Chris Carter
@wanderinchild.bsky.social
Reborn amidst smoke and salt.
An observer, and occasional participant, in the cross-pollination of thoughts and words that is Bluesky.
Still (at)wanderinchild on Twitter and Instagram.
An observer, and occasional participant, in the cross-pollination of thoughts and words that is Bluesky.
Still (at)wanderinchild on Twitter and Instagram.
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review
Come for the remarkably seamless mashup of Sade and RATT, stay for the surprise Carlos Santana guitar solo: Ratté - "Smooth OpeRATTor" youtu.be/V1E4Qdrjxi0
Ratté - "Smooth OpeRATTor"
YouTube video by Bill McClintock
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Come for the remarkably seamless mashup of Sade and RATT, stay for the surprise Carlos Santana guitar solo: Ratté - "Smooth OpeRATTor" youtu.be/V1E4Qdrjxi0
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there is a post from the US gov 'department of war' on here that includes video of them actually murdering people and threatening to murder more people & it's been up since november
Yeah. The Bluesky app has a zero tolerance policy towards wishing death on people.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
there is a post from the US gov 'department of war' on here that includes video of them actually murdering people and threatening to murder more people & it's been up since november
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This is fucking gross
January 24, 2026 at 9:16 PM
This is fucking gross
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
The last three reposts are what we'll call Representative Samples.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The last three reposts are what we'll call Representative Samples.
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yes, Dems are 100% ok with it. if they weren’t, they wouldn’t have voted for it dozens of times or tried to hit Republicans from the right for not being “serious about the border” during the 2024 election or be totally abdicate fighting against it now. but they did all that, they’re social fascists
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
yes, Dems are 100% ok with it. if they weren’t, they wouldn’t have voted for it dozens of times or tried to hit Republicans from the right for not being “serious about the border” during the 2024 election or be totally abdicate fighting against it now. but they did all that, they’re social fascists
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hasn't aged well imo (sucked at the time)
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
hasn't aged well imo (sucked at the time)
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Here's a long essay analyzing the recent emergence of rightwing critics of Israel. I argue that it is a bad idea for the Palestine solidarity movement in North America to seek any kind of alliance with those critics or to validate the ideologies they represent.
stevesalaita.com/palestine-so...
stevesalaita.com/palestine-so...
Palestine Solidarity in the Age of Reaction - Steve Salaita
Should people involved with the Palestine solidarity movement in North America, traditionally leftist in orientation, seek alliances with the political right?
stevesalaita.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Here's a long essay analyzing the recent emergence of rightwing critics of Israel. I argue that it is a bad idea for the Palestine solidarity movement in North America to seek any kind of alliance with those critics or to validate the ideologies they represent.
stevesalaita.com/palestine-so...
stevesalaita.com/palestine-so...
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In so many places.
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
In so many places.
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thinking about this one again
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
thinking about this one again
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The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
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that "Their brains worked less, but they 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.” jumped out at me. and just feels like such a capturing of current times. reminds me of watching a movie or TV show while second-screening — you 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 just as engaged, but are probably missing a similar 47%
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
that "Their brains worked less, but they 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.” jumped out at me. and just feels like such a capturing of current times. reminds me of watching a movie or TV show while second-screening — you 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 just as engaged, but are probably missing a similar 47%
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you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily
Dusk, by Chūya Nakahara
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Dusk, by Chūya Nakahara
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RIP Ellen Bryant Voigt
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RIP Ellen Bryant Voigt
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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love the two kinds of "play" playing together in this poem by Alberto Caeiro:
"When you pick up a stone small enough to hold in your hand
You know that it’s small enough to hold in your hand.
What philosophy has ever achieved greater certainty?"
"When you pick up a stone small enough to hold in your hand
You know that it’s small enough to hold in your hand.
What philosophy has ever achieved greater certainty?"
July 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
love the two kinds of "play" playing together in this poem by Alberto Caeiro:
"When you pick up a stone small enough to hold in your hand
You know that it’s small enough to hold in your hand.
What philosophy has ever achieved greater certainty?"
"When you pick up a stone small enough to hold in your hand
You know that it’s small enough to hold in your hand.
What philosophy has ever achieved greater certainty?"
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November 26, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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Fanny Howe was one of the first poets I ever heard read, at the Grolier from her book Second Childhood. From there it was so easy to fall in love with her poems’ simultaneous strangeness and ineffably inviting familiarity—they’ve been constant companions, and we’ve lost a legend
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fanny Howe was one of the first poets I ever heard read, at the Grolier from her book Second Childhood. From there it was so easy to fall in love with her poems’ simultaneous strangeness and ineffably inviting familiarity—they’ve been constant companions, and we’ve lost a legend
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"In poetry everything is permitted."
by Nicanor Parra (trans. by Miller Williams) #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
by Nicanor Parra (trans. by Miller Williams) #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"In poetry everything is permitted."
by Nicanor Parra (trans. by Miller Williams) #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
by Nicanor Parra (trans. by Miller Williams) #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social