Jon Powell, PhD
@bafomet.bsky.social
Medievalist, graphic designer, web designer, oncology continuing education specialist, cat dad, rabble rouser, geek
Mid-morning Confessions:
For several months (maybe many?) back in 1981, I loved singing Red Rider’s big hit:
Let me take French,
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
The song rocked even if I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
For several months (maybe many?) back in 1981, I loved singing Red Rider’s big hit:
Let me take French,
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
The song rocked even if I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mid-morning Confessions:
For several months (maybe many?) back in 1981, I loved singing Red Rider’s big hit:
Let me take French,
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
The song rocked even if I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
For several months (maybe many?) back in 1981, I loved singing Red Rider’s big hit:
Let me take French,
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
The song rocked even if I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
Halloween Costume Ideas:
Christmas tree destroyed by cats
Malibu Karen Barbie
Trailer Trash Klingon
Predator Garbage Collector
Christmas tree destroyed by cats
Malibu Karen Barbie
Trailer Trash Klingon
Predator Garbage Collector
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Halloween Costume Ideas:
Christmas tree destroyed by cats
Malibu Karen Barbie
Trailer Trash Klingon
Predator Garbage Collector
Christmas tree destroyed by cats
Malibu Karen Barbie
Trailer Trash Klingon
Predator Garbage Collector
• Right wing men: “Women need men because we can change an alternator.”
• Everyone else: “You do know that women can just go to mechanics. What women want is someone who is kind and caring.”
• Everyone else: “You do know that women can just go to mechanics. What women want is someone who is kind and caring.”
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
• Right wing men: “Women need men because we can change an alternator.”
• Everyone else: “You do know that women can just go to mechanics. What women want is someone who is kind and caring.”
• Everyone else: “You do know that women can just go to mechanics. What women want is someone who is kind and caring.”
Halloween Costumes:
Jeffrey Dahmer: FDA Meat Inspector
Rasputin: Trump
Political Consultant
Jeffrey Dahmer: FDA Meat Inspector
Rasputin: Trump
Political Consultant
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Halloween Costumes:
Jeffrey Dahmer: FDA Meat Inspector
Rasputin: Trump
Political Consultant
Jeffrey Dahmer: FDA Meat Inspector
Rasputin: Trump
Political Consultant
Jason Voorhees: Relationship Counselor
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Jason Voorhees: Relationship Counselor
Halloween Display I’d like to see:
Rosemary’s Baby’s Gender Reveal
Rosemary’s Baby’s Gender Reveal
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Halloween Display I’d like to see:
Rosemary’s Baby’s Gender Reveal
Rosemary’s Baby’s Gender Reveal
I think it would be great if someone edited an anthology about Freedom. Basically having various SF/F authors exploring the concept in different ways: political, cultural, religious, social, etc.
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think it would be great if someone edited an anthology about Freedom. Basically having various SF/F authors exploring the concept in different ways: political, cultural, religious, social, etc.
Costume Ideas:
Little Zombie on the Prairie
Great American Bake Off: Xenomorph Edition
Dracula: Walmart Employee
Professional Wolfman Wrestling
Little Zombie on the Prairie
Great American Bake Off: Xenomorph Edition
Dracula: Walmart Employee
Professional Wolfman Wrestling
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Costume Ideas:
Little Zombie on the Prairie
Great American Bake Off: Xenomorph Edition
Dracula: Walmart Employee
Professional Wolfman Wrestling
Little Zombie on the Prairie
Great American Bake Off: Xenomorph Edition
Dracula: Walmart Employee
Professional Wolfman Wrestling
• Me to Luna (a cat): “You’ve been throwing up a lot. Should I be calling you Yarkimedes?”
• Luna: “Your humor, like your personality, has the buoyancy of lead.”
• Me: “Ooh! Low blow!”
• Luna: “I could go lower, but you’ve already sunk among the infinitesimals.”
• Luna: “Your humor, like your personality, has the buoyancy of lead.”
• Me: “Ooh! Low blow!”
• Luna: “I could go lower, but you’ve already sunk among the infinitesimals.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
• Me to Luna (a cat): “You’ve been throwing up a lot. Should I be calling you Yarkimedes?”
• Luna: “Your humor, like your personality, has the buoyancy of lead.”
• Me: “Ooh! Low blow!”
• Luna: “I could go lower, but you’ve already sunk among the infinitesimals.”
