Carrie Watterson
@carriewatterson.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm a baby.
Hi, I'm a baby.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm the toxoplasmosis which had my fever up to 104.3 overnight before I woke up hallucinating but somehow managed to swallow some ibuprofen.
Hi, I'm the toxoplasmosis which had my fever up to 104.3 overnight before I woke up hallucinating but somehow managed to swallow some ibuprofen.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hello, I'm a car making an aggressive left hand turn on a one-way street with a protected bike lane
Hello, I'm a car making an aggressive left hand turn on a one-way street with a protected bike lane
January 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm a baby.
Hi, I'm a baby.
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"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
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Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
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Suing the estate of James Joyce; was led to believe by the cover that there would be a heroic adventure featuring Ulysses rather than some tosser walking around Dublin for the day
a lot of dumb dumbs at the Atlantic, but man, Caitlin Flanagan is on another level
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Suing the estate of James Joyce; was led to believe by the cover that there would be a heroic adventure featuring Ulysses rather than some tosser walking around Dublin for the day
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People talk about a double edged sword as something that can hurt others and also you, but it’s like dude you’re supposed to use both edges on the other guy.
December 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
People talk about a double edged sword as something that can hurt others and also you, but it’s like dude you’re supposed to use both edges on the other guy.
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Once again, LA Times with the Pluribus spoiler in the headline before the final episode airs.
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Once again, LA Times with the Pluribus spoiler in the headline before the final episode airs.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
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If you were far away from the Earth, on a line that intersects the centers of the Sun and the Earth, here's the sunlit half of the Earth you would be seeing during the June and December solstices. Two very different views of Earth! 🧪
denis-gilbert.ca/en/2025/04/2...
#solstice #astronomy #animation
denis-gilbert.ca/en/2025/04/2...
#solstice #astronomy #animation
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you were far away from the Earth, on a line that intersects the centers of the Sun and the Earth, here's the sunlit half of the Earth you would be seeing during the June and December solstices. Two very different views of Earth! 🧪
denis-gilbert.ca/en/2025/04/2...
#solstice #astronomy #animation
denis-gilbert.ca/en/2025/04/2...
#solstice #astronomy #animation
Mixed tape
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mixed tape
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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.
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Say what you will about Bari but landing Kai Winn as an interview subject is a serious get
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Say what you will about Bari but landing Kai Winn as an interview subject is a serious get
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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Two notes on this passage (regarding Trump’s 2016 campaign:
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Two notes on this passage (regarding Trump’s 2016 campaign:
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
“What followed would be not just the greatest pertormance of his life but the greatest of any entertainer yet this century.”
(1) EXCUSE ME BUT HOW DARE YOU DISCOUNT TATIANA MASLANY IN ORPHAN BLACK?
(…)
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When a group of blue state attorney's general submitted a strident defense of trans healthcare to Trump's FTC, no one in the media covered it.
No one, that is, except for @valorievandieman.bsky.social of Assigned Media, in one of our most read stories of 2025.
No one, that is, except for @valorievandieman.bsky.social of Assigned Media, in one of our most read stories of 2025.
State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned
Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When a group of blue state attorney's general submitted a strident defense of trans healthcare to Trump's FTC, no one in the media covered it.
No one, that is, except for @valorievandieman.bsky.social of Assigned Media, in one of our most read stories of 2025.
No one, that is, except for @valorievandieman.bsky.social of Assigned Media, in one of our most read stories of 2025.
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Olivia Nuzzi parted ways with her employer. She was always doing this.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Olivia Nuzzi parted ways with her employer. She was always doing this.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I think he's saying this stuff to distract us from whatever that is he's wearing.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I think he's saying this stuff to distract us from whatever that is he's wearing.
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Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hey I wrote this and got a lot of hate mail so maybe you can share it
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November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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