Carter Wickstrom
@carterwickstrom.bsky.social
globalist. rooted cosmopolitan. situationist, groucho tendency.
Bazooka has awesome roll-for-initiative ears.
It's not the holiday season until Santa gets his Bazooka
Bazooka 🐶
Young male Bulldog mix
Adoptable from Mid America Bully Breed Rescue (Kansas City, MO)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/bazooka-79312705/mo/kansas-city/mid-america-bully-breed-rescue-mo750/
Young male Bulldog mix
Adoptable from Mid America Bully Breed Rescue (Kansas City, MO)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/bazooka-79312705/mo/kansas-city/mid-america-bully-breed-rescue-mo750/
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Bazooka has awesome roll-for-initiative ears.
prepare to steam for Manila, lads (gender-neutral)
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Tom Antonov
@Tom_Antonov
You're not ready for what's coming
Aircraft carrier named USS George Washington with hull and superstructures covered in gold paint and ornate golden decorations including filigree patterns on railings and towers docked in blue water near a skyline of tall modern buildings under a clear sky with several gray fighter jets parked in rows on the angled flight deck.
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I really think what’s needed here is more gold.
[Image of the WH walk of shame in gold]
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
prepare to steam for Manila, lads (gender-neutral)
Oath Keepers & similar groups simply don't have the same membership as the Freikorps and such, but this is still a troubling development. I think Rhodes' mostly in it for the grift - but he could also be looking for redemption.
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oath Keepers & similar groups simply don't have the same membership as the Freikorps and such, but this is still a troubling development. I think Rhodes' mostly in it for the grift - but he could also be looking for redemption.
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man, if i didn't need another reason to dislike sig
“in honour of Charlie Kirk we are advertising more stuff that could have killed him”
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
man, if i didn't need another reason to dislike sig
expanding the court is the moderate position
what, I emphasize, the fuck
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
expanding the court is the moderate position
what, I emphasize, the fuck
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order To Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
what, I emphasize, the fuck
This was in the pizza place across the street from my high school for _forever_.
Gauntlet, the four-player arcade game, is 40 years old. Its release saw it showing up in arcades in the later part of 1985, but when it showed up at your local arcade, you knew it. Long lines, big crowds, and a lot of fun, it ate most of my quarters for months.
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-g...
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-g...
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This was in the pizza place across the street from my high school for _forever_.
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My pacemaker is no longer talking to my phone because I'm in the wrong country. This isn't particularly helpful.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I would 100% throw my support behind a presidential candidate that took this bullshit seriously.
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I would 100% throw my support behind a presidential candidate that took this bullshit seriously.
subtext _and_ text: IT'S ALL GENDER
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
subtext _and_ text: IT'S ALL GENDER
I fail to see how this isn't a massive First Amendment violation.
2 Nov 2025 -- Trump DOE releases rule denying student loan forgiveness to those working at LGBTQ+ groups, stating intent is to penalized organizations which support "...performing prohibited medical procedures that attempt to transition children...” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trump administration changes rules to exclude LGBTQ+ org workers from loan forgiveness program - LGBTQ Nation
Advocates say the new policy is intended to "make life more difficult for those who Donald Trump dislikes."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I fail to see how this isn't a massive First Amendment violation.
I am so relieved to discover that this is Sports Discourse.
This is officially an international incident
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am so relieved to discover that this is Sports Discourse.
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Vercel CTO: our current threat models assume the developer is competent, we’re working on a new threat model where the app doesn’t assume the developer is competent
🤯 yeah, that’s how you address vibe coding
h/t @latent.space
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
🤯 yeah, that’s how you address vibe coding
h/t @latent.space
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
⚡️ Ship AI recap: Agents, Workflows, and Python — w/ Vercel CTO Malte Ubl
Podcast Episode · Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · 10/31/2025 · 1 sec
podcasts.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Vercel CTO: our current threat models assume the developer is competent, we’re working on a new threat model where the app doesn’t assume the developer is competent
🤯 yeah, that’s how you address vibe coding
h/t @latent.space
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
🤯 yeah, that’s how you address vibe coding
h/t @latent.space
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
yeah, nearly all of the opposition that we saw to No Kings was Gen-X or late Boomer.
