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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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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"the guerrilla moves among the people
as a fish swims through water
i sit by the river
i condemn the fish.
i condemn the water."
~~Noah Mazer
proteanmag.com/2024/03/01/l...
as a fish swims through water
i sit by the river
i condemn the fish.
i condemn the water."
~~Noah Mazer
proteanmag.com/2024/03/01/l...
Liberal Poem for Palestine • Protean Magazine
In this brief lyric, poet and translator Noah Mazer skewers liberalism's incessant denunciations of Palestine's armed struggle against colonial dispossession.
proteanmag.com
March 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
"the guerrilla moves among the people
as a fish swims through water
i sit by the river
i condemn the fish.
i condemn the water."
~~Noah Mazer
proteanmag.com/2024/03/01/l...
as a fish swims through water
i sit by the river
i condemn the fish.
i condemn the water."
~~Noah Mazer
proteanmag.com/2024/03/01/l...
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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
Santana performing “Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)” at Hammersmith Odeon, Dec. 15, 1976: youtu.be/KdhqbINYpME
SANTANA - Dance Sister Dance (1976)
YouTube video by 30KWPA
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Santana performing “Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)” at Hammersmith Odeon, Dec. 15, 1976: youtu.be/KdhqbINYpME
‘There Is an Outcry in the Streets for Lack of Wine’ by Frank X. Gaspar
June 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
‘There Is an Outcry in the Streets for Lack of Wine’ by Frank X. Gaspar
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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
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Everything was not, in fact, fine
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Everything was not, in fact, fine
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Let's start a thread of your favorite small poems. Here are a few of mine:
November 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Let's start a thread of your favorite small poems. Here are a few of mine:
Categorizing the silent divorce trend as a Life Hack is certainly something you can do.
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Categorizing the silent divorce trend as a Life Hack is certainly something you can do.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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New video essay examining the myth of the "alpha male" and how that false ideal propagates through popular culture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpvp...
The Myth of the Alpha Male
YouTube video by Pop Culture Detective
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New video essay examining the myth of the "alpha male" and how that false ideal propagates through popular culture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpvp...
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“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
May 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
A thread concerning Andor:
I still think about the Andor episode where:
1. Tay Kolma tells Mon Mothma that he wants more money to keep working for the rebellion.
2. Mon tells Luthen as much & he says that Tay has become a threat that must be eliminated.
3. Cinta takes Tay away to kill him.
Here's the remarkable thing ...
1. Tay Kolma tells Mon Mothma that he wants more money to keep working for the rebellion.
2. Mon tells Luthen as much & he says that Tay has become a threat that must be eliminated.
3. Cinta takes Tay away to kill him.
Here's the remarkable thing ...
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A thread concerning Andor:
h/t @scarletred.bsky.social
I would submit that if one found the ongoing genocide of Palestinians an acceptable issue to abandon in favor of voting for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, you've already abandoned every other progressive left ideological goal, but don't know it yet.
I would submit that if one found the ongoing genocide of Palestinians an acceptable issue to abandon in favor of voting for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, you've already abandoned every other progressive left ideological goal, but don't know it yet.
May 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
h/t @scarletred.bsky.social
I would submit that if one found the ongoing genocide of Palestinians an acceptable issue to abandon in favor of voting for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, you've already abandoned every other progressive left ideological goal, but don't know it yet.
I would submit that if one found the ongoing genocide of Palestinians an acceptable issue to abandon in favor of voting for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, you've already abandoned every other progressive left ideological goal, but don't know it yet.
Everything you need to know about the shittier side of Star Wars fandom can be understood by reading this one tweet from a grift-tuber, wherein one word starting with R gets modified for safe posting and another word starting with R does not.
April 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Everything you need to know about the shittier side of Star Wars fandom can be understood by reading this one tweet from a grift-tuber, wherein one word starting with R gets modified for safe posting and another word starting with R does not.