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
my games and tarot spreads: http://gconleymagicart.itch.io
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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!
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Read my story for 3 bucks! That's cheap!
gconleymagicart.itch.io/there-are-mi...
Spread this around! Notes in a comment
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by the way the automatic transmission's downshifting in Driving Emotion Type-S is like. actively hostile to you fucking up. like it won't downshift more than 1 gear every second so if you clobber a wall and lose all speed it's just like ... Suffer
Alright there we go
Anyway tip #2: The car is like me and very bad at context switching. Do one of gas, brake, or turn, and give it a looooong wait between tasks
Anyway tip #2: The car is like me and very bad at context switching. Do one of gas, brake, or turn, and give it a looooong wait between tasks
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
by the way the automatic transmission's downshifting in Driving Emotion Type-S is like. actively hostile to you fucking up. like it won't downshift more than 1 gear every second so if you clobber a wall and lose all speed it's just like ... Suffer
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I'm seeing positivity for Jon Ossoff on the timeline so I just want to remind everyone that he is the only Democrat to break ranks and vote against a Biden federal judge appointment.
He did it because the judge had moved a trans woman that was being raped in men's prison to a women's prison.
He did it because the judge had moved a trans woman that was being raped in men's prison to a women's prison.
February 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I'm seeing positivity for Jon Ossoff on the timeline so I just want to remind everyone that he is the only Democrat to break ranks and vote against a Biden federal judge appointment.
He did it because the judge had moved a trans woman that was being raped in men's prison to a women's prison.
He did it because the judge had moved a trans woman that was being raped in men's prison to a women's prison.
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WOW Jazzpunk turns 12 today!!! soon it will be old enough to drive, and then vote
Gonna dig around in my archives and see if I can release some more behind-the-scenes commentary to celebrate the anniversary.
Heres some vehicles I designed for an Information Super Highway portion, which got edited
Gonna dig around in my archives and see if I can release some more behind-the-scenes commentary to celebrate the anniversary.
Heres some vehicles I designed for an Information Super Highway portion, which got edited
February 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
WOW Jazzpunk turns 12 today!!! soon it will be old enough to drive, and then vote
Gonna dig around in my archives and see if I can release some more behind-the-scenes commentary to celebrate the anniversary.
Heres some vehicles I designed for an Information Super Highway portion, which got edited
Gonna dig around in my archives and see if I can release some more behind-the-scenes commentary to celebrate the anniversary.
Heres some vehicles I designed for an Information Super Highway portion, which got edited
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I had to unsubscribe from the newsletters of several talented people who put out great stuff because they wouldn't quit using Substack, and it sucks.
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I had to unsubscribe from the newsletters of several talented people who put out great stuff because they wouldn't quit using Substack, and it sucks.
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They're not "mine," but I borrow them frequently...
(Makoto and Minako from Sailor Moon, in my "Kissing Game" doujinshi: shop.yamino.art/products/kis... )
(Makoto and Minako from Sailor Moon, in my "Kissing Game" doujinshi: shop.yamino.art/products/kis... )
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
They're not "mine," but I borrow them frequently...
(Makoto and Minako from Sailor Moon, in my "Kissing Game" doujinshi: shop.yamino.art/products/kis... )
(Makoto and Minako from Sailor Moon, in my "Kissing Game" doujinshi: shop.yamino.art/products/kis... )
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this one's from a year ago today, all of it still true
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
this one's from a year ago today, all of it still true
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That's my secret Cap, I'm always thinking about the unskippable Peter Gabriel music video in Myst 4
www.polygon.com/24216047/mys...
www.polygon.com/24216047/mys...
My favorite puzzle game has an unskippable Peter Gabriel interlude
And I will never shut up about it
www.polygon.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
That's my secret Cap, I'm always thinking about the unskippable Peter Gabriel music video in Myst 4
www.polygon.com/24216047/mys...
www.polygon.com/24216047/mys...
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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it may just be symbolic but ffs the pope should excomunicate everyone in ICE. Them and their families. What good is it to be heir of Peter, be purported holder of the key to paradise, if one will not use that honor to at least cause whatever vestige of a soul these homunculi retain to fear damnation
February 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
it may just be symbolic but ffs the pope should excomunicate everyone in ICE. Them and their families. What good is it to be heir of Peter, be purported holder of the key to paradise, if one will not use that honor to at least cause whatever vestige of a soul these homunculi retain to fear damnation
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THERES A EUROPEAN BISON / CATTLE HYBRID CALLED A ZUBRON AND ITS SO CUTE?????????? I LOVE IT??????????????
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
THERES A EUROPEAN BISON / CATTLE HYBRID CALLED A ZUBRON AND ITS SO CUTE?????????? I LOVE IT??????????????
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Guile... Guinan... Guilenan
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Guile... Guinan... Guilenan
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I heard a loud thump and found this:
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I heard a loud thump and found this:
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My wife asked me to sing Chop Suey as Goofy 🗿
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
My wife asked me to sing Chop Suey as Goofy 🗿
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wishing
all dragon quest 7 reimagined players
a happy
set your default clipping settings to about 30 seconds to cheat at lucky panel
all dragon quest 7 reimagined players
a happy
set your default clipping settings to about 30 seconds to cheat at lucky panel
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
wishing
all dragon quest 7 reimagined players
a happy
set your default clipping settings to about 30 seconds to cheat at lucky panel
all dragon quest 7 reimagined players
a happy
set your default clipping settings to about 30 seconds to cheat at lucky panel
Reading the YA novelization of this episode did something unique and amazing to my brain. It was nearly two decades before I actually *watched it*
The X-Files is on Pluto now, so why not watch "Darkness Falls" and then read a bit about the history that inspired it?
A Nice Trip To The Forest
With so many crop dusters, somebody’s bound to see a UFO.
contingentmagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Reading the YA novelization of this episode did something unique and amazing to my brain. It was nearly two decades before I actually *watched it*
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The X-Files is on Pluto now, so why not watch "Darkness Falls" and then read a bit about the history that inspired it?
A Nice Trip To The Forest
With so many crop dusters, somebody’s bound to see a UFO.
contingentmagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The X-Files is on Pluto now, so why not watch "Darkness Falls" and then read a bit about the history that inspired it?
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day 26 cartoon characters + day 27 mouth
October 26, 2024 at 2:19 AM
day 26 cartoon characters + day 27 mouth
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The Nintendo 64 can produce mind-boggling effects
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The Nintendo 64 can produce mind-boggling effects
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Just to throw this in at the end: if you can afford a donation, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is helping detainees post bond and get them out of custody ASAP. A worthy cause.
It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me.
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Just to throw this in at the end: if you can afford a donation, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is helping detainees post bond and get them out of custody ASAP. A worthy cause.
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Arrakis, one of the most complicated knitting patterns available on Ravelry, is finished. Hellshawl is done.
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Arrakis, one of the most complicated knitting patterns available on Ravelry, is finished. Hellshawl is done.
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Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
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My doodle of Vetinari and Vimes from Men at Arms. Been trying to do these in between my real work and reading through the books chronologically
www.patreon.com/posts/discwo...
www.patreon.com/posts/discwo...
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
My doodle of Vetinari and Vimes from Men at Arms. Been trying to do these in between my real work and reading through the books chronologically
www.patreon.com/posts/discwo...
www.patreon.com/posts/discwo...
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My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The Console Wars, As Told By '90s Nintendo And Sega Advertisements
'The way you come to understand [anything] inside and out is by seeing how it evolved over time'
aftermath.site
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!