Carter Wickstrom
@carterwickstrom.bsky.social
globalist. rooted cosmopolitan. situationist, groucho tendency.
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just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
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“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“call your congresspeople and beg them not to sentence trans people to death” is a regular feature of our politics now and it fucking sucks
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better than war with Venezuela but still 😬😬😬 after the "sure, we'd operate death squads in the US if the President told us to."
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
better than war with Venezuela but still 😬😬😬 after the "sure, we'd operate death squads in the US if the President told us to."
this.
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
this.
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
[dad voice] Honestly, I am super-disappointed that not one of you responded with "Duck butt!"
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
[dad voice] Honestly, I am super-disappointed that not one of you responded with "Duck butt!"
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A towering figure in speculative fiction, and from most all accounts a damned decent human being.
John Varley (1947-2025)
John Varley (78) died December 10, 2025 in his home in Beaverton OR. He had COPD and diabetes. John Herbert Varley was born August 9, 1947 in Austin TX. He attended Michigan State University. His f…
locusmag.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A towering figure in speculative fiction, and from most all accounts a damned decent human being.
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This would be manifestly unwise of them. "Laws don't matter and political murders are the norm" cuts both ways, historically. Prudent not to open the door to that 🙂
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"can you ship code" as the only form of credentialism is weak as hell and will not protect all the things people think it's going to protect
December 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"can you ship code" as the only form of credentialism is weak as hell and will not protect all the things people think it's going to protect
Ugh. Finally getting around to getting an actual LLC set up.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ugh. Finally getting around to getting an actual LLC set up.
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put aside the 14th amendment issues. At a certain point, when your organizing principle is defiance of the Constitution, you cannot claim to validly hold a role within the constitutional structure
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
put aside the 14th amendment issues. At a certain point, when your organizing principle is defiance of the Constitution, you cannot claim to validly hold a role within the constitutional structure
Impeachment is the moderate solution.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Impeachment is the moderate solution.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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absolutely massive, historic W for the republic's defenders
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
absolutely massive, historic W for the republic's defenders
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
wait until you hear about the conference parties among addictions researchers. 🫠
my impression is that a sizeable proportion of people who become psychologists, enter the field trying to find out why they themselves are so fucked up
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
wait until you hear about the conference parties among addictions researchers. 🫠
It's not just concerns from users, it's also from employees! So much of the subtext around AI tool use has been "use it or get fired, so we can better tell who amongst you we can lay off en masse."
I think the indifference is what really grinds my own gears. "Oh well, we should keep doing this despite the concerns from our potential userbase" is a recipe to make people hate you even more
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's not just concerns from users, it's also from employees! So much of the subtext around AI tool use has been "use it or get fired, so we can better tell who amongst you we can lay off en masse."
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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jesus fuckin christ
I’m going to go out on a limb and say it isn’t good that the federal government is calling people “sodomites”
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
jesus fuckin christ
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cloth mother asking wire mother for parenting advice
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
cloth mother asking wire mother for parenting advice
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Getting ready for 2026 like
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting ready for 2026 like
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This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the Tufts PhD student who seized by masked agents on the street and jailed for two months because she wrote an op-ed calling for the school to divest from Israel.