Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 10hThe Word for World is Forest by Ursula K LeGuin A stunning book. 000
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11hIt’s genuinely remarkable how complete the consensus around anti-Black racism as an unremarkable feature of public and political life has become. 21899226
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wow. Like. You didnt need to call me out like that. Esp when i got a poetry acceptance 10 min ago and said, "eh i dont think its a good poem" 130
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghThe Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hello and happy Fullmetal Alchemist Day! We're about ready to get started with this year's winner announcement A very special thanks to our first-ever sponsors: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, @laworldcon.bsky.social , and @revmindi.bsky.social ! #2026IgnyteAwards 114877
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Okay what I really want is the Chicago Pope eating a hot dog or italian beef, giving an interview that says fuck a lot, uses the "eehhhh", and ends with him saying go Sox while wiping his face with a tissue thin napkin so his face opens like the Scream painting. Then i might go back to church. 000
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Listen if the Chicago Pope is going to start supporting artists, I'm in. Now keep going and support trans rights. We might have a Catholic church on the right side of history. That'd be legit. 050
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Man getting through work today has been a chore. I'm trying though my friends. I'm trying. 000
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you happen to be in Bloomington-Normal tonught at 6pm, roll through the Normal Public Library for a Poetry Open Mic! Its bound to be a fall themed experience! 153
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghOh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Happy 13th Birthday to Oh Joy Sex Toy! Join our Patreon Pledge Drive this month for BONUS COMICS and to keep the site going for one more year! www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy 5444198
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just met a possible new friend and honestly feels real real fucking good. I like these good days. 010
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026By giving AI agency it can’t claim, we’ve turned it into a sentient being made of code, one that has hopes, desires, and the capability of deceit.eoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 44412
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghMs. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please show me a "real" example of this causing an actual problem. Making testosterone sound scary doesn't count. www.them.us/story/new-st...them.usNew Study Once Again Shows Trans Women Have No Physical Advantage Over Cis AthletesResearchers analyzed data from almost 3,000 trans women. 1253
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All this week ive been aching to write and today sitting down to actually do it felt like digging a hole with a toy shovel. 000
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This 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". 020
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189625405
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Listen Centaurworld should be at #1. Breaking Bad when you have Jeffica right there? Hahahaha f*ck you. Pay some goddamn respect to Centaurworld. *storms out of the room* 010
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is very Becky Chambers, PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT and im here for it. 110
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When 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* 000
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Peacehammer 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. 932183
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But no more of this. 213357
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghDr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ever green 0316
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This 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 120
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I 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. 020
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Just writing a review at the library. Feeling good about these choices today. 030
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The 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. 61833496
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Okay, 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. 020
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Alright 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. 010
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again. 3769366
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Man this thread really has me all up in my feelings about food today (complimentary). 000
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Who invented work on a Friday? Its some bullshit. I dont like it. Grumble grumble 000
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghKevin A. Risner @mrdecember.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Buy my book. Fuck AI. matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Ea...matchfactoryeditions.comIt's Easy to Lose Your Breath | Books | Match Factory EditionsAnchored 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... 075
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghSequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In 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 1123
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'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. 132
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 63177623723
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If you wanna listen to something by Macklemore that's less...dated?...than "Thrift Shop", here's the song he did about the student protests that were suppressed throughout the US in 2024/2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgDQ...youtube.comMACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALLYouTube video by Macklemore 010
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghskip intro @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026african scifi you should be familiar with...marmaladecollective.com7 African Science-Fiction Movies to Watch This SummerThese films capture the magic of Afrofuturism, the art of imagining futures built from African roots, where mythology meets technology, and history becomes a launchpad for something new and exciting. 13316
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.turtlediaries.netICE is Still SurgingDispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida 181426618
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026IMO, the solution should not be to browbeat people into an old standard, but rather allow people to wear whatever they want. If someone can wear ducky pajamas in public, you can wear tailoring in any cut, color, and material. As options open up, dress can then be a source of pleasure. 494947374
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ive been too many halls of fame this weekend. One of them was so wild that I took notes the entire time to write poems about. No idea if these poems will end up good but fuck yea im gonna spend my time writing them. 000
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ive enjoyed some of the comedy posts Ive seen today on Bluesky which reminds me that I need to be reminded often that Im not one man screaming at clouds but one of many people asking idiots to grow a soul. 010
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The problem is that algorithmic processes are killing people now. They are forcing people to suffer, moving wealth to the already wealthy, and that's why the GenAI shit is continuing to be built. They want to kill us. This is why they still work on it. The reason some of us think that this idea... 110
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghjon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i... 431537701
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/09/2026The teeth in the photo are from 1909, its a model made based on real ancient dental work but from 2400 years ago, not 4000, also not Egyptian but Phoenician, from Sidon, today Lebanon. This account has half a million followers on instagram. 191848278
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Unions are the reason I can feed myself right now. Unions always. 030
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just saw a whole selection of @mitpress.bsky.social Radium Age imprint @bobzbay.bsky.social and holy moly. I am very very interested and excited. I dont know which ones to get. Do I get all of them? Do I eat rice and beans the rest of Sept to fit them in my budget!? 210
Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm excited about the reordering of my manuscript and removing/adding different poems that speak to this project. But damn if I don't know what makes a poetry manuscript attractive. Just trying to write good poems about the intersections of class and masculinity using my father as a guide. 030
Reposted by Michael VanCalberghRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Patricia Kingori’s work on the “shadow scholars” of Africa is fascinating: “One Kenyan writer told me he applied for a job at an Ivy League university. When the rejection came through, he wrote back to say thanks, then added: “Just so you know, I’ve written all these papers for your institutions””nature.comShadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industrySociologist Patricia Kingori is helping to expose contract cheating by scholars in high-income countries. 2513228