Stephen S Power
@stephenspower.bsky.social
Changing the world one page at a time. 30+ years in publishing. Novelist, short story writer, poet and aspiring dramatist. stephenspower.com.
This is how the bigot evangelicals imagine the Rapture.
"A dramatic surge in 911 calls to Minneapolis police have reported arrests by ICE that left cars abandoned in the roadway, blocking traffic — sometimes with dogs still inside. "
www.startribune.com/in-new-york-...
www.startribune.com/in-new-york-...
In New York Times interview, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara rails against ICE tactics
He fears ICE actions in the Twin Cities are undermining public trust his department has rebuilt and could lead to a “breaking point.”
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January 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This is how the bigot evangelicals imagine the Rapture.
1. Death squad members are terrified people will discover they work for ICE.
2. One by one, they will be unmasked.
3. They'll lose friends, family, neighbors and future job prospects.
4. They will never have a home again except among themselves, which is no home.
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2. One by one, they will be unmasked.
3. They'll lose friends, family, neighbors and future job prospects.
4. They will never have a home again except among themselves, which is no home.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
Minneapolis ICE Shooter Told Longtime Neighbor He Was a Botanist: 'I Had No Idea He Was an ICE Agent' (Exclusive)
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, once told neighbors he was a botanist, a woman who lives nearby tells PEOPLE. 'I had no idea he was an ICE agent,' she...
people.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
1. Death squad members are terrified people will discover they work for ICE.
2. One by one, they will be unmasked.
3. They'll lose friends, family, neighbors and future job prospects.
4. They will never have a home again except among themselves, which is no home.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
2. One by one, they will be unmasked.
3. They'll lose friends, family, neighbors and future job prospects.
4. They will never have a home again except among themselves, which is no home.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
Oh wait, yes, I read that wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Oh wait, yes, I read that wrong.
He's actually playing less than during his first term, when he played every 3-4 days. Not bc he's working, but bc he can't manage it physically. His decreasing rounds mark his declining heath.
His scores should too, as recorded by the handicap computer, but he cheats so they can't be trusted.
His scores should too, as recorded by the handicap computer, but he cheats so they can't be trusted.
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
He's actually playing less than during his first term, when he played every 3-4 days. Not bc he's working, but bc he can't manage it physically. His decreasing rounds mark his declining heath.
His scores should too, as recorded by the handicap computer, but he cheats so they can't be trusted.
His scores should too, as recorded by the handicap computer, but he cheats so they can't be trusted.
This is how, I believe, a Simon & Garfunkel song got used in GARDEN STATE.
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This is how, I believe, a Simon & Garfunkel song got used in GARDEN STATE.
I have a theory that Tom Cruise has actually made only one very long movie, which tries to answer the question, Who should I be as a man in Reagan's America?
Watching ONE BATTLE, I'm starting to think that Sean Penn has also made only one movie. His question is, What's the worst a man can be?
Watching ONE BATTLE, I'm starting to think that Sean Penn has also made only one movie. His question is, What's the worst a man can be?
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I have a theory that Tom Cruise has actually made only one very long movie, which tries to answer the question, Who should I be as a man in Reagan's America?
Watching ONE BATTLE, I'm starting to think that Sean Penn has also made only one movie. His question is, What's the worst a man can be?
Watching ONE BATTLE, I'm starting to think that Sean Penn has also made only one movie. His question is, What's the worst a man can be?
Trumpian projection has reached the State Dept. Here's a new warning:
"Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services."
Could describe anywhere ICE is and where American hospitals used to be.
"Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services."
Could describe anywhere ICE is and where American hospitals used to be.
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Trumpian projection has reached the State Dept. Here's a new warning:
"Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services."
Could describe anywhere ICE is and where American hospitals used to be.
"Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services."
Could describe anywhere ICE is and where American hospitals used to be.
We will. While his fellow death squad members were emptying his house of evidence, they were showing where he lived. His neighbors and those who know him will talk and, more importantly, identify the other death squad members he associated with. Their masks will come up slowly, then all at once.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
We will. While his fellow death squad members were emptying his house of evidence, they were showing where he lived. His neighbors and those who know him will talk and, more importantly, identify the other death squad members he associated with. Their masks will come up slowly, then all at once.
