Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 5hSilly names help! Most spiders are skiddish, I JUST caught one earlier after my replies, and it was so scared, it scrambled back in the cup when I tried to release it outside 😅 110
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 6hI wish I could help you, I'm the designated spider catch-and-release person at work. It's rough having a fear. If it has a small body but quite long legs, it's probably a cellar spider (and they can get kind of big) which are harmless, but that doesn't assuage a phobia 😭 110
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The only way I'm getting thru this section/chapter of my Human Sexuality course is if I interpret things as if they apply to my OCs. Too aromantic, but guess who isn't? 75% of my characters 😅 020
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Doms needing to call the safe word to end a session for their own wellbeing. I've absolutely included it in my work, but I can thankfully say I have seen in some books! 030
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I was never going to be okay with anything unless I was writing, which explains why - as time goes on - I'm less and less okay 000
Reposted by CalintzCalintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025A very rough sketch that got complicated fast, but... Hazel and Ferdinand from Rascal dancing to the new Florence + the Machine song, because this is what I would want if I could have it in life 🥰 175
Reposted by CalintzCalintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Hazel, 27 y/o brat with disposable income enough to buy items that assist in his determination to keep his ass permanently red 051
Reposted by CalintzKosoko Jackson @kosokojackson.bsky.social · 30/08/2025This book comes out in like, 11 days! Do you like international heists? Do you like complex characters? Do you like queer boys? Do you like dark magic? Do you like social commentary? Then this book is for you! And the special edition is so beautiful! www.harpercollins.com/products/the... 39236
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I'm going to let it run out of juice and hope that it'll restart properly once I charge it up again, but it'll probably be tomorrow morning or after work before I can test that :( At least I have my bulky heavy gaming laptop I hate typing on, and my phone, but still I WANT TO WRITE 😭 150
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Another important thing to note: beating Trump isn't even the end game. Stop thinking electing a Dem over him is the end of fascism. There are many people in power working alongside him or share his ideas, including far too many Dems who never oppose him or agree with him on issues. 030
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Currently my laptop won't even show me a screen of any kind, it's clearly on but it's a black screen. My new laptop. I tried to fend off updates, because I uninstalled the recent ones and the flickering screen stopped, but... fuck. I don't need this too. I just don't. 210
Reposted by CalintzITEP @itep.org · 29/08/2025The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...irs.govIRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue ServiceIR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025. 4012921002
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025My life is worth more than yours because I would not fucking tell a community to suck it up and take the hit for me No one is expendable, the lives already lost WERE NEVER ACCEPTABLE AND WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTABLE You can stand with the conservatives, the rest of us stand with human rights 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025You have no idea of the costs other people have already paid, you have muted their names so you don't have to say them, you argue that there are no genocides currently happening, you remove the T from the acronym, you deny that DEMS are also for increased border restrictions and funding for police 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I always block these people before I react, but I'm tired of "well you have to make sacrifices" and those sacrifices are human lives! It's never YOU, so it's okay?! I've voted Dem every fucking time, but if we don't pressure them to do better, we won't GET better. Stop settling on top of our bones 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025"Why don't you people just accept that we're okay with these Democratic candidates taking away your rights and still slowly killing you? JUST VOTE HITLER LITE OVER HILTER!" no. ask for better candidates now while we have time don't ask me to die for you, you're not worth it 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Sometimes I catch myself default masking, falling into status quo despite my values, for safety I'm doing less as I age. I want to be an out and happy disabled trans man who writes queer, kinky, dark things, whose dream jobs (writing and conservation) afford a house outside an HOA! Please, world? 😭 020
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I do hope some good things come your way and soon, but unpacking and other things you normally don't have time for sound good! You're allowed to be upset, you have valid reasons to complain, sometimes it helps to at least share the frustration with friends who also want good things to happen to you 110
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I feel this... I had to roll back updates because it appears I was having issues with updates specifically... and now my computer wants them again, and I'm worried it'll harm the laptop somehow 😭 110
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Hazel, 27 y/o brat with disposable income enough to buy items that assist in his determination to keep his ass permanently red 051
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025ignore typo in that second post, only think of Hazel getting lost so he can get spanked, being returned by very admirable college students who think they're doing A Good Deed (they are), being threatened, and he's like "BUT YOUR ARTHRITIS" Silly boy, Ferdinand has tools to help his poor hands :) 020
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025the collect students leave, Ferdinand just raises an eyebrow at Hazel, crosses his arms, and informs him he will indeed get spanked So Hazel is like, "But your arthritis!" 😂 (Ferdinand's thinking, "When has that ever stopped me... or you.") 120
