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ben k rosenbloom @benkrosenbloom.bsky.social · Oct 21
Hello Bluesky! I'm ben. I like to play, read, write, and think about tabletop games! You can find my gamestuff at benkrosenbloom.itch.io !
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katmabu.bsky.social
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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evanbernick.bsky.social
Excellent piece. Read it.
In this post, however, I want to draw attention to a different aspect of this conservative crusade: how the administration is actively reshaping the contours of Jewish identity, claiming the power to determine who counts as a real Jew, and who does not. In this emerging framework, only those who are "real" Jews, or "good" Jews can define and experience antisemitism. By contrast, other Jews, especially anti-Zionist Jews, are "bad Jews." Increasingly, law and economic power are being leveraged to materialize these distinctions. By virtue of understanding how Jewish identity is being constructed, we can more effectively confront the Trump administration's broader white supremacist agenda, of which this "pro-Israel antisemitism" is a core part.
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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kaimthaler.bsky.social
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.
alexkirshner.com Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 16
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
benkrosenbloom.bsky.social
Tragic: Perpetua character creation has me defending final fantasy blue mages to the group chat
May 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
benkrosenbloom.bsky.social
For those who are excited about Galactic and/or AMCA's pivot to KoTOR II, take a gander at DEEP LORE! benkrosenbloom.itch.io/deep-lore
Deep Lore: A Galactic 2e Expansion Pack by Ben K Rosenbloom
Contains the iconoclast playbook, new locations, a new pillar, and path for use with Galactic 2e
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May 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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goosepoopgames.com
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

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May 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
benkrosenbloom.bsky.social
I wrote about the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park RPG. What's up with this weird superorganism? benkrosenbloom.blogspot.com/2025/04/arch...
Archive Delving - Mystery Flesh Pit National Park
Adventure Calls took a break for April, so I thought I'd fill the time with another Archive Delve. Today I'll be talking about the Mystery F...
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April 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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yrgirlkv.leafside.studio
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
April 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
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.
April 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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michaelpg.bsky.social
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.
April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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courtneymilan.com
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'."
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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myconstitution.bsky.social
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.
April 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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ckunzelman.bsky.social
THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO (De Gruyter, 2022)
guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Mar 29
Even though RPGs rely on players' imaginations, it is imagination itself that needs handholds -- points of reference, paradigms, figures -- to communicate to oneself and others.
March 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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arparparp.bsky.social
🍃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.
March 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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max-brown.bsky.social
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.
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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suedeuxnim.bsky.social
"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
March 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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pewterbee.bsky.social
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.
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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dancynrew.bsky.social
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
March 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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silberkuste.bsky.social
"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
March 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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milkybootscomix.bsky.social
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.
March 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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sifsweetman.bsky.social
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.
March 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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glassgob.bsky.social
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.
March 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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tewhit.bsky.social
"A Story of One Word," my piece for @hieronzine.bsky.social.

I wanted to make sure this moment with Fantasmo was represented, as it's one of the iconic moments of @friends-table.bsky.social to me. I spent a lot of time trying to get the design and expression on the Word Eater just right.
An illustration made in pen & ink with digital coloring and rendering. In a cave, the elf Wizard Fantasmo leans forward to whisper in the ear of the Word Eater, a being in the form of a hulking ogre with shining red eyes and dressed in stolen finery. The Word Eater smiles slightly, but some doubt may be creeping into his expression. The fire in front of them casts their shadows on the cave wall - the Wizard's shadow seems to be puppeteering the figures as cracks in the cave wall trace down from his hands, and the Word Eater's shadow is screaming, dissolving at the edges into glowing script.
March 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
benkrosenbloom.bsky.social
Make the library smile~

For @hieronzine.bsky.social , I wrote a little one* page dice stacking game about writing a report for the New Archives! With wonderful illustrations by @max-brown.bsky.social !
The first page of the game, detailing the dice you add to the tower and what the represent The second page of the game, with rankings for your resulting monograph
March 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
benkrosenbloom.bsky.social
My entry to the #RealisMoonJam benkrosenbloom.itch.io/sevenmoons !
7 Moons of Realis by Ben K Rosenbloom
seven is the number of moons
benkrosenbloom.itch.io
February 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM