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.
Send the thugs responsible straight to hell without a single regret
UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
thebarbedwire.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Send the thugs responsible straight to hell without a single regret
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i'm watching spike lee's remarkable documentary FOUR LITTLE GIRLS and as much as i want to focus on the film i can't help but think about the people, with real power and influence, who want to take this country back to before birmingham
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
i'm watching spike lee's remarkable documentary FOUR LITTLE GIRLS and as much as i want to focus on the film i can't help but think about the people, with real power and influence, who want to take this country back to before birmingham
For the love of God!
Happy Mardi Gras! Look for Fortunato (zombificato!) out in the French Quarter this morning with @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social ! Fellow monsters, join us at Esplanade and Burgundy at 9am if you wanna shamble with us! All are welcome!
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
For the love of God!
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I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
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I never want an algorithmic feed. I want to choose who I follow and see them chronologically. Bluesky allows me to default to that option and rarely messes with it. That's huge.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I never want an algorithmic feed. I want to choose who I follow and see them chronologically. Bluesky allows me to default to that option and rarely messes with it. That's huge.
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anticorruption stuff is gonna hit i think by 2028
There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
anticorruption stuff is gonna hit i think by 2028
People respond to being part of something, to being in a story that has a purpose. These are highly charged times, and identifying as a moderate is an implicit endorsement of the status quo. It makes you sound either insanely out of touch, or intolerably wimpy.
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
People respond to being part of something, to being in a story that has a purpose. These are highly charged times, and identifying as a moderate is an implicit endorsement of the status quo. It makes you sound either insanely out of touch, or intolerably wimpy.
I find this so fucking sad actually
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
it's from a great article by @bildoperationen.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/transbordeur...
February 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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Apparently, Nick Fuentes has been selling these.
So the Urban Rescue Ranch guy is wearing Nick Fuentes merch, explicitly meant to honor Epstein. And trying to hide it when he gets backlash.
Not sure where you personally draw the line on who you support, but.
Yeah.
So the Urban Rescue Ranch guy is wearing Nick Fuentes merch, explicitly meant to honor Epstein. And trying to hide it when he gets backlash.
Not sure where you personally draw the line on who you support, but.
Yeah.
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Apparently, Nick Fuentes has been selling these.
So the Urban Rescue Ranch guy is wearing Nick Fuentes merch, explicitly meant to honor Epstein. And trying to hide it when he gets backlash.
Not sure where you personally draw the line on who you support, but.
Yeah.
So the Urban Rescue Ranch guy is wearing Nick Fuentes merch, explicitly meant to honor Epstein. And trying to hide it when he gets backlash.
Not sure where you personally draw the line on who you support, but.
Yeah.
We especially need the Michelle Goldbergs, Nell Irvin Painters, Atul Gawandes, and Jeet Heers to own their shit.
You fucked up, it's not that hard to say, "I made a mistake and didn't have the savvy to see that letter was a weapon in the hands of the fascists."
Repentance!
You fucked up, it's not that hard to say, "I made a mistake and didn't have the savvy to see that letter was a weapon in the hands of the fascists."
Repentance!
we need some way to get the harpers letter and entire “free speech” crowd cornered and on the record about this, i can’t deal with people being like “where are they now hmm” anymore, I need them cornered and on the record
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We especially need the Michelle Goldbergs, Nell Irvin Painters, Atul Gawandes, and Jeet Heers to own their shit.
You fucked up, it's not that hard to say, "I made a mistake and didn't have the savvy to see that letter was a weapon in the hands of the fascists."
Repentance!
You fucked up, it's not that hard to say, "I made a mistake and didn't have the savvy to see that letter was a weapon in the hands of the fascists."
Repentance!
You could knock off Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, and Wisconsin would still clean up (derogatory).
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
You could knock off Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, and Wisconsin would still clean up (derogatory).
