Scott Michael Powers
@scottfist.bsky.social
Indie author; Retired journalist; Lucky husband; Proud father; Reds & Spurs fan; Rocker; Florida man; Free speech & press warrior; Love, peace, mercy, & DEI fan; Antifascist; Human. Latest great American novel: THE MURDER PLAGUE.
I like this idea.
I’ve done it before.
Few passions are more motivational than anger.
I’ve done it before.
Few passions are more motivational than anger.
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I like this idea.
I’ve done it before.
Few passions are more motivational than anger.
I’ve done it before.
Few passions are more motivational than anger.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Li’l Marco tries so hard to put adult spins on what his boss says and does, but no one buys it. I bet he’s dinking a lot lately.
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Li’l Marco tries so hard to put adult spins on what his boss says and does, but no one buys it. I bet he’s dinking a lot lately.
“Words are the most powerful tool we have.”
Vonnegut Estate, Authors, and Student Plaintiffs Take Utah to Court Over the Freedom to Read - ACLU of Utah
In Vonnegut v. Utah, plaintiffs argue that portions of HB29 (Sensitive Material Review Law) are unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.
www.acluutah.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“Words are the most powerful tool we have.”
Journalism must always be ready, willing and able to declare that wrong is wrong, even when those in power argue that wrong is patriotic.
Bari Weiss Is Dead Wrong—Good Journalism Isn’t About Being Pro-America
The CBS boss and her new evening anchor have released new “principles.” Among them: “We Love America.” They have no understanding of journalism—but they sure know where their bread is buttered.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Journalism must always be ready, willing and able to declare that wrong is wrong, even when those in power argue that wrong is patriotic.
Yea!
The Reds picked up a couple more guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time… because a roster can never have too many guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time.
The Reds picked up a couple more guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time… because a roster can never have too many guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time.
Reds add Bleday to outfield mix with 1-year deal
CINCINNATI -- Free-agent outfielder JJ Bleday knew plenty about Cincinnati. Bleday briefly lived across the river with a host family in Newport, Ky., while playing for the renowned Midland travel ball...
www.mlb.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Yea!
The Reds picked up a couple more guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time… because a roster can never have too many guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time.
The Reds picked up a couple more guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time… because a roster can never have too many guys who hit .240 and strike out 30% of the time.
Some excitement at Casa Powers this morning. An injured/sick bald eagle perched in our tree. A team from the local Audubon Center for Birds of Prey had been chasing reports of him all morning & arrived. They lured him down. He could barely fly & flopped into our backyard, where they rescued him.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Some excitement at Casa Powers this morning. An injured/sick bald eagle perched in our tree. A team from the local Audubon Center for Birds of Prey had been chasing reports of him all morning & arrived. They lured him down. He could barely fly & flopped into our backyard, where they rescued him.
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President Convicted Felon, who will never ever get a Nobel Peace Prize even though he badly wants one, dismisses Venezuelan opposition leader & actual Nobel Prize winner as someone who "doesn't have the respect" from people in Venezuela. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
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media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
President Convicted Felon, who will never ever get a Nobel Peace Prize even though he badly wants one, dismisses Venezuelan opposition leader & actual Nobel Prize winner as someone who "doesn't have the respect" from people in Venezuela. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
Last night, at midnight, we opened up the back door and said, “2025? Get the fuck out here! Go on, now, get! Beat it.” Then we slammed the door, went to the front door, opened it, and said, “Ahhh, 2026? Come on in, come on! Welcome.”
Hopefully, that set a new tone.
Hopefully, that set a new tone.
January 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Last night, at midnight, we opened up the back door and said, “2025? Get the fuck out here! Go on, now, get! Beat it.” Then we slammed the door, went to the front door, opened it, and said, “Ahhh, 2026? Come on in, come on! Welcome.”
Hopefully, that set a new tone.
Hopefully, that set a new tone.
I don't mean to belittle any author who is writing books quickly. To each her own.
But, come on. There's writing, and then there's writing.
I'm reading a self-help book on publishing that includes a chapter entitled, "How to Write An Entire Book in 30 Days or Less."
Sheesh.