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Sometimes I think about that comic I wanted to draw of old men Ferdinand and Hazel, where they're wearing "if lost, return to Ferdinand" and "I'm Ferdinand" shirts at an amusement park, and a group of college students reunites them Unaware that Hazel's stunt will get him spanked, and as soon as 120
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I've been considering switching to trad publishing because I'm not great at advertising my own books, but lately, all this news about unpaid royalties and copyrights going unfiled is discouraging me 😅 130
Reposted by Calintz💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 29/08/2025ko-fi.com/dreamingnoct... I don't want to spam and spiral, but...I really can't be complacent about meeting my goal right now, with so little time left... anything at all helps.ko-fi.comSupport Jaye Allison AshtearSupport Jaye Allison Ashtear 11524
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025They changed how to level up the monsters (by bringing them into battle instead of interactions with them in the barns), but I'm finding tutorials so afaik I'm doing everything right? I managed in my first playthrough, had wool easily from woolies so idk what's going on now :( 010
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Anyone have any solutions or did I manage to find a glitch somehow? 😭 000
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025All my barns have villagers assigned to them, and I even set it so villagers could harvest items in case that changed anything, but it has not. It's worth noting that this was not an issue I had in my first game... I was drowning in strong fur and horns lmao 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I still cannot figure out why this second playthrough of Rune Factory GoA, I can't get my tamed monsters to produce items unless it's eggs, milk, honey. I have spiders and woolies and a horse tamed, and I was hoping to get some quality thread and wool😔 320
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025It's very hard to draw Ferdinand, his hair is hard, I can never clearly imagine his face... but I think this is the most accurate I've ever gotten. (But Hazel is not quite small enough, they have a height difference... Ferdinand specifically weight trained just to hold Hazel while he fucked him) 010
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025A very rough sketch that got complicated fast, but... Hazel and Ferdinand from Rascal dancing to the new Florence + the Machine song, because this is what I would want if I could have it in life 🥰 175
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025can I stop experiencing defeat? I want to hope there's a chance for housing and for me to keep sharing my books, for me to have cats to curl up with, a garden to nurture, and a kitchen of my own to make homemade soups and casseroles! and someone to share that with (romantic or platonic) too? 😂 020
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Thanks! I was reluctant to put down Rune Factory to play it but I could prob use a change of pace. So far it's very cute! 010
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I got this yesterday, I forgot I preordered it until a couple of weeks ago 😂 140
Reposted by CalintzInkus Alters @inkus.ca · 28/08/2025Kori and her pocket TNT! Excellent choice, she is a badass combat pick whose puzzle-solving skills are mostly only impacted by her impulsivity 🤣 111
Reposted by CalintzAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬 261130404
Reposted by CalintzInkus Alters @inkus.ca · 27/08/2025Main characters If you had to pick just from these, who would you main 👀 More to come I'm having fun making these tbh #VekariTTRPG #TTRPG #TCG #cyberpunk 253
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I... I feel this. I'm so frustrated every fucking time. Queer game devs, writers, artists, etc. Always told to be grateful if we even get scraps. Meanwhile, she's always mentioned. Keeps her work and her income well alive, honestly, and some of us can't even afford housing 🫠 110
Reposted by CalintzCeleste Moon Bunny @celestemoonbunny.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Give some shares to those authors writing and bringing good into the world too. 🥺 It's sad to think this awful woman has way more notes than any of the authors I see writing and spreading diversity. 121
Reposted by CalintzCeleste Moon Bunny @celestemoonbunny.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I see a lot of posts of she who will not be named with a screenshot of her latest ick,and it will have tons of shares and reactions. Which is good, because it spreads awareness! But then I see authors indie and otherwise with amazing queer books get only a handful of reactions. 121
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025oh, look at my OC... created around my trauma... I love him, which is why he will suffer greatly 🥰 040
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Oh, look at him... this little blorbo... he was mistreated as a child, I think I will latch onto him like a parasite and project my trauma onto him 🥰🧡 140
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Oops, made another one XD www.tumblr.com/mcalhenwrite... 020
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025What if I made fake AITA posts on tumblr that are written by my characters...? 🤔 100
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025You are allowed to complain about the struggles you do face. There will always be someone who has it worse if we start the slippery slope of comparing problems, and lately, a lot of things are rough for everyone. But that just means you have to take care of yourself and let yourself vent 🧡 010
Reposted by CalintzCalintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025From Seasons, in one of the later chapters that I'm adding to the revised version... there are a lot of flower-related things because some of the characters were born in flowers (Bee, for instance), but this part of the new WIP stuff :) 052
Calintz @mcalhen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I'm glad you got the chance to fill an application! Good luck!🤞🙏 020
