Michael Hessel-Mial
@mrpoemguy.bsky.social
Poet and scholar, college writing instructor, wife guy, dad to Melody. I’m an editor at specpoverse.org. Science fiction, PDFs, socialism, Jewish mysticism. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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and our roll-out of issue 39 continues with
Query Telling on Other Elder by @mrpoemguy.bsky.social
this one is RAD, beloveds!!
"_I_Tran_Scribed_This_Sad_Sto_Ry_Of
_An_Ast_Er_Oid_Dwel_Ler_Fran_Tic
_Ly_See_King_Her_Kin_When_The_Sta
_Tions_En_Ded_…"
READ ON
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Query Telling on Other Elder by @mrpoemguy.bsky.social
this one is RAD, beloveds!!
"_I_Tran_Scribed_This_Sad_Sto_Ry_Of
_An_Ast_Er_Oid_Dwel_Ler_Fran_Tic
_Ly_See_King_Her_Kin_When_The_Sta
_Tions_En_Ded_…"
READ ON
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Query Telling on Other Elder - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
By Cadmium Lattice, as told to Mended Relic, ca. 12,000,000 hours past ADDRESS: /records/non-operations/narrative_set/just/cadmium_lattice/-2*1/REF PARSING CREATOR ABSTRACT: _I_Tran_Scribed_This_Sad_S...
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Eek! My poem in @thedeadlands.com is up! This is an oral narrative from the sci fi world I built. It’s about how fascist regimes destroy families that don’t fit the hetero nuclear mold. It’s sad and weird and I hope you read it. Thank you!
There are many things grievously wrong with America and I’m very down to replace it with something else, but one thing I don’t care about is moralizing big portion sizes (outside of the offshoot environmental and food sovereignty questions). Life is to be enjoyed and eating is fun.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There are many things grievously wrong with America and I’m very down to replace it with something else, but one thing I don’t care about is moralizing big portion sizes (outside of the offshoot environmental and food sovereignty questions). Life is to be enjoyed and eating is fun.
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The last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie because it’s the wokest one
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie because it’s the wokest one
I just got a scam email offering me a free (gently used) baby grand piano
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I just got a scam email offering me a free (gently used) baby grand piano
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
One interesting “textual” feature of cartoons is when representations are animated the same as the real thing in the cartoon: tigger wrapping paper becomes a Tigger disguise, a stuffed cat resembles Kiki’s cat in Kiki’s Delivery Service, and of course the painted tunnel on the rock wall
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One interesting “textual” feature of cartoons is when representations are animated the same as the real thing in the cartoon: tigger wrapping paper becomes a Tigger disguise, a stuffed cat resembles Kiki’s cat in Kiki’s Delivery Service, and of course the painted tunnel on the rock wall
Reposted by Michael Hessel-Mial
Please do whatever you can to support Lubna and Nasser
Donate to Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment, organized by Lubna Alajrami
Dear compassionate friends,
My name is Lubna Alajrami, an… Lubna Alajrami needs your support for Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Please do whatever you can to support Lubna and Nasser
That’s wild how the pope’s favorite movies are “The Player,” “Stalker,” “Daughters of the Dust,” and “Jennifer’s Body”
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
That’s wild how the pope’s favorite movies are “The Player,” “Stalker,” “Daughters of the Dust,” and “Jennifer’s Body”
It’s awesome that the northern lights were visible where I live when I was asleep, not like seeing them has been a lifelong dream or anything!
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s awesome that the northern lights were visible where I live when I was asleep, not like seeing them has been a lifelong dream or anything!
