Callie
@bomgaars.bsky.social
(she/they). TTRPG designer, medievalist, dice rolling enthusiast.
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?
Olympics announcer: ...and Romania takes the gold!
[Later at the medal ceremony]: All rise for the Romanian national anthem.
🇷🇴 🎶 I was working in the lab
late one night 🎶
[Later at the medal ceremony]: All rise for the Romanian national anthem.
🇷🇴 🎶 I was working in the lab
late one night 🎶
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Olympics announcer: ...and Romania takes the gold!
[Later at the medal ceremony]: All rise for the Romanian national anthem.
🇷🇴 🎶 I was working in the lab
late one night 🎶
[Later at the medal ceremony]: All rise for the Romanian national anthem.
🇷🇴 🎶 I was working in the lab
late one night 🎶
In the German dub of the Twilight Zone, they are terrified to discover that To Serve Man is a book about being a good waiter.
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In the German dub of the Twilight Zone, they are terrified to discover that To Serve Man is a book about being a good waiter.
Riker: Hey Dr. Crusher, how was your month-long leave? Did you enjoy Risa? Or did you just go to another medical conference?
Dr. Crusher [returning from her 19th visit to the Scottish Sex Ghost Planet]: Uhh, yeah, Risa was great.
Dr. Crusher [returning from her 19th visit to the Scottish Sex Ghost Planet]: Uhh, yeah, Risa was great.
Happy Halloween from Star Trek and the haunted horny candle that makes you have sex with the ghost who had sex with your grandmother
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Riker: Hey Dr. Crusher, how was your month-long leave? Did you enjoy Risa? Or did you just go to another medical conference?
Dr. Crusher [returning from her 19th visit to the Scottish Sex Ghost Planet]: Uhh, yeah, Risa was great.
Dr. Crusher [returning from her 19th visit to the Scottish Sex Ghost Planet]: Uhh, yeah, Risa was great.
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COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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What most of you don’t understand about trumps White House renovation is that he is trying to destroy Toon Town to build a freeway.
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What most of you don’t understand about trumps White House renovation is that he is trying to destroy Toon Town to build a freeway.