But, come on. There's writing, and then there's writing.
I'm reading a self-help book on publishing that includes a chapter entitled, "How to Write An Entire Book in 30 Days or Less."
Sheesh.
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I don't mean to belittle any author who is writing books quickly. To each her own.
But, come on. There's writing, and then there's writing.
I'm reading a self-help book on publishing that includes a chapter entitled, "How to Write An Entire Book in 30 Days or Less."
Sheesh.
But, come on. There's writing, and then there's writing.
I'm reading a self-help book on publishing that includes a chapter entitled, "How to Write An Entire Book in 30 Days or Less."
Sheesh.
Reposted by Scott Michael Powers
The big differences, other than ideology: 1) Beth Macy has integrity, JD Vance has none; 2) Macy has courage, Vance is a coward; 3) Macy cares about people, Vance doesn't GAF... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The big differences, other than ideology: 1) Beth Macy has integrity, JD Vance has none; 2) Macy has courage, Vance is a coward; 3) Macy cares about people, Vance doesn't GAF... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
Courage. Integrity.
@pw.org Poets & Writers mag turns down $70k NEA grant because federal funding now “conditioned on exclusion, erasure, and scapegoating.” First time in 25 years the NEA logo won’t be on masthead.
(Now soliciting private donations to cover shortfall.)
@pw.org Poets & Writers mag turns down $70k NEA grant because federal funding now “conditioned on exclusion, erasure, and scapegoating.” First time in 25 years the NEA logo won’t be on masthead.
(Now soliciting private donations to cover shortfall.)
From Poets & Writers, Inc.
A Message From the Executive DirectorThe mission of Poets & Writers is to serve creative writers, and it is a privilege for me and my colleagues to carry out that mission. Our core values—integrity, s...
www.pw.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Courage. Integrity.
@pw.org Poets & Writers mag turns down $70k NEA grant because federal funding now “conditioned on exclusion, erasure, and scapegoating.” First time in 25 years the NEA logo won’t be on masthead.
(Now soliciting private donations to cover shortfall.)
@pw.org Poets & Writers mag turns down $70k NEA grant because federal funding now “conditioned on exclusion, erasure, and scapegoating.” First time in 25 years the NEA logo won’t be on masthead.
(Now soliciting private donations to cover shortfall.)
Nothing says “standing up for Christians” like killing people on Christmas.
#Trumpinsanity
He's so desperate to start a war and suspend elections! We know their playlist.
He's so desperate to start a war and suspend elections! We know their playlist.
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Nothing says “standing up for Christians” like killing people on Christmas.
There is nobody better at this than Nancy Sinatra. We need her to move to Blue Sky.
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There is nobody better at this than Nancy Sinatra. We need her to move to Blue Sky.
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You guys, I don't know. I think the reason the Spurs keep beating the pants off the defending champions is they themselves might be a good basketball team.
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You guys, I don't know. I think the reason the Spurs keep beating the pants off the defending champions is they themselves might be a good basketball team.
I'm pleased to announce I have added a "No AI" symbol to my website, scottmichaelpowers.com. And I mean it.
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm pleased to announce I have added a "No AI" symbol to my website, scottmichaelpowers.com. And I mean it.
I want to buy Canada a beer.
The funny part? More people will watch it now due to the controversy than would have watched it during a normal airing. 😂 Whoopsi, was it supposed to be secret? Oops, we didn't know that 😂
December 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I want to buy Canada a beer.
I stand corrected from an earlier post. Spiking this story is pure unadulterated capitulation to a corrupt, inhumane, and anti-freedom regime. Shame CBS!
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I stand corrected from an earlier post. Spiking this story is pure unadulterated capitulation to a corrupt, inhumane, and anti-freedom regime. Shame CBS!
I just finished my latest short story, “Disposable Girl.” It’s a harsh story—so much so, that I felt I had to write a disclaimer.
Yet I think “Disposable Girl” is a story so good that, for better or worse, it'll define me as a writer.
Coming soon enough, I hope, to a really cool journal near you.
Yet I think “Disposable Girl” is a story so good that, for better or worse, it'll define me as a writer.