Colossal L for gen x in the breakdown by age lol
But it's also weird they ask people if No Kings was violent, like it was a matter of opinion rather than fact that it wasn't. It's true some people think the earth is flat; it's not true that it might be flat as a result of those opinions.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
yeah, nearly all of the opposition that we saw to No Kings was Gen-X or late Boomer.
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Also Culloden (1964), an extraordinary historical recreation done on a shoestring budget with a tiny cast which demonstrated the possibilities of the documentary form and had enough confidence in its audience not to dumb down the material. www.reddit.com/r/Documentar...
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Also Culloden (1964), an extraordinary historical recreation done on a shoestring budget with a tiny cast which demonstrated the possibilities of the documentary form and had enough confidence in its audience not to dumb down the material. www.reddit.com/r/Documentar...
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Tear gas is banned on the battlefield so that it doesn’t get mistaken for the actual banned chemicals weapons and get us all killed in a nuclear apocalypse because various countries promised nuclear retaliation for chemical weapons use
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tear gas is banned on the battlefield so that it doesn’t get mistaken for the actual banned chemicals weapons and get us all killed in a nuclear apocalypse because various countries promised nuclear retaliation for chemical weapons use
A vampire that's not Dracula
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A vampire that's not Dracula
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Today is the 7th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre, where 11 Jews were killed for their congregation's support of immigrant rights.
I look at what Jews from the synagogue are doing to honor their dead & stand up for immigrants' rights.
paydayreport.com/jews-work-to...
I look at what Jews from the synagogue are doing to honor their dead & stand up for immigrants' rights.
paydayreport.com/jews-work-to...
Jews Work to Remember Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre’s Being Linked to Immigrant Rights
The shooter, Richard Bowers, said that he targeted the organization for their support of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). The shooter accused local Jews of bringing in the caravan.
paydayreport.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Today is the 7th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre, where 11 Jews were killed for their congregation's support of immigrant rights.
I look at what Jews from the synagogue are doing to honor their dead & stand up for immigrants' rights.
paydayreport.com/jews-work-to...
I look at what Jews from the synagogue are doing to honor their dead & stand up for immigrants' rights.
paydayreport.com/jews-work-to...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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fortunately this was yesterday and the MV Columbia arrived safely
holy fuck
The M/V Columbia has been in serious danger on its latest run to Bellingham.
“The Captain has held at least 4 emergency briefings with the 40 passengers on board the ship!”
“The Captain has held at least 4 emergency briefings with the 40 passengers on board the ship!”
October 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
fortunately this was yesterday and the MV Columbia arrived safely
holy fuck
The M/V Columbia has been in serious danger on its latest run to Bellingham.
“The Captain has held at least 4 emergency briefings with the 40 passengers on board the ship!”
“The Captain has held at least 4 emergency briefings with the 40 passengers on board the ship!”
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
holy fuck
good news
JUST IN: Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release on Friday that she has been told by Alameda County’s sheriff that ICE and border patrol operations have been called off for the rest of the Bay Area in addition to San Francisco.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/fede...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/fede...
Federal immigration ‘surge’ called off across greater Bay Area
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday that she was told that ICE and border patrol operations have called off across the Bay Area.
missionlocal.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
good news
I have them blocked, but @persport.bsky.social is taking artists' original work and posting it back in their own thread with AI slop, while using the language of "not feeling represented" in the original art.
They're a right-wing troll, referring to Mamdani & Jeffries as "kill-whitey" candidates
They're a right-wing troll, referring to Mamdani & Jeffries as "kill-whitey" candidates
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I have them blocked, but @persport.bsky.social is taking artists' original work and posting it back in their own thread with AI slop, while using the language of "not feeling represented" in the original art.
They're a right-wing troll, referring to Mamdani & Jeffries as "kill-whitey" candidates
They're a right-wing troll, referring to Mamdani & Jeffries as "kill-whitey" candidates