Carter Kalchik
@carterkalchik.bsky.social
CTO @aflcio.org
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Carter Kalchik
@carterkalchik.bsky.social
· Nov 27
One like = one piece of lore. Lore about me, to be clear. I’ve included a photo for reference.
How about up to 25 or until we all get bored?
How about up to 25 or until we all get bored?
This was a fun time! I got to 25 pieces of lore and that feels good. Take a look to get to know me a little bit and find out exactly how many times I’ve turned yellow! (Hint, it’s more than 1…)
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Every industrial revolution has depended on working people to make the transition work. If AI technology makes jobs safer and better, workers are in. If it’s used to replace workers and push them out with no path forward, working people will fight back.
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Every industrial revolution has depended on working people to make the transition work. If AI technology makes jobs safer and better, workers are in. If it’s used to replace workers and push them out with no path forward, working people will fight back.
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The UAW will ensure that our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract language safeguarding his job and his rights as a union member.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The UAW will ensure that our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract language safeguarding his job and his rights as a union member.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
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"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
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I can't be this furious all the time, but I didn't know it was possible to be this furious even some of the time.
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 AM
I can't be this furious all the time, but I didn't know it was possible to be this furious even some of the time.
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Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the Lego Enterprise-D Wesley minifig has his Shimoda tractor beam device. Were @benjaminahr.mobi and @cutfortime.bsky.social consulted on this set??
December 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the Lego Enterprise-D Wesley minifig has his Shimoda tractor beam device. Were @benjaminahr.mobi and @cutfortime.bsky.social consulted on this set??
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Hello fellow Americans! Show this to both your French and Italian friends to have them both hate you and each other at once!
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hello fellow Americans! Show this to both your French and Italian friends to have them both hate you and each other at once!
Why oh why did we get tickets to see the Stranger Things finale? Now I gotta watch this shit? And I don’t think there’s a single gay hockey player in the damn thing wtf
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why oh why did we get tickets to see the Stranger Things finale? Now I gotta watch this shit? And I don’t think there’s a single gay hockey player in the damn thing wtf
Whatever you are, be a good one (looking at you, gooners)
December 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Whatever you are, be a good one (looking at you, gooners)
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Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
Thank you so much to @benjaminahr.mobi @aragusea.bsky.social and @cutfortime.bsky.social for the lovely… tea towel? Bath mat? Whatever it is, I like it and your podcast a whole lot.
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Thank you so much to @benjaminahr.mobi @aragusea.bsky.social and @cutfortime.bsky.social for the lovely… tea towel? Bath mat? Whatever it is, I like it and your podcast a whole lot.
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personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys
Communities can be great but they’re also the thing that forces you into a Wicker Man to bring back their bees.
progressives suspicious of 'community' and 'mutual aid' are my crowd
December 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Communities can be great but they’re also the thing that forces you into a Wicker Man to bring back their bees.
Animal Farm ft. Seth Rogen got me feeling
a man is walking into a pond with a lawn mower in the background .
ALT: a man is walking into a pond with a lawn mower in the background .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Animal Farm ft. Seth Rogen got me feeling
As we approach the end of the year and I reflect on what means the most to me, one thought rises above everything else: Smile 2 was a great fucking horror movie.
a group of people with one wearing a t-shirt that says the punisher on it
ALT: a group of people with one wearing a t-shirt that says the punisher on it
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As we approach the end of the year and I reflect on what means the most to me, one thought rises above everything else: Smile 2 was a great fucking horror movie.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
Under 26 selfie (had to reach deep into the archive for this one, thanks Google Photos)
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Under 26 selfie (had to reach deep into the archive for this one, thanks Google Photos)
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
Why do I get the feeling Google called their Cursor clone ”Antigravity” so that “Google Anti-“ wouldn’t autocomplete to “Google Antitrust” anymore?
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Why do I get the feeling Google called their Cursor clone ”Antigravity” so that “Google Anti-“ wouldn’t autocomplete to “Google Antitrust” anymore?