Kali
@helloitskali.bsky.social
I stitch art and make ttrpgs // award winning game designer // usually tired & angry // Half of @gemroomgames.bsky.social // (she/her)
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Kali
@helloitskali.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello, it's me, Kali, half of @gemroomgames.bsky.social! You may know me from DUKK BÖRG, Letters to Sandra, 9 Lives to Valhalla, or occasional parenting & art stuff. I'm usually tired!
I made a hot cocoa cake (chocolate with heaps of thick whipped cream and marshmallows) for my kid's winter wonderland party.
Just look at it.
Just look at it.
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I made a hot cocoa cake (chocolate with heaps of thick whipped cream and marshmallows) for my kid's winter wonderland party.
Just look at it.
Just look at it.
drives me nuts when a recipe is called like "Smoky [food that requires heavy seasoning for sufficient flavor]" and the "smoky" turns out to be like 1/8 tsp of smoked paprika in a vat of food
gtfoh
gtfoh
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
drives me nuts when a recipe is called like "Smoky [food that requires heavy seasoning for sufficient flavor]" and the "smoky" turns out to be like 1/8 tsp of smoked paprika in a vat of food
gtfoh
gtfoh
Why?? is my car always growing moss?? It's been washed recently and yet. Does the moss know I don't trust it and comes to me like a cat would? Is my car infected somehow? I am not ready for my car to lie down in the forest and let the moss take it
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Why?? is my car always growing moss?? It's been washed recently and yet. Does the moss know I don't trust it and comes to me like a cat would? Is my car infected somehow? I am not ready for my car to lie down in the forest and let the moss take it
busting out the S&B Golden Curry blocks from the pantry, gonna have a comfort dinnerrrrrrrrr
January 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
busting out the S&B Golden Curry blocks from the pantry, gonna have a comfort dinnerrrrrrrrr
Nothing like other parents refusing to parent their feral children in an indoor restaurant to make your own children shine like perfect angels & simultaneously build your resentment even before drinks have arrived!
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Nothing like other parents refusing to parent their feral children in an indoor restaurant to make your own children shine like perfect angels & simultaneously build your resentment even before drinks have arrived!
tonight I made quesadillas with jammy sauteed zucchini and spiced black beans and roasted pine nuts and it was so good and there's that, at least
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
tonight I made quesadillas with jammy sauteed zucchini and spiced black beans and roasted pine nuts and it was so good and there's that, at least
Sometimes you call because failing to register your objection functions as tacit approval of what is being done, which is unacceptable.
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Sometimes you call because failing to register your objection functions as tacit approval of what is being done, which is unacceptable.
and somehow I still need to mealplan and negotiate between kids and fold the laundry like it's every other day, wash & repeat over & over again
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
and somehow I still need to mealplan and negotiate between kids and fold the laundry like it's every other day, wash & repeat over & over again
Watching the Rose Parade feeds in full sickos mode for commentary like "the skin is made from thousands of crushed split white peas!" "locals collected native acorns themselves!" "the hippos' bath is 15,00 lavendar and mums! the hippos are lettuce seed!"
fuckin' love it.
fuckin' love it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Watching the Rose Parade feeds in full sickos mode for commentary like "the skin is made from thousands of crushed split white peas!" "locals collected native acorns themselves!" "the hippos' bath is 15,00 lavendar and mums! the hippos are lettuce seed!"
fuckin' love it.
fuckin' love it.
The point of the 1982 Billy Joel performance of Auld Lang Syne when my 6 year old called out "it's Baby Jesus!"
January 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The point of the 1982 Billy Joel performance of Auld Lang Syne when my 6 year old called out "it's Baby Jesus!"
Over here looking up obscure-to-us time zones to customize when we tell our children the new year has struck while reasonably respecting bedtime
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Over here looking up obscure-to-us time zones to customize when we tell our children the new year has struck while reasonably respecting bedtime
Small kindness big impact:
Context: I was aggressively overworked in a bad living situation with a destroyed social life, very lonely & worn out.
I stopped at the bodega at some random too-late hour for some instant mac early AM dinner & the older guy behind the counter took a second to see me
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Context: I was aggressively overworked in a bad living situation with a destroyed social life, very lonely & worn out.
I stopped at the bodega at some random too-late hour for some instant mac early AM dinner & the older guy behind the counter took a second to see me
+
I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Small kindness big impact:
Context: I was aggressively overworked in a bad living situation with a destroyed social life, very lonely & worn out.
I stopped at the bodega at some random too-late hour for some instant mac early AM dinner & the older guy behind the counter took a second to see me
+
Context: I was aggressively overworked in a bad living situation with a destroyed social life, very lonely & worn out.
I stopped at the bodega at some random too-late hour for some instant mac early AM dinner & the older guy behind the counter took a second to see me
+
When I subtract the handful I borrowed but chose to walk away from partway through, it would appear that I read ehhh approximately 136 books this year? November was a real slim month, what with all the fever dreams, but it still averages out to a bit over 11 books a month.
Huh!
Hooray Libby!
Huh!
Hooray Libby!
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When I subtract the handful I borrowed but chose to walk away from partway through, it would appear that I read ehhh approximately 136 books this year? November was a real slim month, what with all the fever dreams, but it still averages out to a bit over 11 books a month.
