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!
gconleymagicart.itch.io/there-are-mi...
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Read my story for 3 bucks! That's cheap!
gconleymagicart.itch.io/there-are-mi...
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Remember, remember, the 4th of November ⛺🚲🍜🗻
On the 4th of November Rin and Nadeshiko met for the first time at the Lake Motosu and marks the beginning of Yuru Camp
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Remember, remember, the 4th of November ⛺🚲🍜🗻
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There we go! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There we go! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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Haven't been promoting blog stuff much anywhere, but this one was relatively high-effort...I made custom portraits for an indie drpg and then had to watch my characters get smoked by demons nonstop <a href="https://ponti.club/path-of-the-abyss/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://ponti.club/path-of-the-abyss/
Path of the Abyss
One of the first things that stood out to me about was the list of character portraits with its dozen placeholder entries. Which could only mean you can...
ponti.club
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Haven't been promoting blog stuff much anywhere, but this one was relatively high-effort...I made custom portraits for an indie drpg and then had to watch my characters get smoked by demons nonstop <a href="https://ponti.club/path-of-the-abyss/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://ponti.club/path-of-the-abyss/
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when the zombie apocalypse mid your shift but at least the snacks are free now.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
when the zombie apocalypse mid your shift but at least the snacks are free now.
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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A model of how to read a publishing contract...and how to make a heartbreaking decision.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A model of how to read a publishing contract...and how to make a heartbreaking decision.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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i appreciate the grace with which the tumblr zoology pedants allowed me to pretend this was intentional
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i appreciate the grace with which the tumblr zoology pedants allowed me to pretend this was intentional
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November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
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(Waiter accidentally brings me the wrong dish)
Friend: "Wait, isn't that chicken? I thought you were vegan?"
Me:
Friend: "Wait, isn't that chicken? I thought you were vegan?"
Me:
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
(Waiter accidentally brings me the wrong dish)
Friend: "Wait, isn't that chicken? I thought you were vegan?"
Me:
Friend: "Wait, isn't that chicken? I thought you were vegan?"
Me:
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product photography is my passion
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
product photography is my passion
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Legendary and Mega Evolution deck mains HATE her. Force the Meta to concede with one cute bird.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Legendary and Mega Evolution deck mains HATE her. Force the Meta to concede with one cute bird.
Brushing my hair, which was so gay my friend genuinely nearly hurt himself because he fell trying to get away from me so quickly
(I had just finished a bout in fencing, to set the scene a little)
(I had just finished a bout in fencing, to set the scene a little)
Good morning Bluesky. What's the most ridiculous thing that you've been told is "gay"? Or at least "gay when a man does it"?
I'll start: birthday parties.
I'll start: birthday parties.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Brushing my hair, which was so gay my friend genuinely nearly hurt himself because he fell trying to get away from me so quickly
(I had just finished a bout in fencing, to set the scene a little)
(I had just finished a bout in fencing, to set the scene a little)
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mingo has taken to mocking my spouse whenever he sneezes or coughs by sleepily making the cat voice version of an annoying human sneeze or cough in response
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
mingo has taken to mocking my spouse whenever he sneezes or coughs by sleepily making the cat voice version of an annoying human sneeze or cough in response
I don't know what to tell you I bought it and it's soooooo good
(but they still did one of my favorite game dialogue lines dirty so I quote the OG)
(but they still did one of my favorite game dialogue lines dirty so I quote the OG)
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I don't know what to tell you I bought it and it's soooooo good
(but they still did one of my favorite game dialogue lines dirty so I quote the OG)
(but they still did one of my favorite game dialogue lines dirty so I quote the OG)
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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This was one of the all-time bangers of deep dive journalism from Waypoint. I was a part of Sierra fandom and closely followed these developments as they happened, and it's unreal to see it retold but with all of the wild, crazy financial business shit laid bare.
Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud
Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.
www.vice.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This was one of the all-time bangers of deep dive journalism from Waypoint. I was a part of Sierra fandom and closely followed these developments as they happened, and it's unreal to see it retold but with all of the wild, crazy financial business shit laid bare.
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"It's not like I'm using" Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way around the door of the Chat. "It's like my body's developed this massive drug deficiency."
Sprawl voice, Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for expatriates; you could drink there for a week & never hear 2 words in Japanese.
Sprawl voice, Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for expatriates; you could drink there for a week & never hear 2 words in Japanese.
October 20, 2023 at 4:59 PM
"It's not like I'm using" Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way around the door of the Chat. "It's like my body's developed this massive drug deficiency."
Sprawl voice, Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for expatriates; you could drink there for a week & never hear 2 words in Japanese.
Sprawl voice, Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for expatriates; you could drink there for a week & never hear 2 words in Japanese.
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Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud
Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.
www.vice.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”