Carter Wickstrom

@carterwickstrom.bsky.social

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globalist. rooted cosmopolitan. situationist, groucho tendency.

A Tesla CyberTaxi sits forlornly in a Safeway parking lot in Palo Alto
Poster for the study. It reads: Hey Parents! Help improve health communication with LGBTQ+ teens! We're looking for parents & caregivers to join a study aiming to improve health communication with LGBTQ+ youth (ages 12-18) G.I.S.T. The Gender-Inclusive Sexuality Talks Program Eligible parents and youth can earn up to $275 each All research activities completed virtually Penn Nursing UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA' [QR code] Scan to learn more! www.parentsassist.org parentsassist@nursing.upenn.edu
screenshot of the complicated PNG summary of my answers to https://12axes.vercel.app - tl;dr: I'm a Techno-Socialist
a 1970s vintage transparent red plastic water rocket next to the white-and-red hand pump used to pressurize it.
close-up of the Beaux Arts mosaics at the 14th Street station on the NYC MTA's Red Line - a mother of pearl-ish "14" on dark blue surrounded by gold
an utterly nonsensical recruiter email I just received, describing a 6-month contract as hybrid in IL or OK while simultaneously describing it as fully remote. GTECH LLC is a predatory dumpster fire.
the San Mateo County 2026 primary ballot, set to the main theme from Star Wars
screenshot of Vietnamese vegan chicken jerky in the Weee! Asian grocery app.
screenshot of Flightradar24 showing NASA planes and military helicopters currently off San Diego
Color photo of the M50 Ontos, a small tracked armored vehicle with 6 recoilless rifles mounted on it. It is painted a typical Cold War dark olive drab. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M50_Ontos
Screenshot of my Gmail inbox: 7:54 AM - A LinkedIn connection invitation from a person named Tom 8:01 AM - A promo from an archery company with the subject "Top Picks for Tagging a Tom"
US Army branch insignia for Ordnance. Enlisted insignia is on top: two brass disks, one with "U.S." and the other with a stylized flaming grenade. On the bottom, officer insignia in brass and blackened brass, depicting just the flaming grenade.
A black dog with white socks and chin looks at the camera; one ear is up, the other is down. we call this look "human, roll for initiative."
a black puppy with white toes, chest spot, and chin is sitting on a blue towel, looking mildly anxious
Screenshot of the @bunjavascript account on Twitter posting hole on main. (the bun mascot is saying "is this what a supply chain risk looks like to you??" with its regular face replaced by Anthropic's starburst/butthole. it looks like a steamed bun with a cat asshole.)
Screenshot of iMessage exchange. Me: sends TikTok link Son: I love this man It is only a matter of time before he gets arrested for violating Australian firearm law Me: or loses an eye and/or digits. or all three. Son: Oh yes, he's accidentally fired nails through his workshop ceiling sideways before. Son: Don't remember the context of that one just remember the roadrunner and coyote style sideways nail holes. Me: 😳
white Volkswagen T3 Doka, a late 1980s 4dr van cab with a pickup bed
Screenshot of the Bluesky mobile web UI. My profile appears in the useless "What's up?" box, the previous two posts in this thread, and in the bottom toolbar where the generic 'profile' icon used to be. Oh, and the "Create new post" button is there, in addition to the "What's up?" waste of space input box.
Three Clydesdales in red and green blankets cavort in an equestrian arena against a foggy, hilly landscape.
A young, smaller Clydesdale roots around in their hay in a temporary barn stall. They are a very traditional bay with white feathers. They are wearing a red blanket with green trim and straps and an Anheuser-Busch logo.
A Rivian R1S with a LIDAR rig on the roof and two (non-standard) sensor panels on the rear quarter panels, kinda looking like butt cheeks. A stupid iOS upgrade has convinced my phone to focus on the reflection of my dashboard instead of the Rivian in front of me. 🫠
Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan of Arc in the The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Mad Turnip from Big Trouble in Little China: a Chinese sorcerer in ancient Chinese costume with long, elaborate fingernails and wispy goatee gestures as his eyes light up with lightning.
