Carmen Klomparens
@carmparens.bsky.social
I run my mouth professionally & socially.
Sr Game Design; Broadcaster Wizards of the Coast (née Emma Handy)
opinions mine
#BLACKLIVESMATTER 🏳️⚧️
👰♀️
@thequietfish.bsky.social
Sr Game Design; Broadcaster Wizards of the Coast (née Emma Handy)
opinions mine
#BLACKLIVESMATTER 🏳️⚧️
👰♀️
@thequietfish.bsky.social
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friendly reminder to not post anything that will get feds knocking on your door and putting you on no-fly lists, no matter how upset you are about injustices. it doesn't matter that you're not serious and it doesn't matter if you append "in Minecraft". be careful with what you say, here or anywhere
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
friendly reminder to not post anything that will get feds knocking on your door and putting you on no-fly lists, no matter how upset you are about injustices. it doesn't matter that you're not serious and it doesn't matter if you append "in Minecraft". be careful with what you say, here or anywhere
Just realized that 2026 is 10 years since I decided I wanted to try being a pro Magic player.
Guess I'm not really a pro player anymore, but I'd say it worked out :)
#WOTCstaff
Guess I'm not really a pro player anymore, but I'd say it worked out :)
#WOTCstaff
January 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Just realized that 2026 is 10 years since I decided I wanted to try being a pro Magic player.
Guess I'm not really a pro player anymore, but I'd say it worked out :)
#WOTCstaff
Guess I'm not really a pro player anymore, but I'd say it worked out :)
#WOTCstaff
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This was a pretty good one
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This was a pretty good one
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A bunch of weirdos with a documented party history of pedophilia who are in the middle of covering for Epstein want to hang out at child care centers. Fucking freaks. And we should say so.
“I’m here to search your child care center for fraud.”
a young man in a white t-shirt looks at the camera
ALT: a young man in a white t-shirt looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A bunch of weirdos with a documented party history of pedophilia who are in the middle of covering for Epstein want to hang out at child care centers. Fucking freaks. And we should say so.
It's The Most Wonderful Card Of The Year Tuesday! as 2025 comes to a close, share your favorite new (or new to you) magic card!
Professional: Ugin, Eye of the Storms. I tested/theorycrafted a TON w/this card, even getting the last change on it before pencils-down
Personal: Me & sisters fav joke :)
Professional: Ugin, Eye of the Storms. I tested/theorycrafted a TON w/this card, even getting the last change on it before pencils-down
Personal: Me & sisters fav joke :)
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It's The Most Wonderful Card Of The Year Tuesday! as 2025 comes to a close, share your favorite new (or new to you) magic card!
Professional: Ugin, Eye of the Storms. I tested/theorycrafted a TON w/this card, even getting the last change on it before pencils-down
Personal: Me & sisters fav joke :)
Professional: Ugin, Eye of the Storms. I tested/theorycrafted a TON w/this card, even getting the last change on it before pencils-down
Personal: Me & sisters fav joke :)
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2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
The Case For Hope: Transgender Rights Going Into 2026
This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
I don't have the funny setup for the punchline but Jade and I ending our date night at a bar with one of us getting a canned Modelo w/lime and the other getting an old fashioned is one of the more lesbian-coded things out there. Barkeep didn't even ask if it was two checks lmao.
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I don't have the funny setup for the punchline but Jade and I ending our date night at a bar with one of us getting a canned Modelo w/lime and the other getting an old fashioned is one of the more lesbian-coded things out there. Barkeep didn't even ask if it was two checks lmao.
I've started making my wife open my boosties on Pocket and it's easy to see why
December 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I've started making my wife open my boosties on Pocket and it's easy to see why
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Just a couple of weeks until #SpotlightTheAvatar! The format is Standard and the games are SICK right now. Even if you can't make it out, I'll be doing commentary with @ryanoverdrive.bsky.social, so tune in for a weekend of fun :D
#WOTCstaff
scgcon.starcitygames.com/event/scg-co...
#WOTCstaff
scgcon.starcitygames.com/event/scg-co...
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just a couple of weeks until #SpotlightTheAvatar! The format is Standard and the games are SICK right now. Even if you can't make it out, I'll be doing commentary with @ryanoverdrive.bsky.social, so tune in for a weekend of fun :D
#WOTCstaff
scgcon.starcitygames.com/event/scg-co...
#WOTCstaff
scgcon.starcitygames.com/event/scg-co...
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It’s that time again! The week between Christmas and my birthday I call out my personal favorite games of the year. I’d love to hear yours as well.
Additionally if you’re a game dev looking for work, hit me up and I’d love to shout you out during this week as well
Additionally if you’re a game dev looking for work, hit me up and I’d love to shout you out during this week as well
December 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s that time again! The week between Christmas and my birthday I call out my personal favorite games of the year. I’d love to hear yours as well.
