Caroline Wilkinson
@carolinewilkinson.bsky.social
Writer (she/her)
www.carolinewilkinson.com
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A video poem of mine appears in the new issue of Drunken Boat. Formally, I'd call the poem a Tennessee Crown. Turning with the spirit of the jester, the lines move through the gallows humor of healthcare workers.
Thank you, editors of Drunken Boat. What an issue.
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Thank you, editors of Drunken Boat. What an issue.
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every. one. of. their. stories. is. a. lie.
Feds won't try to prove gang membership for man charged with putting a bounty on Greg Bovino
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds won't try to prove gang membership for man charged with putting a bounty on Greg Bovino
Prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they haven't abandoned their theory that Juan Espinoza Martinez is a ranking member of the Latin Kings, but they say the crucial question will be his "affinity" for ...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
every. one. of. their. stories. is. a. lie.
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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A few hundred are gathered at Foley right now. More steadily arriving.
Emergency rally TONIGHT at Foley Square in response to ICE murdering a woman and blithely attacking responding community members in Minneapolis today.
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A few hundred are gathered at Foley right now. More steadily arriving.
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“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
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We should be applauding people who break rules to stop what's happening. Failing to break rules is what's worthy of critique right now. That's the stuff people should have an explanation for — and I know, some do, and that's fine, but the absolute moral minimum is supporting those who resist.
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We should be applauding people who break rules to stop what's happening. Failing to break rules is what's worthy of critique right now. That's the stuff people should have an explanation for — and I know, some do, and that's fine, but the absolute moral minimum is supporting those who resist.
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they’re just like the unhoused, except, they’re like, the excessively-housed instead
"Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said even the term 'billionaire' had become unfair and that 'people of wealth' would be better."
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
they’re just like the unhoused, except, they’re like, the excessively-housed instead
"Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said even the term 'billionaire' had become unfair and that 'people of wealth' would be better."
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
"Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said even the term 'billionaire' had become unfair and that 'people of wealth' would be better."
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
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deep fakes, shallow realities
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
deep fakes, shallow realities
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"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
Zohran Mamdani inauguration | Inaugural poet Cornelius Eady recites "Proof"
YouTube video by CBS New York
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January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
youtu.be/5lSrb8nylOs?...
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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For a New Year’s Eve, a reading:
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
For a New Year’s Eve, a reading:
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Second Time Trying to Say Where My Son Was" by Patricia Smith from The Intentions of Thunder published by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
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"Second Time Trying to Say Where My Son Was" by Patricia Smith from The Intentions of Thunder published by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/second-...
Second Time Trying to Say Where My Son Was
And I have to decide to answer. When I click
to pick up, this is the way it goes. There's that blip
of echoed air and I say hello, hello?
poems.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Second Time Trying to Say Where My Son Was" by Patricia Smith from The Intentions of Thunder published by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/second-...
"Second Time Trying to Say Where My Son Was" by Patricia Smith from The Intentions of Thunder published by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/second-...
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Thanks to everyone who read and shared the piece I wrote that was published in the G & M. I had no gift links but if you want to read it and cannot access it, now you can.
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Opinion: The murder that led to an uprising around the world
The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, proved, again, there are people to whom seemingly anything can be done with impunity
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December 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Thanks to everyone who read and shared the piece I wrote that was published in the G & M. I had no gift links but if you want to read it and cannot access it, now you can.
web.archive.org/web/20251228...
web.archive.org/web/20251228...
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Lydia Davis. New Year’s Resolution. ✨
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lydia Davis. New Year’s Resolution. ✨
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December 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The beginning of “My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work” from Tiana Clark’s Scorched Earth, 2025, Washington Square Press
![My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work
I hustle
upstream.
I grasp.
I grind.
I control & panic. Poke
balloons in my chest,
always popping there,
always my thoughts thump,
thump. I snooze wake & go
boom. All day, like this I short
my breath. I scroll & scroll.
I see what you wrote—I like.
I heart. My thumb, so tired.
My head bent down, but not
in prayer, heavy from the looking.
I see your face, your phone-lit
faces. I tap your food two times
for more hearts. I retweet.
[The final line on the screen is represented in part; this is only the beginning of a two-paged poem]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nroi7fuajzflxmpiuggqivfn/bafkreidsgpmlwzdz47wmvz4infgfakcmy4mdampjz6li26jskop3rbfj54@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The beginning of “My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work” from Tiana Clark’s Scorched Earth, 2025, Washington Square Press
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I genuinely think people are underestimating how much influence never Trump conservatives have in the Democratic coalition right now and how their influence is acutely felt by the people they’ve targeted throughout their political careers.
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I genuinely think people are underestimating how much influence never Trump conservatives have in the Democratic coalition right now and how their influence is acutely felt by the people they’ve targeted throughout their political careers.
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This is insidious and absolutely flew under the radar. Take heed, make plans well ahead of time, and pass this along.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is insidious and absolutely flew under the radar. Take heed, make plans well ahead of time, and pass this along.
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I sighed. "I really do have trouble not being able to figure out if what you've painted is about to be day or night."
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I sighed. "I really do have trouble not being able to figure out if what you've painted is about to be day or night."
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
The beginning of “My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work” from Tiana Clark’s Scorched Earth, 2025, Washington Square Press
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The beginning of “My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work” from Tiana Clark’s Scorched Earth, 2025, Washington Square Press
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My mother died of Covid complications this year. She not only refused to believe Covid was ‘that serious’ she also refused to mask when people visited her at our home in India.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My mother died of Covid complications this year. She not only refused to believe Covid was ‘that serious’ she also refused to mask when people visited her at our home in India.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.
Anyone anywhere who wants to mock people who mask can fuck all the way off.