Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
@aaronrosspowell.com
Host of the ReImagining Liberty podcast. Writing about political ethics. Radical liberal. He/him.
Podcast: https://pod.link/1614436300
Get early access: https://www.patreon.com/AaronRossPowell
Blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast: https://pod.link/1614436300
Get early access: https://www.patreon.com/AaronRossPowell
Blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com
This "How often does the person post?" labeler is good for identifying which Bluesky users are the most scary.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This "How often does the person post?" labeler is good for identifying which Bluesky users are the most scary.
I imagine this must work on some people, but as a phishing attempt, it's hobbled by the fact that its core claim is proven false by the very fact that I'm able to see the phishing attempt.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I imagine this must work on some people, but as a phishing attempt, it's hobbled by the fact that its core claim is proven false by the very fact that I'm able to see the phishing attempt.
Nothing in this is surprising, but I still I guess have a difficult time imagining the subjective experience of being as fully stupid as Trump seems to be. It's like he operates without metacognitive awareness. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Nothing in this is surprising, but I still I guess have a difficult time imagining the subjective experience of being as fully stupid as Trump seems to be. It's like he operates without metacognitive awareness. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I'm going to assume this is about either death or taxes.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm going to assume this is about either death or taxes.
It's actually pretty easy to find a series as good as "Sherlock" because, let's be honest, "Sherlock" was quite bad.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's actually pretty easy to find a series as good as "Sherlock" because, let's be honest, "Sherlock" was quite bad.
I've somehow made it into the top 10 most popular blogs on @leaflet.pub. You can, of course, help me rise even higher by heading here and clicking that big "Subscribe with Bluesky" button: www.aaronrosspowell.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I've somehow made it into the top 10 most popular blogs on @leaflet.pub. You can, of course, help me rise even higher by heading here and clicking that big "Subscribe with Bluesky" button: www.aaronrosspowell.com
Social media is like an infinite size party. And parties are great. But if all your social interactions are at parties, that would be an awful way to live. The solution isn't to abandon social media, but to make it less dominant in our digital space. My latest: www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m4jmwemgkk26
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Social media is like an infinite size party. And parties are great. But if all your social interactions are at parties, that would be an awful way to live. The solution isn't to abandon social media, but to make it less dominant in our digital space. My latest: www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m4jmwemgkk26
This shirt they're selling at the DC airport really does capture our post-democracy political moment.
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This shirt they're selling at the DC airport really does capture our post-democracy political moment.
If you're a Spinal Tap fan, this book (and particularly the audiobook) is an extraordinary treat. It's the history of the movie, written and read by its director and stars, with special guests. I absolutely loved it.
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If you're a Spinal Tap fan, this book (and particularly the audiobook) is an extraordinary treat. It's the history of the movie, written and read by its director and stars, with special guests. I absolutely loved it.
I told my dog he's disappointed me for long enough and it's time to trade him in. He disagrees. And it looks like Google's AI is unjustly taking his side.
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I told my dog he's disappointed me for long enough and it's time to trade him in. He disagrees. And it looks like Google's AI is unjustly taking his side.
Just noticed that subpages are not playing nicely with the RSS feed in that they don't show up at all.
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just noticed that subpages are not playing nicely with the RSS feed in that they don't show up at all.
Saw this at the Denver #NoKings. A running theme of a lot of signs and shirts was basically "Be good and decent to each other." Because what we're up against are people who reject the very idea of goodness and decency.
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Saw this at the Denver #NoKings. A running theme of a lot of signs and shirts was basically "Be good and decent to each other." Because what we're up against are people who reject the very idea of goodness and decency.
Gonna use my Space Ghost sign again tomorrow.
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Gonna use my Space Ghost sign again tomorrow.
Go into your Chat settings and change this "Users I follow"
October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Go into your Chat settings and change this "Users I follow"
Twitter is like another country that occasionally has weather bad enough it impacts everyone across the border in Bluesky.
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Twitter is like another country that occasionally has weather bad enough it impacts everyone across the border in Bluesky.
If you host a podcast, you'll frequently get emails from PR firms hired by cranks to promote their crankery.
October 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you host a podcast, you'll frequently get emails from PR firms hired by cranks to promote their crankery.
I occasionally get emails intended for someone else named Aaron Powell whose email address is a minor typo away from mine. This one stands out.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I occasionally get emails intended for someone else named Aaron Powell whose email address is a minor typo away from mine. This one stands out.
Someone put an anarchist sticker on the drinking fountain at DC's Reagan airport.
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Someone put an anarchist sticker on the drinking fountain at DC's Reagan airport.
He stole my line! I've been saying this for years. (Including in a conversation I had once with Dr. Frank.) The story of the contemporary far-right is a bunch of weirdos who listened to that song and drew the absolutely wrong conclusion from it.
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
He stole my line! I've been saying this for years. (Including in a conversation I had once with Dr. Frank.) The story of the contemporary far-right is a bunch of weirdos who listened to that song and drew the absolutely wrong conclusion from it.
I find this line of reasoning so odd. First, because having girls in your fiction doesn't mean guys can't like it. Second, the idea that if the subset of media that caters exclusively to men goes away, that will destroy *all* media. Because, I guess, the only media that counts is media for men.
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I find this line of reasoning so odd. First, because having girls in your fiction doesn't mean guys can't like it. Second, the idea that if the subset of media that caters exclusively to men goes away, that will destroy *all* media. Because, I guess, the only media that counts is media for men.
Transmetropolitan is one of those books where its prescience is both remarkable and it would be better for the world of it had gotten more things wrong.
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Transmetropolitan is one of those books where its prescience is both remarkable and it would be better for the world of it had gotten more things wrong.
We're heading into the plot of the third edition of Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk TTRPG.
October 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're heading into the plot of the third edition of Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk TTRPG.