Coming soon enough, I hope, to a really cool journal near you.
Disposable Girl: a short story - Scott Michael Powers
A disturbing story that envisions the amoral code of 21st-century wannabe Übermensch.
scottmichaelpowers.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I just finished my latest short story, “Disposable Girl.” It’s a harsh story—so much so, that I felt I had to write a disclaimer.
Yet I think “Disposable Girl” is a story so good that, for better or worse, it'll define me as a writer.
Coming soon enough, I hope, to a really cool journal near you.
Yet I think “Disposable Girl” is a story so good that, for better or worse, it'll define me as a writer.
Coming soon enough, I hope, to a really cool journal near you.
There‘re good reasons to be suspicious of CBS.
But EVERY good reporter EVER has stories tossed back at them by editors with, “this needs additional reporting.” We sulk and bitch. Then, when we stop whining, we do more reporting.
It’s an important function within good journalism. We’ll have to see.
But EVERY good reporter EVER has stories tossed back at them by editors with, “this needs additional reporting.” We sulk and bitch. Then, when we stop whining, we do more reporting.
It’s an important function within good journalism. We’ll have to see.
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
There‘re good reasons to be suspicious of CBS.
But EVERY good reporter EVER has stories tossed back at them by editors with, “this needs additional reporting.” We sulk and bitch. Then, when we stop whining, we do more reporting.
It’s an important function within good journalism. We’ll have to see.
But EVERY good reporter EVER has stories tossed back at them by editors with, “this needs additional reporting.” We sulk and bitch. Then, when we stop whining, we do more reporting.
It’s an important function within good journalism. We’ll have to see.
It’s hard now to feel any sympathy for the Fighting Irish, after they acted like crybabies, took their football, and went home, because they didn’t get their way.
Wow surely Notre Dame could’ve beaten either of these teams. Too bad they never had the chance to do so this season.
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It’s hard now to feel any sympathy for the Fighting Irish, after they acted like crybabies, took their football, and went home, because they didn’t get their way.
Why isn’t the Major League Baseball Players Association standing up for and with union brothers and sisters?
Well the Dodgers union busting worked again.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Why isn’t the Major League Baseball Players Association standing up for and with union brothers and sisters?
A question needs to be asked and explored:
Did Epstein have an attraction for some of the world’s richest and most-privileged men other than an ability to discretely pimp 14-year-old girls? Why did they come to him?
Did Epstein have an attraction for some of the world’s richest and most-privileged men other than an ability to discretely pimp 14-year-old girls? Why did they come to him?
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A question needs to be asked and explored:
Did Epstein have an attraction for some of the world’s richest and most-privileged men other than an ability to discretely pimp 14-year-old girls? Why did they come to him?
Did Epstein have an attraction for some of the world’s richest and most-privileged men other than an ability to discretely pimp 14-year-old girls? Why did they come to him?
"#Bankless people."
Interesting column in @mysanantonio.com re: trend of businesses to go cashless: Some folks have no access to banks, cards, digital wallets.
I have a 2nd concern: F*** you, if you think I'm going to put my coffee, hamburger, or whiskey on a card to be tracked. I'll go elsewhere.
Interesting column in @mysanantonio.com re: trend of businesses to go cashless: Some folks have no access to banks, cards, digital wallets.
I have a 2nd concern: F*** you, if you think I'm going to put my coffee, hamburger, or whiskey on a card to be tracked. I'll go elsewhere.
In a cashless world, San Antonio must protect the unbanked
By rejecting cash, businesses may be infringing on universal access to commerce.
www.expressnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"#Bankless people."
Interesting column in @mysanantonio.com re: trend of businesses to go cashless: Some folks have no access to banks, cards, digital wallets.
I have a 2nd concern: F*** you, if you think I'm going to put my coffee, hamburger, or whiskey on a card to be tracked. I'll go elsewhere.
Interesting column in @mysanantonio.com re: trend of businesses to go cashless: Some folks have no access to banks, cards, digital wallets.
I have a 2nd concern: F*** you, if you think I'm going to put my coffee, hamburger, or whiskey on a card to be tracked. I'll go elsewhere.