Fractally evil administration
"Noem verbally instructed the Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Kevin Lunday, to pull the plane off the search-and-rescue mission so it would not miss the migrant flight as part of the DHS’s so-called Alien Expulsion Operations"
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem pulls plane off search for overboard Coast Guardsman to deport migrants
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got off to an immediately rocky start with the U.S. Coast Guard, according to new in-depth reporting.President Donald Trump's pick to lead DHS angered senior Co...
www.rawstory.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Fractally evil administration
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It’s Shrove Tuesday so I expect the president and his devout administration will be doing some self examination today and considering what wrongs they should repent
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It’s Shrove Tuesday so I expect the president and his devout administration will be doing some self examination today and considering what wrongs they should repent
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The left, being actually educated, with enough humanities to have discernment and judgement as well as moral reasoning, is pretty damn good at metabolizing new information. And it sniffed this pile of badly generated shit to discern it’s environmentally & informationally poisonous as hell.
I think this is directionally correct and honestly I'm less concerned about what it means for the left's take on AI than I am for the left's ability to metabolize new information and changing circumstances generally www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 17, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The left, being actually educated, with enough humanities to have discernment and judgement as well as moral reasoning, is pretty damn good at metabolizing new information. And it sniffed this pile of badly generated shit to discern it’s environmentally & informationally poisonous as hell.
Of fucking course it's Bruenig.
February 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Of fucking course it's Bruenig.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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I am somebody! This is one of Jesse Jackson's greatest gifts to me.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I am somebody! This is one of Jesse Jackson's greatest gifts to me.
Fuck every last one of these creeps. How are we supposed to have a decent society with people like Starr and Kavanaugh and Trump and Epstein in positions of power?
Files show convicted sex abuser messaged with Ken Starr and others about Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
Epstein sympathized with Kavanaugh during supreme court confirmation, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Fuck every last one of these creeps. How are we supposed to have a decent society with people like Starr and Kavanaugh and Trump and Epstein in positions of power?
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My hypothesis for why the Gavin Newsom fight cycles through every month or two is that he's got a sharp social media team that is doing their damndest to make "fetch" happen by running a number of sock puppet accounts (on both sides of the argument).
sorry, did time fold and dump us all in the future where Newsom won the primary? Why are some of you yelling at everyone who says they don’t want to vote for a guy who sucks?
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My hypothesis for why the Gavin Newsom fight cycles through every month or two is that he's got a sharp social media team that is doing their damndest to make "fetch" happen by running a number of sock puppet accounts (on both sides of the argument).
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Loads of incredible cameras and lenses in this thread, #BelieveInFilm friends, and Adam is a tremendous community hero who deserves some support.
Got hit hard this month, so I’m selling off a bunch of camera gear.
Bluesky followers get first dibs before eBay, please DM me if you’re interested in anything listed, prices can be negotiated.
USA buyers only, first come, first served. I’ll be responding to DMs as soon as I can.
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Bluesky followers get first dibs before eBay, please DM me if you’re interested in anything listed, prices can be negotiated.
USA buyers only, first come, first served. I’ll be responding to DMs as soon as I can.
(1/6)
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Loads of incredible cameras and lenses in this thread, #BelieveInFilm friends, and Adam is a tremendous community hero who deserves some support.
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Madison, Wisconsin — 2026
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Madison, Wisconsin — 2026
No matter WHAT we are not handing anything to George W Bush unless it's zipties and a one way ticket to The Hague.
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
No matter WHAT we are not handing anything to George W Bush unless it's zipties and a one way ticket to The Hague.
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Glad I picked up M John Harrison's work after years of hearing scattered bits & pieces of praise. Been looking for prose this arresting in genre fiction since I got into Gene Wolfe. Aud read me this passage the other night over dinner and it knocked me on my ass
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Glad I picked up M John Harrison's work after years of hearing scattered bits & pieces of praise. Been looking for prose this arresting in genre fiction since I got into Gene Wolfe. Aud read me this passage the other night over dinner and it knocked me on my ass