Jeremy 🪐📚
@mavispowershell.bsky.social
Fantasy and sci-fi writer; father of cats & humans; TTRPG enthusiast; dilettante.
Author of the cyberpunk dystopian novel "Twin Rivers," available now in print and ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5D9QZRP
More at: https://substack.com/@jisbender
Author of the cyberpunk dystopian novel "Twin Rivers," available now in print and ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5D9QZRP
More at: https://substack.com/@jisbender
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Twin Rivers
Amazon.com: Twin Rivers eBook : Bender, Jeremy: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
Crazy to say that it’s book launch day!
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Rewatching The Phantom Menace in the background—my son had a half day—and it gets way more hate than it deserves.
Room for improvements? Certainly. But sure seems like a bunch of wealthy industrialists bringing down a republic to increase their wealth seems pretty foresighted to me.
Room for improvements? Certainly. But sure seems like a bunch of wealthy industrialists bringing down a republic to increase their wealth seems pretty foresighted to me.
February 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Rewatching The Phantom Menace in the background—my son had a half day—and it gets way more hate than it deserves.
Room for improvements? Certainly. But sure seems like a bunch of wealthy industrialists bringing down a republic to increase their wealth seems pretty foresighted to me.
Room for improvements? Certainly. But sure seems like a bunch of wealthy industrialists bringing down a republic to increase their wealth seems pretty foresighted to me.
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All of those esoteric questions about how we define consciousness are fine and interesting, but the tech companies are not pushing those questions as part of a quest to advance understanding. They want us believing they're making something powerful that we must accede our agency to.
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
All of those esoteric questions about how we define consciousness are fine and interesting, but the tech companies are not pushing those questions as part of a quest to advance understanding. They want us believing they're making something powerful that we must accede our agency to.
I should've known I didn't make Twin Rivers nearly smutty enough.
Today, I learned: Open AI fired its head of safety for objecting to porn -- no, wait, excuse me, for "discriminating against men"; Anthropic's head of safety quit to study the poetry his company hoovered up from the world's library; and Trump said to every stinking factory, smoke em if you got em.
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I should've known I didn't make Twin Rivers nearly smutty enough.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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Constantly think about an interview I read with an author (forget who, unfortunately), who said she took up running so she’d have a hobby she enjoyed less than writing.
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Constantly think about an interview I read with an author (forget who, unfortunately), who said she took up running so she’d have a hobby she enjoyed less than writing.
The cyberpunk utopia we’ve all dreamed of!
The use of cryptocurrency in sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds nearly doubled in 2025, according to a conservative estimate. Many of the deals are happening in plain sight. www.wired.com/story/crypto...
Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding
The use of cryptocurrency in sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds nearly doubled in 2025, according to a conservative estimate. Many of the deals are happening in plain sight.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The cyberpunk utopia we’ve all dreamed of!
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I got my copy of Twin Rivers by @mavispowershell.bsky.social today, I'm excited to start reading it!
The little qoute on the back is also hilariously amazing, I love it!
The little qoute on the back is also hilariously amazing, I love it!
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I got my copy of Twin Rivers by @mavispowershell.bsky.social today, I'm excited to start reading it!
The little qoute on the back is also hilariously amazing, I love it!
The little qoute on the back is also hilariously amazing, I love it!
Had the novel experience of telling my 5-year-old, verbatim, "Don't talk to robots" after he accidentally triggered the unturn-offable, undeletable chatbot that is for some reason embedded in our fridge.
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Had the novel experience of telling my 5-year-old, verbatim, "Don't talk to robots" after he accidentally triggered the unturn-offable, undeletable chatbot that is for some reason embedded in our fridge.
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Twin Rivers, my cyberpunk novel about a theocracy ruled by a half mechanical High Priest, is out in print and epub!
4.4⭐️ on Amazon: "Dark, intense, and uncomfortable in the right ways, it’s a story about what people are willing to ignore to keep believing they’re safe."
#WriterShareWednesday 💙📚 🪐📚
4.4⭐️ on Amazon: "Dark, intense, and uncomfortable in the right ways, it’s a story about what people are willing to ignore to keep believing they’re safe."
#WriterShareWednesday 💙📚 🪐📚
www.amazon.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Twin Rivers, my cyberpunk novel about a theocracy ruled by a half mechanical High Priest, is out in print and epub!
4.4⭐️ on Amazon: "Dark, intense, and uncomfortable in the right ways, it’s a story about what people are willing to ignore to keep believing they’re safe."
#WriterShareWednesday 💙📚 🪐📚
4.4⭐️ on Amazon: "Dark, intense, and uncomfortable in the right ways, it’s a story about what people are willing to ignore to keep believing they’re safe."
#WriterShareWednesday 💙📚 🪐📚
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Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
So cute and, simultaneously, horrifying and filling me with endless dread.
2026 is proving to be a wonderful year for first time fungi finds so far. Looks like this is the rarely recorded Henningsomyces candidus - tiny little macaroni-like tubes found on a very rotten piece of wood in Southeast England. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
So cute and, simultaneously, horrifying and filling me with endless dread.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Eldur, MC of my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES. Fire god in the Senate of Gods. Incorrigible. Quick-witted. Mouth always in overdrive. Runs on sarcasm, bad habits & a moral compass that spins only when it has to. Shows up late, annoyed, but right before everything falls apart.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
February 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Eldur, MC of my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES. Fire god in the Senate of Gods. Incorrigible. Quick-witted. Mouth always in overdrive. Runs on sarcasm, bad habits & a moral compass that spins only when it has to. Shows up late, annoyed, but right before everything falls apart.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
Crazy to say that it’s book launch day!
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
Twin Rivers
Amazon.com: Twin Rivers eBook : Bender, Jeremy: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Crazy to say that it’s book launch day!
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
Twin Rivers is a cyberpunk-adjacent story about three characters grappling with technology and religion, free will and control in a theocratic city state ruled by a mechanically-enhanced High Priest.
🪐📚 #writesky #booksky #readersky #writingcommunity
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The penis mightier than the sword.
Can we please acknowledge the, er, penmanship here
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The penis mightier than the sword.
Lololol
*deep breath*
Lololol
*deep breath*
Lololol
February 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Lololol
*deep breath*
Lololol
*deep breath*
Lololol
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Fun times 😀👻🗡️🏛️
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Fun times 😀👻🗡️🏛️
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
What do you call posting to Bluesky?
"I blued?"
"I skyed?"
"I yelled in the abyss?"
"I blued?"
"I skyed?"
"I yelled in the abyss?"
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What do you call posting to Bluesky?
"I blued?"
"I skyed?"
"I yelled in the abyss?"
"I blued?"
"I skyed?"
"I yelled in the abyss?"
Another 5⭐️ review for Twin Rivers from @worldsforus.bsky.social:
"If cyberpunk with real bite is your thing, Twin Rivers is a great pick. It taps into our reliance on automation and authority in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar. I flew through it. Easy five stars."
#WriterShareWednesday
"If cyberpunk with real bite is your thing, Twin Rivers is a great pick. It taps into our reliance on automation and authority in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar. I flew through it. Easy five stars."
#WriterShareWednesday
February 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Another 5⭐️ review for Twin Rivers from @worldsforus.bsky.social:
"If cyberpunk with real bite is your thing, Twin Rivers is a great pick. It taps into our reliance on automation and authority in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar. I flew through it. Easy five stars."
#WriterShareWednesday
"If cyberpunk with real bite is your thing, Twin Rivers is a great pick. It taps into our reliance on automation and authority in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar. I flew through it. Easy five stars."
#WriterShareWednesday
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies