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Brendan Powers
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A Biography in Haikus Totalling Two:

Eclectic Reader
Gorger of Facts and Datum
Forager of Words

Middle School Teacher
Capable Distance Runner
Partner and Father
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brendanpowers.bsky.social
My daughter and I are exploring Quebec City, and I was curious if anyone had a quintessential Quebec City book recommendation.

It can be anything: James Wolfe's fever dreams in 1759, the Nordiques' decision to leave in 1995, or the history of poutine.

All recs welcome.

#BookSky
#BookRecs
February 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

20/20
February 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

19/20
February 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

18/20
February 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

17/20
February 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

16/20
February 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

15/20
February 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

14/20
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

13/20
February 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

12/20
February 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

11/20
February 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

10/20
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

9/20
February 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

8/20
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

7/20
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
There's nothing like a Saturday night hanging out with Stuart Murdoch as he reads from his new book Nobody’s Empire.

#BookSky
#BelleandSebastian
February 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

6/20
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

5/20
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

4/20
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reposted by Brendan Powers
petersagal.bsky.social
“Senator, if I may, I can address this one,” — the brain worm as it wriggles out of RFK’s ear
January 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
He is not my Senator, but he is undoubtedly my favorite Senator —everyone should have one.

Take a bow @michaelbennet.bsky.social. You deserve it.
Sen. Bennet grills RFK. Jr on his vaccine rhetoric during HHS confirmation hearing | CNN Politics
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) grills Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services - about his rhetoric on Covid-19, vaccines,...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Why, oh why, oh why did I look at the comments? I should know better, I really should, but the compulsion to look was too great. Be warned.
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jan 29
The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further: The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992
American Kids Are Getting Even Worse at Reading
New national test scores indicate a continuing slide in reading skills.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
“There is enormous value in providing young people with the language, the history, and the framework to identify why their society looks the way it does.” Clint Smith

Isn't it wild that people in power consider this verboten?

#MakeItMakeSense
January 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books 📖
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
#esotericbookchallenge

3/20
January 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
brendanpowers.bsky.social
Tonight, I attended Ambassador John Sullivan’s talk on Russia’s War Against the West. Hearing such insights from a dialed-in source was thought-provoking and a bit unnerving.

@boisicenter will post the video later if you want to watch it.

It was also lovely to bump into an old sculpted friend.
January 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM