Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So it wasn't moving his bed to the hallway, or moving his water and food bowls to the box for the charity shop; it was opening the cupboard and seeing all the unused rolls of doggy bags that made me burst into tears. Unguarded. Hilarious, and oh so painful. No more pain, my baby. 000
Reposted by Ren PowellDave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This week in the poetry blogs with @johnsiddique.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @kathrynanna.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @myheadtheforest.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...vianegativa.usPoetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 28A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere. 144
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Don't know what is says about me besides signaling my age. Don't know what it says about cultural trends. But is this Leif Garret? 100
Reposted by Ren PowellNose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Books are amazing #booksky 292507317
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I miss the days when countries made agreements, not deals. 000
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Obviously, if Wes Anderson made a documentary it'd be Billy & Molly. 010
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m... Isn't forcing him to make a political donation a form of extortion.cnn.comSinclair ends its Jimmy Kimmel boycott | CNN BusinessThe blackout of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is halfway over. 010
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Good news in the news. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comHuntington's disease successfully treated for first timeOne of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC. 021
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Even here on bluesky, the left doesn't hold together- it smacks one another down like 15 year-old mean girls or 19 year-old college boys with a pamphlet in one pocket and a joint in the other, saying he wants to discuss Sartre but actually wants to make sure you know he's the only one who's right. 010
Reposted by Ren PowellRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people. 925283988548
Reposted by Ren PowellAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press 52073142541
Reposted by Ren PowellPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🚨🚨 If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be: "the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute." BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE 🚨🚨 11452187
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I thought the story was a pumpkin that turned into a golden carriage, not a golden carriage with a pumpkin *inside*. 000
Reposted by Ren PowellSixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 15/09/2025It’s probably not too far-fetched to say that @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social describes the secret wish of all poets!hollylynwalrath.bsky.socialBluesky 051
Reposted by Ren PowellDr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 13/09/2025One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it? 7967581468
Reposted by Ren PowellSara Hummingbird @sarahumm.bsky.social · 14/09/2025This is dark and reminds me of another time. Fascism doesn't have pleasant outcomes. 3203
Reposted by Ren Powell🎃👻 Rob for Apples 👻🎃 @robwillb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening. 913011787
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 14/09/2025www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/u... And the Tiktok generation invents... hobbies.cnn.comPeople are assigning themselves homework — for fun | CNNPeople are coming up with their own “personal curriculums” to combat brain rot, improve their attention spans and enrich their minds. 010
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Social media is a house of mirrors. I give up on it as a source of information. post-truth is the only truth I'll acknowledge. 010
Reposted by Ren PowellCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2025“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... 1920169946240
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 13/09/2025www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...aftenposten.noHvorfor omtaler Aftenposten, VG og NRK Charlie Kirk som «konservativ»?Risikerer å hvitvaske ekstremisme, skriver Andreas Bjørnbekk. 000
Reposted by Ren PowellRebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Live your life in such a way that if people directly quote you after your death, no one will accuse them of "speaking ill of the dead." 9621126
Reposted by Ren PowellShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 12/09/2025We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.thenation.comLet’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really WasThe right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. 425101932798
Reposted by Ren PowellKurt Bardella @kurtbardella.bsky.social · 12/09/2025If you were a part of this chorus or didn’t speak out against this kind of hate-mongering when Paul Pelosi was brutally attacked, I could care less what you think now about how “the left” is reacting to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 1214653
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Asking people to report on people... how is this even real? Today I am mourning the country I grew up in It's gone. 100
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...snopes.comCharlie Kirk once said empathy was 'made-up, new age term'The authentic quote from the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA circulated online following his fatal shooting on Sept. 10, 2025. 000
Reposted by Ren PowellMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/09/2025"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do to stop my simpleminded nephew from destroying your country." 15898862531
Reposted by Ren PowellJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 31/08/2025today's Giuliani news feels like when you're watching season 5 of a TV series after they've already added so many new characters & plot lines that you can hardly keep up, & then for some inexplicable reason, the writers bring back some random character from season 1 and you're like WTF?!? 602302204
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 15/08/2025With alligator Alcatraz, am I the only one thinking Idu Amin and that there are a lot of people who should be tested for syphilis? 100
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Could be I'm streaming too much these days, but this is giving me Hunger Game vibes. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington DCTrump says homeless people must go "far" from the nation's capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back. 020
Reposted by Ren PowellKathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look. 10497152
Reposted by Ren PowellBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/08/2025None of the blatant evil from Trump, the GOP and MAGA has surprised me. What’s surprised me most is the lack of fight, the belly-showing, the outright cowardice, from so much of American society. Boy did the myth of American strength oversell itself. Don’t like what I’m saying? Prove me wrong. 1735889
Reposted by Ren PowellPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.nbcnews.comVirginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicideOther Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out. 581241967674
Reposted by Ren PowellProf Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better 299244395124
Reposted by Ren Powellhux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Was testing out my new sleepband headphones and couldn’t work out why I could hear my audiobook faintly very far away…. Yeah I’d connected to a neighbours Bluetooth speaker and was blaring Lemm Sissay at them 2432
Reposted by Ren PowellMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine 173136191437
Reposted by Ren PowellThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/07/2025Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’ 493209913777
Ren Powell @ren-powell.bsky.social · 07/07/2025At the airport, realizing whining has the same melody in every language. 120
Reposted by Ren PowellMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/07/2025And... they misspelled "AUSCHWITZ." 969160843373
Reposted by Ren PowellMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/07/2025Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review. Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted." 2756215677993
Reposted by Ren PowellEllie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025This month is Disability Pride! I am a disabled author & illustrator of books that range from novels to novellas & short stories to illustrated children's books! ellielieberman.weebly.com 💙📚 #disabilitypride #booksky 📚💙ellielieberman.weebly.comMy SiteWords are magic, and Ellie Lieberman has been enamored with the magic of storytelling since before she could hold a pencil. She learned how to write so she could write her stories. Though her books... 135530