Mike Calvillo
@funkmonke.bsky.social
Father of two | Arsenal FC | Tennis | Writing | History | I get my news from avp mdc
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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What an obsequious, toadying, servile, brown-nosing, corrupt little cunt Gianni Infantino is.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an obsequious, toadying, servile, brown-nosing, corrupt little cunt Gianni Infantino is.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life.
Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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Shoutout to everyone who's going to get to spend Thanksgiving fixing their code so it doesn't break when it hits an NA for October.
BREAKING: BLS says it will not publish an October CPI. November CPI will be delayed to Dec. 18, meaning too late for the FOMC meeting the previous week. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations
www.bls.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Shoutout to everyone who's going to get to spend Thanksgiving fixing their code so it doesn't break when it hits an NA for October.
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Hey, I can talk about EU5 now.
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
Miscellania: Europa Universalis V Confirmed! (First Impressions)
Something different this week! The folks at Paradox Development Studios were nice enough to give me a review copy of the upcoming Europa Universalis V (releasing Nov. 4) ahead of release so that I …
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October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hey, I can talk about EU5 now.
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
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in the future please do not schedule 3-hour arcs of must-see TV on school nights, thnks
May 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
in the future please do not schedule 3-hour arcs of must-see TV on school nights, thnks
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#DCGooners, our girls have done their bit; now can our boys repeat their success against French opposition? Join us at Franklin Hall on Tuesday to find out; our semifinal first leg against PSG kicks off at 3pm! #VCC
April 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#DCGooners, our girls have done their bit; now can our boys repeat their success against French opposition? Join us at Franklin Hall on Tuesday to find out; our semifinal first leg against PSG kicks off at 3pm! #VCC
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I mean this with all sincerity: eat my ass.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
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November 22, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I mean this with all sincerity: eat my ass.
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every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale
a chilling display of soft power
a chilling display of soft power
December 8, 2023 at 2:46 PM
every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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Feel a lot of love for a lot of people today ❤️
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Feel a lot of love for a lot of people today ❤️
A story of mine published in NUNUM, a flash fiction and art online magazine, back in 2022/23. With accompanying interview!
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www.nunum.ca/blog/michael...
Interview with Michael Calvillo
Michael is a proud father of one and a happy husband to his lovely wife. He writes fiction and poetry in his spare time because he both loves and is perplexed by the act of writing. He has a backgroun...
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November 18, 2024 at 1:37 AM
A story of mine published in NUNUM, a flash fiction and art online magazine, back in 2022/23. With accompanying interview!
www.nunum.ca/blog/michael...
www.nunum.ca/blog/michael...
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Here’s a perfect distillation of the current twitter experience 😂
November 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Here’s a perfect distillation of the current twitter experience 😂
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November 16, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Taking two toddlers on a 10-day overseas vacation is genuinely the most exhausting I've done in my life and I deployed twice to Iraq
November 17, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Taking two toddlers on a 10-day overseas vacation is genuinely the most exhausting I've done in my life and I deployed twice to Iraq