Additionally if you’re a game dev looking for work, hit me up and I’d love to shout you out during this week as well
Additionally if you’re a game dev looking for work, hit me up and I’d love to shout you out during this week as well
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i do everything i can to create opportunity for moments like this so people can see there's support for us out there in a time that support can sometimes seem scarce – let’s see if we can top this one in 2026 🏳️⚧️
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i do everything i can to create opportunity for moments like this so people can see there's support for us out there in a time that support can sometimes seem scarce – let’s see if we can top this one in 2026 🏳️⚧️
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This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
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the trans person’s dilemma
We will always be defined in the manner which most disadvantages us, even if it directly contradicts a) observable reality and b) the way the same people defined us five minutes before
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
the trans person’s dilemma
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Going live with #cube4charity 2025, come watch me stream to raise money for The Trevor Project #wotcstaff
twitch.tv/hogpog_98
twitch.tv/hogpog_98
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Going live with #cube4charity 2025, come watch me stream to raise money for The Trevor Project #wotcstaff
twitch.tv/hogpog_98
twitch.tv/hogpog_98
I've been around a lot of folks moving to Seattle for the first time, and it's always nice to say "Believe it or not the DMV here has mostly got its shit figured out. You can book ahead online and it actually works. I haven't spent more than ~30 minutes in a local DMV and have been several times."
Guy who has never set foot in an American DMV: they haven’t even been updated since the 1970s
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I've been around a lot of folks moving to Seattle for the first time, and it's always nice to say "Believe it or not the DMV here has mostly got its shit figured out. You can book ahead online and it actually works. I haven't spent more than ~30 minutes in a local DMV and have been several times."
Dinner:
-Pernil
-Mashed potatoes
-Gravy from pork drippings
-Caesar w/HM dressing and croutons
-Duck fat Rosemary fries
-Maque choux
Dessert:
-Andes candies brownies
-Pernil
-Mashed potatoes
-Gravy from pork drippings
-Caesar w/HM dressing and croutons
-Duck fat Rosemary fries
-Maque choux
Dessert:
-Andes candies brownies
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dinner:
-Pernil
-Mashed potatoes
-Gravy from pork drippings
-Caesar w/HM dressing and croutons
-Duck fat Rosemary fries
-Maque choux
Dessert:
-Andes candies brownies
-Pernil
-Mashed potatoes
-Gravy from pork drippings
-Caesar w/HM dressing and croutons
-Duck fat Rosemary fries
-Maque choux
Dessert:
-Andes candies brownies
Doing an unreal amount of Christmas cooking between last night and tonight. This morning's spread:
-H(ome)M(ade) pimento cheese
-biscuits
-toasted baguette
-Orange cardamom/spicy salami
-sausage balls
-HM Sriracha honey butter
-cornichons
-cheeses
-HM blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
-H(ome)M(ade) pimento cheese
-biscuits
-toasted baguette
-Orange cardamom/spicy salami
-sausage balls
-HM Sriracha honey butter
-cornichons
-cheeses
-HM blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Doing an unreal amount of Christmas cooking between last night and tonight. This morning's spread:
-H(ome)M(ade) pimento cheese
-biscuits
-toasted baguette
-Orange cardamom/spicy salami
-sausage balls
-HM Sriracha honey butter
-cornichons
-cheeses
-HM blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
-H(ome)M(ade) pimento cheese
-biscuits
-toasted baguette
-Orange cardamom/spicy salami
-sausage balls
-HM Sriracha honey butter
-cornichons
-cheeses
-HM blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
I'm gonna cry
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm gonna cry
I'm like an inch away from writing a cook book because I refer to too many online recipes at this point for components of dishes, which makes it catastrophic whenever a recipe gets taken down or whatever.
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm like an inch away from writing a cook book because I refer to too many online recipes at this point for components of dishes, which makes it catastrophic whenever a recipe gets taken down or whatever.
Cosmogoyf prolly my pick. Lotta really nice ones this year, actually. These are my T4 cards that made me go "Huh I guess we haven't done that before. Nice."
I think Ketramose would probably win for me but it's hard to submit a card with that many effects for "#1 cleanest."
#WOTCstaff
I think Ketramose would probably win for me but it's hard to submit a card with that many effects for "#1 cleanest."
#WOTCstaff
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Cosmogoyf prolly my pick. Lotta really nice ones this year, actually. These are my T4 cards that made me go "Huh I guess we haven't done that before. Nice."
I think Ketramose would probably win for me but it's hard to submit a card with that many effects for "#1 cleanest."
#WOTCstaff
I think Ketramose would probably win for me but it's hard to submit a card with that many effects for "#1 cleanest."
#WOTCstaff
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Casting #AC10 later today and I am extremely excited. Casting the first major competitive event of an incredibly high power format like this is so cool and it's so sick that I get to do this!
#WOTCstaff
#WOTCstaff
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Casting #AC10 later today and I am extremely excited. Casting the first major competitive event of an incredibly high power format like this is so cool and it's so sick that I get to do this!
#WOTCstaff
#WOTCstaff
I forgot to post it here but I qualified for #RQHouston
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I forgot to post it here but I qualified for #RQHouston
Saw someone doing a "Mirror selfie wrapped 2025."
Looked through my pics and I gotta say- I'm glad to be her :)
Looked through my pics and I gotta say- I'm glad to be her :)
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Saw someone doing a "Mirror selfie wrapped 2025."
Looked through my pics and I gotta say- I'm glad to be her :)
Looked through my pics and I gotta say- I'm glad to be her :)
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Never forget the entire anti-trans hype machine is built on lies. It's not "cruel truths" or "two sides." It is blatant, deliberately cruel lies.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…
NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…
juliaserano.medium.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Never forget the entire anti-trans hype machine is built on lies. It's not "cruel truths" or "two sides." It is blatant, deliberately cruel lies.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.