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Andy Karlson

@andykarlson.bsky.social

Husband, father of 3, UU minister, hospital chaplain, dedicated amateur film photographer (unless otherwise noted, photos taken with my Google Pixel 7 Pro), opinions my own. "I am at home with the me. I am rooted in the me who is on this adventure."

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Talk about all hat no cattle

02.03.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
02.03.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess there *are* things money can't buy

02.03.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right, I think she's confused on more than one axis.

02.03.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm betting she's (mis)remembering Feingold's sole vote against the PATRIOT Act.

02.03.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That was in the House; she's confusing Sanders with Russ Feingold.

02.03.2026 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahaha holy fucking shit if anyone ever doubts their stance on any issue just look to Van Jones as an anti-compass and do the exact opposite of whatever this corrupt asshole is doing.

02.03.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

Ken, only 21% approve of this, you don't gain anything by equivocating.

02.03.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jammy yes, probably not soft-boiled. Also no deviled!

02.03.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh buddy, oof

02.03.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That Keir, just a master at threading tricky political needles.

01.03.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In general I'm anti-canned tuna! It's one of my three anathemata, along with cottage cheese and hard-boiled eggs. Other than those three I'm actually a pretty adventurous eater.

01.03.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You might think you're immune to brain frying, but you're not. If you are actively consuming Twitter your brain will be fried.

01.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
A picture I took in Iran. I think this was in Kashan, in a bazaar. It's from inside looking up into a dome. The light centers on the apex, where air flows into the bazaar and down across a fountain, cooling over the water and making an ancient air conditioner.

I fucking miss Iran.

I miss my family there.

I miss the feeling of NOT being judged because in the US I've always been "othered" for my heritage and there I'm one of them. Even though they all know I'm from the US, I'm one of them.

I hope enough of it's still standing in the wake of American fascism for me to visit again.

A picture I took in Iran. I think this was in Kashan, in a bazaar. It's from inside looking up into a dome. The light centers on the apex, where air flows into the bazaar and down across a fountain, cooling over the water and making an ancient air conditioner. I fucking miss Iran. I miss my family there. I miss the feeling of NOT being judged because in the US I've always been "othered" for my heritage and there I'm one of them. Even though they all know I'm from the US, I'm one of them. I hope enough of it's still standing in the wake of American fascism for me to visit again.

28.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder when Bernie and the remaining Bluesky diehards will finally recognize the situation here.

01.03.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 671    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 8

lol, come on, man.

1. Iraq and Iran are different countries?
2. Dude died because his tank fell into a river!

01.03.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4230    πŸ” 554    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 27
Two onion bagel halves covered in yellow curry chicken salad sit on a yellow plate with red design around the rim

Two onion bagel halves covered in yellow curry chicken salad sit on a yellow plate with red design around the rim

My loathing for all other lunch "salads" (tuna,egg, regular chicken) is the exact inverse of how much I love a good curry chicken salad. I made this batch on Friday and it is exactly to my preferences, which is a very good feeling.

01.03.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white photograph of a Black man sitting in a wheelchair. He is wearing dark clothing, and he's showing strength and dignity as he stares into the camera.

A black and white photograph of a Black man sitting in a wheelchair. He is wearing dark clothing, and he's showing strength and dignity as he stares into the camera.

Jerry.
Jersey City, 2021.

Photograph by Duquann Sweeney

01.03.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is one person we never need to hear from on any topic ever again

01.03.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Because this is how the system works

01.03.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

This is gross and chilling, but I take comfort in the fact that in ten years Kirk will occupy roughly the same space in the public awareness as rickrolling.

01.03.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

would die for the dark comedy about the hapless undersecretary of defense for whatever who put everything he owned on this contract

01.03.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 990    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

I think you can worry about American Islamophobia without minimizing American antisemitism. People literally shoot up synagogues in this country, it’s not an imaginary problem or a matter of microaggressions against bourgeois knowledge workers, which is how I see fellow leftists describing it

01.03.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1033    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Ms. Wilkins, the daughter of a financial specialist in the aerospace industry (her mother) and a global consumer products executive for Gillette (her father), had lived in London and Switzerland, and for a time attended elementary school at Collège du Léman in Geneva. She is originally from the Boston suburb of Weymouth, but likes to emphasize her time living in Arkansas.
"There are just some things the limousine liberal will never understand from the coasts," she recently wrote.

Ms. Wilkins, the daughter of a financial specialist in the aerospace industry (her mother) and a global consumer products executive for Gillette (her father), had lived in London and Switzerland, and for a time attended elementary school at Collège du Léman in Geneva. She is originally from the Boston suburb of Weymouth, but likes to emphasize her time living in Arkansas. "There are just some things the limousine liberal will never understand from the coasts," she recently wrote.

Kash Patel’s girlfriend is exactly the sort of country singer you’d think she’d be. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

01.03.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4747    πŸ” 960    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 182

Here's the thing. Normally in America you can reliably get 30% of the population to agree to any random bombing of any Middle East territory. That's supposed to be the floor.

01.03.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Just cracked Suzanne Palmer's The Scavenger Door, the third book in her Finder series. Really fun SF adventure series!

01.03.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is real and is still that way.

01.03.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I'm with you on Last Ronin - based on what I'd heard from several people whose opinions I usually trust, I was expecting something really special. Instead I got reheated Dark Knight Returns.

01.03.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?"

Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

28.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6641    πŸ” 1462    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 41