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Michael VanCalbergh

@mvcpoet.bsky.social

Poet, Writer, Incredible Hulk Enthusiast, Father, Comic Lover, Obsessive Reader, SRPR Reader, Trying to get 1st manuscript picked up. Monthly writing on books/reading/writing at: https://widely-read.ghost.io/

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Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is the kinda shit I think about when I see videos of huge farming operations almost in tears saying, "Im offering SO MUCH and no one will pick the PEAS".

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Julia" shared this photo with us from the carrots in the Cuyama CA area. "We are paid piece rate and we only are given 4 hours of work a day. This makes it impossible to cover our expenses. The high was 97° when this photo was taken." #WeFeedYou

A carrot field where you see the Bunches of harvested carrots laid out
Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · last wk.

When people tell me that they listen to audio books at 1.5x or 2x speed, to me it sounds equivalent to saying I listened to Janelle Monet's album at 2x speed. I dont understand. I will never understand. *scurries back to working*

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · last wk.

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes. So manye hues of greene. Yn the cozye glowe of the far future ther ys onlye WARMTH.

Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was an amazing video. Also, food access and service like this (and trains) is something I think about a lot. To me a high functioning society has something like this, at a more accessible price, in every town. Community meals or community responsibility for cooking is an absolute dream of mine

Salute the Pig, by Chris Bulow@salutethepig.berlin · 2w ago

This is a fascinating 30 minutes; I think I'd even want to eat here -- the food looks freshly cooked & doesn't hang around under the buffet heat-lamps -- but the sheer scale of the logistics and the skills needed to feed up to 10,000 people a day, is boggling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUg...

Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wish this series had way more issues than it did. I still think about how wonderful it was to read it and how beautiful this art. Just a stunningly good book.

Andy Oliver@andywpoliver.bsky.social · 2w ago

ECHOLANDS Vol. 1 - This has sat unread for four years. So plot-wise this is really just an extended chase sequence. But in terms of world-building wow! You're left wanting to explore this world in far more detail with all its fascinating hints. And that art! That's how to use the landscape format.

The cover of ECHOLANDS Vol. 1 by J. H. Williams III, Haden Blackman, Dave Stewart and Todd Klein.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online.

Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Okay, I really hope this story I'm working on goes somewhere and is picked up obviously. BUT The amount that I feel like I'm learning about what I like to write and how I like to play with things and the joy that certain kinds of writing gives me makes me never want to stop this thing. Ever.

Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Alright alright. I'm sitting down to actually do some writing rather than work or grading or prepping for work/grading. Please everyone, stop yelling. I'm doing my best here.

Kevin A. Risner@mrdecember.bsky.social · 2w ago

Buy my book. Fuck AI. matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Ea...

It's Easy to Lose Your Breath | Books | Match Factory Editions

Anchored by the first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kevin A. Risner 's debut full-length poetry collection It's Easy to Lose Your Breath is both introspective and outward-facing, rippling from the p...

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Kevin A. Risner@mrdecember.bsky.social · 5mo ago

COVER REVEAL It's Easy to Lose Your Breath has a cover! Check out the color scheme. I wanted to lean into the pulmonary theme a bit so we chose a gray background & dark blue border with pink corners & lettering. Really love how it all turned out in the end. Thank you, @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social!

My book cover for "It's Easy To Lose Your Breath"! It's a similar design to other Match Factory Editions titles. The title text, my name, and corner accents are pink. The fan pattern in the background is dark gray. And the border is a dark blue.
Sequential Scholars@sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 3w ago

In a 2016 roundtable moderated by Kate Tanski for Women Write About Comics, educators/scholars Elizabeth Coody, Rachelle Cruz, Andrea Horbinski, Chandra Jenkins, Nancee Reeves & Ambria Taylor discuss the rewards & challenges of teaching "Bitch Planet" in various educational contexts. 1/10 #Comics

An image of a hand holding a trade paperback of Bitch Planet.
Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm currently working on a review of this book and this is 100% a portion of what I took away. The beginning of this book, esp, is a wonderful way to teach yourself/rewire your brain to understand what the goal of prediction is by these people.

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

If every time a tech executive says something alarming about the future you panic, then you haven’t read Prophecy. It’s ridiculous how one word from a tech executive whose company is about to go public can change the conversation of the whole world.