JayEmBosch
@jayembosch.bsky.social
Freelance #ttrpg and #boardgame editor and writer, taking on new clients
Currently making: Devil's Due for Mothership: https://bit.ly/ddmoshbk
Website: http://www.atypicalfaux.com/
Mailing List: http://bit.ly/atfml
Currently making: Devil's Due for Mothership: https://bit.ly/ddmoshbk
Website: http://www.atypicalfaux.com/
Mailing List: http://bit.ly/atfml
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There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
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Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
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November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
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"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
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I’ve lost dairy, all fruit - every single fruit - every single spice/herb except peppers - most seeds, coconut, sunflower, potatoes, oats, peas, vanilla, onions, garlic - on and on.
For a while, I adapted. Can’t eat cheese? Make vegan cheese! But in the last few months, those subs have evaporated.
For a while, I adapted. Can’t eat cheese? Make vegan cheese! But in the last few months, those subs have evaporated.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’ve lost dairy, all fruit - every single fruit - every single spice/herb except peppers - most seeds, coconut, sunflower, potatoes, oats, peas, vanilla, onions, garlic - on and on.
For a while, I adapted. Can’t eat cheese? Make vegan cheese! But in the last few months, those subs have evaporated.
For a while, I adapted. Can’t eat cheese? Make vegan cheese! But in the last few months, those subs have evaporated.
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The psychological damage of living entirely on bland, home-made, nearly flavorless food is bad - really bad - but now, with the loss of my main protein source, I’m starting to head toward malnourishment. This is getting scary.
But it’s even more complicated, because these are long covid issues.
But it’s even more complicated, because these are long covid issues.
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The psychological damage of living entirely on bland, home-made, nearly flavorless food is bad - really bad - but now, with the loss of my main protein source, I’m starting to head toward malnourishment. This is getting scary.
But it’s even more complicated, because these are long covid issues.
But it’s even more complicated, because these are long covid issues.
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These aren’t normal allergies. Likely mast-cell related, but they don’t show up on tests - expensive, out of pocket tests. As I wait months between specialist visits, more foods disappear every week. I have to get an endoscopy. First available? End of February. Will I be eating at all by then?
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
These aren’t normal allergies. Likely mast-cell related, but they don’t show up on tests - expensive, out of pocket tests. As I wait months between specialist visits, more foods disappear every week. I have to get an endoscopy. First available? End of February. Will I be eating at all by then?
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There are some immune-suppressing medications for mast cell disease, but they costs thousands out of pocket and you can’t get them without a diagnosis. And as the disease is notorious for not showing up on tests, I may not get a diagnosis at all. I genuinely may run out of food first.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
There are some immune-suppressing medications for mast cell disease, but they costs thousands out of pocket and you can’t get them without a diagnosis. And as the disease is notorious for not showing up on tests, I may not get a diagnosis at all. I genuinely may run out of food first.
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I can’t tell you how bleak it is to not take a break with a cup of coffee. Or tea. Or cocoa. Or soy cocoa. Have you ever had a plate of spaghetti without garlic in the sauce? Or a cold refreshing plain seltzer with rice wine vinegar in it because it’s the closest thing to lemon?
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I can’t tell you how bleak it is to not take a break with a cup of coffee. Or tea. Or cocoa. Or soy cocoa. Have you ever had a plate of spaghetti without garlic in the sauce? Or a cold refreshing plain seltzer with rice wine vinegar in it because it’s the closest thing to lemon?
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I’m living a ghost of a life. I may never eat normally again. And it makes it so hard to watch people expose themselves to Covid over and over knowing that THIS could be not even the outcome, but some kind of midpoint.
Please do not get this disease, and please do not give it to anyone else.
Please do not get this disease, and please do not give it to anyone else.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’m living a ghost of a life. I may never eat normally again. And it makes it so hard to watch people expose themselves to Covid over and over knowing that THIS could be not even the outcome, but some kind of midpoint.
Please do not get this disease, and please do not give it to anyone else.
Please do not get this disease, and please do not give it to anyone else.
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The people who arranged the event are not to blame. This seems (in my opinion) to be the university‘s extreme attempt to comply with HB 261 (Utah). To be clear, I would’ve been speaking as a private individual, not for the university.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The people who arranged the event are not to blame. This seems (in my opinion) to be the university‘s extreme attempt to comply with HB 261 (Utah). To be clear, I would’ve been speaking as a private individual, not for the university.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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I just want to stress again that the US Department of Defense spent two hundred million dollars on this. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I just want to stress again that the US Department of Defense spent two hundred million dollars on this. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I sincerely think that, as the ttrpg crowdfunding scene shrinks in, let's say, an "uncertain economy," these game-month events from the top tier of indie publishers are gonna become a problem...
"But I want to sound some alarm bells about the influence that these platforms are having on the TTRPG space, and the push toward professionalization that could crowd out smaller artists."
October 2025 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective
October: big month for Kickstarter, not so much for Backerkit, and Gamefound is around too I guess. Here's the raw data , let's dive in: 181...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I sincerely think that, as the ttrpg crowdfunding scene shrinks in, let's say, an "uncertain economy," these game-month events from the top tier of indie publishers are gonna become a problem...
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Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I need to get out of this fucking country, holy shit. This is beyond gross.
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I need to get out of this fucking country, holy shit. This is beyond gross.
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The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
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AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
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Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.