Reposted by CJ PowersC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s not a story that anyone wants to hear but in February 2018 I caught a friend’s sore throat. While he recovered fully, I just kept declining, and by June I was 99% bedbound. Eight years later, that’s where I remain. We desperately need better defenses against all respiratory viruses. 618253
Reposted by CJ PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hWarren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'" 22788902859
Reposted by CJ Powersfeeb @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI 113135376557
Reposted by CJ PowersRead Settlers da Silva @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026its not simply about boycotting meta. one company has made their products indispensable for communication in the modern world. they blocked lulas electoral ads the week before the election. theyre trying to sway public opinion against the victim of a gangrape. states need to intervene. 21020279
Reposted by CJ Powersauntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know what? I have absolutely no problem posting this. I hope it follows them for years. 17220511149
Reposted by CJ PowersCharlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, I didn't get my wish. And we're not going to survive paying all these hospital bills on our own, so since my lungs failed me, I need to ask you for help. Shares help, too. 💜 ko-fi.com/cknightwritesko-fi.comBuy Charlie Knight a CoffeeBecome a supporter of Charlie Knight today! 25977
Reposted by CJ PowersThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.thenarwhal.caCanada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save themThe 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating 11281195
Reposted by CJ PowersKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen 252835643
Reposted by CJ Powersjon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181224535
Reposted by CJ PowersMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life. 561614587
Reposted by CJ PowersOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 19/09/2026It's even simpler: the technology is the industry. To exclude the industry from our understanding of AI is to misunderstand the technology. So-called AI just doesn't work without the whole industry behind it. How do we know? We tried for decades and even more than a century under some definitions. 516555
Reposted by CJ PowersArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership. 193124796
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh wow oh wow my nonfiction piece about my house burning down is in an anthology! Many many thanks to Frazzled Lit for publishing it originally and for including it in this anthology www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJRH3QBVamazon.comLife As Mask: Frazzled Lit Anthology - Volume 1Life As Mask: Frazzled Lit Anthology - Volume 1 - Kindle edition by Lit, Frazzled, Hegarty, Neil . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Life As Mask: Frazzled Lit Anthology - Volume 1. 000
Reposted by CJ PowersCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2574684376
Reposted by CJ PowersKristin 🌙 @dominolucky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Little reminder I have a shop! It’s harder and harder for real artists to get sales in the sea of slop on Etsy these days, so it’s that much more important to help keep us going if you can 💖 I have prints, stickers, bookmarks, buttons, and lots of stuff!! www.etsy.com/shop/luckydo... 01311
Reposted by CJ PowersEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5794803354
Reposted by CJ PowersRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674863128
Reposted by CJ PowersJust a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It did not "go rogue". It glitched, it malfunctioned, it did not operate as intended too. It is not a person it therefore cannot go rogue. It is broken and it needs to be shut down. 1164
Reposted by CJ Powersmargaw 🌙 @margawart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's promo day with free shipping on INPRNT! ✨ www.inprnt.com/gallery/marg... (shares are super helpful as I've been stuck just below the withdrawal minimum for ages and can't get paid 🙃) 313041
Reposted by CJ PowersGodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Netanyahu is a war criminal. He wants people to think a streamer is the problem. 3257
Reposted by CJ PowersPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106194796471
Reposted by CJ PowersShayna Moon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 24/09/2026Her name was Kerri Moynihan www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comParents' suit alleges sexual harassment at Activision drove their daughter to suicideLawsuit filed by parents of employee who took her life at company retreat alleges Activision Blizzard failed to prevent pervasive sexual harassment. 81180588
Reposted by CJ PowersCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/09/2026The White House is airing a TV ad glorifying Trump that says it was “paid for by the US government.” One critic called using federal dollars for what amounts to campaign material the “weirdest way to violate the Hatch Act, ever.”commondreams.orgWhite House Airs Trump Propaganda Ad 'Paid For By the US Government'"Weirdest way to violate the Hatch Act, ever." 12020
Reposted by CJ PowersJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m really not sure that “goes rogue” is an accurate description of a behavior that is apparently both habitual and condoned 381649291
Reposted by CJ PowersFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Its giving gerald ford pardoning Richard Nixon. 192
Reposted by CJ PowersFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They are nothing but servants. 061
Reposted by CJ PowersKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026You know, when politicians are term-limited out sometimes they do what’s in their heart, and he’s got nothing but love for throwing out homeless people’s stuff, eliminating jobs with that merger, and killing women 361244335
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Crucially this is NOT how the actual conversation went but I made myself laugh with this thought. 000
Reposted by CJ PowersAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works. 915111953705
Reposted by CJ Powersotava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026nero's guide is awesome, and concretely helped me with making a website as somebody who doesn't have the brain for this stuff 👍 if you're an artist of any sort, making a website for yourself is one of those things that hugely pays off the extended effort time and again 0323150
Reposted by CJ PowersFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026imagine being a grown adult highly-paid professional, going to a party where you see an unaccompanied 13 year old in the midst of (presumably) various drug/alcohol/sexual activities, and NOT immediately 1. leaving so fast you leave a cloud of dust behind you and 2. notifying authorities. 421242271
Reposted by CJ PowersMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you. 342250374771
Reposted by CJ PowersAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems. 5742293
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jindor: He'd be a model or an actor if he wasn't a church baby Norn: Probably some sort of grief counselor or social worker, I don't think they'd go too far from working with the dying Irileth: She's running the city council like the Navy Prentyss: Olympian sprinter 000
Reposted by CJ PowersLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026A lot of us have had to take a lot of shit on Bluesky for the crime of being 100% right about guys too early 11652931233
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Guess who finally has a Vyvanse prescription and the insurance necessary to cover it and a therapist and hope for the future? this guy 000
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hello! I'm Christine (or CJ) Powers and I am getting my fantasy/cosmic horror debut novel about four queer heroes fighting back against a memory-eating deep sea octopus god put together for publishing in 2027 (hopefully. fingers crossed.) 042
Reposted by CJ PowersAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18845842937
Reposted by CJ PowersRebecca Quinn @rebeccaquinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is correct. We need to place responsibility where it belongs, with climate, with poverty, with everything. 094
Reposted by CJ PowersKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society. 392521496
Reposted by CJ Powersⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For the folks that said they support him because he says what he means, they sure burn a *lot* of calories telling us "what he really meant was..." 91067219
Reposted by CJ PowersAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances. 6400161
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I saw someone say that if you voted for Kamala but you criticize Ed Sheeran, you're a hypocrite and I'm just like... what are we doing here? Literally what option would've been morally pure enough for you? 000
Reposted by CJ PowersGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347851227