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Ben Robertson
@benrobertson.bsky.social
We live in hell
October 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Quote post with a picture of street graffiti on your phone.

Casablanca 2019
August 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nine Inch Nails, Denver, CO 15 August 2025
August 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This but real
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just found out that Dragon did a 40 pp section on how to set up a campaign in Bas-Lag back in 2007. There's a map! The possible sword is +2. And slake months have 110 hp.
August 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My life rn
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You joke but this is our quarterback next year
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
February 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am proud to have played a role in bringing Late Star Trek, by @adamkotsko.bsky.social, into the world. Forthcoming from @uminnpress.bsky.social in Mass Markets: Studies in Franchise Culture. Endorsed by @smittermeier.bsky.social, it's available now for preorder and will start shipping on 25 March.
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I mean
December 26, 2024 at 1:17 PM
The Far Side was on the Mack the Knife/celebrity beat decades ago
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Here's another
November 17, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Key takeaway is we are fucked as a society
November 17, 2024 at 12:16 AM
October 10, 2024 at 12:34 PM
I joined on 4 July. Fuck yeah 'Murica.
September 17, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Finally, on this auspicious occasion, here is, to the best of my recollection, the tweet that started it all:
September 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Also, here is the likely blurb for the series. If there's a franchise, part of a franchise, or a theoretical-critical take on franchise you would like to propose as a book in the series, let us know.

Gerry and I will be at ASAP next month. If you plan to be there, I would love to discuss your idea.
September 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Mass Markets: Storyworlds Across Media is a new series from University of Minnesota Press, co-edited by @gerrycanavan.bsky.social and yours truly.

The first book in the series, Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era by @adamkotsko.bsky.social, now has a cover, which is dope af.
September 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Pie
September 14, 2024 at 7:50 PM
It's okay. The giant zucchini can't hurt you...
August 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Dinner view on Pender Island
August 6, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Here is a sunrise in case it helps
August 3, 2024 at 2:21 PM
It's a beautiful day but horny teenagers have definitely been murdered here
August 3, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Good morning
August 3, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Sleeping through the end of the world smdh
July 14, 2024 at 12:48 AM