Iconic 1973 photo of a dark-haired woman in a leather jacket and polka dot dress hiding behind the corner of a building in Belfast. She is aiming an AR-18 Armalite rifle. Another woman stands behind her, guarding her back. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0616/1147804-troubles-northern-ireland-colman-doyle-photo-woman-ira-belfast-1973/
A heavily-modified Triumph painted to look like a WW2 RAF fighter plane. It has a tail, a black crash cage, green-and-brown camo, Y-31 fuselage numbers, an RAF rondel, 4 German kill marks, 3 Japanese, and painted-on bullet holes across the hood. Seen at 24 Hours of Lemons at Sonoma Raceway.
A photo of Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance, by Jane Gleeson-White.
A poorly-lit book laying on a black hoodie. It's a lovely dark green cloth-bound hardcover and gold lettering: Jewelry Technology in the Ancient & Medieval World. Below the title is a photorealistic image of a gold cuff bracelet covered in semi-precious stones and either filigree or granulation. Below that in white text is the name of the author, Jack Ogden. The ISBN is 978-1630850142.
R. Crumb's "keep on truckin'" dude, in red tones, under a very groovy 1970s font that says "Keep On Truckin'..."
screenshot of scam text message. Scammer: Can you tell me who you are? Your number is in my business phone. Me: omg is this about the body? Me: it's okay if you don't remember, you were really drunk. The scammer's phone number is +1-646-951-0317.
Screenshot of a tweet that I sent in 2018. The tweet is "90% of all code comments:" above a photo I found on the internet of a long-haired gray tortie cat with a "CAT" label on their head.
Screenshot of a bluesky conversation, wherein someone who knows something about marshland remediation and a gardener insist that what Palo Alto is doing with their new floodwall is neither new nor engineering. I got blocked by the gardener for suggesting that they apply their knowledge at the scale of a city.
a tan and white pitbull mix is nosing her way onto my chest; I look... skeptical.
a tan and white pitbull mix with a black snout sleeping in my lap, her head on my arm. she is facing the camera so that we can see her smile and her faint blush.
a tan and white pitbull mix with a black snout sleeping in my lap, her head on my arm. she is facing the camera so that we can see her smile and her faint blush.
A pair of mallard ducks feed, bottoms-up, in a marshy pond. Palo Alto California Baylands, 11 Dec 25
screenshot of iPhone keyboard showing the characters displayed when you long-press the hyphen key.
A closeup of a brindle-and-white pitbull mix lying on his back on a black-and-blue quilt. One ear is up, one down; he is grinning widely and blushing.
1860s engraving of a Gatling gun mounted on a dromedary camel. An Arab or North African soldier stands in front of it, next to a tripod-mounted Gatling gun and a larger-caliber Gatling on a two-wheeled, field gun carriage.
1914-ish - United States Marine Corps corporal sitting atop an elephant with a mounted M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun. no, not an actually-fielded weapon.
frame from low-resolution video: a mountain lion is seen walking across a wooden porch alongside a house at 3am. it has been raining. there is a generator to the right, outside the railing of the porch.
a black pitbull/german shepherd mix with white toes, looking at the camera with a funny expression, one ear up, one ear down.
the cheetah cub "Mother I wish for Crab Rangoon" meme.
screenshot of the missed calls view on my iPhone, full of scam VOIP calls from yesterday and this morning.
A crowd watches a Buddhist parade celebrating Buddha's birthday in Seoul, ROK. An illuminated elephant float is entering the center of the photo.
Detail from the cover art of the sole single, Egg Hunt, by Ian MacKaye's 1986 side project of the same name. Ian MacKaye peers through a rough rectangular hole cut in a ratty ceiling.
screenshot of Gaia GPS, showing a property line overlay zoomed in on a section of the map in the previous post - the previous map has a white square, while this says "Multnomah County"
how it started/how it's going meme: Sisyphus, in the style of orange and black Greek pottery (maybe a real pot! I don't know!) is rolling a boulder uphill in both frames.
A WW1 coastal defense monitor lizard. Sorta. By Google Gemini 2.5. It's pretty bad, but it's in black and white, which must mean WW1, right?
a buff-and-white pitbull snoozes with her face smooshed into a blanket. her ears are sticking out sideways.
a black german-shepherd/pitbull cross with white feet faces the camera. one ear is up, the other down.