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Chicago Bartender
@chicagobartender.bsky.social
University of Chicago alum. Currently working on your next drink.
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Gamers! Go check out the DIE RPG on @bundleofholding.com. It's a great TTRPG, based on the comic by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social, designed by them as well and published by the fine folks at @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social .

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DIE RPG Bundle
Adventurer! This new DIE RPG Bundle presents DIE, the tabletop roleplaying game from Rowan, Rook, & Decard based on – rather, created in parallel with – the DIE Image Comics series (20 issues, 2018-21...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. getting high on scroll smoke in an F20 world, our trip to the Secret Maps exhibit at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, and my London Book Haul 2025!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 680: It’s the American « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Our implacable, unkillable KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers hunt down the Black Viper Assassination Squad amongst this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Wake Up Dead Man, Predator: Badlands, The Whole Kill Bill, and a Giallo Tarot « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Our fantastic, formidable KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers make a big thing about this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Fantastic 4, The Ax, and a Cozy House Explosion « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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New fun podcast interview up, partly about history, partly about finding hope in our present: www.wmnf.org/rethinking-t...
Rethinking the Renaissance: Ada Palmer on Myths, Power, and the Future We’re Fighting For
Uncover the reality of the renaissance through conversations with Ada Palmer. What does it reveal about our current struggles?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. game design by subtraction, Eugene-Francois Vidocq, the final Fantasy Film Essentials, and Bernard Kazhinsky's brain radio! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 676: Always Want to Get Book « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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You have a little less than a week to get a little less than 40 PDFs by ME! for a little less than $18 @bundleofholding.com!! From Alchemy to Xeno-archaeology + two independent GUMSHOE campaign frames: Scholars of Night and the Moon Dust Men triple set!! bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle
Reader! This Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle presents more than three dozen small supplements from Pelgrane Press in the Ken Writes About Stuff series by master Lovecraftian writer and GUMSHOE guru Kenn...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Still convinced that this was Worf's greatest moment
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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The Roman Empire’s Entire Road Network Just Got Mapped, and It’s Mind-Blowing gizmodo.com/the-roman-em...
The Roman Empire’s Entire Road Network Just Got Mapped, and It's Mind-Blowing
A new study identified over 68,000 more miles of ancient Roman roads than were previously known.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Large horse sculpture shouldn't describe an object the size of a candelabra.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. my unmet needs in PAGE TURNERS, Matt Orr of @wetinkgames.bsky.social, 2000s Fantasy Film Essentials, and the occultism of Alejandro Jodorowsky!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 674: As I Used to Pronounce It « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Our finely-drawn KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers follow two cats to this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Bugonia, Freaky Tales, and Junji Ito’s Cat Diary « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Our long-fingered KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers hit the keys for a command performance of this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Gothic Giallo, Satanic Piano, and a Hallucinatory Steppe Quest « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Magic shop ad, Chicago 1905
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The momentum is still going, with volunteers donating to food banks and others matching their donations. Follow the thread to find more still awaiting a match 🍲

BlueSky is an amazing community, we've raised over $3,000 since last night, not through any org, just the community here stepping up. Wow!
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Our resourceful KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers keep very quiet about this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!!

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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Snowy Witches, an Evil Cat, and a History of Crime Fiction « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Our taciturn, violent KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers put together a crew to heist this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Play Dirty, Short Spy Stories, Livestreaming Horror, and Meta-Reacher « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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October 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Happy Columbo’s Day
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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always a better choice than *gestures at everything else*
October 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Welcome to Illinois, NANO Nuclear!

Helping grow our clean energy economy, their more than $12M investment in our state will create new jobs for hardworking Illinoisans and promote innovative strides in the sector.
Governor Pritzker Announces NANO Nuclear Energy to Establish Operations in Illinois - NANO Nuclear Energy
NANO Nuclear Energy to receive REV Illinois incentive award of $6.8M
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October 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Hirelings & Landmarks is coming to Steam on October 20th, with mobile and Nintendo Switch to follow thereafter!

Learn more about Hirelings in our newest preview, where we take a closer look at these mischievous mercenaries!

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An Introduction to Hirelings in Root Digital
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October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. Formula One racing in a TTRPG, an Elizabeth Bathory frame job?, genre film highlights from RVIFF, and the Prototaxites Feud!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 669: His Botanist Turns On Him « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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October 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The fervent backers of the KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF Patreon revolution find themselves iterating a string of conflicts over this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...
Ken and Robin Consume Media: One Battle After Another, Classic Noir, Chinese Neo-Noir « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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September 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Wow! Brilliant for writers!
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo
October 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM