Callie
@bomgaars.bsky.social
(she/they). TTRPG designer, medievalist, dice rolling enthusiast.
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i think the proposal of "there will be capitalists that effectively recognize the profit to be made in actually improving people's ability to live and creating an equitable society" has had more than enough time to show itself to be false
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
i think the proposal of "there will be capitalists that effectively recognize the profit to be made in actually improving people's ability to live and creating an equitable society" has had more than enough time to show itself to be false
These toys are all evil, obviously, but what is up with that minstrel-ass sunflower?
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
These toys are all evil, obviously, but what is up with that minstrel-ass sunflower?
Tidy Cats should make an extra heavy kitty litter for people who want to do strength training in the grocery store
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Tidy Cats should make an extra heavy kitty litter for people who want to do strength training in the grocery store
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
Calling your product unhealthy shit for poor people and then saying you do still sometimes buy it is really funny though
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Calling your product unhealthy shit for poor people and then saying you do still sometimes buy it is really funny though
What was Officer Judy Hopps doing on Jan 6?
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
What was Officer Judy Hopps doing on Jan 6?
Putting on The Mask from The Mask and then posting online for 16 hours straight
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Putting on The Mask from The Mask and then posting online for 16 hours straight
Every season of the Great British Bake Show should have one American who is completely unfamiliar with British culture so they can occasionally go "what the fuck are you talking about?"
Also they're the only one that can swear.
Also they're the only one that can swear.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Every season of the Great British Bake Show should have one American who is completely unfamiliar with British culture so they can occasionally go "what the fuck are you talking about?"
Also they're the only one that can swear.
Also they're the only one that can swear.
Getting pokemon cards without having played the gameboy game or watching the anime was wild because sometimes you'd get a card that just had a guy named Bill on it. Still don't know who Bill is.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Getting pokemon cards without having played the gameboy game or watching the anime was wild because sometimes you'd get a card that just had a guy named Bill on it. Still don't know who Bill is.
The Grinch when he realizes it's No-Nut November
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Grinch when he realizes it's No-Nut November
[a Costco employee offers me a free sample]
Me, a red-blooded American: "I don't need your *handouts*! I have *pride* in my work. I will *earn* that bagel bite, thank you very much!
Me, a red-blooded American: "I don't need your *handouts*! I have *pride* in my work. I will *earn* that bagel bite, thank you very much!
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
[a Costco employee offers me a free sample]
Me, a red-blooded American: "I don't need your *handouts*! I have *pride* in my work. I will *earn* that bagel bite, thank you very much!
Me, a red-blooded American: "I don't need your *handouts*! I have *pride* in my work. I will *earn* that bagel bite, thank you very much!
I am so sick of all the blue wave "Donald tRump is gay for Putin!" jokes.
*monkey's paw curls*
*monkey's paw curls*
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I am so sick of all the blue wave "Donald tRump is gay for Putin!" jokes.
*monkey's paw curls*
*monkey's paw curls*
I don't think you should necessarily get banned for making a joke death threat that no reasonable person could construe as actionable, but you should be willing to eat a ban for it. That's Posters' Bushido.
And if you immediately start complaining when you get un-banned? Automatic 1-week ban.
And if you immediately start complaining when you get un-banned? Automatic 1-week ban.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I don't think you should necessarily get banned for making a joke death threat that no reasonable person could construe as actionable, but you should be willing to eat a ban for it. That's Posters' Bushido.
And if you immediately start complaining when you get un-banned? Automatic 1-week ban.
And if you immediately start complaining when you get un-banned? Automatic 1-week ban.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Don't forget to look up your old professors and email them if one or more of their monographs show up on the list of stolen works! We can redistribute some wealth from the tech industry back to the humanities!
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Don't forget to look up your old professors and email them if one or more of their monographs show up on the list of stolen works! We can redistribute some wealth from the tech industry back to the humanities!
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no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
The other night I had the joy of telling my wife about the time George H.W. Bush threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister AND the time Jimmy Carter was 'attacked' by a swamp rabbit.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The other night I had the joy of telling my wife about the time George H.W. Bush threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister AND the time Jimmy Carter was 'attacked' by a swamp rabbit.
You can't convinve me that Glen Powell is real. That's not what mouths look like
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You can't convinve me that Glen Powell is real. That's not what mouths look like
This post brought to you by The Return (2024), a movie which dares to ask "What if Odysseus and Penelope lived in the ruins of a 13th century crusader castle?"
When adapting part of the Epic Cycle for film, the goal is to make it better than Troy (2004), a notoriously silly film. You'd think this would be easy.
YOU'D THINK.
YOU'D THINK.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This post brought to you by The Return (2024), a movie which dares to ask "What if Odysseus and Penelope lived in the ruins of a 13th century crusader castle?"
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This statement is true, and Steve also knows what I‘m about to say, so this is just additional commentary not a correction:
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This statement is true, and Steve also knows what I‘m about to say, so this is just additional commentary not a correction:
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.
RIP to a real one. Dick Cheney, you were taken from us too soon to see the final Fast & Furious movie, which I know you were holding out for. This one goes out to you, buddy.
[I place the needle on a wax cylinder and the room is filled with the tinny sound of screaming and wailing]
[I place the needle on a wax cylinder and the room is filled with the tinny sound of screaming and wailing]
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
RIP to a real one. Dick Cheney, you were taken from us too soon to see the final Fast & Furious movie, which I know you were holding out for. This one goes out to you, buddy.
[I place the needle on a wax cylinder and the room is filled with the tinny sound of screaming and wailing]
[I place the needle on a wax cylinder and the room is filled with the tinny sound of screaming and wailing]
When adapting part of the Epic Cycle for film, the goal is to make it better than Troy (2004), a notoriously silly film. You'd think this would be easy.
YOU'D THINK.
YOU'D THINK.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When adapting part of the Epic Cycle for film, the goal is to make it better than Troy (2004), a notoriously silly film. You'd think this would be easy.
YOU'D THINK.
YOU'D THINK.
I hate "I hate gay Halloween", what do you mean you're just making an obscure reference that would be weird to see as a Halloween costume, not posting a pic of an actual Halloween costume that is an obscure cultural reference?
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I hate "I hate gay Halloween", what do you mean you're just making an obscure reference that would be weird to see as a Halloween costume, not posting a pic of an actual Halloween costume that is an obscure cultural reference?