of proof of United States citizenship issued by the Federal government pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
"(F) An American Indian Card issued by the Department of Homeland Security with
the classification 'KIC'."

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

CAC filed an amicus brief on behalf of ten leading legal scholars, including @evanbernick.bsky.social, @amandafrost.bsky.social, @rosenbloom.bsky.social, and @ilyasomin.bsky.social.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO (De Gruyter, 2022)

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arp: insect rights activist @arparparp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🍃my piece for @hieronzine.bsky.social🌿 from roots to shoots 🌱 a little trip out to see the grandkids #friendsatthetable 🍂 #hieron

a two page spread of Hadrian, Rosana, Ace, Throndir, Kodiak and Red Jack walking down a winding path through the rhizome to visit their children and grandchildren. Hadrian, Rosana, and KodiaK are all visibly aging.

Red Jack leads the procession of grandparents, holding a lantern up in one hand and a picnic basket in the other. He's following a fox made entirely of flowers that stands on a tuft of moss farther down the path. In a sling on Red Jack's back is Kodiak (too old to walk very far), who rests a paw on Throndir's shoulder.

Throndir is smiling up at Kodiak and leading Ace by the reins. Small in Ace's saddle are Hadrian and Rosana; Rosana is knitting and Hadrian is slumped against her asleep but still holding her yarn ball.

On the opposite page in the distance Benjamin and Blue J tend a campfire. Ben has a horned toddler in his lap and is helping it stir a large pot of soup. Blue J is helping a curly haired toddler carry a giant piece of bark to add to the flame.

Around them is evidence of an established camp; their tent is two giant leaves held together with stitching and a twig. nearby on a lawn of moss there are two gigantic tree hopper nymphs, a rope tied around the spines on their backs leashing them to the area. one feeds on a large root that has grown over the branch, producing a bead of honeydew.

the same image, but 40% brighter. the original is plenty bright on my screen but it's very dark in the print so i'm assuming it may be too dark on other screens, too.

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Max Brown @max-brown.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The piece I did for @hieronzine.bsky.social. I had a lot of fun working on it, and I'm pretty glad with how it turned out. #friendsatthetable

A word eater from Autumn in Hieron. A figure sits frozen on the end of a dock overlooking a frozen lake. A layer of frost and ices spreads out from the figure.

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Fish of Damocles @suedeuxnim.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

"From the Editor's Desk" Can't believe its finally time to share my piece for @hieronzine.bsky.social - I love thinking about Adaire's catalogue for her department store in Aubade #friendsatthetable

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Buddy August 💫 @pewterbee.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

it's @hieronzine.bsky.social posting day! I was inspired by the mini-game of Samot and the Wolf God in Autumn #friendsatthetable

A watercolor illustration inspired by medieval manuscripts. In the center, Samot stands in front of a large moon, looking directly at the viewer. A wolf bites his right hand. The top border shows a large dragon, resting on top of a cracked mountain. The left border shows a rooted branch with flowers growing on it. The root begins in darkness, then lightens as it continues upwards. The right border shows a bottle of wine. Spilling out of it is filigree, wolves, and books. The bottom border is a ruined tower.

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dancynrew.bsky.social @dancynrew.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Its @hieronzine.bsky.social posting day! It was so fun making this big cool thing with all of you!!

A crowded group drawing of the hieron pcs (as well as Emmanuel, Red Jack, Rix and Roe, Blue J, Adelaide (in Hella’s sword), Callowkeen, Benjamin, and Rosette) all in fancy attire having a good time together

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jay @silberkuste.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"You would make good pala-din, it turns out, I'm sorry to say." my piece from @hieronzine.bsky.social ! ive wanted to make a piece devoted to tabard for a while, it was a huge honor to be a part of this project. #friendsatthetable

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My piece for @hieronzine.bsky.social ~ events in and around Old Man’s Chin. 🦋🪵❄️ #friendsatthetable

A painting/comic of the events of the old man’s chin arc of friends at the table’s winter in Hieron season.

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Si F Sweetman @sifsweetman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

For the @hieronzine.bsky.social, I did our Mother Glory piece, revisiting the scene from Winter that I turn over in my brain all the time. "Did You Try?" #FriendsAtTheTable

In dawn light, Fero trudges through the snow (against wind) up a hill overlooking a district of a halfling city, their twee architecture covered in snow. Lights on in the dim light. A crowd gathers in a square, around a lit platform, where an orator reads off a scroll careening through the wind. At the base of the hill guards surround a house-sized cage in which sits Mother Glory, an enormous Gnoll, in chains. Her body faces towards her execution platform. Her face glances back towards Fero.

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gob @glassgob.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

my piece for @hieronzine.bsky.social 💀❤️corsica neue and the unstill army #friendsatthetable

Digital illustration of Corsica Neue from Friends at the Table: Winter in Hieron. Corsica is wearing all black, skeletal armor and riding a black horse with peeling skin and exposed bones. Corsica holds her sword in front of the sun as her horse rears. Snow falls and is kicked up around them.

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