Reposted by CJ PowersFuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 3hThe inequality line goes straight up and still these people will tell you they don't have enough and cant afford to pay more in wages or taxes. 012047
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 6hMan...static.klipy.comSad Totoro in the RainAlt: Sad girl from Totoro in the Rain 010
Reposted by CJ PowersBucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 11h“We have become so accustomed to the president blatantly lying about the election, threatening people, using the court process and administrative powers granted to him to try to intimidate voters,” said @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social. “So there is in my view a real necessity to clarify the law.” 25420
Reposted by CJ Powerskat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026this was difficult to read, but it's important to know people are currently in prison for 50+ years for attending a protest + one wasn't even at the protest, but got sentenced for 30 years for "concealing" anarchist zinesmotherjones.comHow anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa“We are not terrorists.” 161251781
Reposted by CJ PowersT.A. Blackstone (Tony) 🔞 @ta-blackstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am 1,000% serious when I say that ChatGPT needs to be permanently taken offline for everyone's safety. 4257100
Reposted by CJ PowersNumbcat9 @numbcat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What is the name of the contractor. What is the name of the someone. Those people must be held publicly accountable for this. I cannot tell you how critically important it is for us to punish these people severely, painfully, & swiftly. Not some five year long court case. We know it happened. 033
Reposted by CJ PowersFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ice can not be reformed it must be destroyed. 063
Reposted by CJ PowersHell-a Bambust 🏳️⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“As it turns out, being exposed to people who think you should hang yourself or at the very least eliminated somehow is bad for your mental health” thanks man, couldn’t have figured that one out myself, that’s heaps good 212816
Reposted by CJ PowersAlisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 04/10/2026bsky.app/profile/alis... 18410
Reposted by CJ Powersmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6162202396
Reposted by CJ PowersJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10388772775
Reposted by CJ PowersMicah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position 412660552
Reposted by CJ PowersT.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Also a great time to support FurAffinity. Not a book, but we are all in this together www.gofundme.com/f/support-fu...gofundme.comDonate to Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding, organized by Susan HessHey there Fuzzies! Recently, there has been a lot of conversation about censor… Susan Hess needs your support for Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding 011
Reposted by CJ PowersKCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 05/10/2026A simple concept from Kansas City is sweeping the country. Planting fruit trees on vacant lots and making the produce free to anyone has cascading positive effects for the community.kcur.orgA Kansas City nonprofit turned vacant lots into free fruit orchards. It's branched out nationwideA simple concept from Kansas City is sweeping the country. Planting fruit trees on vacant lots and making the produce fr 013531
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Really hope I got my final edits in before my publisher becomes consumed with wedding plans (which I do not begrudge them at all but I'm lurking like a swamp beast until I get an email confirmation) 000
Reposted by CJ PowersPUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid 78105464615
Reposted by CJ PowersDani Yuan 🔜 LBX @dagger6.art · 03/10/2026FurAffinity (a furry focused online art gallery) is looking for funding after refusing to comply with advertiser demands. And oh boy are some of those advertiser demands are pretty ridiculous. 4336372544
Reposted by CJ Powers the ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 03/10/2026PRO TiP: to avoid a crisis of identity after someone you had a parasocial attachment to is revealed to have done something awful, try not making a parasocial relationship part of your identity 8665127
Reposted by CJ PowersDavis Bickford @davis.social · 02/10/2026I was going to make some sort of joke about ironically wanting to join this program while also being raised Catholic and harboring an indelible distrust and cognitive dissonance for the church, but nah, this is just a really nice sentiment to see from anyone in a position of influence and authority. 324422
Reposted by CJ Powerstaenia @taenia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I feel so bad for all of the emerging artists living right now who don't have decades of work to fall back on to prove that they aren't AI. Like, I understand why "I was doing this well before 2022" is such a common response, but, God, we cannot just close the door on new artists forever. 415750
Reposted by CJ PowersNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone. 832516545
Reposted by CJ PowersCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ATTENTION COMIC NERDS! 1219109
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am in Minneapolis and this is on my calendar now! 120
Reposted by CJ PowersShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the editor, and this particular editor guy is what happens when Upton Sinclair's quote about a guy never getting what he gets a salary not to get were magically turned into a person without a personality 313414
Reposted by CJ PowersProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)propublica.orgHealth Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the ScenesLearn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case. 9934455
Reposted by CJ PowersFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dhs can not be reformed it must be destroyed. 032
Reposted by CJ PowersElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m sorry, what? Fraternity brothers at Cornell have a practice of taking away the phones of drunk women at parties? AYFKM? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...nytimes.comCornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault ClaimWith their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes. 26419161
Reposted by CJ PowersHere lies JD. He drew as many comics as he could. @lostcity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people. 271501365
Reposted by CJ PowersCassandra Miller’s Monster Chiller Horror Theater—AWOOOO @tiptransformed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Venn diagram = Circle 0174
Reposted by CJ PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66366102558
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Something is going to happen, probably even before we get to the midterm elections. We are running out of diesel and I don't think we really understand what that's going to do for our supply chain (hint: it's really bad) 020
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have several but one of them is the Hog of Death which is a boar that eats children and smells horrible and can be banished by spraying it with perfume 010
Reposted by CJ PowersAnishinabek Nation @anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026(1/2) TW: Readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24h National Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419. September 30th recognizes both #OrangeShirtDay & #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation. 18090
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. 618553
Reposted by CJ PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Warren: "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.'" 23992322988
Reposted by CJ Powersfeeb | yuritober!! @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 113136226618
Reposted by CJ PowersThe Spectre Of Communism 👻 @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. 21021284
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. 17320741169
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
CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To be fair... I also don't sleep when I'm tired 140
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 12371279
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 262884666
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. 181276558
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. 561622597
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