Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
Writer. Makes games. Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS.
And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
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Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Marsh & The Magdalena, Dr Emily Friedman on Actual Play, the 18th century, other things.
Ahoy, and welcome to the TEETH newsletter. This is an (aspirationally) weekly report about our travels on the TTRPG-seas, written and compiled by implacable...
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My meticulous partner in TTRPGs, @marshdavies.bsky.social, has taken on newsletter duties this week to show you some of the insanely accomplished illustations he is producing, and also to interview the renowned scholar, @friede.bsky.social: "Austen is really about power and desperation."
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November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do you need more heavily discounted tat in your life that’ll break after a few days or instead a hand crafted magazine that’s already priced far too low but is full of incredible writing & great art & that treats people into games like proper grown ups imbued with taste, discretion & curiosity?
The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
Guest Post: On OVER/UNDER, by Our Man In California
Ahoy! You probably know what this newsletter is, since you signed up for it. But if you don’t, why not come by the Discord and ask someone? Perhaps Marsh or...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
The internet was already more about spam than genuine communication, and AI simply automates it.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The internet was already more about spam than genuine communication, and AI simply automates it.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Having a lot of uncomfortable feelings about being in this position, but I made this after encouragement from friends and would really appreciate it if you could give it a look/share ❤️
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
Donate to Help me keep my head above water during my ongoing job hunt, organized by Ella McConnell
Hello, folks.
My story is far, far from unique, but after… Ella McConnell needs your support for Help me keep my head above water during my ongoing job hunt
gofund.me
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Having a lot of uncomfortable feelings about being in this position, but I made this after encouragement from friends and would really appreciate it if you could give it a look/share ❤️
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
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My free to read sci-fi webcomic continues. This week flashback to the war 10 millennia ago and a weapon that will come back to haunt Terran Omega. Sign up for free! And if you wanna chuck $1 a month you can read it in full colour!
New! Terran omega pages 14-15. Flashback! The armies engage! War! Www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=bs&campaign=page14-15&post=144505935 or read it from the beginning www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=bs would really appreciate a share!
Welcome to Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War | PJ Holden
Get more from PJ Holden on Patreon
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November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My free to read sci-fi webcomic continues. This week flashback to the war 10 millennia ago and a weapon that will come back to haunt Terran Omega. Sign up for free! And if you wanna chuck $1 a month you can read it in full colour!
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I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.
Looking upon one's likeness is always a little uncanny. But there is some awful radiance to those eyes. As if some creature had taken your shape upon the canvas.
The Exceptional Story in Fallen London for December is Father's Oils, by @rossignol.bsky.social.
The Exceptional Story in Fallen London for December is Father's Oils, by @rossignol.bsky.social.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.
I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.
Looking upon one's likeness is always a little uncanny. But there is some awful radiance to those eyes. As if some creature had taken your shape upon the canvas.
The Exceptional Story in Fallen London for December is Father's Oils, by @rossignol.bsky.social.
The Exceptional Story in Fallen London for December is Father's Oils, by @rossignol.bsky.social.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.
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The number of people migrating to the UK is down, again.
Lower migration is bad for our economy, especially our already struggling public services. The economy getting worse means politicians scapegoat and blame migrants and refugees even more. It’s a doom loop where we’re all worse off.
Lower migration is bad for our economy, especially our already struggling public services. The economy getting worse means politicians scapegoat and blame migrants and refugees even more. It’s a doom loop where we’re all worse off.
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The number of people migrating to the UK is down, again.
Lower migration is bad for our economy, especially our already struggling public services. The economy getting worse means politicians scapegoat and blame migrants and refugees even more. It’s a doom loop where we’re all worse off.
Lower migration is bad for our economy, especially our already struggling public services. The economy getting worse means politicians scapegoat and blame migrants and refugees even more. It’s a doom loop where we’re all worse off.
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Billionaires: capable of imagining a world where intellectual property and copyright law are meaningless irritations to be ignored. Absolutely baffled by the idea of a 1% tax rise.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Billionaires: capable of imagining a world where intellectual property and copyright law are meaningless irritations to be ignored. Absolutely baffled by the idea of a 1% tax rise.
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Hello, you can now buy this pdf of all my old landscapes and a few new ones ones too that you’ve never seen before
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hello, you can now buy this pdf of all my old landscapes and a few new ones ones too that you’ve never seen before
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
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Whatever the facts, a good chunk of the population will tell pollsters that immigration is "too high", by which they mean, roughly, that there are too many black and brown people in tv adverts or in a city they don't live in. Politicians will react by harsh measures against much-needed immigrants.
UK net migration predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels, figures show
The British Future thinktank’s data predicts net migration to the UK will fall to about 300,000, less than a third of 2023’s figures
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Whatever the facts, a good chunk of the population will tell pollsters that immigration is "too high", by which they mean, roughly, that there are too many black and brown people in tv adverts or in a city they don't live in. Politicians will react by harsh measures against much-needed immigrants.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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So a wondrous new technology (or more accurately, a kleptomatic bullshit generator) that does the writing for you is not remotely helpful. Nobody asked for it. What would be more helpful would be if the big publishing companies paid us more and weren't so predatory or inscrutable in their practices.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So a wondrous new technology (or more accurately, a kleptomatic bullshit generator) that does the writing for you is not remotely helpful. Nobody asked for it. What would be more helpful would be if the big publishing companies paid us more and weren't so predatory or inscrutable in their practices.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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The fuck when bluesky suspends gorangligovic.bsky.social for sharing Palestinian fundraisers.
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
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November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The fuck when bluesky suspends gorangligovic.bsky.social for sharing Palestinian fundraisers.
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
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"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Lunch with Gillen has us talking over an ever-lengthening list of games we need to actually play (and not just read) and I think two RPG nights a week just isn't remotely enough to get through how much we have in mind, or are more than half-interested in.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Lunch with Gillen has us talking over an ever-lengthening list of games we need to actually play (and not just read) and I think two RPG nights a week just isn't remotely enough to get through how much we have in mind, or are more than half-interested in.
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Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
myeu.uk – see what the EU has done for you
The EU invests around £5 billion a year in the UK. Search by your address or postcode to see some of the investments near you.
www.myeu.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
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This. You can work non-stop and have all the talent and still not see a dime from that effort. It's not a complaint - just a feature of what it means to create art. For most people art is the journey not the eyes that experience it afterwards. This is ok but should also set your expectations.
Some close friends to be get a little frustrated in my tendency to priortise luck in my own career, as they know how I work. I try to explain that work just is buying a lottery ticket. It's necessary, but certainly not sufficient. I know many folks who've worked as hard but the dice have been cruel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This. You can work non-stop and have all the talent and still not see a dime from that effort. It's not a complaint - just a feature of what it means to create art. For most people art is the journey not the eyes that experience it afterwards. This is ok but should also set your expectations.
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Does anyone happen to have a copy of any of the games I've listed on my website as "released but no longer hosted"? (the bottom 14 www.smestorp.com)
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Michael Brough
www.smestorp.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Does anyone happen to have a copy of any of the games I've listed on my website as "released but no longer hosted"? (the bottom 14 www.smestorp.com)
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Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.