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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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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November 30th / December 1st
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
November 30th / December 1st
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(ON PHONE, LOUDLY): yeah, most jet planes come from 'Jet Island'. nobody knows how they're made except The Professor. and he disappeared years ago
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
(ON PHONE, LOUDLY): yeah, most jet planes come from 'Jet Island'. nobody knows how they're made except The Professor. and he disappeared years ago
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Brought a pair of high-top Docs to Japan. Got a job in slushy Snow Country. Discovered they are very very far from being waterproof. Miserable first winter.
I’ve been out shoveling in my Docs, so I guess it’s time to repost this.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Brought a pair of high-top Docs to Japan. Got a job in slushy Snow Country. Discovered they are very very far from being waterproof. Miserable first winter.
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had to hit a hateful anon with the northern lion summon
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
had to hit a hateful anon with the northern lion summon
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Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Peace out to Tom Stoppard, who wrote a lot of very wonderful stuff, not least among that stuff Brazil (1985).
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Peace out to Tom Stoppard, who wrote a lot of very wonderful stuff, not least among that stuff Brazil (1985).
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Abe's Exoddus also has, for my money, the best sight gag from a game of this era. You're looking for the controls to blow up this factory, and thankfully, it's labeled
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NEVER EVER TURN THIS WHEEL
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NEVER EVER TURN THIS WHEEL
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Abe's Exoddus also has, for my money, the best sight gag from a game of this era. You're looking for the controls to blow up this factory, and thankfully, it's labeled
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NEVER EVER TURN THIS WHEEL
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NEVER EVER TURN THIS WHEEL
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I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
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This is one of my favorite accounts for actual, research-based good news (as opposed to the influencer toxic positivity bullshit). And this is GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is one of my favorite accounts for actual, research-based good news (as opposed to the influencer toxic positivity bullshit). And this is GOOD NEWS
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Portal is toxic yuri
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Portal is toxic yuri
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I’m thankful for a captive audience
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m thankful for a captive audience
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
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Me: Okay, no politics at my place during thanksgiving
Cat: Mao
Cat: Mao
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Me: Okay, no politics at my place during thanksgiving
Cat: Mao
Cat: Mao
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I requested a desk copy of Le Guin's last book of poetry to teach, and in the course of talking to the publisher they asked for a syllabus. I sent it, and in their response, the person at the publisher said "I think Ursula would like what you're doing with the class."
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I requested a desk copy of Le Guin's last book of poetry to teach, and in the course of talking to the publisher they asked for a syllabus. I sent it, and in their response, the person at the publisher said "I think Ursula would like what you're doing with the class."
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🥧 (a Thanksgiving comic)
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🥧 (a Thanksgiving comic)
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My car charger can boil water really fast
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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"This was a vodka Thanksgiving now."
Incredible line
Incredible line
…the turkey was Godot. Every time I’d venture out to the outdoor kitchen to check the turkey in the gas oven, the group would be less interested in my report upon my return. I’d lost them. This was a vodka Thanksgiving now.
12/
12/
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"This was a vodka Thanksgiving now."
Incredible line
Incredible line
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
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