Carmen Klomparens
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Carmen Klomparens
@carmparens.bsky.social
I run my mouth professionally & socially.
Sr Game Design; Broadcaster Wizards of the Coast (née Emma Handy)
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it really was a supreme act of cowardice and political stupidity that democrats didnt turn trans rights into a policy pillar like gay marriage after the massive nationwide backlash against north carolinas bathroom ban in 2016
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
These are all some cards that fill me with happy memories from Time Spiral :)
#WOTCstaff
February 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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The article completely omits any reflection on the cause of public sentiment shift (psssst... it was the hundreds of millions of dollars spent demonizing trans people, Democrats' general unwillingness to push back on the narrative, and the media's shift to the right.)
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Frieren is so good.

GOD
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Semi-annual reminder that Chihayafuru is required anime watching for all competitive card gamers.
February 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
My frontrunner for the Riftbound Regional Qualifier in Vegas is a deck with a specific game action that's so high dopamine I've started playing this sound clip when I do it.

My wife loves me anyway and that's how you know it's true love.

youtu.be/Xa2tDZxnm6w?...
Slot Machine Jackpot Sound Effect
YouTube video by Charl Pollock
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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the Black Panthers were right
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Got something super cool in the mail today.

I (*really*) love Guitar Hero & Rock Band and was stoked to back this book's creation almost 2 years ago.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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There is no easier or more important political position to take than to do everything possible to stop this. It will change our society forever, and Democrats are going along with it.
February 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Today, Google gave me a yearly timehop thing bc I have a Pixel.

Every year for 5 years has included Jade and I taking a selfie & me snapping a picture of steak and potatoes I make for us.

Never in my life has my playbook been clocked so hard.
February 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Squen, Cragg, and all of us Wizards are rooting for Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Isabeau Levito, and all of Team USA to win those legendary (gold) artifacts!
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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when they have me flying a bomber in Civil War Woke im painting this on the payload
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
These are all some cards that fill me with happy memories from OG Ravnica :)
#WOTCstaff
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.

The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...

(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
(I'm confident)
A thing at work went well today :)
(I think)
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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are u dysphoric or do u just have body image issues that p much every woman has
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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WE’RE SO FUCKING BACK YALL
We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Nobody knows how to do anything we're all just winging it really
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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A simple way to stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota is to boycott Target, which a lot of folks have been doing anyway. I hear Costco rules.
Target still lets ICE roam free in their stores & stage in their parking lots, often this one at the Quarry in Mpls.

But they call the police in no time on peaceful teachers and neighbors.

Until Target calls for ICE to leave MN and congress to cut off DHS funding, we’ll keep coming back. #ICEOut
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.

Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM