Nick Arvin

@nickarvin.bsky.social

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Author of MAD BOY from Europa Editions + 3 other books of fiction. Also, an engineer.

Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:45 UTC

I'd never heard of this before, and it seems totally amazing. Discovered in 2007, the location has been kept secret to protect it.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 02:06 UTC

A U-tree. (Not a yew tree, common mistake.)

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 02:01 UTC

This guy made me think about how when you feel like you're going in circles, you might actually be spiralling outward.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 03:03 UTC

It is wild that this isn’t the leading story of the day on my TL.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 04:08 UTC

That sunset sky.

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

In case you missed the other night, here’s my chat with Tess Gerritsen

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 20:08 UTC

This, about the India-China border, is marvelous. Borgesian.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 22:15 UTC

Congrats, John!!

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John Cotter @johncotter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

I seem to have won the Colorado Book Award in Creative Nonfiction. I am genuinely surprised by this. From my publisher's insta:

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 03:06 UTC

Good summary of the situation by @drewsof.bsky.social
lithub.com/what-does-it...

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Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 01:45 UTC

This is absolutely f**king insane

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 00:19 UTC

Oh man, yeah. That's a tough mix!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 23:05 UTC

I know some people have mixed feelings about the TC, with good reason. But they were always really good to me and my books. At least this keeps the doors open, but bleh. I hope they didn't just go for the highest bidder

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 23:02 UTC

It's so sad! 😟

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

Sigh.
denverite.com/2024/06/17/t...

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 03:30 UTC

Thinking a lot about this quote from the diaries of the artist Käthe Kollwitz. "No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes."

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 23:28 UTC

A friend was once struck in the back of the head by a large owl. It came down silently on him and scared the bejesus out of him.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 13:54 UTC

I got some serious harassment from a bird yesterday. Warning me away from a nest, I assume. It was like a dog barking from behind a fence. But no fence, and airborne, and kinda smol.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 13:53 UTC

I'm imagining a bird-watchers list in reverse. Bird checking off ✔️ Hipster ✔️ Tech bro ✔️ Maga ✔️ Karen

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

Rough day for baby Yoda.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 01:59 UTC

E's hands after working on one of her antique frame restoration projects.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 19:58 UTC

Holding out for Nobel prize winning soda

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 23:11 UTC

I didn't know this!!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 04:16 UTC

Wisdom of the ancients.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 04:15 UTC

Congrats, sir!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 19:58 UTC

Sora is pretty sure that every day is Caturday!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

Sora the cat says she is not, actually, fresh produce.

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Screaming Pectoriloquy @caulimovirus.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 17:52 UTC

Since I quoted Samuel Johnson earlier: Here is the piece of writing I think I’m most proud of, on Johnson and his brother, written for Lapham’s and with very effective editorial help from Sarah Fan. (I don’t -think- I’ve shared this here before?)

www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/d...

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Jon Connorton @jonboyjon.bsky.social
[ View ] May 28, 2024 at 07:27 UTC

FT going for it today.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 17:52 UTC

Toad in repose.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 02:51 UTC

E does antique picture frame restorations, and over time she's amassed this fascinating collection of molds she's made to duplicate the frames' decorative patterns.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 21, 2024 at 17:06 UTC

"Commingle" is spelled with two Ms, implying that cooperate should be spelled "coooperate."

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 15, 2024 at 00:53 UTC

They didn't have social media, so they had to do something with themselves I guess

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 15, 2024 at 00:01 UTC

1941. Seems legit.

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Robert Swartwood @robertswartwood.bsky.social
[ View ] May 14, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

A reminder that tomorrow at 7 pm EST I'll be chatting with @briankeene.bsky.social about his new co-owned bookstore @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social. We're going to try something a little bit different for this event, so be sure to tune in. The live stream starts promptly at 7 pm!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 14, 2024 at 18:21 UTC

A buddy of mine is playing guitar in the Dead Pioneers. Great stuff.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 14, 2024 at 18:19 UTC

Farewell to one of the greatest to put pen on paper, a huge influence for me.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 12, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

Coolest little free library ever?

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 11, 2024 at 21:41 UTC

Moulty youngster on the Apex trail today.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 10, 2024 at 03:23 UTC

There's this box full of wires standing open across the street.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 07, 2024 at 04:10 UTC

The light in Santa Fe.

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James Crossley @jamescrossley.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 20:44 UTC

Been too busy for Bluesky lately, and here's why.

www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/st-loui...

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

I believe there are certain roadways that have been possessed by some dark power that brings out the worst and most terrifying drivers, and I-25 between Colorado Springs & Denver is one of these.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 01, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

Those automatic seatbelts were a legit hazard!

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

As Americans, I feel like we can agree on this 🇺🇸

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 12:06 UTC

It's legit a nation of crossing light waiters

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 03:48 UTC

You're bringing back memories. I almost never dared try it but I think I do remember getting a nasty word from an older person once when I did.

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Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

One of the things I found most distinctive about Germany was that seemingly no one jaywalked, ever. One stoplight village where a car passes though almost never, and still people would stand around waiting for the light to change.

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