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Fletcher Powell

@fletcherpowell.bsky.social
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Program Director, producer, host, and movie critic at KMUW Wichita. Co-host of the PMJA award-winning public radio show and podcast You’re Saying It Wrong. “Pearl-clutching" - Forbes.com

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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A GHOST STORY (Lowery, 2017)
A drawing of a white-sheet ghost with black round eyes and mouth, legs coming out the bottom of the sheet, and BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! written down the right side of the page.
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That tracks
****LANGUAGE ADVISORY**** Please be advised that the word "fuck" is bleeped in an actuality at 1:29 into ""BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT VOICE""
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
same
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What's an example of perfect casting?
A shirtless man starting at the camera

Burt Lancaster in THE SWIMMER (1968)
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hey @merriam-webster.com, this is a surprising example sentence for "hale"! Also apparently it's from Sports Illustrated?
Galatasaray'ın ertelenmiş sorunları birike birike bu hale geldi.

- SI.com, 24 Jan. 2018
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Haha fuck you
New: Connect Dropbox to Claude and ChatGPT
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Drop whatever you're doing and see this summer's best movie, about a man on a boat who just wants to get home even though it seems impossible he ever will, as if time itself were against him I'm talking of course about ROSE OF NEVADA
Callum Turner and George MacKay looking confused or concerned in ROSE OF NEVADA
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I always wonder what the thought process is behind when people decide to use apostrophes and when they don’t
Week 1: Ice Cream
Week 2: Bracelets
Week 3: Fans
Week 4: Popsicle’s
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Every thumbnail of Hassett looks exactly like this
Kevin Hassett on Fox Business looking like even he can’t believe what he’s saying
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A gray and white cat sleeping on a couch… with one watchful eye slightly open
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
wut
Spell check suggesting I change "glimpse" to "limose," "gl'impese," or "gl'impose"
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Took a shot at ghormeh sabzi tonight
A bowl of ghormeh sabzi
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
How about my proprietary go fuck yourself pipeline
Paradise Lost will be produced through Ex Machina Studios’ proprietary AI-enabled production pipeline
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
AFP article from November 17, 2022: Brazil’s reclusive Bolsonaro has a skin infection, ‘cannot wear pants’
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Tangential, but related to “good uses of bad license plates”
A Virginia license plate with the Don’t Tread on Me snake in the center and the letters SNK OMG around it
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“I understand that it might have been really difficult for you when I blocked your shot and I know how that feels because I, too, have had my shot blocked.”
A video with the caption “Cameron Boozer protects rim with empathetic rejection.”
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
There’s a headline
Quadruple amputee cornhole professional jailed on murder charges
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day like any true Irishman
An empty bottle of Bulleit Rye
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Athletic needs to work on when they schedule their emails (this just came into my inbox seven minutes ago)
An email from The Athletic with a headline that reads, “Undefeated Miami (Ohio) is already a college hoops Cinderella.” Miami lost a few hours ago.
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A link to a gizmodo article titled, “Gas Tax Holiday Floated as Band-Aid for Skyrocketing Prices at the Pump”
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Kansas Department of Transportation is offering up a lot of information today
A press release that reads: I-70 closed in both directions between Colby and Oakley
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin (underway/scheduled to start) <Project type, don't copy right from the headline, instead expand on it slightly>, <Day of the Week, Month, Day, or close to date if scheduled, if underway don't include this> along <roads> in <areas> from <exact location of project>. This <essential, significant or other useful adjective> project will <personal benefit (ensure the benefit is truly impactful and relevant to the projects scope and scale>.
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Keith Brymer-Jones crying
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Biscuit time
A beautiful gray and white cat in profile making biscuits on a blanket with the sun shining on the lower half of him
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Snowstorm round three (no more snow today): miso buttermilk biscuits and gravy
A tray of 16 homemade miso buttermilk biscuitsTwo miso buttermilk biscuits covered in sausage gravy
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Snowstorm round two: baked pasta with harissa bolognese
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Snowstorm round one (thanks @jordankirtley.bsky.social!)
A plate of homemade French toast with bananas
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Well.
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
How I’m walking out of 2025
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The Kroger had one banana
A large grocery store shelf, empty except for one banana
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
My large boy Ulee is happy we have a Christmas tree again this year
A large gray and white cat leaning against a Christmas tree
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
A movie that takes place where you’re from. It’s never stated but I maintain LOOPER has to take place in Wichita. Not the best movie set in Wichita though, that would be WICHITA.
A still from LOOPER showing Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a crouched man with a bag over his head.
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
There was another…
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Remembering some things
AFP news article from November 17, 2022. Headline reads, “Brazil’s reclusive Bolsonaro has a skin infection, ‘cannot wear pants’”
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Well that’s a lot of hail
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Hello, Mr. Pocket
Tom Waits in THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I have questions
A headline that reads, “Richardson dislocated pinkie on big sack, exits”
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Oh my god I just learned about the dumbo octopus
An octopus with what appears to be large earsAn octopus with what appears to be large earsAn octopus with what appears to be large earsAn octopus with what appears to be large ears
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My beautiful, enormous boy Ulee is nine years old today. He just grows more enormous and beautiful each day. Happy birthday, little bug!
A small gray and white kitten yelling at the cameraA large gray and white cat with a regal tailA large gray and white cat posing proudly on a couch
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Top 10 lists usually just give me anxiety, but this was pretty clear cut. Zillions of movies at #11, of course.
My choices for the 10 best movies of the century:

THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION

SYNECDOCHE, NY

MOONLIGHT

PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN FIRE

TROPICAL MALADY

CLOSE YOUR EYES

NICKEL BOYS

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

A HIDDEN LIFE
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
And here’s my Monrovians hat from Ebbets Flannels, pretty sharp
A black hat with orange “W” and “M” on the front
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Movie poster for Babe: Pig In the CityMovie poster for Babe: Pig in the City
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The AL Central is wild
The standings in the American League Central, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, Minnesota, ChicagoThe current winning streaks of the teams in the American League Central, five wins, three wins, seven wins, six wins, one win
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Jollof rice and plantains
A plate of jollof rice and fried plantains
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The kids are alright
“Sponsored by Howard the Duck” written in black marker on a large green utility box
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
There will be though, you broke the top 100 in 2019 and the name has been blowing up since…
A table from the Social Security Administration showing the increasing popularity of the name “Kai”
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Doing that butter chicken
A pot of butter chicken
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
share some of the best eyes in movies
Ana Torrent in THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Even worse now!
1710 AQI in Wichita, Kansas
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
AQI in Wichita, Kansas is at 1083 as of 4pm
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