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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 8h

*theorycraft

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 8h

Just stock Delver.
PT coverage-into-Trans lifeline stream-into-RC Houston-into-<redacted>-into-Extra life stream doesn't give me a ton of space to their craft/brew. I'd probably play the sick Sultai deck that breakered out of EW T8 if I had a couple more hours to hunt through my collection.

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 9h

Spent a couple of hours updating Modern and Legacy to jam side events Friday. Buzzing with excitement :)
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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 27d

My #WOTCstaff status may prevent me from playing in events, but you can be sure I'll be happy to broadcast as much competitive Magic as they'll let me :)
✅Modern
✅PT Invites
✅WORLDS invites
Catch me and the rest of the @starcitygames.bsky.social gang at #SCGHouston a month from tomorrow!

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 15h

Almost assuredly :)

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 16h

Trans rights!

Fat Kid Deals @fatkiddeals.com · 19h

This Dominos is in an old Pizza Hut building 😭😭

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 18h

Seeing the number of "fair" Hogaaks at last weekend's Eternal Weekend Legacy Champs is super sick.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 9d

Not me learning you need these appointments just to get on HRT, I thought they were for like, SRS or something. Which would still be bad for that wait list.

Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 10d

In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.

224 YEARS.

This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.

We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.

Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist.

This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm.

Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP.

Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 1d

This card doesn't mess around

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a day or two late but happy international lesbian day to my wonderful wife @thequietfish.bsky.social 🥰

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Sep 5

being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 3d

Crystal my 🐐

Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 3d

It’s official! I can talk about it!

I’ve spent the last 2+ years leading the narrative for the Magic: the Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set!

I’m excited to see all of this release! TMNT is such a weird, wild franchise that meshes weirdly well with Magic

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Collecting Magic: The Gathering® | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: A First Look

Cowabunga! It's time to explore the new cards and treatments in Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 3d

I did a bunch of set design work on #MTGxTMNT set and a handful of of my design pitches made it all the way- like Super Shredder 🥷😈

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 3d

Prepare to clash against your favorite TMNT villains! Here are a few you'll come across in #MTGxTMNT.

This image depicts the card "Super Shredder". One Mana, one black. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Human. Mythic rarity.

Card Art: This is an illustration of the gigantic monterous mutated form of a man, his once well fitted armor cutting into his body like sharp metallic spines. The mutant reaches towards the viewer with a claw as it rushes through any obsticle in his way.

Rules text: Menace.
Whenever another permanent leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Super Shreder.

Flavor text: "I have molded myself into perfection, Hamato. Look upon me, and know fear."

This image depicts the card "Krang, Master Mind". Six mana, two blue. Legendary Artifact Creature - Utrom Warrior. Rare Rarity.

Card art:
This illustration shows a squid like being wearing a bipedal mechanical suit. It's head is covered by a orb helmet while its tentacles pop out of 'arm' holes to hold up two large drills. The creature laughs maniacally.

Rules text: Affinity for Artifacts. (This spell costs One Mana less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Krang enters, if you have fewer than four cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Krang gets +1/+0 for each other artifact you control. Power one/toughness four.

This image depicts the card "Bebop & Rocksteady". One mana, two black or green. Legendary Creature - Boar Rhio Mutant. Rare rarity.

Card art: This illustration depicts two mutants: A humanoid boar and a humanoid rhino. The pair stand gloriously upon the wreckage of cars as colorful sprays of energy explode behind them. The Rhino holds a large tire above his head.

Rules text: Whenever Bebop & Rocksteady attack or block, sacrifice a permanent unless you discard a card.

Flavor text: "They'll beat you with firsts, with a bat, with a knife. / So don't try to steop them, just run for your life! / Get set and get ready, / For Bebop & Rocksteady!"

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 3d

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ALT: a close up of a blonde anime girl with her eyes closed and a pink heart in the background .

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 3d

😭

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 5d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Bobbie-Christine Brewer @bobbiechristine.bsky.social · 4d

After nearly five years of one of the greatest honors of my life, I will be stepping down as president of Birds of Paradise. Until a new direction for the group is decided, we will be going on an indeterminate hiatus.

BOP! has done amazing volunteer work to increase representation in Magic.

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Alexander Smith @mtgalexander.bsky.social · 4d

Can confirm—Mary Kathryn is an absolute gem of a person.

Getting to work with incredible folks like her is one of the best perks of the job. #wotcstaff

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 4d

The number of times my article assignment was "watch a set's debut, write about any card or mechanic previewed there, please have the article turned in in an hour. Also preferred wordcount is ~1500 or so" where this is literally no data to scrape..... lololol

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 4d

One day I might even get someone to play Planechase with me
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Secret Lair Showcase Planes (PSSC) Card Gallery

A visual spoiler of all 10 cards from Secret Lair Showcase Planes in Magic: The Gathering.

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 4d

🥰
The number of posts from trans creators on this thread is truly awe inspiring :)

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 4d

You could say I create content
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