Calliope
@gdcalliope.bsky.social
A scholar and a gentle-flan. Ph.D. in Victorian studies, specialization: literary magic. Tarot reader. nonbinary: they/them
my site: https://www.calliope.prof
my games and tarot spreads: http://gconleymagicart.itch.io
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my site: https://www.calliope.prof
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Calliope
@gdcalliope.bsky.social
· Jun 19
I'm taking the plunge and putting my fiction online after years of the cop in my head telling me that it ruins your chances of ever getting "really published." Fuck that shit!
Read my story for 3 bucks! That's cheap!
gconleymagicart.itch.io/there-are-mi...
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Me: Okay, no politics at my place during thanksgiving
Cat: Mao
Cat: Mao
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Me: Okay, no politics at my place during thanksgiving
Cat: Mao
Cat: Mao
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I requested a desk copy of Le Guin's last book of poetry to teach, and in the course of talking to the publisher they asked for a syllabus. I sent it, and in their response, the person at the publisher said "I think Ursula would like what you're doing with the class."
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I requested a desk copy of Le Guin's last book of poetry to teach, and in the course of talking to the publisher they asked for a syllabus. I sent it, and in their response, the person at the publisher said "I think Ursula would like what you're doing with the class."
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🥧 (a Thanksgiving comic)
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🥧 (a Thanksgiving comic)
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My car charger can boil water really fast
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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"This was a vodka Thanksgiving now."
Incredible line
Incredible line
…the turkey was Godot. Every time I’d venture out to the outdoor kitchen to check the turkey in the gas oven, the group would be less interested in my report upon my return. I’d lost them. This was a vodka Thanksgiving now.
12/
12/
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"This was a vodka Thanksgiving now."
Incredible line
Incredible line
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
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Imagine if Voyager had been a "puffy Oberth" as per this early Jim Martin concept art. It's a logical enough answer to the brief for 'a small science vessel'.
In 2021, Star Trek Online introduced the Grissom-class based on this concept, as a 25th century successor to the Oberth-class.
In 2021, Star Trek Online introduced the Grissom-class based on this concept, as a 25th century successor to the Oberth-class.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Imagine if Voyager had been a "puffy Oberth" as per this early Jim Martin concept art. It's a logical enough answer to the brief for 'a small science vessel'.
In 2021, Star Trek Online introduced the Grissom-class based on this concept, as a 25th century successor to the Oberth-class.
In 2021, Star Trek Online introduced the Grissom-class based on this concept, as a 25th century successor to the Oberth-class.
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"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
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video game harem but they’re all conspiring to forcefem the player
Any time I see a computer RPG where all the NPC party members are girls with extravagant outfits and big boobs, and then the actual player character is Generic Sword Guy, I'm like: come on, man. You're *out of theme*. Get with the program!
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
video game harem but they’re all conspiring to forcefem the player
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
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dude the iiSU team killed themselves in record time lmao.
Unfortunately, the main dev doesn’t respect us.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
dude the iiSU team killed themselves in record time lmao.
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Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
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Keep making calls!
This whole weekend from the 27th to monday the 1st needs to have Visa and Mastercard SWAMPED
We need to send the message that we will fuck with their bottom dollar unless they quit targetting adult content creators and sex workers!
This whole weekend from the 27th to monday the 1st needs to have Visa and Mastercard SWAMPED
We need to send the message that we will fuck with their bottom dollar unless they quit targetting adult content creators and sex workers!
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Keep making calls!
This whole weekend from the 27th to monday the 1st needs to have Visa and Mastercard SWAMPED
We need to send the message that we will fuck with their bottom dollar unless they quit targetting adult content creators and sex workers!
This whole weekend from the 27th to monday the 1st needs to have Visa and Mastercard SWAMPED
We need to send the message that we will fuck with their bottom dollar unless they quit targetting adult content creators and sex workers!
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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Enterprise would have been like 25% better if this had been the theme song
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Enterprise would have been like 25% better if this had been the theme song
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Reminder that genAI is fascist tech that really only seems capable of upholding western beauty standards through a skewed heteronormative lens. The slop machine will always spit out the same lady and she’s always white and looks a little too young in the face, it’s real creepy shit
I see the exact same lines, the same curves, same lighting, hair falling in the same manner everywhere- the biggest giveaway is honestly just seeing the same endlessly regurgitated facial structure repeatedly. I see AI in the eyes, nose, and mouth of a character first before anything else.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reminder that genAI is fascist tech that really only seems capable of upholding western beauty standards through a skewed heteronormative lens. The slop machine will always spit out the same lady and she’s always white and looks a little too young in the face, it’s real creepy shit
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Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
#SaveSpeech
with Black Friday being this Friday the 28th, this is the time to maximize the impact we can have via call campaigns
If you plan to participate in this call campaign, imo you should heavily prioritize calling Visa/MC as heavily as possible between the 27th and the 1st of dec
with Black Friday being this Friday the 28th, this is the time to maximize the impact we can have via call campaigns
If you plan to participate in this call campaign, imo you should heavily prioritize calling Visa/MC as heavily as possible between the 27th and the 1st of dec
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
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The funniest gag in Abe's Exoddus (which they do over and over and it never gets old) is giving extremely specific hints in the form of the bad guys warning you not to do something
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The funniest gag in Abe's Exoddus (which they do over and over and it never gets old) is giving extremely specific hints in the form of the bad guys warning you not to do something
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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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I remember Stephen Colbert referring to the experience of watching live-action Speed Racer as being like being put into a dryer drum with a bunch of ignited fireworks, and this is like that for people who play video games imo
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I remember Stephen Colbert referring to the experience of watching live-action Speed Racer as being like being put into a dryer drum with a bunch of ignited fireworks, and this is like that for people who play video games imo