Kirsten
@kircarey.bsky.social
Composer. Guitarist. Shamisen person. Nerd writer. One Piece lover. Ennui supporter. Bylines: Polygon, Daily Beast, etc.
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Chainsaw Man is simultaneously worthy of serious discussion for its heartfelt look at society and cycles of abuse and dehumanization, and it's also like, a fantastic nonstop barrage of shitposts
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Chainsaw Man is simultaneously worthy of serious discussion for its heartfelt look at society and cycles of abuse and dehumanization, and it's also like, a fantastic nonstop barrage of shitposts
I was delighted to come back on the @onepiecepodcast.com for the first time since moving to Japan! A great chapter and a great time!
One Piece Podcast Episode 894, “I Just Think He’s Nika” is online now for #OnePiece1166!
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Episode 894, “I Just Think He’s Nika” (with GolferGareBear) — The One Piece Podcast
On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we go through One Piece Chapter 1166 & Episode 1150 with GolferGareBear (TikTok sensation)!
www.onepiecepodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was delighted to come back on the @onepiecepodcast.com for the first time since moving to Japan! A great chapter and a great time!
55th place! Considering I had the mega back luck birth year last year (and WOW did it feel like it), things👏are👏looking👏up👏
the japanese luck calendar is out, how lucky is your 2026 based on your birthday? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
55th place! Considering I had the mega back luck birth year last year (and WOW did it feel like it), things👏are👏looking👏up👏
Should I rewatch Stranger Things? Hell yeah or hell nah?
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Should I rewatch Stranger Things? Hell yeah or hell nah?
WHAT
THE
FUCK
THE
FUCK
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
WHAT
THE
FUCK
THE
FUCK
A friend told me that his roommate was just walking down the street when ICE pointed a gun in his face.
It is so much worse than you’re being told. Or shown.
It is so much worse than you’re being told. Or shown.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A friend told me that his roommate was just walking down the street when ICE pointed a gun in his face.
It is so much worse than you’re being told. Or shown.
It is so much worse than you’re being told. Or shown.
As a former-but-longtime Michigan resident and Chainsaw Man fan, I have to ask… WHY MICHIGAN?!
We’re not the most violent state or the seat of the NRA or anything…!
#chainsawman
We’re not the most violent state or the seat of the NRA or anything…!
#chainsawman
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As a former-but-longtime Michigan resident and Chainsaw Man fan, I have to ask… WHY MICHIGAN?!
We’re not the most violent state or the seat of the NRA or anything…!
#chainsawman
We’re not the most violent state or the seat of the NRA or anything…!
#chainsawman
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a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
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just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM
The Summer Hikaru Died is probably the anime series to beat this year, no? Either that or Zenshu?
I know it got renewed for S2, but that ending was some “Where’s Annie”-level shit. My husband and I both went “!!!!!??????!!!!!!”
I know it got renewed for S2, but that ending was some “Where’s Annie”-level shit. My husband and I both went “!!!!!??????!!!!!!”
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Summer Hikaru Died is probably the anime series to beat this year, no? Either that or Zenshu?
I know it got renewed for S2, but that ending was some “Where’s Annie”-level shit. My husband and I both went “!!!!!??????!!!!!!”
I know it got renewed for S2, but that ending was some “Where’s Annie”-level shit. My husband and I both went “!!!!!??????!!!!!!”
Donald Trump apparently hoping to kill upwards of a million people before the first year of his term’s up.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration turns to Supreme Court to block order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Donald Trump apparently hoping to kill upwards of a million people before the first year of his term’s up.
Six. Hundred. Thousand.
But budget cuts while Trump builds a ballroom.
But budget cuts while Trump builds a ballroom.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Six. Hundred. Thousand.
But budget cuts while Trump builds a ballroom.
But budget cuts while Trump builds a ballroom.
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Let this be an immutable bell, ringing throughout the country, as a signal to the Democratic Party. This boundless sincerity and conviction we've witnessed these last several months, manifesting in victory over corruption and complacency.
Change your hearts or be left behind.
Change your hearts or be left behind.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let this be an immutable bell, ringing throughout the country, as a signal to the Democratic Party. This boundless sincerity and conviction we've witnessed these last several months, manifesting in victory over corruption and complacency.
Change your hearts or be left behind.
Change your hearts or be left behind.
On behalf of the entire country and Americans living abroad: thank you, NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
On behalf of the entire country and Americans living abroad: thank you, NYC.
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i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
OPLA casting continues being ON POINT
Cole Escola has been cast as Bon Clay in ‘ONE PIECE’ Season 3.
(Source: Deadline)
(Source: Deadline)
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
OPLA casting continues being ON POINT
My new take is that the idea that people in Osaka are friendlier than people in Tokyo is a total myth. They’re just more outgoing.
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My new take is that the idea that people in Osaka are friendlier than people in Tokyo is a total myth. They’re just more outgoing.
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Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
It makes a little sense that it’s in the context of Netflix stuff, but…
WHAT.
WHAT!?
WHAAAAAAAAT.
He’s post-time skip Luffy, too!!
WHAT.
WHAT!?
WHAAAAAAAAT.
He’s post-time skip Luffy, too!!
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It makes a little sense that it’s in the context of Netflix stuff, but…
WHAT.
WHAT!?
WHAAAAAAAAT.
He’s post-time skip Luffy, too!!
WHAT.
WHAT!?
WHAAAAAAAAT.
He’s post-time skip Luffy, too!!
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Indicted for protesting, for using our first amendment rights.
Horrifying. Help a fellow One Piece fan out if you can.
Horrifying. Help a fellow One Piece fan out if you can.
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges
Show your support with a contribution.
katforillinois.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Indicted for protesting, for using our first amendment rights.
Horrifying. Help a fellow One Piece fan out if you can.
Horrifying. Help a fellow One Piece fan out if you can.
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i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV
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Chainsaw Man is Never Gonna Score
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Chainsaw Man is Never Gonna Score
