Kelsey Atherton
@atherton.bsky.social
War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Front takes towards enemies.
The Rick it is said
Never leaves you on read
When the texts come in a flurry
Never leaves you on read
When the texts come in a flurry
![NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
RICK ASTLEY [handshake]
LAKE
SUPERIOR](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/bafkreicnguzgarxi6vmsnms2junez3cwamhda47ehzwpotra7r2vqlvjlq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The Rick it is said
Never leaves you on read
When the texts come in a flurry
Never leaves you on read
When the texts come in a flurry
Wearing my "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot absolutely wrecks me" hat on a lake this past summer, in perfectly calm weather
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wearing my "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot absolutely wrecks me" hat on a lake this past summer, in perfectly calm weather
The Vivi ban is the headliner here but good riddance to Screaming Nemesis
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Vivi ban is the headliner here but good riddance to Screaming Nemesis
This is what being in your 30s is like
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is what being in your 30s is like
worth rereading newrepublic.com/article/1532...
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
worth rereading newrepublic.com/article/1532...
My grandpa became a cyclops at age 6 from lawn darts, I think we are okay in the world without Javelins Marketed To Children
(I think, often, about the things that kill kids more than the banned childkillers and what it would be like if @cpsc.gov was able to talk about guns like button batteries)
(I think, often, about the things that kill kids more than the banned childkillers and what it would be like if @cpsc.gov was able to talk about guns like button batteries)
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My grandpa became a cyclops at age 6 from lawn darts, I think we are okay in the world without Javelins Marketed To Children
(I think, often, about the things that kill kids more than the banned childkillers and what it would be like if @cpsc.gov was able to talk about guns like button batteries)
(I think, often, about the things that kill kids more than the banned childkillers and what it would be like if @cpsc.gov was able to talk about guns like button batteries)
Here's Haaland in the more tiktok/reels forward posture that worked so well in NYC. I'm especially fond of the way she uses the local ART bus stops www.instagram.com/reel/DQfTSqX...
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Here's Haaland in the more tiktok/reels forward posture that worked so well in NYC. I'm especially fond of the way she uses the local ART bus stops www.instagram.com/reel/DQfTSqX...
I should note that @debhaalandnm.bsky.social, plenty accomplished in her own right and undeniably progressive, has adopted an Aesthetic Zohranism with Southwestern Characteristics in her gubernatorial campaign material. It rules.
www.instagram.com/p/DQhzWVQj8T...
www.instagram.com/p/DQhzWVQj8T...
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I should note that @debhaalandnm.bsky.social, plenty accomplished in her own right and undeniably progressive, has adopted an Aesthetic Zohranism with Southwestern Characteristics in her gubernatorial campaign material. It rules.
www.instagram.com/p/DQhzWVQj8T...
www.instagram.com/p/DQhzWVQj8T...
Aesthetic Zohranism but make it southwestern homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Aesthetic Zohranism but make it southwestern homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
Needed something at like a pre-K level to explain "Universalism" to kids on Sunday and fortunately found this, sparing me from my tight-5 on "Life on Earth is Hell enough"
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Needed something at like a pre-K level to explain "Universalism" to kids on Sunday and fortunately found this, sparing me from my tight-5 on "Life on Earth is Hell enough"
the importance of kerning
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
the importance of kerning
Unofficial results in, all vote centers reporting. It'll be a runoff between incumbent Tim Keller, seeking a third term, & cop-rock weed mogul ghoul Darren White seeking to win an elected office. While Keller & White are just 5% apart, Uballez ran to Keller's left and got almost 19% of the vote.
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Unofficial results in, all vote centers reporting. It'll be a runoff between incumbent Tim Keller, seeking a third term, & cop-rock weed mogul ghoul Darren White seeking to win an elected office. While Keller & White are just 5% apart, Uballez ran to Keller's left and got almost 19% of the vote.
Results coming in for Albuquerque, here's a snapshot of the mayoral with about half of vote centers reporting
Tim Keller (D-Incumbent) leading at 37%
Darren White (R-Hell) in second at 31%
Alex Uballez (D-WFP) a strong third at 18%
No one else in the six-way race cleared 10%.
results.bernco.gov
Tim Keller (D-Incumbent) leading at 37%
Darren White (R-Hell) in second at 31%
Alex Uballez (D-WFP) a strong third at 18%
No one else in the six-way race cleared 10%.
results.bernco.gov
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Results coming in for Albuquerque, here's a snapshot of the mayoral with about half of vote centers reporting
Tim Keller (D-Incumbent) leading at 37%
Darren White (R-Hell) in second at 31%
Alex Uballez (D-WFP) a strong third at 18%
No one else in the six-way race cleared 10%.
results.bernco.gov
Tim Keller (D-Incumbent) leading at 37%
Darren White (R-Hell) in second at 31%
Alex Uballez (D-WFP) a strong third at 18%
No one else in the six-way race cleared 10%.
results.bernco.gov
Weird fashion choice imo
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Weird fashion choice imo
Harrowing tale of the Salerno Sandwich Salvos from Dillion Winters
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Harrowing tale of the Salerno Sandwich Salvos from Dillion Winters
Waking up to the news that a member of the Bush administration has died rather than see a Muslim elected Mayor of New York
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Waking up to the news that a member of the Bush administration has died rather than see a Muslim elected Mayor of New York
Trump saber rattling at Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico is a real "pick fewer battles" moment. Any/all would be bad and stupid, all three would be a disaster
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Trump saber rattling at Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico is a real "pick fewer battles" moment. Any/all would be bad and stupid, all three would be a disaster
They can get familiar in Albuquerque but the mountains are sometimes purple and never dull
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They can get familiar in Albuquerque but the mountains are sometimes purple and never dull
At this point I lose more time sending feedback on google searches than I do on the searches themselves
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
At this point I lose more time sending feedback on google searches than I do on the searches themselves
let's not forget the incredible image that came with the news release of discovered human footprints hunting giant sloths at white sands sbs.arizona.edu/news/footpri...
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
let's not forget the incredible image that came with the news release of discovered human footprints hunting giant sloths at white sands sbs.arizona.edu/news/footpri...
I truly wish that I were joking x.com/dhsgov/statu...
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I truly wish that I were joking x.com/dhsgov/statu...
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's maybe the most terminal case of Surf Dracula syndrome I've seen in a show. By the end I wanted more but I don't know if that was really true until episode 6 watching through. x.com/topherfloren...
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's maybe the most terminal case of Surf Dracula syndrome I've seen in a show. By the end I wanted more but I don't know if that was really true until episode 6 watching through. x.com/topherfloren...