Andy Karlson
@andykarlson.bsky.social
Husband, father of 3, UU minister, hospital chaplain, dedicated amateur film photographer (unless otherwise noted, photos taken with my Google Pixel 7 Pro), opinions my own.
"I am at home with the me. I am rooted in the me who is on this adventure."
"I am at home with the me. I am rooted in the me who is on this adventure."
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Andy Karlson
@andykarlson.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Well, here we all are. I'm a dad of three, a hospital chaplain semi-reluctantly ascended to management, a film photographer, a board game fan, a reader, and a pizza topping maximalist.
My interests tend to run broad, and in this next political epoch I'm trying to keep my focus local and joyful.
My interests tend to run broad, and in this next political epoch I'm trying to keep my focus local and joyful.
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Milwaukee, ~75 years ago
The Everett Street Depot (1886-1965) in the background stood on 4th & Clybourn where the We Energies building is now. Designed by Townsend Mix, it had the largest clocktower in the US when it was built. The train track is now the 794 highway spur.
The Everett Street Depot (1886-1965) in the background stood on 4th & Clybourn where the We Energies building is now. Designed by Townsend Mix, it had the largest clocktower in the US when it was built. The train track is now the 794 highway spur.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Milwaukee, ~75 years ago
The Everett Street Depot (1886-1965) in the background stood on 4th & Clybourn where the We Energies building is now. Designed by Townsend Mix, it had the largest clocktower in the US when it was built. The train track is now the 794 highway spur.
The Everett Street Depot (1886-1965) in the background stood on 4th & Clybourn where the We Energies building is now. Designed by Townsend Mix, it had the largest clocktower in the US when it was built. The train track is now the 794 highway spur.
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Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
Nothing fancy for #ArtAdventCalendar from me tonight, just a humble cell phone photo of the moon - it grabbed me as I was waiting on the porch for the kids to get ready for choir dress rehearsal.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Nothing fancy for #ArtAdventCalendar from me tonight, just a humble cell phone photo of the moon - it grabbed me as I was waiting on the porch for the kids to get ready for choir dress rehearsal.
God, they'll just let anybody wear a bowtie these days.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
God, they'll just let anybody wear a bowtie these days.
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This is inexcusable @jimfarley.bsky.social. You should be ashamed for your complicity here. Stand up, repudiate this hate, defend *your own workers* who are being attacked by this kind of bigotry. This is bare minimum.
It's the 20s and the head of Ford is promoting hateful false rhetoric aimed at expelling and killing a minority group.
OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is inexcusable @jimfarley.bsky.social. You should be ashamed for your complicity here. Stand up, repudiate this hate, defend *your own workers* who are being attacked by this kind of bigotry. This is bare minimum.
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The reason I am not a librarian anymore is because I lost my job and career when a person in power said something racist. I tried to hold him accountable.
It's been three years and I am still clawing my way out of poverty. I faced real consequences.
Fuck all these cowards.
It's been three years and I am still clawing my way out of poverty. I faced real consequences.
Fuck all these cowards.
OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The reason I am not a librarian anymore is because I lost my job and career when a person in power said something racist. I tried to hold him accountable.
It's been three years and I am still clawing my way out of poverty. I faced real consequences.
Fuck all these cowards.
It's been three years and I am still clawing my way out of poverty. I faced real consequences.
Fuck all these cowards.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler misquoted a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a recent dissent, stating that the country’s highest court said the opposite of what it ruled via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/in-re...
In redistricting ruling, Annette Ziegler misquotes U.S. Supreme Court • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler misquoted and mischaracterized the U.S. Supreme Court in a recent redistricting decision.
wisconsinexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler misquoted a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a recent dissent, stating that the country’s highest court said the opposite of what it ruled via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/in-re...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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This one paragraph’s assumption that the Roberts Court would show the same deference to a new Dem Admin as it does for Trump is the entire essay’s load-bearing pillar, and boy oh boy it collapses upon the slightest touch
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This one paragraph’s assumption that the Roberts Court would show the same deference to a new Dem Admin as it does for Trump is the entire essay’s load-bearing pillar, and boy oh boy it collapses upon the slightest touch
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📌That's a damn fine job in TN-07, and just the latest example of why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
📌That's a damn fine job in TN-07, and just the latest example of why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
📌Fully 100 current Republicans seats were less pro-Trump than TN-07 in last year's elections. If we hit these bastards where they are, it will be a bloodbath for the repulsive GOP next year.
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My first entry for this year’s #ArtAdventCalendar, which I’m also claiming for #NearbyNature2025
A nice way to finish the year, I love seeing everyone’s art. 🩵
A nice way to finish the year, I love seeing everyone’s art. 🩵
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
My first entry for this year’s #ArtAdventCalendar, which I’m also claiming for #NearbyNature2025
A nice way to finish the year, I love seeing everyone’s art. 🩵
A nice way to finish the year, I love seeing everyone’s art. 🩵
Here's a poem that I love. It's by Ron Wallace, who along with his wife Peg have been neighbors of my parents for a half century.
It's kind of fun and silly, but every time I read it something in my throat catches when I reach the last line, and my eyes fill a little bit
It's kind of fun and silly, but every time I read it something in my throat catches when I reach the last line, and my eyes fill a little bit
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Here's a poem that I love. It's by Ron Wallace, who along with his wife Peg have been neighbors of my parents for a half century.
It's kind of fun and silly, but every time I read it something in my throat catches when I reach the last line, and my eyes fill a little bit
It's kind of fun and silly, but every time I read it something in my throat catches when I reach the last line, and my eyes fill a little bit
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Wow, he really *does* hate Woke
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wow, he really *does* hate Woke
Another good one would be Doug Jones.
I hate to take the easy way out, but my Single Actor Desert Island collection has to be
Andy Sirkis
>Lord of The Rings
>Star Wars
>Marvel MCU
>Planet of the Apes
>King Kong
and so many more..
Andy Sirkis
>Lord of The Rings
>Star Wars
>Marvel MCU
>Planet of the Apes
>King Kong
and so many more..
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another good one would be Doug Jones.
"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gender," i holler as i am pulled from the giant vagina sculpture by Tübingen firefighters
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gender," i holler as i am pulled from the giant vagina sculpture by Tübingen firefighters
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
This guy and his fellow travelers are strongly testing my anti-death penalty stance.
Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This guy and his fellow travelers are strongly testing my anti-death penalty stance.
How else are babies supposed to build up their death cap immunity?
I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How else are babies supposed to build up their death cap immunity?
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Axios gonna Axios
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Axios gonna Axios
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.