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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · Dec 8

Is it time for us to set the White House on fire again?

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 a. We started handing it out again; b. I seriously wondered if we could simply run around handing out "Your Name Here" awards to good people when they were feeling sad or sorry for themselves. Now, THAT would be a service. (I have thus far lacked the courage to get moving on this.)

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 My organization has an award named after a long-time and beloved executive director, and for the first 3 years after she first won it, no-one else got it. A friend walked into the office soon after I started, and said, "Oh look, Betty Webster won the Betty Webster Award!" This had 2 results...

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 2d

Where's your HALO?

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent hash tag action!

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 4d

Oof, I've been away for a bit and just getting this news (and the updates) now. Charbles, your people are taking great care of you and they're doing all they can. I want better than thoughts and prayers for y'all, but it's the best I've got...❤️

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 9d

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 9d

This isn’t an argument. I simply wanted to point out that Yankees fans aren’t the only anthem-booers (boors?) out there. Justification didn’t enter into it.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 9d

In fairness, Canadians booed the US anthem during the 4 Nations Face-off back in February. 51st state rhetoric was heating up and feelings were high. (Then we handed the US their asses in the tournament, so hey.)

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 9d

“Blueskyism”.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 11d

I had no idea! However did Gonzo wander in? Where do I go for the lore?

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 11d

I thought CBTC was married to Sally? Oh, who can keep up.

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 11d

Hmm. I wonder what percentage of these nostalgic folks were…white men?

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s an example of IDS’s superb, entirely essential (and potentially embarrassing) coverage: specials.idsnews.com/sexual-abuse...

Sexual abuse persists in the IU Jacobs School of Music

The IU Jacobs School of Music faced a reckoning in 2022 when students organized protests to demand a better response to sexual violence within Jacobs. Two years later, a culture of sexual abuse persis...

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 11d

Nice collar(s)!

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for your service!

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 13d

Back when the old sofa still had style and structure!? Whatever happened, I wonder.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 14d

Whatever it is, I guess it worked: you’re talking about it!

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 15d

Though I’m absolutely not a linguist, I’d rank that meme (and others like it) as “phatic expression”. Action isn’t the point.

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 16d

“Brunchlord”! @shawnmicallef.bsky.social !!!!

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 17d

Bot!

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 17d

Yez.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 17d

Yay! I’m FREE! (1962 baby over here.) Not sure what I will do for a living, though.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 17d

Being similarly afflicted, I’ve pretty much decided that my only option is to stop fretting…about the fact that I’m fretting. I fret because I’m not an insensitive bonehead (well, not all the time) and that won’t stop. And I can stop beating myself up about it!

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Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 18d

This enrages me.

Katherine Carleton @kcarleton.bsky.social · 18d

They were looking for YONGE STREET. (Or oops, was that the SCTV parody?)

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