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CJ Powers

@cjpowerswrites.bsky.social
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33 • She/they • Ace • Despite the last name my telekinesis remains dormant. Author, actor, DM, professional silly goose • LEST WE FORGET (Fantasy/cosmic horror, thalassophobia, multi-pov)

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Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 3h
The 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.
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Man...
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Sad Totoro in the Rain
Alt: Sad girl from Totoro in the Rain
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Bucks 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.”
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kat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026
this 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 zines
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How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
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T.A. Blackstone (Tony) 🔞 @ta-blackstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am 1,000% serious when I say that ChatGPT needs to be permanently taken offline for everyone's safety.
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Numbcat9 @numbcat9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What 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.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ice can not be reformed it must be destroyed.
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Hell-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
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/alis...
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have 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
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This 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
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026
the 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
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T.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also a great time to support FurAffinity. Not a book, but we are all in this together www.gofundme.com/f/support-fu...
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Donate to Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding, organized by Susan Hess
Hey there Fuzzies! Recently, there has been a lot of conversation about censor… Susan Hess needs your support for Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 05/10/2026
A 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.
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A Kansas City nonprofit turned vacant lots into free fruit orchards. It's branched out nationwide
A simple concept from Kansas City is sweeping the country. Planting fruit trees on vacant lots and making the produce fr
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Really 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)
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ohhhh this is going to HURT
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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You 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
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Dani Yuan 🔜 LBX @dagger6.art · 03/10/2026
FurAffinity (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.
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­­ ­ ­ the­ ­­ ­ ­ ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 03/10/2026
PRO 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
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 02/10/2026
I 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.
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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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.
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LA 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.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ATTENTION COMIC NERDS!
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Repost this if trans people should have access to dark magic...
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I WILL!
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am in Minneapolis and this is on my calendar now!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the 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
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
When 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)
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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dhs can not be reformed it must be destroyed.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’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...
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Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim
With 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.
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Here lies JD. He drew as many comics as he could. @lostcity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There 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.
Joyce Carol Oates says: “This is why Al-generated romance novels make perfect sense. Formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, so to speak; what difference does it make if a machine "writes" it? There are machine-made clothes & there are custom-made clothes. They appeal to
different consumers.“
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Cassandra Miller’s Monster Chiller Horror Theater—AWOOOO @tiptransformed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Venn diagram = Circle
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I 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 firings
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Something 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)
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I 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
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Anishinabek 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.
(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.(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.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@ThoughtSlime

People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "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.'"
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’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
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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The Spectre Of Communism 👻 @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
its 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.
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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know what? I have absolutely no problem posting this. I hope it follows them for years.
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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, 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/cknightwrites
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Become a supporter of Charlie Knight today!
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Exactly!
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CJ Powers @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To be fair... I also don't sleep when I'm tired
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 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
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There’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
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
NEW: 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...
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You 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 Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Michael 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.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 19/09/2026
It'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.
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