caluwen
@caluwen.bsky.social
UI/UX Engineer in coastal NC. Recovering weeaboo with occasional artistic tendencies.
Reposted by caluwen
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
Reposted by caluwen
know that the big manga artists have like half a dozen assistants helping them. If you can't do as much as 7 people working more than full-time THAT IS NOT JUST NORMAL, IT IS HEALTHY
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
know that the big manga artists have like half a dozen assistants helping them. If you can't do as much as 7 people working more than full-time THAT IS NOT JUST NORMAL, IT IS HEALTHY
Reposted by caluwen
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
Reposted by caluwen
Reposted by caluwen
ICE getting harassed in the public bathroom instead of trans people
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
ICE getting harassed in the public bathroom instead of trans people
Reposted by caluwen
[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
Reposted by caluwen
Reposted by caluwen
hey what the fuck so my sleep window that always slides forward is just normal?
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 AM
hey what the fuck so my sleep window that always slides forward is just normal?
Reposted by caluwen
My favorite thing about this?
Wolfenstein *is* the nuanced, authentic take on WW2. It's the game that has the line "To me, YOU were the Nazis" being said by a black man to BJ Blazkowicz - which is WAY more unbiased a look at the history of WW2 than 99.999% of all video games
Wolfenstein *is* the nuanced, authentic take on WW2. It's the game that has the line "To me, YOU were the Nazis" being said by a black man to BJ Blazkowicz - which is WAY more unbiased a look at the history of WW2 than 99.999% of all video games
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
My favorite thing about this?
Wolfenstein *is* the nuanced, authentic take on WW2. It's the game that has the line "To me, YOU were the Nazis" being said by a black man to BJ Blazkowicz - which is WAY more unbiased a look at the history of WW2 than 99.999% of all video games
Wolfenstein *is* the nuanced, authentic take on WW2. It's the game that has the line "To me, YOU were the Nazis" being said by a black man to BJ Blazkowicz - which is WAY more unbiased a look at the history of WW2 than 99.999% of all video games
Reposted by caluwen
"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King Jr.
YouTube video by Justin Ashurst
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
Reposted by caluwen
There was a Discord server set up for the fan community of a game that put up a temporary image banner on the Trans Day of Visibility and got so much shit from transphobes they just banned them all.
And saw their moderation queue drop by 40% for weeks.
Transphobes are plague rats. Clear em out
And saw their moderation queue drop by 40% for weeks.
Transphobes are plague rats. Clear em out
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
There was a Discord server set up for the fan community of a game that put up a temporary image banner on the Trans Day of Visibility and got so much shit from transphobes they just banned them all.
And saw their moderation queue drop by 40% for weeks.
Transphobes are plague rats. Clear em out
And saw their moderation queue drop by 40% for weeks.
Transphobes are plague rats. Clear em out
Reposted by caluwen
Horrifying to realize that the reason that no blue state governor has activated that National Guard or local police force against the feds is literally, like - if you try to do that and the national guard or police doesn't listen to you or turns against you, you're not really governor any more
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Horrifying to realize that the reason that no blue state governor has activated that National Guard or local police force against the feds is literally, like - if you try to do that and the national guard or police doesn't listen to you or turns against you, you're not really governor any more
Reposted by caluwen
I don't know a PARTICULAR reason.
Let me think.
Well, first, I hate bullies. So, fuck transphobes.
Second, all the trans people I've met were awesome. I'm sure some are awful, but I sure haven't met any like that yet.
Third, the whole idea of life is the pursuit of your truth and happiness.
1/
Let me think.
Well, first, I hate bullies. So, fuck transphobes.
Second, all the trans people I've met were awesome. I'm sure some are awful, but I sure haven't met any like that yet.
Third, the whole idea of life is the pursuit of your truth and happiness.
1/
Gail, I love you. You are specifically outspoken about this topic when so many others are quiet. I've wondered, is there some specific reason why this topic in particular is so important to you? Because so many cis people can't be arsed, and you're different.
January 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I don't know a PARTICULAR reason.
Let me think.
Well, first, I hate bullies. So, fuck transphobes.
Second, all the trans people I've met were awesome. I'm sure some are awful, but I sure haven't met any like that yet.
Third, the whole idea of life is the pursuit of your truth and happiness.
1/
Let me think.
Well, first, I hate bullies. So, fuck transphobes.
Second, all the trans people I've met were awesome. I'm sure some are awful, but I sure haven't met any like that yet.
Third, the whole idea of life is the pursuit of your truth and happiness.
1/
Reposted by caluwen
They’re streaming the timelapse of the huge Athena set for Starfleet Academy over on YouTube right now. I know this set very well and have drawn it loads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaNT...
🔴 Building Star Trek's Largest Set EVER (U.S.S. Athena) | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
They’re streaming the timelapse of the huge Athena set for Starfleet Academy over on YouTube right now. I know this set very well and have drawn it loads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaNT...
Reposted by caluwen
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
Reposted by caluwen
Whenever I find out a colleague is using LLM to do literature searches and to "summarise" papers
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Whenever I find out a colleague is using LLM to do literature searches and to "summarise" papers
Reposted by caluwen
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
Reposted by caluwen
isn't it wild how we actually live in a world with cyberpsychosis, but instead of being able to get cybernetic limbs it comes from a chat program that "yes ands" too hard
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
isn't it wild how we actually live in a world with cyberpsychosis, but instead of being able to get cybernetic limbs it comes from a chat program that "yes ands" too hard
Reposted by caluwen
Welcome to Laugh Track, a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else!
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Welcome to Laugh Track, a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else!
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...
Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track
Reposted by caluwen
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
Reposted by caluwen
This is a slightly longer, and probably nicer way of saying this:
Them: "With all these changes, I'm going to end up a minority. I don't want to be a minority."
Me: "Why not? What's wrong with being a minority?"
Them: (almost always unable to answer)
Them: "With all these changes, I'm going to end up a minority. I don't want to be a minority."
Me: "Why not? What's wrong with being a minority?"
Them: (almost always unable to answer)
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
This is a slightly longer, and probably nicer way of saying this:
Them: "With all these changes, I'm going to end up a minority. I don't want to be a minority."
Me: "Why not? What's wrong with being a minority?"
Them: (almost always unable to answer)
Them: "With all these changes, I'm going to end up a minority. I don't want to be a minority."
Me: "Why not? What's wrong with being a minority?"
Them: (almost always unable to answer)
Reposted by caluwen
A GIFT FOR YOU. A free download of the Cast Your Pod to the Wind lp awaits at www.TMBGshop.com. 23 TMBG rarities includes I’m Your Boyfriend Now, We Live in a Dump, Brain Problem Situation, and I Hear A New World w/ Robin Goldwasser. An Idlewild Recordings exclusive not to be on streaming sites.
They Might Be Giants Store
The official merch store of They Might Be Giants
www.TMBGshop.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
A GIFT FOR YOU. A free download of the Cast Your Pod to the Wind lp awaits at www.TMBGshop.com. 23 TMBG rarities includes I’m Your Boyfriend Now, We Live in a Dump, Brain Problem Situation, and I Hear A New World w/ Robin Goldwasser. An Idlewild Recordings exclusive not to be on streaming sites.