• Luna: “Your humor, like your personality, has the buoyancy of lead.”
• Me: “Ooh! Low blow!”
• Luna: “I could go lower, but you’ve already sunk among the infinitesimals.”
A lot of men depict women as helpless and therefore needing a man to take care of here. These same men also opine that they need a woman to make them sandwiches because they don't know how to feed themselves.
October 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A lot of men depict women as helpless and therefore needing a man to take care of here. These same men also opine that they need a woman to make them sandwiches because they don't know how to feed themselves.
Reposted by Jon Powell, PhD
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
You know, I never feel fat, not really. I’ve always felt just like me. But then I put my hands on my belly, and I, well, feel fat, technically speaking. And then I tell myself, “Nope! Not making that mistake again!”
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
You know, I never feel fat, not really. I’ve always felt just like me. But then I put my hands on my belly, and I, well, feel fat, technically speaking. And then I tell myself, “Nope! Not making that mistake again!”
• Jeong, sighing: “It’s so difficult being the only adult in this house.”
• Me, taken aback: “You do know that your father, myself, and the kids are all adults, right?”
• Jeong: “You’re so cute when you think you’re making any sense.”
• Me, taken aback: “You do know that your father, myself, and the kids are all adults, right?”
• Jeong: “You’re so cute when you think you’re making any sense.”
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
• Jeong, sighing: “It’s so difficult being the only adult in this house.”
• Me, taken aback: “You do know that your father, myself, and the kids are all adults, right?”
• Jeong: “You’re so cute when you think you’re making any sense.”
• Me, taken aback: “You do know that your father, myself, and the kids are all adults, right?”
• Jeong: “You’re so cute when you think you’re making any sense.”
Is there any sign that says one has truly lived more than being the subject of an Oliver Putnam story?
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Is there any sign that says one has truly lived more than being the subject of an Oliver Putnam story?
In Europe, some public bathrooms are unisex. I’m talking about bathrooms with multiple stalls and both genders waiting in line. Nobody cares who else is using the bathroom.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In Europe, some public bathrooms are unisex. I’m talking about bathrooms with multiple stalls and both genders waiting in line. Nobody cares who else is using the bathroom.
The "Great Man of History" genre of academic writing is problematic in many ways. However, one facet that I don't think has been addressed is that the grand majority of these individuals are effing psychopaths and should be identified as such.
October 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The "Great Man of History" genre of academic writing is problematic in many ways. However, one facet that I don't think has been addressed is that the grand majority of these individuals are effing psychopaths and should be identified as such.
Reposted by Jon Powell, PhD
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Israel continues to commit genocide on the Palestinian people so that Israel can fully annex Palestinian lands without having to include Palestinians in the expanded Israeli state.
That’s right: genocide-fueled land grab.
That’s right: genocide-fueled land grab.
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Israel continues to commit genocide on the Palestinian people so that Israel can fully annex Palestinian lands without having to include Palestinians in the expanded Israeli state.
That’s right: genocide-fueled land grab.
That’s right: genocide-fueled land grab.
“The American system is already doing exactly what it was designed to do over 200 years: protect power, absorb pressure, and wait you out. Resistance isn’t a percentage; it is a line you cross. The movements that matter don’t succeed because they’re big. "
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“The American system is already doing exactly what it was designed to do over 200 years: protect power, absorb pressure, and wait you out. Resistance isn’t a percentage; it is a line you cross. The movements that matter don’t succeed because they’re big. "
Volkov said he carried "great pain" and could no longer stay silent about what's happening in his home country.
He said thousands of innocent Palestinians are being killed, and Israeli hostages are kept in terrible conditions for almost two years, and political prisoners are languishing in jails."
He said thousands of innocent Palestinians are being killed, and Israeli hostages are kept in terrible conditions for almost two years, and political prisoners are languishing in jails."
Watch: Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov arrested at protest near Israel-Gaza border
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor denounced Israel's war on Gaza
timesofmalta.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Volkov said he carried "great pain" and could no longer stay silent about what's happening in his home country.
He said thousands of innocent Palestinians are being killed, and Israeli hostages are kept in terrible conditions for almost two years, and political prisoners are languishing in jails."
He said thousands of innocent Palestinians are being killed, and Israeli hostages are kept in terrible conditions for almost two years, and political prisoners are languishing in jails."