Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 13hI even wrote 500 words today, most I think I will keep. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 13hThe last line I wrote of the story I am working on because no context. "The central corridor led past his "closet," once a supply room, across from the crew quarters. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 14hHell, my 18 year old car doesn't even have bluetooth. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am currently wandering in the woods looking for a path to publish. I am too poor to properly self publish and too unknown and green for traditional publishing, if also not too old to be considered a risk. I try not to consider it and continue to write, but the idea is always there. 031
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'll write a post explaining the easy parts of writing when I discover them. Writing a story is the most difficult thing I have yet attempted. Unlike electronics or coding there is no correct method. A circuit or a program works or doesn't. A story depends on the audience. It's hard. 021
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Was I productive today? I dunno, you judge. 021
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is both funny and terribly sad. As a species we normalize death and destruction, then go on about our lives. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In the Old Man's Legacy, my MC can't escape the weight of solitude. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sorry, I don't care for coffee. I am also not interviewing. They keep asking me where I think I'll be in 15-20 years. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This thread is required reading for anyone writing a book or wants to understand the publishing industry from the viewpoint of the writer. Thank you @tkingfisher.com At this point in my fledging non-career in writing I would love to be paid enough to celebrate publishing a story. 030
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I peeked over the rim one time and then the republicans deregulated the banks and cause the great resession. 021
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This does not bode well. It's still September, and I turned on the electric underfloor heating in my bathroom. Tootsies were cold on the tile. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It took three tries, but I finally got the timing correct for cooking a hard, what would normally be boiled, egg in the new air fryer. 23 minutes at 250F. It doesn't save much time but it speeds the cleanup. 110
Reposted by Dennis M PowersRandy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🎶 Oh, what a beautiful moron… 🎶 ALL NEW! “Dummy with the Wig on Top” 🌽🤠 #DummyWithTheWigOnTop #RandyRainbowyoutu.beDummy with the Wig On Top - A Randy Rainbow Song ParodyYouTube video by Randy Rainbow 24639210
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am not sure which is the worst thing to happen to my MC in the Old Man's Legacy, that everyone he knows and love dies with everyone else in the country or that he lives. I am not sure he ever overcomes it, but he finds a sliver of hope in a bedraggled kitten. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My first three novels were about a young man surrounded by young people on a young world. The novels need work. My short stories are about old guys. Two got published. The Old Man's Legacy and The Last Janitor #WIP have elderly retired protagonists. As my friend said, there seems to be a trend. 020
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tuna melts in my new air fryer toaster oven. *chef's kiss.static.klipy.comPacha Perfection MemeAlt: Pacha Perfection Meme 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What was your first computer growing up? When I was "growing up," computers looked like these. The first computer I worked with was a DEC PDP-11 as the controller for test equipment. The first computer I built (for someone else) was an Altair 8800. The first I owned was a Commodore VIC-20. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At 8:05 PM Eastern Time, begins my long dark journey into cold. Not sure if I have enough socks. 000
Reposted by Dennis M PowersRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support.youtu.beHow to Rebuild America After TrumpHow will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha 63807319
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I now wear a hoodie inside the house, and I don't like it. The season of complaining about the cold is upon us. Heaven help those within earshot. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Cause We've Ended As Lovers", Matteo Mancuso's tribute to the legendary Jeff Beck, with Riccardo Oliva on bass and Gianluca Pellerito on drums. youtu.be/KGV9dq4VPbU?...youtu.beMatteo Mancuso "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" Tribute to Jeff Beck - Montreux Guitar Show #MIGSYouTube video by Montreux International Guitar Show 162
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I remember this "innovation," which at the time, it was. The remote contained mechanical chimes, to click to power on or off, change the channel and volume. I worked for a TV & Stereo repair shop at the time. We got a lot of calls because people could change the channel by jingling their keys. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How would you describe your social media reach. Here’s mine.static.klipy.comGrampa Simpson: Old Man Yells At Cloud MemeAlt: Grampa Simpson: Old Man Yells At Cloud Meme 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It tastes so good, so then, why is melted cheese so hard to clean up? This is a rhetorical question. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Because it's a nice day out and I'm not feeling grumpy, here's "Open Fields" by the incredibly talented Matteo Mancuso and his trio: Riccardo Oliva on bass and Gianluca Pellerito on drums.youtu.beMatteo Mancuso - Open Fields (Multi-Cam/Pro-Audio) - Live at Alvas Showroom 1/29/24YouTube video by (NEW) Jairo Camacho 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Old Man's Legacy elevator pitch. Fifteen years after a mysterious global apocalypse, a boat of survivors arrives on the Virginia shore looking for the source of a radio signal. Who and what they find could determine the fate of the human race. 030
Reposted by Dennis M PowersRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. 349103004252
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The top twenty models hallucinate (lie or are wrong) 50% to 94% of the time. The what isn't AI but is being marketed as such may kill us because people are fucking stupid. Case in point.hai.stanford.eduResponsible AI | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAIThis chapter examines responsible AI across the dimensions of safety, fairness, transparency, and governance, and the measurement gaps that persist. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An album I listen to on repeat that never gets old. Pat Metheny Group featuring Lyle Mays Mark Egan Danny Gottliebyoutu.bePhase DanceYouTube video by Pat Metheny Group - Topic 231
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A new Barnes & Noble opened not far from me, and today I checked it out. The sci-fi/fantsy section was woefully small, but I did find some interesting books in the new noteworthy sections. @wiswell.bsky.social 1111
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"researchers at the University of Arizona argue that late-life cognition is a natural phase of human development, one that prioritizes wisdom over details." Still trying to find that wisdom. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 17/09/202620 Year old me would be annoyed that all the old people are in control, making the decisions and ignoring him for being so young. Present me wishes he could slap some sense into 20 year old me and tell him to stop being a self-centered, arrogant twit. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We need more government agencies to act like this. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026While large parts of our government have been coopted by fascist idealogues with the intelligence of a syphilitic rhesus monkey, one department has so far been working, unlike the HHS, to keep us safe with wit, charm and useful information. I highly recommend you give them a follow. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026First: AI doesn't exist, it's a marketing term for learning algorithms. Second: LLMs (chatbots) hallucinate 22%-94% of the time with the popular ones 82%-94% of the time and can not be trusted to give valid information especially when it is critical. They are less reliable than a broken calculator.hai.stanford.eduResponsible AI | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAIThis chapter examines responsible AI across the dimensions of safety, fairness, transparency, and governance, and the measurement gaps that persist. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am so glad the rooster one street over is as sleep dysfunctional as I am and crows at a reasonable time 11:56 am today. 020
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is so oddly specific and yet literally happened. I was playing a Chicago Transit Authority 8-track in my aftermarket 8-track tape player while cruising along I-80 in my van when (as they did) the tape unspooled onto the floor. I pulled over and missed the 20 vehicle accident occurring ahead. 320
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ack! This is embarrassing. I've been working with PC's since their inception. I was a beta tester for OSX and Windows 95 because I ran a multiline BBS (and knew two developers, one from each company), and today I just figured out how to create a Windows keyboard shortcut to activate a program. 020
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July, because of the republican led congress. More than 1.2 million children are going hungry. More than 1.2 million children. Children are going hungry. 1.2 million children. Because of republicans. Vote blue. 000
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Trying to describe tonight's late-night writing session. 010
Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Age #TWPGE #WritingPrompt #PromptGame #WriteSky 010
