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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him)

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Queer, Pagan Sci-Fi/Fantasy author from Long Island, NY. Recovering Teacher, ex-Lifeguard. Not a big fan of AI "art" unless it's made by a real-deal AGI Sapience that doesn't yet exist. Ask before DMing, please. https://www.JPohlmanWriting.com/about

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · Nov 10

Hi there, I'm Jesse Pohlman. I'm a #Queer #Pagan author from Long Island, New York. I write #SciFi/#Fantasy. 📌

You can read all about my background/bio here: jpohlmanwriting.com/about

I tend to use my "Pinned Post" to track accomplishments, events, etc as a thread.🧵

What's that mean?

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 6h

As a former college newspaper staffer?

Yeah this bullshit sucks.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 6h

Well-said.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 8h

Welcome new people. I was asked at dinner last night whether Bluesky was an echo chamber. I said it doesn’t matter, because what I want from social media isn’t to talk to young republicans taking a break from their group chat, but to read things I want to read but that I might have missed.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jun 12

The thing I want most from social media is for people to share things that I might want to read or watch that otherwise I wouldn’t read or watch, whether news, commentary, books, movies, tv, games to play, whatever. Bluesky does this. /4

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

I know I’ve said it before but now it’s more than necessary that I say it again. People like @itsjessandart.bsky.social, @askaubry.com, @bookspotlight.bsky.social and so on are the people who need clout because they’re genuinely good people. I can name many other people as well.

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 6h

This is...Fair, I'd say.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

I think Ed Markey needs to retire and Ayanna Presley should run and block Seth Moulton from that seat. We need younger folks in office but it can't be Moulton. He would be a disaster for Massachusetts.

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 7h

Peacemaker S2E1 was...

@ariellawheeler.bsky.social liked it too. :) <3

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9h

Lots of good authors here.

Could maybe use a @anotherindiewriter.com :)

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 11h

You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha.

go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9h

Ouuuuch. At least it's just that, I guess, but I hope you heal fast and fully.

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9h

Uhhh, well, good job, drugs! Mind if I ask what blew up?

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9h

Shit. Hope you heal fast and fully.

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 9h

Apparently there's a lot of new arrivals today - hi, #Newskies! Hope all is well. :)

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · Nov 13

Sooo I did a thing where I made a big 'ol "Welcome To BlueSky" type thing.

If you're new, check it out!

bsky.app/profile/jpoh...

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · Nov 13

This is my #welcome thread for #BlueSky #newcomers 🧵.

First of all: Hi!

I'm gonna walk you through a couple of quick, useful tools that I've found, and add more as I go.

But before we go, a note: We've got a different vibe than other sites; we prioritize a positive psychic space.

Be kind! :)

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 10h

Still sitting at the Nazi table, my dude. It doesn’t matter if you had the full meal or just a bread roll and a cup of soup.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11h

The Vermont state senator in the Hitler chat group is playing the, "I am but an innocent smol bean" card.

Samuel Douglass hasn't decided yet if he'll resign: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

“My role in the group chat in question was a procedural one about bylaws and floor strategy. There were often periods of multiple days when I didn't check this group chat and I was unfortunately unaware of those comments,” Douglass said in a written statement sent to Vermont Public Wednesday afternoon. “I should've been more vigilant, more careful, and less naive about who I associate with and my digital environments.”

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 10h

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 18h

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 12h

Got two minutes (maybe with change) and want to support a small political endeavor that's trying to grow?

Click on this-here #DystopianReport.

Also go to the #NoKingsProtest on Saturday. :)

Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 14h

A very quick video promoting the #NoKings protests this weekend. I included an amateur's dose of tips for newcomers, but the comments section could always use more.

youtu.be/YV_MQvVKlsY

No Kings Protests October 18th, 2025 (DysRep 055)

YouTube video by Dystopian Review

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 14h

I'm glad most of our World War II veterans did not live long enough to see our VP say "grow up about the Hitler jokes"

How far we have fallen

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 13h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13h

JD Vance when people makes jokes about Charlie Kirk: "call their employer."

JD Vance when Republican staffers say "I love Hitler" and fantasize about throwing political opponents in gas chambers: "that's what kids do...we're not canceling kids because they did something stupid."

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 14h

A very quick video promoting the #NoKings protests this weekend. I included an amateur's dose of tips for newcomers, but the comments section could always use more.

youtu.be/YV_MQvVKlsY

No Kings Protests October 18th, 2025 (DysRep 055)

YouTube video by Dystopian Review

youtu.be

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 17h

Great point.

Now that we've got that settled: Will you acknowledge your "legitimate concerns" argument a few months back was *completely* in line with such negative past status-quos and apologize to the Trans community and the world at large?

It would actually mean a lot.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 20h

Everyone: I AM BOYCOTTING KINDLE

Me: cool, will you buy my books somewhere else at least?

*me looking at my sales report* Ah, I guess not.

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Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 1d

Nassau County, NY voters:

The NY Young Republicans’ leaked texts read like a hate organization group chat: antisemitic, sexist & race-baiting. These are Blakeman’s foot soldiers & they honored John Ferretti, the guy Blakeman installed as ToH Supervisor.

Vote for Seth Koslow & Joe Ferretti.

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 1d

I don't love that they de-powered Nate Grey. I really don't love that AFAIK they basically disappeared him after New Mutants and then he came back as an antagonist with weird beliefs.

I confess I may have missed transitional material so...Help me return to loving an old favorite.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 2d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 1d

My deepest condolences. :(