Neil Carpenter
@neilcar.bsky.social
Technologist, street photographer, anti-fascist
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
If you're still posting on X, your content is being used to support this. If you're still reading posts on X, your eyeballs are being used to support this.
One of the top replies under an image on X of Renee Good's body slumped over in her car after an ICE agent shot her is another user asking Grok to put her body in a bikini. Grok then generated the image.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
If you're still posting on X, your content is being used to support this. If you're still reading posts on X, your eyeballs are being used to support this.
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An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
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"As an avid reader of the New York Post, the New York Post’s X feed, and transcripts of several-minute-long voice memos from my relatives who have never lived in New York and will never live in New York, I was promised one thing from a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty: chaos."
I Am a Disappointed Zohran Mamdani Voter Who Was Told New York Would Descend into Chaos
Well, they say you should never trust a politician, and it seems I’ve been duped. As an avid reader of the New York Post, the New York Post’s X fee...
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"As an avid reader of the New York Post, the New York Post’s X feed, and transcripts of several-minute-long voice memos from my relatives who have never lived in New York and will never live in New York, I was promised one thing from a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty: chaos."
They will, however, be distracted by oil.
January 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
They will, however, be distracted by oil.
My last three jobs, I've told the social marketing team that I'm glad to do almost anything for them except for doing anything on Twitter.
In the future, I think I'm going to actually redline that into my contract.
In the future, I think I'm going to actually redline that into my contract.
In the five days that I've been monitoring this stuff on X, I've not detected any significant slow-down.
January 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
My last three jobs, I've told the social marketing team that I'm glad to do almost anything for them except for doing anything on Twitter.
In the future, I think I'm going to actually redline that into my contract.
In the future, I think I'm going to actually redline that into my contract.
I'm deploying @photoprism.app to manage my archives and it does a lot of AI stuff.
Just looked at this and spent several moments thinking "Most of these are nowhere near the water!" before realizing how the AI had (mis)interpreted "Bays, Capes, & Beaches".
Just looked at this and spent several moments thinking "Most of these are nowhere near the water!" before realizing how the AI had (mis)interpreted "Bays, Capes, & Beaches".
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I'm deploying @photoprism.app to manage my archives and it does a lot of AI stuff.
Just looked at this and spent several moments thinking "Most of these are nowhere near the water!" before realizing how the AI had (mis)interpreted "Bays, Capes, & Beaches".
Just looked at this and spent several moments thinking "Most of these are nowhere near the water!" before realizing how the AI had (mis)interpreted "Bays, Capes, & Beaches".
Me: This can't be real.
Me, after going to www.office.com: Holy shit, that's real.
Somebody at Microsoft wants to ensure I never use any part of their platform ever again.
Me, after going to www.office.com: Holy shit, that's real.
Somebody at Microsoft wants to ensure I never use any part of their platform ever again.
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Me: This can't be real.
Me, after going to www.office.com: Holy shit, that's real.
Somebody at Microsoft wants to ensure I never use any part of their platform ever again.
Me, after going to www.office.com: Holy shit, that's real.
Somebody at Microsoft wants to ensure I never use any part of their platform ever again.
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Corporate Democrats starting their condemnation with "Maduro is an evil dictator who should be brought to justice to answer for his acts, BUT..." then you've already lost the plot.
Now you're arguing against why you're defending Maduro, not why Constitutional & International Law can't be selective.
Now you're arguing against why you're defending Maduro, not why Constitutional & International Law can't be selective.
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Corporate Democrats starting their condemnation with "Maduro is an evil dictator who should be brought to justice to answer for his acts, BUT..." then you've already lost the plot.
Now you're arguing against why you're defending Maduro, not why Constitutional & International Law can't be selective.
Now you're arguing against why you're defending Maduro, not why Constitutional & International Law can't be selective.
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it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
Well, that's one good thing that's happened in 2026.
George Santos fleeing New York like it's the security guard at the Hermès outlet store
January 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Well, that's one good thing that's happened in 2026.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
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Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
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Oh weird, I wonder if he has some kind of monetary incentive to say this?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Oh weird, I wonder if he has some kind of monetary incentive to say this?
Wu-Tang Clan once tried to kill me in the late 90s; however, they also paid to use some of my photography in the Wu-Tang TV series a few years ago.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Wu-Tang Clan once tried to kill me in the late 90s; however, they also paid to use some of my photography in the Wu-Tang TV series a few years ago.
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When John Doar was head of the Civil Rights Division, he quoted from Shakespeare’s RICHARD III in an eloquent closing argument in the case against Klan murderers.
The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet
The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
December 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When John Doar was head of the Civil Rights Division, he quoted from Shakespeare’s RICHARD III in an eloquent closing argument in the case against Klan murderers.
The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet
The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet
An Instagram is the actual unit of enshittification. I really enjoyed the community I had on Instagram until my feed became 2/3rds ads and my own posts were rarely seen by even a tenth of followers.
I can’t get over how one directional Instagram feels…
I liked old Twitter & now BlueSky because they feel like local pubs you go into and join chats with old mates and new. Instagram feels like you are walking into the backstage at a theatre where everyone is practicing their monologues.
I liked old Twitter & now BlueSky because they feel like local pubs you go into and join chats with old mates and new. Instagram feels like you are walking into the backstage at a theatre where everyone is practicing their monologues.
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An Instagram is the actual unit of enshittification. I really enjoyed the community I had on Instagram until my feed became 2/3rds ads and my own posts were rarely seen by even a tenth of followers.
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post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Happy Boxing Day! Anybody gotten a good match in yet?
a cartoon cat is wearing red boxing gloves and has an angry look on his face
ALT: a cartoon cat is wearing red boxing gloves and has an angry look on his face
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy Boxing Day! Anybody gotten a good match in yet?
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it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
December 24, 2024 at 1:17 PM
it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
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Merry Christmas Eve from DMX 🙏
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Merry Christmas Eve from DMX 🙏