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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@rebelloonproject.bsky.social Rebel meet up at the Frost game today. Maybe we need to do the same at Allianz? We have friends everywhere!

A group of Minnesota Frost hockey fans wearing the modified Frost sweater, purple and white with a rebel loon graphic on the chest.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

@sergeyager.bsky.social thank you for sharing enthusiastically about coffee. I finally had the opportunity to try Japanese siphon brewed coffee this morning and it was a delightful start to the day!

A Japanese siphon brewing coffee. The siphon is two round glass reservoirs stacked on top of each other over a heating element.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Silvos, Rogue Elemental This came out in Onslaught, which dropped my freshman year of college when I really started regularly playing. Not only was it an awesome big creature; but that art; and the flavor text? Tell me you don't want to know more about that. It has remained my MtG mascot since.

A picture of the Magic: the Gathering card Silvos, Rogue Elemental. The art depicts a green Elemental creature covered in vines and moss depicted in a galdiatorial Arena. The flavor text of the card reads: "He was born of the Mirari, thrust out of his homeland before he was even aware. Left without purpose or meaning, he found both in the pits."

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

That is a wrap on Clank! Legacy 2. Wowza! What an amazing experience to share (we were able to keep the same group from campaign 1). Cannot recommend this enough to break open with 3 friends. Thank you @tychobrahe.bsky.social @cwgabriel.bsky.social @direwolfdigital.bsky.social #boardgames

A picture of the box cover for the board game Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated 2. The box is flanked by a certificate for Most Storied Adventurer and the play journal for the character The Haunted - who appears as a pale skinned elf with long dark hair wearing black and purple robes.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

New board game day! This one is Deep Regrets from @tettix.bsky.social I am excited to get into this one and catch some very normal fish.

A copy of the board game 'Deep Regrets: an Unfortunate Fishing Game' it is wrapped in a thematically appropriate old newspaper.

An unwrapped copy of the board game 'Deep Regrets: an unfortunate fishing game'. The box depicts a silhouette of a fishing vessel with a very large green and yellow tentacle writhing up from the deep.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Sonic wishes he had calves like that.

Screen capture of video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, who has stick thin legs and not powerful calves.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Get some St. Croix February sunrise.

Picture of a sunrise over a rocky beach and across the St. Croix river. The river is frozen and a few ice fishermen and their ice houses are visible in the distance. The sky is overcast with blue-gray clouds with just a sliver of the sunrise visible, creating an intense ribbon of yellows, reds, and pinks.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Clank! Legacy - Acquisitions Incorporated 2 campaign is officially rolling now. All four of our players from the first one enthusiastically returned to the table. If you are at all curious about a legacy style campaign game - do yourself a favor and play these!

A table with a copy of the board game Clank! Legacy - Acquisitions Incorporated 2 spread out across it. There is a large fantasy inspired main board surrounded by various cards and game pieces.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Let's put a holiday spin on this. Four pieces of Christmas Media to know me.

The poster for the movie The Muppet Christmas Carol. Michael Caine as Scrooge is walking a snowy street. The Muppet cast in Dickensian costume are in the background above.

The cover for the album A Twisted Christmas, released by the metal band Twisted Sister.

A screenshot form the video game Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Miles in his Spider-Man costume but also a red stocking cap, striped wool scarf, and matching fuzzy striped socks perches in front of a holiday light display in a digital New York City.

A thumbnail from a YouTube video from the Game Grumps holiday series Jingle Grumps. This is for the first video in their playthrough of the point and click game Christmas Adventure Candy Storm.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Looking South East across the St. Croix River this morning.

A picture of a horizon across a snow covered river at sunrise. The sky is streaked with clouds and a color gradient from yellow to pinks and blues and grays.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Bonus. The day before my own baking I got together with family for some baking as well. My grandmother and I make krumkake together, I run the iron and she rolls.

Two people in the kitchen baking cookies. In the foreground is a man in a red shirt smiling broadly, beside him is an older woman (his grandmother) in a christmas sweater.

A plate of three krumkake, which are a thin cookie rolled into a cone shape.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Our other freshman entry to the roster. These are maple brown sugar, with a salted maple syrup glaze.

A plate of brown maple cookies, they are covered with a lighter maple syrup frosting drizzle.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

New one this year. I'm calling them Who-Ville pinwheels. In truth they are sugar cookies using my mom's recipe, but with lots of extra steps to color, layer, roll, and stretch dough before baking. They sure turned out cool.

A plate of sugar cookies. They are a brightly colored rainbow swirl cross section.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My grandmother taught me how to make home made biscotti. Hers are usually almond. I do mine with cranberries and pistachio with lots of orange zest in the batter for flavor as well. Serve with a favorite hot beverage.

A plate of biscotti cookies. They are crispy and filled with cranberries and pistachios.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This one I started last year, inspired by a bakery by my office. It's an adaptation of Marranitos, which is a Mexican gingerbread traditionally in the shape of a pig. This is that in cookie form.

A plate of pig shaped gingerbread cookies.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is another staple that stays in the rotation. The original recipe is for Norweigian pepper-kaker, or pepper cookie. I've adopted it to my own liking and try to pack in as many Scandinavian spices as possible: anise, cardamom, clove, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg. Perfect with a cup of hot tea.

A plate of light brown Scandinavian spiced cookies.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Next up is one I've been making with my mom since I can remember. These are chocolate M&M cookies. It uses instant pudding in the dough for a fudge texture.

A plate of rich chocolate brown cookies with red and green M&M candies.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

First up, the crowd favorite, my lemon cookies. These are a very soft almost lemon bar consistency. Packed with three types of lemon flavor.

A plate of bright yellow lemon cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Okay here is a little Decemberween tradition for myself that I adopted from my mother and grandmother. 'Syv slag kaker' - seven types of cookies for the holiday season. Every year I take some time off and bake quadruple batches of seven different types of cookies to share with friends and family.

A picture of seven home made cookies. The flavors are: lemon, rainbow pinwheel sugar cookie, cranberry orange pistachio biscotti, Norwegian pepper cookies, chocolate M&M, maple drizzled, and marranitos (Mexican gingerbread pig)

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Going through this list I think there were even a few more I wanted to cross off but I've only ever watched gameplay of them and not played myself. Bioshock feels like a glaring omission now because of that.

A list of video game franchises, with 92 out of 100 highlighted.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Yes for sure! We'd be fine with that. We were singing the praises of Red Tides to some folks we met at the airport as well. Doing that demo with you guys was definitely one of the highlights of the weekend.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

PWHL Frost game. Championship banners get raised by the women in this state.

A picture from the front row as the 2024 PWHL champion Minnesota Frost raise their championship banner to the rafters over the ice.

Two hockey fans at the PWHL Frost game wearing the teams new purple and white jersey.

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Ben (most likely) @probablyben.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Brisk morning on the St. Croix. Just before winter. But also, and more importantly, just before the coffee shop opened and I could get my cortado and scone on.