calliope
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calliope
@calliope.at.app.wafrn.net
A scholar and a gentle-flan. Ph.D. in Victorian studies, specialization: literary magic. Tarot reader. nonbinary: they/them[...]

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she was just the best, every time I read something she wrote I'm like 'oh wow somehow I think *even more* highly of her'
Ursula Le Guin's 1999 letter to Michael Powell, the owner of Powell's Books in Portland. Powell's workers unionized in 2000 and have faced some union-busting measures since, but were the first contract in ILWU Local 5.
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I mostly figured it out. By that I mean when I mess it up I am not knotting the string. Any longer.
good, I found the first yoyo trick that makes me unreasonably angry to try to learn. It's like I have a real hobby on my hands now
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
good, I found the first yoyo trick that makes me unreasonably angry to try to learn. It's like I have a real hobby on my hands now
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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happy tenth anniversary to the mother’s food must be hot story, which immediately gave me severe brain damage upon reading www.jezebel.com/restaurant-c...
October 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Reissuing this as a point of etiquette
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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It’s my party and I’ll draw my fave if I want to 🧡💃👹
August 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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ソルティックのスケッチも少し進めて。おやすみなさい。
July 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Is Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
gizmodo.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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When you enter data with a giant robot the data damn well STAYS entered.
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Okay their dad just took them to the playground so HERE WE GO

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I have a banger thread on informal feminized labor and "male loneliness epidemic discourse" cooked up in my head, but I can't get my kids to leave me along long enough for me to write it
July 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Been obsessed with the recent trend of buying concrete pavers for indoor cats on tiktok and ig
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Deep dive into Skin Deep's enemy brains 🧠:
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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'Suffering Genius'
June 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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`You are a wise beast, and have learned much in Rivendell. Make your ways to places where you can find grass, and so come in time to Elrond's house, or wherever you wish to go’
Bill the pony, everyone,
and of course Samwise Gamgee, his dearest friend.
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Kongming seeks aid in the middle of this brutal heatwave
June 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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secrets of game UI designers they DON'T want you to know
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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This is in our "Mailbag" section, which is full of pieces specifically written to be shared with friends and family working outside of academia and public history. Read more or suggest a topic here: contingentmagazine.org/category/mai...
"If you’ve ever wanted to read an academic journal article, though, you may have noticed that it costs money to download it—anywhere between $5 and $90. The article’s author isn’t getting that money."
How Much Money Do Historians Make From Their Writing?
In general, academic writing doesn’t earn you anything, and most of the time, it costs you.
contingentmagazine.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."
June 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Here's our rapid response list of orgs to reach out to if you're trans and in need of aid right now (or if you're cis and want an org to support): www.them.us/story/scotus...

Not exhaustive, but Quispe, @sal.gay, and I hope you still find it useful
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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WIRED has a great guide to protecting yourself during protest www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
www.wired.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Absolutely gorgeous! The amazing new deluxe collection of Bone by @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM