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Ben McFarland
@benmcfarland.bsky.social
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Dad, spouse, former Solaris kernel adept, NYS cybersecurity, Ennie-award winning designer for Kobold Press, Ars Magica, Starfinder, co-editor of Sub Rosa fanzine. Opinions mine (he/him)
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Small moments
A bright orange tree in a snowy yard
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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#IYKYK
A green devil face with a wizard peering into the dark maw, holding a torch and staff Red text, "Candy" A fantasy warrior in the foreground with a sword
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Dear Facebook Spammer Let’s Do This or The Ballad of Leonard and Siegfried #barovia #ravenloft #DnD
October 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Got 2024 in @thestorygraph.com
The collage of books I read in 2024
October 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I talked with KC about how he uses D&D in his life coaching. Players work on their goals outside of the game to gain points in the game. Check it out!
#DnD #RPG
Setting the Stage Episode 66 – KC and Liara
KC Broadhead is a certified life coach who uses D&D and other TTRPGs as a motivational force for his clients, mostly young men and boys. He meets with each person weekly to check on their goals for self improvement. Based on their progress each client is rewarded some building points that can be spent on their character in their weekly session.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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A screen grab of Sebastian Gorka on Fox News with the chyron changed to read "DR SEBASTIAN GORKA - SCOURGE OF CARPATHIA/SORROW OF MULDAVIA"
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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It's not just this year's crop. We need to decide what we want to grow next year right now, too.
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Sep 28
Farmers planted in April or May. They have to sell in the next couple months. There isn’t any way they can react to the Trump havoc.
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China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.

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Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Prepared Remarks for the Judicial Conference September 16, 2025 Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, for the invitation. Forgive my directness here but the times are serious, as you know, our time is short. I have just five minutes and don't want to trespass on Senator Cruz's time. Sometimes these days I feel as if all the foundational principles are being trampled and lost. Often, I hear my colleagues in the House, and these are fellow Democrats, get up to protest some Executive usurpation of legislative power and they begin their lament with the plaintive cry, "We are a coequal branch of government..." And I always feel they have lost the argument right there just by repeating that fifth-grade dogma. First of all, co-equal is not even a word. It's an embarrassing redundancy like "very unique" or "irregardless. " But there's a reason all legislative power is vested in the Congress and there's a reason it's in Article I. The Founders had a revolution against monarchy and its constant assaults on liberty. In America, the Framers determined, only the representatives of the people would have power to declare wars, pass budgets, impose taxes and tariffs, and so on. Article lis pages and pages of all the powers vested in Congress. Then you get to Article Il, which is tiny. The key paragraph says a president shall be removed from office upon impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. If we are co-equal, why do we have the power to impeach, try, convict, remove and permanently disqualify the president and he doesn't have the power to impeach, try, convict, remove and disqualify us? The core job of the president is plain: "To Take care that the laws are faithfully executed." That's it. Not abused, not thwarted, not impounded, not redirected, but faithfully executed. A lot of the cases entering the federal courts are variations on this theme. Here's the remarkable thing: Americans have brought over 300 cases in federal district courts against the Administration so far for usurping legislative powers, defying federal laws, or violating the rights of the people. This summer, researchers found that plaintiffs were winning an astonishing 77% of the cases in the district courts. Moreover, they found that President Trump was losing about equally before Republican-appointed judges (72%) and Democratic-appointed judges (80%). The numbers in the federal circuit courts of appeal are similar, with plaintiffs against the Administration winning overwhelmingly and again without a sharp partisan valence to the appeals courts' voting. A good example is the birthright citizenship case where four district court judges, two appointed by Republican presidents and two appointed by Democratic presidents, all struck down the President's purported negation of birthright citizenship. Then, on appeal, three circuit courts again all ruled against the Administration. But everything is flipped when the cases come to the Supreme Court.
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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September 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Every time someone gets their Covid shot, RFK Jr loses hit points.
September 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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September 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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An adorable raccoon.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.

It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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This is fantastic
Acrobats, fishmen, and mimes, oh my!
August 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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This is totally the preamble to a cult story

#flotsamcircus
Flotsam circus performers
August 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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states cannot be trusted with critical TLDs
August 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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This feels like a spot of good news

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Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...
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August 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Enjoying a goodbye dinner at the Mexican restaurant we've done date night at for 24 years... It closes soon and we'll miss it
Stylized skull art on tiles
August 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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drop an alien that's not Star Wars or Star Trek
From Enemy Mine
July 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hi! My name is Cheyn, an artist from the Philippines. Sharing my latest artworks for a recent video game project:

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imahinasyon.bsky.social KeyCheyn Imahinasyon @imahinasyon.bsky.social · Jun 19
Celorico Twins | Alex and Alec from DAGTUM (Filipino Indie Game)

More about DAGTUM: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Alex Celorico Alec Celorico
July 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Enjoy the series finale tonight
Fireworks and the US flag
July 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Should be a heck of a series finale
A fireworks barge
July 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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No child should EVER be worried about being kidnapped at School.....HORRIBLE..😠😠😠
June 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Are you looking for more Midgard heritages?

I got you, boo. In this week's Midgard Monday we're rolling through Magdar.

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Midgard Monday: how you going to keep them down on the farm once they've been to Sveretska?
Midgard is vast and filled with different peoples. Wildly different cultures can exist just a few miles apart, each one a potential heritage for your character. Consider this your invitation to raise ...
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June 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM