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James “JPArbiter” Bixby

@jparbiter.bsky.social

He/Him/hey you Long time Battletech podcaster, recent Battletech writer. Corporate sellout. Father of two, husband of one. Giant robot enthusiast. Romantically interested in pancakes

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Latest posts by jparbiter.bsky.social on Bluesky

occasionally Bryan steps to the side to let others shine. :)

12.02.2026 03:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I know what you mean.

Ace Darwin believes in you!

11.02.2026 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Latest issue of #Battletech Shrapnel is up for preorder, featuring the conclusion to my serial novella "Fortune and Glory"

a.co/d/08nnGfmc

11.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

it's an unreal feeling, isn't it? keep it up and you could marquee for a whole year!

11.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He danced the Macerana in the 90’s

11.02.2026 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)
YouTube video by LosDelRioVEVO Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)

The only thing I will say anout Bad Bunny’s performance. The lame white MFer’s who objected to a Spanish performance not being relevant to American culture danced to this in the 90’s

youtu.be/zWaymcVmJ-A?...

11.02.2026 10:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a armored suit is walking through a desert . ALT: a man in a armored suit is walking through a desert .

What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Valentine's Day Ball. What about you?

11.02.2026 04:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Damn it, imma be in Florida!

10.02.2026 22:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh hun, we could get rip snorting drunk exchanging stories.

I had to apologize for doing the exact RIGHT thing recently.

10.02.2026 22:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What is our stance on Nirvana?

10.02.2026 22:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Best selling?

10.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s why I hold out hope for Vigilantism

10.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mercedes monè vs Nyla rose
YouTube video by Wrestling kingdom Mercedes monè vs Nyla rose

youtu.be/tHYEl4zld18?...

10.02.2026 20:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

but Ace speaks French and Farsi.

despite being Lyran he can't speak German, making him the Worst Lyran ever.

10.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was watching a clip from AEW last year where my favorite gal @nylarosebeast.bsky.social took on Mercedes Mone. Shouting "Have you lost your mind" after the CEO's torando DDT is one of my favorite AEW Moments in the last couple years.

than needs to be a shirt, and a catchphrase.

10.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

DON'T JUDGE ME!

For that, don't judge me for that. I have enough conventional perversions that the Mech chud community would leave @einherjarvalk.bsky.social and @swankmotron.com alone for a change

10.02.2026 20:03 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

wait wait wait wait. I need some clarification.

Does the Trebuchet launch you from target zone to target zone and you shoot with a rifle? or do you cross country ski while Orcs roll the trebuchet behind you and you launch your nearest disliked relative at targets?

10.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Better motto would be “no job is to small, no payday insufficient.”

Or “boldly embracing mediocrity since 3051”

Or honoring @swankmotron.com “WHO THE EFF IS KATIE FERRARO!?”

10.02.2026 18:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Second traunch

10.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I mentioned a couple days ago a guy made #Battletech faction logos for most groups, including Ace Darwin.

Flattered, but those mottos don’t fit Ace as I wrote him. Also he os selling shirts, which I do not abide.

Art below

10.02.2026 18:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Justice for Milli Vinilli!

09.02.2026 04:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ace Darwin approves

07.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Recovery on Rodrigo – MechWarrior 5  Mercenaries
YouTube video by Arbitration Studios Recovery on Rodrigo – MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries

Saturday Night’s alright for fighting!
Get your #Mechwarrior5 here!

#Mechwarrior5Mercenaries
#Mechwarrior5Clans
#Battletech

youtu.be/PuZpEnViTw4?...

07.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

is the Grapefruit spoon in the room with us now?

05.02.2026 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Rhyme a word, ruin a classic...

A Midsummer Night’s Cream

05.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I used to joke there needed to be an Oscar Quality comedic Franklin biopic starring Ron Jeremy…

Then some facts about Ron Jeremy came out

05.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

She is still on the wrong side of the Vickie Mendoza line

05.02.2026 13:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When I first submitted Ace Darwin and the Sidewinder Canyon, soliciting fiction from new writers was new, so the pile of prospects was significantly shorter. I submitted 2 weeks before issue 5 was published, and it made for issue 6 right away. I can’t speak for how long the new prospect line is now

05.02.2026 13:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

this is what happens when media ownership gets involved in the newsroom. there aught to be laws

04.02.2026 18:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Proper mottos would be

"Failing Upwards since 3050"
&
"Disrupt, Intercept, Control, Kill" (read that as an acronym.)

04.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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