Hotmail gang rise up
Looking left then right before whispering "at hotmail dot com" when giving my email to shop assistants
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hotmail gang rise up
Yesterday, after showing no interest in the song for my entire life, I became, without warning, a passionate fan of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yesterday, after showing no interest in the song for my entire life, I became, without warning, a passionate fan of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
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Once again they have deleted Lubna's account. She is less than $500 away from her goal. Can you please help her? I really dont know what else to do, can you commit to supporting someone regularly? Lubna is exhausted and donations have evaporated, she needs love and support
Donate to Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment, organized by Lubna Alajrami
Dear compassionate friends,
My name is Lubna Alajrami, an… Lubna Alajrami needs your support for Help Nasser to evacuate Gaza for urgent medical treatment
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again they have deleted Lubna's account. She is less than $500 away from her goal. Can you please help her? I really dont know what else to do, can you commit to supporting someone regularly? Lubna is exhausted and donations have evaporated, she needs love and support
Reposted by Michael Hessel-Mial
Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated
I woke up to a glimpse of the end of this week of illness and back pain and the difference in mood is stunning. I can turn my head, sit up with less strain, and taste food. Major L for my body this week but its nice to possibly getting out of it
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I woke up to a glimpse of the end of this week of illness and back pain and the difference in mood is stunning. I can turn my head, sit up with less strain, and taste food. Major L for my body this week but its nice to possibly getting out of it
5 days into throwing my back out, two days into being sick, made the mistake of working through both and now I’m facing the physical punishment for it
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
5 days into throwing my back out, two days into being sick, made the mistake of working through both and now I’m facing the physical punishment for it
Brushing your teeth soon after eating peanut butter is among my least favorite things
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Brushing your teeth soon after eating peanut butter is among my least favorite things
We rewatched “Something’s Gotta Give” and it’s pretty close to a perfect movie. There’s of course the cool Nancy Meyers aesthetics, how funny it is, but also the acting is so sensual, generous. Keanu & Nicholson take up a lot of space in their scenes, but in a way that always lifts Diane Keaton.
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We rewatched “Something’s Gotta Give” and it’s pretty close to a perfect movie. There’s of course the cool Nancy Meyers aesthetics, how funny it is, but also the acting is so sensual, generous. Keanu & Nicholson take up a lot of space in their scenes, but in a way that always lifts Diane Keaton.
Just fired off five speculative poetry submissions, happy end of spooky season to all who celebrate
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just fired off five speculative poetry submissions, happy end of spooky season to all who celebrate
I didn’t get around to making a costume to match my daughter’s Super Kitties costume (she’s Bitsy) and she was asking where my costume was with mounting distress. I told her I’m “Bill,” who’s “friends with robots.” Costume was a big hit
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I didn’t get around to making a costume to match my daughter’s Super Kitties costume (she’s Bitsy) and she was asking where my costume was with mounting distress. I told her I’m “Bill,” who’s “friends with robots.” Costume was a big hit
There’s never a good time to be the first time throwing your back out, but this is very far from the best time
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There’s never a good time to be the first time throwing your back out, but this is very far from the best time
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Odai is on the last of his pills, please help however you can things continue to be desperate chuffed.org/project/saha...
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Odai is on the last of his pills, please help however you can things continue to be desperate chuffed.org/project/saha...
Zohran Mamdani lied when he said “Congrats on the publication! Can’t wait to read it”; investigative reporting reveals he “started it but got a little busy”
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Zohran Mamdani lied when he said “Congrats on the publication! Can’t wait to read it”; investigative reporting reveals he “started it but got a little busy”
I love writing poetry and I would also love to receive ten thousand dollars
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I love writing poetry and I would also love to receive ten thousand dollars
Tired: novel in verse
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Tired: novel in verse
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
I keep thinking about this. Jean-Pierre makes this strange articulation of Biden/Harris being ‘abandoned’ with the dems real abandonment of people under attack. Chotiner neither dug into the full layers of this nor asked her about Palestine. Missed opportunities!
The new Chotiner interview was a bit vexed, because while Jean-Pierre supported terrible things Biden did (defending the genocide of Palestinians) & has a bafflingly strange take on the election, she seemed like she really wanted to talk about the democrats’ current failures, which was kinda valid?
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I keep thinking about this. Jean-Pierre makes this strange articulation of Biden/Harris being ‘abandoned’ with the dems real abandonment of people under attack. Chotiner neither dug into the full layers of this nor asked her about Palestine. Missed opportunities!
The new Chotiner interview was a bit vexed, because while Jean-Pierre supported terrible things Biden did (defending the genocide of Palestinians) & has a bafflingly strange take on the election, she seemed like she really wanted to talk about the democrats’ current failures, which was kinda valid?
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The new Chotiner interview was a bit vexed, because while Jean-Pierre supported terrible things Biden did (defending the genocide of Palestinians) & has a bafflingly strange take on the election, she seemed like she really wanted to talk about the democrats’ current failures, which was kinda valid?