Huh!
Hooray Libby!
Huh!
Hooray Libby!
well I'm not ready for an influx of year end posts at all
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
well I'm not ready for an influx of year end posts at all
oh dear, I'm either an honorary teachers assistant or the power what powers the apparent universe.
I feel both over- and underqualified.
I feel both over- and underqualified.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
oh dear, I'm either an honorary teachers assistant or the power what powers the apparent universe.
I feel both over- and underqualified.
I feel both over- and underqualified.
Reposted by Kali
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
keeping my spaghetti from going cold. keeping my buttered toast toasty. keeping my quesadillas melty.
my plate cabinets are so cold in the winter and my food never knows.
my plate cabinets are so cold in the winter and my food never knows.
The reason I use my microwave for most meals?
Warming plates. Warming bowls. Putting hot food on a cold plate sucks and makes the food cool off both too soon and unevenly. Putting hot food on a lightly warmed plate? SO much better.
Warming plates. Warming bowls. Putting hot food on a cold plate sucks and makes the food cool off both too soon and unevenly. Putting hot food on a lightly warmed plate? SO much better.
December 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
keeping my spaghetti from going cold. keeping my buttered toast toasty. keeping my quesadillas melty.
my plate cabinets are so cold in the winter and my food never knows.
my plate cabinets are so cold in the winter and my food never knows.
my kid told me my boobs looked like a sad sad big duck in that sweater.
two sads.
two sads.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
my kid told me my boobs looked like a sad sad big duck in that sweater.
two sads.
two sads.
you know, having indoor shoe slippers is lovely. Shoes I can put on the couch, keeping my feet warm without dragging outside dirt upon them, oh! bliss! who ever started bringing outside shoes in? jail a million years, couch slippers forever
December 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
you know, having indoor shoe slippers is lovely. Shoes I can put on the couch, keeping my feet warm without dragging outside dirt upon them, oh! bliss! who ever started bringing outside shoes in? jail a million years, couch slippers forever
Reposted by Kali
Consistent top-tier moment of xmas:
When Magic Johnson tells Pee-wee "Magic Screen and I are cousins!"
And Grace Jones, of course.
When Magic Johnson tells Pee-wee "Magic Screen and I are cousins!"
And Grace Jones, of course.
December 20, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Consistent top-tier moment of xmas:
When Magic Johnson tells Pee-wee "Magic Screen and I are cousins!"
And Grace Jones, of course.
When Magic Johnson tells Pee-wee "Magic Screen and I are cousins!"
And Grace Jones, of course.
Game design lunch notes:
it is always worth fighting back against tyranny, even if you know you cannot win, when the alternative is offering tacit approval of the evils being done.
it is always worth fighting back against tyranny, even if you know you cannot win, when the alternative is offering tacit approval of the evils being done.
December 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Game design lunch notes:
it is always worth fighting back against tyranny, even if you know you cannot win, when the alternative is offering tacit approval of the evils being done.
it is always worth fighting back against tyranny, even if you know you cannot win, when the alternative is offering tacit approval of the evils being done.
I just made it through holiday-crowded costco, winco, and trader joes in under 2 hours with @itsdanphipps.bsky.social steering the cart like a getaway driver. Praise us.
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I just made it through holiday-crowded costco, winco, and trader joes in under 2 hours with @itsdanphipps.bsky.social steering the cart like a getaway driver. Praise us.
Currently:
- fireplace video playing
- pine candle burning on one side of the house
- big pot of tomato sauce slow simmering on the other
- 3 loaves of banana cranberry bread cooling
- making xmas crackers
- kids away at friend's house
It's pretty cozy & good smelling around here
- fireplace video playing
- pine candle burning on one side of the house
- big pot of tomato sauce slow simmering on the other
- 3 loaves of banana cranberry bread cooling
- making xmas crackers
- kids away at friend's house
It's pretty cozy & good smelling around here
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Currently:
- fireplace video playing
- pine candle burning on one side of the house
- big pot of tomato sauce slow simmering on the other
- 3 loaves of banana cranberry bread cooling
- making xmas crackers
- kids away at friend's house
It's pretty cozy & good smelling around here
- fireplace video playing
- pine candle burning on one side of the house
- big pot of tomato sauce slow simmering on the other
- 3 loaves of banana cranberry bread cooling
- making xmas crackers
- kids away at friend's house
It's pretty cozy & good smelling around here
I've raved about EcoEnclose products over as @gemroomgames.bsky.social & now I'm really interested in their seaweed-based polybags.
I had 2 packages arrive yesterday in our current atmospheric river conditions, drenched through & was reminded of what a big difference a polybag can make, but!
I had 2 packages arrive yesterday in our current atmospheric river conditions, drenched through & was reminded of what a big difference a polybag can make, but!
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I've raved about EcoEnclose products over as @gemroomgames.bsky.social & now I'm really interested in their seaweed-based polybags.
I had 2 packages arrive yesterday in our current atmospheric river conditions, drenched through & was reminded of what a big difference a polybag can make, but!
I had 2 packages arrive yesterday in our current atmospheric river conditions, drenched through & was reminded of what a big difference a polybag can make, but!
next libby hold right here
ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.)
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
The Butcher of the Forest
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
next libby hold right here