Please tell me this is what you said to Alex on the new Taskmaster.
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Please tell me this is what you said to Alex on the new Taskmaster.
I saw him 30 years ago in a club in Gainesville FL and the musicianship in his bang was unreal. At one point he faced the bassist and they started playing each other's instruments, then two other bandmembers stood behind each of them, reached around and played their instruments too. Crazy.
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I saw him 30 years ago in a club in Gainesville FL and the musicianship in his bang was unreal. At one point he faced the bassist and they started playing each other's instruments, then two other bandmembers stood behind each of them, reached around and played their instruments too. Crazy.
Great post by Timothy Snyder on Trump importing Maduro's death squads to America.
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snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
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January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Great post by Timothy Snyder on Trump importing Maduro's death squads to America.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Reposted by Stephen S Power
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
This notice in red seems significant.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This notice in red seems significant.
Second this rec. Saw them in South Orange NJ. Crazy funny and inventive.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Second this rec. Saw them in South Orange NJ. Crazy funny and inventive.
She was great in JOHN PROCTOR (whose whole cast was great). At one point her character and her best friend walk to the front of the stage and every single person in the balcony leaned forward as one. That's holding an audience.
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
She was great in JOHN PROCTOR (whose whole cast was great). At one point her character and her best friend walk to the front of the stage and every single person in the balcony leaned forward as one. That's holding an audience.
A very good one. I envy you so much. The first two eps of NG I watched were 1x23, the oil puddle ep, and, sadly, the oil puddle ep again, but then I watched the third season in summer reruns and my friends were so jealous I didn't have to wait six months for 4x1, the second half of the finale.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A very good one. I envy you so much. The first two eps of NG I watched were 1x23, the oil puddle ep, and, sadly, the oil puddle ep again, but then I watched the third season in summer reruns and my friends were so jealous I didn't have to wait six months for 4x1, the second half of the finale.
Where are you in the series? Because the first season is rocky and the second is OK, but by the end of the third it takes off.
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Where are you in the series? Because the first season is rocky and the second is OK, but by the end of the third it takes off.
Why have there been an increasing number of christian terms in the NY Times crossword puzzle?
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Why have there been an increasing number of christian terms in the NY Times crossword puzzle?
Tremendous book. The part I talk about most is how Shirer feelt the need to insert himself in the book, back when that was not done, becaues he left Germany on vacation and realized from the media there that everything the media in Germany had been telling people for years was a lie. Cf. Fox News.
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Tremendous book. The part I talk about most is how Shirer feelt the need to insert himself in the book, back when that was not done, becaues he left Germany on vacation and realized from the media there that everything the media in Germany had been telling people for years was a lie. Cf. Fox News.
As a book editor who also writes proposals and queries, I'd say, Yes-ish. I want to know more because I'm not exactly sure what the thrust of the story is, but I like the idea of someone speaking to a world. I'm also not sure what genre it is. Is the MC like Thomas Covenant?
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
As a book editor who also writes proposals and queries, I'd say, Yes-ish. I want to know more because I'm not exactly sure what the thrust of the story is, but I like the idea of someone speaking to a world. I'm also not sure what genre it is. Is the MC like Thomas Covenant?
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy Thought you'd be interested in this piece, which misses what seems a bigger story: Shopify using AI to collect its users in a way that could compete with Amazon without those users, who might sell on Amazon, violating their contracts.
www.fastcompany.com/91461336/ai-...
www.fastcompany.com/91461336/ai-...
AI will change the way you shop in 2026
AI is already helping people find the stuff they need to buy. Next year, we might just let it buy it on our behalf.
www.fastcompany.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy Thought you'd be interested in this piece, which misses what seems a bigger story: Shopify using AI to collect its users in a way that could compete with Amazon without those users, who might sell on Amazon, violating their contracts.
www.fastcompany.com/91461336/ai-...
www.fastcompany.com/91461336/ai-...
Ah I read that as secondary to the premise that the planet could use her as a mouthpiece, in which case I'd suggest use Earth instead of a stand in. Granted, all I know is one sentence, so I don't know what this other world is like.
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Ah I read that as secondary to the premise that the planet could use her as a mouthpiece, in which case I'd suggest use Earth instead of a stand in. Granted, all I know is one sentence, so I don't know what this other world is like.