Ren Powell
@ren-powell.bsky.social
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#Poet | #Playwright |Teaching Artist 🍊 Poetry Editor, Orange Blossom Review. #Substacker @ dramaticroots.com
Lapsed academic. Meditative trail runner (ie slow).
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#Poet | #Playwright |Teaching Artist 🍊 Poetry Editor, Orange Blossom Review. #Substacker @ dramaticroots.com
Lapsed academic. Meditative trail runner (ie slow).
renpowell.com #5amwritersclub
Obviously, if Wes Anderson made a documentary it'd be Billy & Molly.
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Obviously, if Wes Anderson made a documentary it'd be Billy & Molly.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m... Isn't forcing him to make a political donation a form of extortion.
Sinclair ends its Jimmy Kimmel boycott | CNN Business
The blackout of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is halfway over.
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m... Isn't forcing him to make a political donation a form of extortion.
Good news in the news. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good news in the news. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well, now I'm scared.
🤸♂️ The Lingxi X2 robot by Agibot has become the first humanoid robot in the world to successfully perform a complex gymnastics move—the Webster flip. 🤸♀️
September 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Well, now I'm scared.
Even 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.
September 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Even 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.
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Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
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Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
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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
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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
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September 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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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
🚨🚨
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
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I thought the story was a pumpkin that turned into a golden carriage, not a golden carriage with a pumpkin *inside*.
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I thought the story was a pumpkin that turned into a golden carriage, not a golden carriage with a pumpkin *inside*.
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It’s probably not too far-fetched to say that @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social describes the secret wish of all poets!
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s probably not too far-fetched to say that @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social describes the secret wish of all poets!
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One 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?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One 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?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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This is dark and reminds me of another time.
Fascism doesn't have pleasant outcomes.
Fascism doesn't have pleasant outcomes.
September 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is dark and reminds me of another time.
Fascism doesn't have pleasant outcomes.
Fascism doesn't have pleasant outcomes.
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This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.
September 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.
Now I want a play called Prospero is the Villian.
September 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Now I want a play called Prospero is the Villian.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/u... And the Tiktok generation invents... hobbies.
People are assigning themselves homework — for fun | CNN
People are coming up with their own “personal curriculums” to combat brain rot, improve their attention spans and enrich their minds.
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/u... And the Tiktok generation invents... hobbies.
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Social 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.
September 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Social 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.
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“.. 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
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@nbcnews.com
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September 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“.. 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...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Live 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."
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Live 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."
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We 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.
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We 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.
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If 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.
September 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If 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.
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