carly
@carly-xcx.bsky.social
Big fan of math, cats, and jokes. Bigger fan of intersectional feminism and LGBTQ rights. In my hyperpop era 🙏🏻 she/her
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
I actually think this is exactly why a lot of people voted for him. They might have hoped he would improve their lives as a bonus, but the main reason they voted for him was to get to feel like they’d won the culture war
I’ve increasingly seen Trump supporters claim that they voted for him to see him “own” the left on social media—which IMO is a form of coping that shows he has done nothing to materially improve their lives (he’s actually made them worse, but they won’t admit that)
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I actually think this is exactly why a lot of people voted for him. They might have hoped he would improve their lives as a bonus, but the main reason they voted for him was to get to feel like they’d won the culture war
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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
Rembering the time I met Jane Goodall when my college African music and dance class performed during the intermission of a talk she was giving. What a cool person. RIP Jane.
October 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Rembering the time I met Jane Goodall when my college African music and dance class performed during the intermission of a talk she was giving. What a cool person. RIP Jane.
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.
September 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
I am firmly convinced that you can make any stressful situation 1000x more aggravating by adding “calming” ambient music
August 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I am firmly convinced that you can make any stressful situation 1000x more aggravating by adding “calming” ambient music
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
Just went on a walk and a bird pooped directly into my eye, how’s everybody else’s day going
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just went on a walk and a bird pooped directly into my eye, how’s everybody else’s day going
I probably would have thought this was an exaggeration a few years ago, but after learning more I have started to see white supremacy everywhere. Why do people vote against medicaid? Public infrastructure? Regulation? Because they believe that they are punishing “bad” people and will be not be hurt
All roads like back to white supremacy. All of it. And I don’t think the average non black person understands the degree to which white supremacy is still the dominating ideology in large swaths of this country, especially in the south.
June 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I probably would have thought this was an exaggeration a few years ago, but after learning more I have started to see white supremacy everywhere. Why do people vote against medicaid? Public infrastructure? Regulation? Because they believe that they are punishing “bad” people and will be not be hurt
How come turn it off turn it back on again fixes 95% of technology issues but every time I try it with a person I end up with a stupid zombie
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
How come turn it off turn it back on again fixes 95% of technology issues but every time I try it with a person I end up with a stupid zombie
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Could you imagine the New York Times writing an article saying women were asking for too much with abortion rights and that they went too far?
That's effectively what they did here to trans people despite it being the same fight for bodily autonomy.
That's effectively what they did here to trans people despite it being the same fight for bodily autonomy.
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Could you imagine the New York Times writing an article saying women were asking for too much with abortion rights and that they went too far?
That's effectively what they did here to trans people despite it being the same fight for bodily autonomy.
That's effectively what they did here to trans people despite it being the same fight for bodily autonomy.
I’m gonna hear Pink Pony Club so many times today
June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I’m gonna hear Pink Pony Club so many times today
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I believe there's a good chance this will not pass the Senate. Rand Paul (can't believe I'm praising him) will be voting no. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Jerry Moran all have "doubts"; I think we can be confident in Collins voting no. if u are in kansas or alaska, CALL YOUR SENATORS
HOLY SHIT. The ban on any federal funding gender-affirming care includes stripping ACA plans of covering it as the essential care it is.
I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need.
We told you this was coming
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need.
We told you this was coming
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
www.advocate.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I believe there's a good chance this will not pass the Senate. Rand Paul (can't believe I'm praising him) will be voting no. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Jerry Moran all have "doubts"; I think we can be confident in Collins voting no. if u are in kansas or alaska, CALL YOUR SENATORS
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Res. No. 7599 has OFFICIALLY been pulled from the City Hall meeting today!
Does this mean the fight is over? Absolutely NOT! We must remain vigilant. If anything changes, we will let you know.
But thanks to you all, we know that we are able to respond at a moment's notice.
Keep up the good fight!
Does this mean the fight is over? Absolutely NOT! We must remain vigilant. If anything changes, we will let you know.
But thanks to you all, we know that we are able to respond at a moment's notice.
Keep up the good fight!
May 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Res. No. 7599 has OFFICIALLY been pulled from the City Hall meeting today!
Does this mean the fight is over? Absolutely NOT! We must remain vigilant. If anything changes, we will let you know.
But thanks to you all, we know that we are able to respond at a moment's notice.
Keep up the good fight!
Does this mean the fight is over? Absolutely NOT! We must remain vigilant. If anything changes, we will let you know.
But thanks to you all, we know that we are able to respond at a moment's notice.
Keep up the good fight!
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The City Commission wants to erode YOUR rights. Demand they stop Resolution No. 7599!
Join us at the City Hall on Tuesday, May 20th at 5:45 PM to protect Lawrence residents from the rise of fascism.
We look forward to seeing you all next week.
tlcks.org/2025/05/15/d...
Join us at the City Hall on Tuesday, May 20th at 5:45 PM to protect Lawrence residents from the rise of fascism.
We look forward to seeing you all next week.
tlcks.org/2025/05/15/d...
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The City Commission wants to erode YOUR rights. Demand they stop Resolution No. 7599!
Join us at the City Hall on Tuesday, May 20th at 5:45 PM to protect Lawrence residents from the rise of fascism.
We look forward to seeing you all next week.
tlcks.org/2025/05/15/d...
Join us at the City Hall on Tuesday, May 20th at 5:45 PM to protect Lawrence residents from the rise of fascism.
We look forward to seeing you all next week.
tlcks.org/2025/05/15/d...
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I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.
May 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.
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One day I hope people will understand that the law does not determine what is morally right and in many circumstances, the ethically correct thing to do is to break the law.
April 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
One day I hope people will understand that the law does not determine what is morally right and in many circumstances, the ethically correct thing to do is to break the law.
Private room karaoke is the white pizza of karaoke. If I’m not in a dive bar belting to a half-listening crowd of eclectic strangers then what’s even the point
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Private room karaoke is the white pizza of karaoke. If I’m not in a dive bar belting to a half-listening crowd of eclectic strangers then what’s even the point
Still going at 23 hours. It feels so good to see someone having an appropriate degree of reaction to this situation. More of this from our other representatives please!
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Still going at 23 hours. It feels so good to see someone having an appropriate degree of reaction to this situation. More of this from our other representatives please!
If you haven’t read it yet, you should.
March 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you haven’t read it yet, you should.
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Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.
There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.